大象传媒

Back up to: The Essay

1. Chorus girls in Paris

   Adjoa Osei has been delving into the personal archives of some 1930s Plaza Tiller dancers.
2. Esther Inglis's musical self portraits

   Eleanor Chan delves into the world of a Huguenot bookmaker who used music as a code.
3. The Star-Spangled Banner, Jacobins and Abolitionists

   Oskar Jensen on what links Liverpool politics, a street ballad and the American anthem.
4. Tudor music and politics

   Christina Faraday tells us how Robert Cecil used a song to curry favour with Elizabeth I.
5. Teresa del Riego's suffrage anthem

   Naomi Paxton shares research on a suffrage song with a special performance by Lucy Stevens