On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Cosmo Landesman says life is too short to watch boring shows; Alex Diggins reports back from the Bukhara art biennial; Lucy Dunn provides her notes on BuzzBallz – which featured at the Spectator’s Christmas party; and, Richard Bratby reviews L’amour des trois oranges at the Royal Northern College of Music and Ariodante at the Royal Opera House.

Produced and presented by Patrick Gibbons.

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Cosmo Landesman, Alex Diggins, Lucy Dunn & Richard Bratby