BBC diversity hiring now includes the dead

Nicola Benedetti has chosen ‘The Truth We Seek’ as her theme for next summer’s festival. The programme includes Mary, Queen of Scots from Scottish Ballet, an Australian Orpheus and Eurydice and a visit by Carnegie […]

Paris has announced its annual July 14 concert and it’s much lower key than usual. The event is being moved from its normal venue beside the Eiffel Tower to the  the forecourt of the Hôtel […]

From my appreciation of the great pianist in the new issue of The Critic: He worked so hard to appear normal. A tall man, Alfred Brendel cultivated a stoop to meet people at their level. […]