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Carmen Paddock on the composer as superhero – and supervillain.

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Jun 26, 2025
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Hello, and welcome to the first essay from our summer release, Volume 20: Ken Russell’s History of the World. Here, critic Carmen Paddock talks saving classical music in Lisztomania.

On 23rd July, join us at The Cinema Museum for a rare screening of Crimes of Passion on 16mm, where print copies of the issue will be exclusively available. Tickets are now…

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