December 2003 Issue Patrick O'Connor The Contrary Contralto Letters and Diaries of Kathleen Ferrier By Christopher Fifield (ed) LR
April 2008 Issue Alexander Waugh The Maestro Matures Diaries 1915–1923: Behind the Mask By Sergey Prokofiev (Translated and annotated by Anthony Phillips) LR
July 2014 Issue Igor Toronyi-Lalic Deconstructing Harry Harrison Birtwistle: Wild Tracks By Fiona Maddocks (a conversation diary) LR
February 2013 Issue Michael Berkeley In Black & White Play It Again: An Amateur Against the Impossible By Alan Rusbridger LR
March 2013 Issue Alexander Waugh Bittersweet Symphony The Love and Wars of Lina Prokofiev By Simon Morrison Sergey Prokofiev: Diaries 1924–1933 – Prodigal Son By Anthony Phillips (ed) LR
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