FT Life of a Song

By Financial Times

Each month FT music critics and contributors discuss the story of a song, from its origins and early recordings through cover versions good and bad. Formerly called FT Arts.

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July 19, 2013 Sound of sci-fi: Peter Aspden on the Dr Who Prom
Braving Daleks and Cybermen at the Royal Albert Hall, the FT’s arts writer reflects on the unlikely synergy between classical music and a children’s sci-fi series
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July 12, 2013 Ordinary megastar: Raphael Abraham on Amy Winehouse
London’s Jewish Museum may seem an odd venue for an exhibition about the late pop diva. But the show is not so much a celebrity portrait as a way for a family to reclaim its daughter, says the FT’s assistant arts editor
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July 05, 2013 Howdy, Podner! Peter Aspden on Las Vegas’s heritage impulse
The Nevada resort, a byword for pleasure-seeking in the here and now, is starting to take its history seriously, says the FT’s arts writer
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6min
June 28, 2013 After the spring: Peter Aspden on the Shubbak Festival
Visa problems and nervousness on the part of potential sponsors have made life hard for London’s festival of contemporary Arab culture. But as the Arab Spring gives way to harsher realities, such forums are needed more than ever, says the FT’s arts writer
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June 21, 2013 Going soft: Peter Aspden on the cultural wealth of nations
Countries are vying to project their worth through art, sport and broadcasting. But ‘soft power’ is not always easy to control, says the FT’s arts writer
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June 14, 2013 History's second draft: Peter Aspden on theatre and the news
Where there is a public clamour for explanation, writers and artists should be unafraid to step in, says the FT's arts writer
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June 07, 2013 Hobson-Jobson: Julius Purcell on linguistic “barbarisms”
The thought of French purists fretting over ‘les snackbars’ has long-tickled English-speakers
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May 31, 2013 Age of innocence? Julius Purcell on the cultural legacy of 1913
Pre-first world war Vienna has some curious parallels with Spain today
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May 24, 2013 A different league: Peter Aspden on our soccer psychosis
The praise lavished on football’s retiring greats has been wildly overblown, says the FT’s arts writer. Other cultural pursuits are far worthier of grown-ups’ attention
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May 17, 2013 Focus, schmocus: Peter Aspden on distraction
As Margate’s Turner Contemporary gallery celebrates curiosity, the FT’s arts writer does his best to concentrate on the mind’s ability to wander
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How many episodes does FT Life of a Song have?

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