Stephen hough knighted in queen’s birthday honours pianist’s exceptional career on the stage and in the studio enjoys its due recognition

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As we sat at a well-worn wooden kitchen table in the leafy Moseley suburb of Birmingham, Judith Yates pointed at a spreadsheet on her MacBook. Each row told a clear story, painstakingly collected by t

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