Photographer of the Year

Yesterday we popped into the National Theatre on the South Bank to see the annual jewellery exhibition Dazzle.
Some excellent work on show and for sale.
While there I noticed there was the exhibition of entries for the 4th Landscape Photographer of the Year competition. Very impressive, some wonderful photos.
 You can see the winners here:
Photographer of the Year

There is a well produced book of all the photos for £25 (£5 discount in the National Theatre shop but even better only £12.15 at Amazon UK)
Landscape Photographer of the Year: Collection 4 (Photography)

December Anniversaries of the Great Classical Composers

2/12/1990 Copland died 4/12/1976 Britten died 5/12/1791 Mozart died 5/12/2007 Stockhausen died 7/12/1863 Mascagni born 8/12/1865 Sibelius born 8/12/1890 Martinu born 10/12/1822 César Franck born 10/12/1908 Messiaen born 11/12/1803 Berlioz born 16/12/1770 Beethoven born 16/12/1921 Saint Saëns died 17/12/1749 Cimarosa born 22/12/1858 Puccini born 25/12/1871 Scriabin born 28/12/1937 Ravel died