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Rupert Christiansen has a distressing experience at an Indian classical music recital T he invitation was peremptory, garru- lous and somewhat pompous, as only Indi- ans know......

Arts

`I Sandro painted this picture' At Christmas, Neil MacGregor meditates on Botticelli's 'Mystic Nativity' and the politics of the Incarnation T he small canvas — just two and a......