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How Chaucer reshaped English poetry

The appendicitis that led to the postponement of Edward VII’s coronation also scuppered the premiere of Elgar’s Coronation Ode, composed for the same occasion. When it did finally get its first royal

Night and day: photographer Jamie Russell managed to ...

If only Sir Hubert Parry could settle down on a sofa today and stick YouTube on his TV. If so, he would be able to watch the new King Charles III arrive at the west door of Westminster Abbey, pause fo

The BBC Proms changed the face of classical music when ‘the people’s festival’ was launched in 1895. The perennially popular event features some of the nation’s favourite tunes from composers inspired by the countryside of the British Isles. Here Kitty Corrigan selects her top ten

Great pianist who was self-taught from the age ...