Britain is not short of pop festivals, but the BBC Proms is unique. It is the biggest and grandest classical music festival in the world, and once upon a time everyone knew what it stood for. Henry ...
Soft Machine in 1967, l-r: Kevin Ayers, Robert Wyatt, Mike Ratledge and Daevid Allen - BIPS/Getty Images Mike Ratledge, who has died aged 81, was the keyboard player whose sound was at the heart of ...