It's been a dizzying time, this Balkan tour. Sorry for lack of reports on the road, but I spent every spare moment catching up on sleep, which was in short supply. And I didn't even have to play an instrument. I don't know how they do it.

For those lucky people who have time to sit and read things, or listen to them, at the weekend, here are a few bits and pieces:

First, the new edition of Standpoint is out now and on the newsstands. My column this month is called Chopin Ove