As overtures go, few lift the spirits quite like the announcement of a new Proms season. Harbinger of summer, drum-roll that presages the greatest classical music festival in the world, the arrival of the Proms guide – a publication which regularly tops the paperback best-seller lists – brings to mind warm nights at the Albert Hall and a panoply of sounds that from mid-July to early September run an amazing gamut.
Local government has long been the weakest link in the country’s democratic infrastructure. The verdict that Lutfur Rahman, the one-time mayor of Tower Hamlets, was guilty of corrupt and illegal practices represents only the latest episode in a long line of crooks and chancers, of whom T Dan Smith, the corrupt leader of Newcastle upon Tyne in the 1960s, was the flashiest and most audacious.
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The entry system for the 2016 London marathon will open online at virginlondonmarathon.com on Monday 4 May.
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Mozart’s piano concertos and Bach sonatas will surprise few Proms regulars in this year’s festival programme. Though eyebrows, and possibly hands, may be raised in the Royal Albert Hall over an orchestral celebration of Ibiza club classics.
Brits may never understand quite why American footballers need shoulder pads to play a game that is essentially rugby. And Americans would be forgiven for misunderstanding the appeal of a stadium pie and mash.
The London Marathon 2015 will take place on Sunday, 26 April. The Marathon is made up of five different types of athletes all competing on the same course.
Paula Radcliffe came within a whisker of pulling out of her marathon farewell on the streets of London following an Achilles injury.