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Zeb hosts Wigmore Hall gala that raises £20,000 for hometown statue of 'Britten as a Boy'
Zeb hosts a star-studded gala at Wigmore hall, raising £20,000 for his home town’s Britten as a Boy statue.
WIGMORE HALL
The History of Music
Zeb explains The History of Music … with arguably the smartest explanation of Schoenberg you’ll ever see!
RAINER HERSCH ORCHESTRA
Listen to Gaspard's Foxtrot!
You can now listen to the musical tale of Gaspard’s Foxtrot, read by its author Zeb Soanes, accompanied by Jonathan Dove’s exciting score.
PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA
Zeb to host Britten statue gala at Wigmore Hall
Zeb will host a '“dazzling" gala celebrating the musical legacy of his home town's most famous son at the Wigmore Hall later this year. It will take place as part of an ongoing appeal to raise funds to install a statue of Benjamin Britten, as a boy, looking out over the sea that inspired his music in his birth town of Lowestoft.
LOWESTOFT JOURNAL
Waitrose Food Magazine
Zeb talks abut the power of radio to provide companionship over the festive period.
WAITROSE FOOD MAGAZINE
It the Shoes Fit
Royalty, James Bond and a lame dog have all benefitted from John Lobb’s exquisite shoe-making craftsmanship during the past 173 years, says Zeb Soanes.
COUNTRY LIFE
Zeb Soanes become Norwich Puppet Theatre Patron
The broadcaster and children's author Zeb Soanes has become a patron of Norwich Puppet Theatre.
BBC NEWS
Homeless charity benefits from Gaspard's Christmas
Inspired by J.M. Barrie’s generosity, Zeb announces that royalties from the sale of his new book Gaspard’s Christmas will benefit St Martin-in-the-Fields homeless charity in perpetuity.
Meet Britten as a boy
After a lifetime of benevolent haunting by the composer Benjamin Britten, Zeb Soanes has commissioned a statue of his home-town hero.
COUNTRY LIFE
Face Behind the Voice
‘I want to visit all the locations of the shipping forecast’. David McGillivray interviews Zeb Soanes for Radio Times magazine.
RADIO TIMES
London Life: The Capital According to Zeb Soanes
The broadcaster and children’s author talks to Flora Watkins about finding inspiration in Islington and buzzing about on his Brompton.
COUNTRY LIFE
Popular radio presenter and author inspires pupils at former school
A popular broadcaster, author and newsreader who grew up in Lowestoft has returned to his home town to help inspire children at his former school.
LOWESTOFT JOURNAL
Zeb's BBC Career, in 5 minutes
When Zeb announced in 2022 that, after 25 years, he was to leave the BBC, the Careers team grabbed him to talk about the highs and the lows of his time at the corporation.
BBC CAREERS
Country Life Magazine Celebrates 125 Years
Zeb met HRH The Duchess of Cornwall at a celebration of 125yrs of Country life Magazine at Claridges Hotel.
Photo © Millie Pilkington/Country Life Picture Library
COUNTRY LIFE
Leaving the BBC
On Thursday, 30th June, after reading Radio 4’s Six O’clock News, I will leave Broadcasting House for the last time as a full-time member of staff …
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ for Fred and the Fantastic Tub-Tub
“Intriguing, humorous, full of adventure…a book that is simply, deeply magical in every way.”
GOOD READS
Review of Fred and the Fantastic Tub-Tub
“A brilliantly musical children's book by Zeb Soanes, the book oozes a sense of mystery and encourages readers to be curious and adventurous.”
MUSIC TEACHER MAGAZINE
Country Life: My Favourite Painting
Zeb chose Julia, Lady Peel by Thomas Lawrence for Country Life magazine’s Christmas issue.
COUNTRY LIFE
Zeb Soanes' readings particularly memorable...
A review of a concert by the award-winning ORA Singers and BBC Radio 4 presenter Zeb Soanes, conducted by the choir’s founder, Suzi Digby (Lady Eatwell)
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