The mayor of Berlin was there for the opening night. Of course, we wouldn't get a politician wanting to be seen at an opera. It's far too far. Michael Gove will sneak off to the opera and pretend to all of his friends he likes it. But when it came, when he had the opportunity to do something about it, wouldn't do it. I mean, we could talk about this for hours. It makes me stabby with rage. There's a wonderful line in your book, James, that you say music is the one trustworthy thing that there is and we're taking it away from an entire generation of children. You can't just sit at the piano and
Intelligence Squared has been producing agenda-setting events for over a decade. During the holiday season we're looking back over that extensive archive to pick out some of our favourite and most enlightening listens. For this episode we revisit 2018 and our event with James Rhodes and Armando Iannucci reflecting on the Transformative Power of Music. The chair was broadcaster, author and leading voice on all things musical, Clemency Burton-Hill.
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