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Of all clarinet concertos, including Mozart’s, Aaron Copland’s is Norman Lebrecht’s favourite by a Siamese smile

In the third instalment of his diary, Dominic watches a man doing ballet on top of the British Ambassador’s Residence, and deals with his rude neighbour

Thomas Woodham-Smith doesn’t collect, he simply accumulates stock

Tom Chessyre on the glory of obscure railway museums

Claudia Savage-Gore on the tricky social nuances of London day schools

Henry Jeffreys recommends some quality champagnes that won’t break the bank – just don’t serve them too cold or in the company of B-list celebrities

Andy Friend provides a readable account of Nash’s life, but omits important detail about how the artist made others feel

Once we start using the political concerns of the adult world to moralise about the imaginative realm of children, we’re in trouble

A remarkable group of intellectuals in pre-war Vienna used philosophy to explain the scientific progess of their time — until they were halted by murder and Nazism

Bringing back the Net Book Agreement would be a good start for badly-paid authors