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There has been a collective gasp of surprise that Princess Diana’s aunt, Mary Roche, left a relatively small estate of £425,983 when her will was published this week. Ten months after the aristocrat’s death in March 2023, aged 88, the implication is that Roche somehow suffered a financial fall from grace.
This year is the 150th anniversary of the birth of Gustav Holst. “Ah, yes,” I can hear some of you say, “The Planets”. I have long regarded that work of genius as Holst’s misfortune. Some composers write one piece so amazing that they are known for nothing else: think of Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana, or Widor’s Toccata. One of the two sad aspects to Holst is that to aficionados The Planets is not necessarily his finest piece of music. He wrote many other works that reflect his genius, express
From a very young age, Rita Atkins has been active in the chess community, achieving notable success in various chess tournaments, reaching the title of Women's International Master (WIM) and winning the Hungarian Women's Chess Championship in 1992. She has also been involved in teaching chess and mathematics to school children and youth. In a lengthy interview with Uvencio Blanco, she remarked: "Give it another hundred years, and there will be just as many good female players as male ones".