Christopher Hill Contributor Gold

Freddie Mercury: his life, death, and influence; how he became an icon for the LGBT community of today by making people of all demographics love him and his music.

Artist! What on earth does that word even mean anyway?

In which we discuss a little about what it is like to be a young conductor, how to expand your knowledge and experience base, how young artists engage with social issues through their work, and how to think about moving into the professional sphere with your work. We also drink a lot of coffee.

The destruction of a musician's wooden instruments at the hands of US customs, on the grounds that they are agricultural products and thus pose a biological hazard to native species, poses a grave question to musicians the world over: is there any justification on which an instrument that forms a key part to someone's livelihood can be destroyed because of what it is made of?