The bowed lyre has been on my mind for the past few weeks, ever since I followed a sign on our main road to the local Viking & Anglo Saxon Festival. I’ve been thinking (even more than usual) about the ...

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If you come across a pear-shaped, three-stringed bowed instrument in your loft or grandparents’ house you could be holding a part of the puzzle about the Maltese lyre that composer Ruben Zahra is ...