The autobahn to understanding

Music was an all-consuming escape. Now, every song he writes is a love song At 16, I was just starting to take writing seriously. I became obsessed with lyricism and writing lines and my heroes were a

There’s more than a whiff of swing in the air–and on the airwaves. Will Hosie explores the resurrection of one of music’s most gentlemanly genres

Jonathan Gaisman is a KC and a writer on cultural topics

You might have noticed that this magazine’s ‘Lost in the archive’ page is usually written by me – voluntarily so. The reason is simple: I’m utterly fascinated by history. The intrigue of times past ha

On one level he seems so direct, so simple, so uncomplicatedly appealing. Schubert could turn on heart-lifting melody with the same ease that most of us would turn on a tap. Often he seems happy just

The cars at Hampton Court’s concours event combine the weird, the wonderful and the very expensive. And then there’s the people…