Take a musical journey back in time when Courtly Noyse brings music from the Renaissance — along with reproduction instruments of that era — to the Rancho Bernardo Library.

Wu Man will be performing Sunday at 4 p.m. in Rackham Auditorium, accompanied by the Bay Area Shawm Band. Wu Man is internationally renowned for her musical abilities with the pipa, a 2,000-year-old ...

Shawm House is quite simply special. It isn’t often that you visit a self-build or professionally procured house that is immaculately constructed, sensitively conceived and has heart and soul with ...

Photography by Jennie Webb, Rob Rhodes Located in Coldtown, in a beautiful but exposed Northumberland setting, Shawm House (‘shawm’ is an old Northumbrian dialect word meaning ‘to warm oneself’) takes ...

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The building is named Shawm after an old Northumbrian word meaning "to warm oneself", which Pender and Kerr felt encapsulated the physical and philosophical qualities inherent in the project.

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Take a look inside this stunning multi-award-winning Shawm House in West Woodburn, Northumberland, that is now on the market. The four-bed property, designed by Newcastle based architect ...