Folk music has long been influenced by ultra-Left politics. Yet as the example of composer Cornelius Cardew has shown, even those with Communist sympathies have things to teach us about community music

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Gerhard Richter’s distinctive and diverse work is ultimately defined by its old-fashioned beauty

Simplistic and divisive, the media response to the riots was utterly predictable

Woody Allen’s latest film requires a level of cultural knowledge rarely demanded by Hollywood

A new revival of Top Girls shows that Caryl Churchill’s Thatcherite satire retains its dramatic vigour

A Cornish music seminar is a fitting monument to an irascible but inspirational violinist