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Ian Bostridge
The Apostle of Aldeburgh
Benjamin Britten's festival proves that in music small is beautiful
Ian Bostridge
Music
Scotland
Hard to Swallow
When thinking about my voice, I'm more comfortable with metaphor than physiology
Ian Bostridge
Music
Mesmeric Modulations
Two 19th-century novels reveal contrasting attitudes to music and its place in Jewish culture
Ian Bostridge
Judaism
Literature
Music
Love in the Time of Cholera
Death in Venice
poses many questions, among them: moustache or no moustache?
Ian Bostridge
Health
History
Literature
Music
Enough to Make You Spit
A common cold or the flu can spell disaster for a professional singer
Ian Bostridge
Health
Music
Philosophy
Timing is Everything
Music grapples with time and transcends philosophy
Ian Bostridge
Music
Philosophy
Science
Serious Music for Serious Times
There is an extraordinary fit between Japanese musical tastes and German
Lieder
Ian Bostridge
Germany
Japan
Music
Suffer the Children
Young people can be inspirational in the audience, problematic on stage
Ian Bostridge
Modern Life
Music
Social Affairs
The Subtle Subversive
Unlike rock's phoney rebelliousness, classical music still has the power to challenge entrenched ideas
Ian Bostridge
Modern Life
Music
Politics
There’s no Place Like Home for a Singer
Intimacy, authenticity and domescity combine to make for a great performance
Ian Bostridge
History
Literature
Modern Life
Music
Russia
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Underrated: Abroad
The ravenous longing for the infinite possibilities of “otherwhere”
Stephen Bayley
Underrated
The king of cakes
"Yuletide revels were designed to see you through the dark days — and how dark they seem today"
Carolyn Hart
Food
A tripod in the sky
The view from above
Christian House
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