Category: NEW
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RAJARS 2025: Everybody’s down and its not a disaster
Radio 3’s apparent slump isn’t a crisis; it’s a reminder that measurement no longer tells the full story. The audience hasn’t disappeared — it’s moved into spaces that RAJAR can’t see and the BBC now controls. What looks like decline is really transition: from live radio to on-demand, from shared experience to personal choice.
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Review – Manchester Camerata with Jack Sheen at Wigmore Hall
Manchester Camerata make a welcome return to London with an all-too-short but exquisite exploration of early-twentieth-century and contemporary song, showing composers revelling in the creative possibilities of rigorously applied concision.
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Review – Doctor Who – Series 1 ‘An Unearthly Child’
The very first episode of Doctor Who isn’t isn’t simply about time travel. It’s also about control, curiosity, and the fear of being found out.
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Clare Hammond – Tippett, Britten and Walton
Clare Hammond’s new recording with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and George Vass invites us into a world of invention, warmth, and wit brought into focus by a pianist whose hallmark is clarity without coldness.