Sandy Denny is one of the great lost voices of British music. Her death at the age of 31 brought a premature end to a dazzling career that had taken in the traditional folk music scene, a genre-defining spell fronting folk-rock pioneers Fairport Convention, singing with the Strawbs and Fotheringay, ...

Z is for Zero-sum game

In a sense, football is the ultimate zero-sum game. One team wins and one team loses, or neither win and the points are shared. I’ve heard youth coaches argue that everything about the game has to be competitive – you have to earn your place in the team by being be...

It genuinely mystifies me why Christine Collister isn’t a household name. Even though she has operated outside of the more commercial genres throughout her career, she really should be more acclaimed. Maybe that’s unfair, as her peerless voice has always been recognised by critics and ot...