Martha Argerich, 83 today, plays Prokofiev in Hiroshima

This is the official blessing for the reopening of the great organ of Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris. Not everyone was impressed by the esoteric repertoire, least of all some world leaders. Here’s a reasoned critique. […]

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Many years ago I used to work at that peculiar custom-built round building which was the BBC Television Centre. It was a stange and inconvenient place to work. The studios were far from the offices, the […]