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Arts

Finding fault with perfection John Boyden argues that modern recordings are destroying great music R ecently, while listening to a recording of a Bruckner symphony, made at a......

Exhibitions

Picasso: Painter and Sculptor in Clay (Royal Academy, till 16 December) Acceptable gifts Martin Gayford A friend of mine once asked a distin- guished artist to his wedding. The......