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High note / My addiction to playing the piano is driving everyone mad

Damian Thompson has narrated this article for you to listen to. From time to time, I’ve given some famous pianists a bit of a kicking in the arts...

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Movie theater / Ann Lee deserves better than her biopic

Ann Lee was a sharp-tongued woman from the back streets of 18th–century Manchester, celebrated for put-downs worthy of Coronation Street’s Bet...

21.02.2026 250

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The problem with the new Shakers biopic

Ann Lee was a sharp-tongued woman from the back streets of 18th–century Manchester, celebrated for put-downs worthy of Coronation Street’s Bet...

21.02.2026 60

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Cinema / The problem with the new Shakers biopic

Ann Lee was a sharp-tongued woman from the back streets of 18th–century Manchester, celebrated for put-downs worthy of Coronation Street’s Bet...

18.02.2026 100

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Damian Thompson

Cinema / The problem with the new Shakers biopic

Ann Lee was a sharp-tongued woman from the back streets of 18th–century Manchester, celebrated for put-downs worthy of Coronation Street’s Bet...

16.02.2026 100

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Damian Thompson

Cinema / The problem with the new Shakers biopic

Ann Lee was a sharp-tongued woman from the back streets of 18th–century Manchester, celebrated for put-downs worthy of Coronation Street’s Bet...

16.02.2026 50

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CInema / The problem with the new Shakers biopic

12.02.2026 4

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The Neapolitan Horowitz

29.01.2026 9

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My unofficial music teacher

06.11.2025 10

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How the occult captured the modern mind

30.10.2025 10

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The mind-bendingly creative works of Louis Couperin

09.10.2025 3

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Beast mode / The Antichrist is back

25.09.2025 10

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The Antichrist is back

25.09.2025 5

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No filter / The unsettling rise of DeathTok

29.08.2025 10

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The Listener / A new Beethoven cycle to keep – but hide

22.08.2025 7

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A new Beethoven cycle to keep – but hide

21.08.2025 10

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Classical music / Alfred Brendel was peerless – but he wasn’t universally loved

01.07.2025 10

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Alfred Brendel was peerless – but he wasn’t universally loved

26.06.2025 3

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Classical music / Astonishing ‘lost tapes’ from a piano great

24.06.2025 6

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Classical music / Astonishing ‘lost tapes’ from a piano great

24.06.2025 5

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Astonishing ‘lost tapes’ from a piano great

19.06.2025 10

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Holy welcome / Leo XIV’s papacy is off to a surprisingly promising start

15.05.2025 7

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The knives are out for the conclave front-runner Parolin

07.05.2025 7

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The extraordinary scale of the crisis facing the next pope

27.04.2025 9

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‘I’ve seen controllers come and go’: Radio 3’s Michael Berkeley interviewed

24.04.2025 10

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The extraordinary scale of the crisis facing the next pope

24.04.2025 9

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Justin Welby has cemented his reputation – for having a tin ear

02.04.2025 5

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The Manchurian candidate / Does China have Vatican City in its sights?

26.03.2025 10

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The Manchurian candidate / Does China have Vatican City in its sights?

26.03.2025 6

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The Manchurian candidate / Does China have Vatican City in its sights?

21.03.2025 10

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Classical music / The filthy side of Dame Myra Hess

19.03.2025 8

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Classical music / The filthy side of Dame Myra Hess

13.03.2025 10

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The filthy side of Dame Myra Hess

13.03.2025 10

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Fascist shaman / Jonathan Bowden: my eccentric school friend who became a far-right hero

10.03.2025 10

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Fascist shaman / Jonathan Bowden: my eccentric school friend who became a far-right hero

06.03.2025 20

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Are these performances of the Bach cantatas the best on record?

13.02.2025 10

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After life / My YouTube rabbit hole

13.01.2025 10

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After life / My YouTube rabbit hole

13.01.2025 9

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My YouTube rabbit hole

12.01.2025 5

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After life / My YouTube rabbit hole

09.01.2025 10

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