THE PROMS
October 2016
Music appreciation should be a part of every schoolchild's life, and the BBC Proms play a vital part in lifelong musical education
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September 2015
This summer’s dumbing down is just the prelude to ditching everything this great festival stands for
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July/August 2014
William Walton was inspired by sexual energy
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October 2013
Much hoo-ha was made of the BBC’s “censorship” of Nigel Kennedy’s remarks about Palestine at the Proms. In truth, Kennedy knew all along he’d be taken off air
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