[www.spectator.co.uk/author/alexandra-coghlan/] Classical music always seems in crisis. Audience shrinking, regular attempts to spread its reach take place. Magazine critic Alexandra Coghlan made these remarks during a debate on the latest ‘trick’, a pay-what-you-want-at-the-end gig. > When you talk to people about classical music … [you hear] the

Talking over a couple of cheekies with a bunch of expats sheltering a monsoon, I realised one line from the recent UK Budget speech had terrific recall. Its hook comes from three simple numbers; 1 – 4 – 7. It arose during a section on welfare spend reduction. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mr Deputy Speaker,

As the creator of this ‘coaching’ equation sets out; > P=p-i [http://theinnergame.com/] According to this formula, performance [P] can be enhanced either by growing “p” potential or by decreasing “i,” interference The first time this was mentioned to me, I instantly liked it. The ‘interference’ aspect intrigued me

[http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2015/jul/07/greek-debt-crisis-alex-tsipras-seeks-last-chance-deal-live] Here’s how the UK’s broadsheet of The Left live blogged the pivotal Greek debt eurozone crisis 7 July 2015. Greece are heading for years, decades even, of fiscal misery. I sense this not because of the “oxi” referendum

Surfing in downtime for entertaining infographics ideas, I came across this analysis [http://www.facegroup.com/how-stuff-spreads-1-gangnam-style-vs-harlem-shake.html] of how global pop dance-move phenomena Gangnam Style and Harlem Shake infected the world. The assessors looked at how the Twitterverse spread the memes. Their conclusions (8 things we learnt about how