Books

The piece I’d never part with

The 1960s are widely regarded as the decade that produced the best ever popular music. This is why BBC Radio 2’s Sounds of the Sixties has been running since 1983, why any pub quiz worth its while inc

Why books that became beloved classics struggled to find their way into print

I blame my ‘groupie’ tendencies on my mother, who was so upset by Elvis’ death that we had to come home from holiday a week early. As a seven-year-old, it was disappointing to say the least, but by th

Norman Lebrecht on Music HE WORKED SO ...

TRICKS LITERARY ILLUSIONS Performance magic and Victorian ...