The piano lesson

Poetry that blends music, mortality and fame

DENZEL WASHINGTON

MUM?” Becky said. “When did you know Dad was the man for you?” “What? Pretty early, I think,” Frances replied, taken aback. “It’s so far in the past, I can’t remember.” “It’s important. Try and think

The playful, melancholic genius of Erik Satie

The instrument that featured on the cover of Dire Straits’ Brothers In Arms is still very much in use.

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