When Palestinians killed five people at a synagogue in the Jerusalem suburb where my son lives, the response was admirably restrained

"First Peres, then Netanyahu, and other Israeli leaders sing. They all have passably good voices-a nation in the strangest surroundings enjoying itself"

As a Christian, I was deeply moved by a visit to the Holy Land

Teacher, philanthropist, founder of the Royal College of Music — Sir Hubert Parry was so much more than a composer of England's finest songs