Richard Morrison
Dec 22, 2021
3 minutes
A lfred Brendel tells an anecdote about switching on the radio midway through some piano recital, and thinking to himself: ‘My God, that player hasn’t got a clue’. Then came the inevitable announcement: ‘That was Alfred Brendel…’. At a somewhat less exalted level, we hacks often feel something similar if we stumble over our old articles. ‘Wow, I was naive/dense/just a kid,’ I find myself thinking. ‘I’ve learnt so much since then.’
But have I? This week
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