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Music, the confessions of a low middlebrow

  Last night I was at Wigmore Hall listening to a concert given by Iestyn Davies (countertenor) and Thomas Dunford (lute) and, not for the first time, I reflected on my musical likes and dislikes. My wife and I often go to Wigmore — certainly once a week, sometimes twice — so I have plenty of time to mull things over.  Particularly so this week when, in addition to last night’s concert, I will have listened to music performed at […]

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What would you have done?

When I was told by my oncologist, on Friday 13th September, that there were no further conventional treatments to try to slow down my stage 4 prostate cancer, it confirmed what I already knew.  In the event, not a great shock. My cancer was first confirmed in November 2022, so I have nearly lasted two years without much pain or inconvenience.  And now I’ve survived another month.  I’d like to stay alive a bit longer because there are a number […]

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