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‘I felt that I should like to kiss the hands that had awakened a new world of music for me.’ The year was 1888, the occasion was the Paris debut of a 27-year-old pianist named Ignacy Jan Paderewski. A

Movie magic I watched A Day to Remember after reading John Bird’s column [Issue 1697, 15-26 December]. Please say thank you to him. The movie had a depth and poignancy that I would have missed if he h