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A Spring Round-Up
Late, as usual
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One-winged pelicans and other oddities
The first February dispatch
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The silliest choices
A few snippets for the New Year
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The best of 2023
Books, films, television, theatre, opera, and more
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This will be our reply to blandness
On Maestro
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A December Dispatch
The great end-of-year catch-up has begun
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A November Song
In honour of Stornoway's return, a short autumn collection
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A cheap seat connoisseur on tour
Three weeks of opera in three cities
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Modes of engagement
Streaming, interactive theatre, and Lord Byron's bath screen
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Thoughts on the state of things
Being a classical music fan is one heartbreak after another
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There are NO GOOD BIOPICS
The unplanned sequel
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There are no good biopics*
Or, I’ve turned 29
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