One of the world’s leading viol players, our Principal cello Jonathan Manson plays a piece from French composer Marin Marais on the viola da gamba. Get to hear him up close with a drink in hand on the 17 October at our Night Shift pub gig at the George Tavern, Shadwell for a night of viol music from Marais and 17th Century English composer Christopher Simpson. Book now at https://oae.co.uk/event/the-night-shift-at-the-george-tavern/ | Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Thank you to the thousands of people who tuned into our live Q&A with Thomas Jefferson earlier this week! Today we turn to a lesser known site: Shadwell, Jefferson's boyhood home. While we have voluminous records about Monticello, fewer documents related to Shadwell survive because the house and its contents were destroyed in a February 1770 fire. So how do we know what we know? Learn more in this video, courtesy of Monticello Research Archaeologist, Derek Wheeler. | Thomas Jefferson's Monticell