Thom Yorke, musician, on his picture of a rock formation in Cornwall – ‘An old giant’s backbone buried in the rocks’. GB Tell me why you chose this rock formation: […]

Nico Muhly, composer, on the frontispiece from the Ravenscroft Psalter GB Tell me why you’ve chosen this frontispiece. NM I live for frontispieces; I wish we still had them around. They […]

Thomas Adès, composer, on a picture of his niece, Sylvie GB Why did you choose this picture? TA Well, there are things in the picture that could look like the […]

Iestyn Davies, countertenor, on a punt GB Tell me why you’ve chosen a punt ID The punt is beautiful in itself but to me it’s what it speaks of. It’s […]

Gerald Barry, composer, on his Messiah Rubble Gilded Birds: Tell me about your rubble. Gerald Barry: Some years ago I was shown around Handel’s house in London as a special […]