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Beyond the Bard

Posted June 3, 2016 The world’s greatest writer shows us how to handle heroes, says Jan Moran Neil

The Velvet Gentleman - Erik Satie (1866-1925)

Posted June 3, 2016 A habitué of the Paris cafés and an intimate of Cocteau and Picasso, composer Erik Satie was enduringly eccentric, just like his music. Peter Quantrill celebrates 150 years of a true original

Drawing back the sheets

Posted June 3, 2016 Exploring the hidden lives of women underpins all historian and novelist Hallie Rubenhold’s work, she tells Tina Jackson

Argerich everywhere

Posted June 3, 2016 Martha Argerich turns 75 this year and Warner Classics is celebrating with an amazing line-up of releases, as Inge Kjemtrup reveals

EMIL GILELS: Centenary Celebration

Posted June 3, 2016 Emil Gilels was born 100 years ago, and to mark the occasion, Maria Razumovskaya traces the musical journey that gave rise to this great Russian concert pianist. Plus, try the Bach-Siloti Prelude in this issue’s Scores, one of his most famous encores

The Wanted's most Wanted

Posted May 20, 2016 Former The Wanted boyband member turned solo star Nathan Sykes has been keeping himself busy carving out a solo career that’s seen him duet with former girlfriend Ariana Grande and hit Number 1 on the Billboard US Dance Club charts

Terrorists of the Ancient World

Posted May 12, 2016 The long history of the Mesopotamian region is replete with precedents for terror, cruelty and barbarism. Archaeological Diggings editor Gary Webster tells the story.

Aliens or Egyptians Who Really Built the Pyramids?

Posted May 12, 2016 DIGGINGS editor Gary Webster takes a closer look at the claims of sensationalists.

A Handbook for the Recently Deceased

Posted May 12, 2016 Dying in ancient Egypt was a complicated process. Suzette Hartwell gives a summary of the rules and regulations governing transfer to the afterlife.

The Power of Small Changes

Posted May 10, 2016 Rotman Professor Anita McGahan and London Business School Professor Costas Markides discuss how small changes can help solve some of our biggest global problems.