David Miliband: classical music world is one of "gossip and backstabbing"

David Miliband seems to be becoming a little bit arty. He was one of the sponsors for MP Alison McGovern's bill last week to make cultural provision compulsory for local authorities; and he and his wife, Louise Shackleton, a violinist with the London Symphony Orchestra, have given a joint interview in the next issue of the Strad, the specialist magazine for string players. He confesses he's not a natural: "If to be musical means that you can recognise a tune, name a pitch . . . or sing in the ba...

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