DAVID YEARSLEY is fascinated by the account of four composers who transformed their experiences of the second world war and the Holocaust into deeply moving works of art
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Ridicule needed more than ever as the likes of Rees-Mogg drive the country to hell in a handcart
PETER MASON thrills to the sound of south London-born Yussef Dayes, and the galaxy of musicians drawn into his orbit
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JAMIE BRITTON recommends that we all buy at least two copies of a remarkable book of poems
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JAMIE BRITTON recommends that we all buy at least two copies of a remarkable book of poems
THE sight of Jacob Rees-Mogg reclining along the government front bench in Parliament is as perfect a picture of privilege as there is.
Labour MP Anna Turley called Rees-Mogg’s slouching the “physical embodiment of arrogance, entitlement, disrespect and contempt for our Parliament,” while, according to Green Party MP Caroline Lucas, the leader of the House’s body language throughout the evening “has been so contemptuous of this house and of the people.”
Rees-Mogg rests easy. As far as he’s concerned, Parliament is there to serve his, and the toffs, interest. The pasty-faced leech just has to sit tight, or rather lounge.
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