'Push through the feelings of: I'm worthless, this sucks': can anyone learn to be a top songwriter? | Music

Songwriting courses are exploding in popularity, with everyone from Mark Ronson to Alicia Keys as teachers. On a retreat in north Wales, our folk music critic tries to write her first song

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