Am I the only fan of modern classical music?
People expect melody and emotion from their music; but just because modern classical doesn't conform to this doesn't make it worthless
Paul Kilbey, Independent, 12 October 2012

The Anglo-Saxons are coming!
Over the last six months I have come to see that the Anglo-Saxons were more subtle, more sophisticated, more human and more important in terms of our everyday lives today than I had ever imagined.
Graeme Kay, BBC Radio 3, 11 October 2012

Classical CD for newborns to inspire a love of music
Every newborn baby in Scotland will receive a classical CD to inspire a love of music.
BBC News, 11 October 2012

Music and wellbeing
As the UK’s number one organisation for voluntary music, we feel passionately that the more music people make together, the healthier and happier we all are.
Making Music, 10 October 2012

Choirs are magical - but should they be a social tool, too?
There's a risk that in using choirs for everything from helping fragmented communities to stress relief, we drag them down to the level of the mundane
Niall Crowley, Independent Voices, 10 October 2012

The Classic Brits are Not What's Wrong With Classical Music
Classical music is obsessed with the past to the point that it believes in its own death - or at least it's sufficiently concerned about its health to feel threatened by an event as irrelevant as the Classic Brits.
Paul Kilbey, Huffington Post, 9 October 2012

At last: the Classic Brit Awards exposed as a sickening crime against classical music
The truth is that there is simply no need to go down the Classic Brit route. What you are in effect saying with this monstrous spectacle is that Joe Public is too uncultured, too dense, too stupid to deal with an unedited, beautifully played Chopin mazurka, Mendelssohn concerto or Beethoven sonata.
James Rhodes, Daily Telegraph, 8 October 2012

Bach Is Still Revving Up Engine of Musical Innovation
"This is a book about the music of Bach and the ways it has been reinvented in our time"
Anthony Tommasini, New York Times, 7 October 2012

Great literature should stay on all reading lists
A knowledge of Chaucer, Shakespeare and tales of Greece and Rome is necessary to understand our own culture
Hannah Betts, Guardian, 7 October 2012

Shock of the old
Frieze Masters offers a fresh perspective on historical art by highlighting the dialogue between the old and the new
Susan Moore, Financial Times, 5 October 2012