30 MARCH 2002, page 51

Winning Walton

Robin Holloway O ne by one the composers who had been the living icons of one's teens are reaching their centenaries. This month 100 years ago William Walton was born in Oldham.......

American Dream-world

Simon Hoggart D uring the last election I was on the Prime Minister's plane when he came, as he sometimes does, into the back to talk to the hacks. This is partly to be......