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Dearest Wolfi,Today, 27 January, I thought I'd write to you personally to wish you the very happiest of happy birthdays.

RIP Earl Wild, the great American pianist who has died at the age of 94. There's a perceptive and thorough obituary on the Gramophone

I’ve been away on tour with the LPO in sunnier climes, but in the intervening time a piece of mine came out in the

A FEW days ago, Guernica magazine accused me of not citing sources when I criticised Noam Chomsky. I responded by posting a source-ridden chapter

I have a piece in today's Independent about the new classical series at the Roundhouse, 'Reverb', from 22 to 31 of this month, aimed

The other night I saw Dinner with Portillo -a show whose conceit of filming members of the chattering classes eating lukewarm food and regurgitating

Lord Justice Jackson's report on legal costs today is a remarkable piece of work and his presentation at a press briefing - delivered without

[UPDATE, FRIDAY 15 JANUARY: Since writing the post below, I've been in contact with Alex Prior who tells me that he was "totally misquoted"