Cultural Crusader

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“The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters.” Antonio Gramsci’s words, written in prison near Bari almost 100 years ago, ring out to us now. The politi

It’s generally accepted that provision for music in the UK’s state schools is patchy, varying hugely from one local borough to another and one school to another, according to the importance placed on

I’ll admit that – occasionally – I write close to deadlines. Never for this column, of course. Well, maybe just sometimes. There’s nothing for productivity like the doing-your-homework-on-a-Sunday-nig

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