The first time Alex and Susan Marini listened closely to a harp, it was over dinner at a Massachusetts restaurant. “It sounded like the voice of angels,” says Susan Marini. At the time, the Marinis ...
(Paul Faith/AFP/AFP) "It's never too late to start a new hobby," says 89-year-old Irish harp-maker Noel Anderson, one of only a few making the intricate instrument, a national symbol of Ireland. A ...
A retired wood and metalwork teacher Anderson only took up the niche craft seven years ago, making his first harp aged 82. "It doesn't matter what age I am really, I just pop out to the shed and work ...