Hungarian Music - European or National?

Prof. László Dobszay is the doyen of Hungarian musicologists. Read more about Prof. Dobszay here.

An Evening with Béla Szombati

Mr. Szombati is the new Hungarian Ambassador to Britain. Read more about Mr. Szombati's background here.

Marsigli and Hungary

During an adventurous life, Count Luigi Marsigli (1658-1730), soldier and scientist, became the first great topographer and cartographer of the Danubian basin. Anita McConnell is currently a research editor with the New DNB. Read more about Luigi Marsigli here. Calendar by Marsigli. Information about the New Dictionary of National Biography.

Birds as Mates and Parents - Revelations of a Hungarian Ornithologist

Tamás Székely, formerly at Oxford and now teaching at Bath University, returns to give us another of his illustrated talks.

Read Mr Székely's webpage here.

Mrs P.’s Journey

Sarah Hartley has just published a biography of the remarkable creator of the A-Z map of London, Mrs Phyllis Pearsall, who had Hungarian ancestry. Homepage of A-Z Maps. Map Exhibition, the Map Room of the Bodleian Library, 3 February to 26 April Street Mapping: An A to Z of Urban Cartography

Bartók and the Piano

Barbara Nissman, an American pianist and author gives a performer's view and introduces her recent book on the subject. An interview with Barbara Nissman