Taking the long view

Twelve years after it first began, the Longplayer is only beginning its thousand-year voyage. Join us on Monday to watch Caitlin Moran and John Lanchester discuss the mindbending implications of this extraordinary musical eventAt midnight on the 31st of December 1999, a piece of music began to play in the lighthouse at Trinity Buoy Wharf in London's docklands, a piece of music which is still unfolding today, and which is due to continue for another 987 years.Composed by Jem Finer, a musician who...

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