Whistle down the wind

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

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Claire Bertschinger had no idea her heart-breaking interview on the BBC news in 1984 was behind Bob Geldof’s decision to organise the world’s biggest ever charity concert...

‘I’ve never been a particularly esoteric person,’ Nicola Benedetti tells me as we sit down to talk following the press launch of her third Edinburgh Festival. And yet, as she explains the theme of thi

Weeding and pruning is her refuge from the rollercoaster of news that has shaped her career. But there’s something in the flowerbeds that can make broadcaster Fiona Bruce lose her famous cool