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Water music
t’s a shame Michael White didn’t name the ‘surprisingly rich laryngologist’ who first funded the Proms (, August). Dr George Cathcart didn’t just initiate the arena fountain as well, he decreed ice blocks surrounding it to cool the Queen’s Hall. The fountain itself survived two world wars, including the transfer (of a new one) to the Royal Albert Hall when Queen’s Hall was destroyed in 1941. It was finally removed in 2011 to make room for not so much bums on seats as more feet
