BBC diversity hiring now includes the dead

Dear Alma, There is a member of our orchestra who constantly engages with our soloists. It’s very annoying to be around, he shows signed photos to us and brags about it. I am sure the […]

She was half-French, half-Italian, spoke six languages and sang in twice as many. The mega-hits of Caterina Valente, who has died in Switzerland at 93, came mostly in the 1950s. She made her breakthrough in […]

For lack of taste and talent you would be hard pressed to find an act duller and more banal than this official state presentation by veteran pop persona Arielle Dombasle. What were they thinking? The […]