How music can reach out and touch us

Music gives us moments when – with a lyric, a chord change, a note or a drumbeat – a hand seems to come out and take our ownFor weeks now, the walls of London Underground stations have been plastered with Christmas advertisements for comedy DVDs, Jack Daniels and ice rinks, for jewellery, handbags and watches. And as I've stood in the crush and the chaos and the warm, mulled air, the one that has lodged in my mind is a Waterstone's poster with an Alan Bennett quotation: "The best mom...

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