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Guy Noble’s Soapbox: The Complicated Sigh

Have you ever wondered what to do with a book that doesn’t deliver? Guy Noble has the answer.

June 24, 2024
Classical Music, Festivals
features

Guy Noble’s Soapbox: My Fantasy Festival

Get ready to laugh until you cry as Guy Noble dreams up an explosive festival program. All he needs now is an investor.

May 20, 2024
Classical Music
features

Guy Noble’s Soapbox: Calls and Campanology

Writing from a small Indonesian island, Guy Noble reflects on the Muslim call to prayer and the ringing bells at Christian churches.

April 22, 2024
Classical Music
features

Guy Noble’s Soapbox: Consummate Communicators

This month, Guy Noble relives the magic of seeing two musical geniuses perform live.

March 25, 2024
Classical Music, Opera
features

Guy Noble’s Soapbox: Tantric Music-Making

Pondering the passion in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, Guy Noble discovered the composer was something of an Italian stallion.

February 19, 2024
Classical Music
features

Guy Noble’s Soapbox: I am 60 going on 17

Though he may now be a hexagenarian, Guy Noble doesn’t feel it. He takes inspiration from Sir Paul McCartney – still touring to adoring fans at 81.

December 22, 2023
Classical Music
features

Guy Noble’s Soapbox: Let us rejoice

A lacklustre rendition of the national anthem leaves Guy Noble pondering our unwillingness to sing this country’s praises.

November 20, 2023
Musical Theatre & Cabaret
features

Guy Noble’s Soapbox: A Bitter Taste

Attending Cabaret in London, Guy Noble was taken aback by the dictatorial ushers, who tried to stop him taking photos in the foyer, and on the pavement outside.

October 23, 2023
Classical Music
features

Guy Noble’s Soapbox: With Pleasure

Pondering our dopamine addiction and obsessive need to feel good, Guy Noble wonders if boredom is a necessary counterpoint to happiness.

September 25, 2023
Uncategorised
features

Guy Noble’s Soapbox: Feedback Fever

Fed up with being bombarded with requests for feedback about everything from online purchases to hotel visits, Guy Noble ponders sending reverse feedback.

August 21, 2023
Classical Music, Orchestral
features

Guy Noble’s Soapbox: A New Night of the Proms?

Rather than drop the offensive lyrics from the outdated, patriotic songs so loved at Last Night of the Proms concerts, why not rewrite them, suggests Guy Noble?

July 24, 2023
Classical Music
features

Guy Noble’s Soapbox: Di–Vinyl

While appreciating the convenience of digital music, Guy Noble has begun embracing LPs again and loves the sound, even though classical music is disc-heavy.

June 19, 2023
Classical Music, World
features

Guy Noble’s Soapbox: Only in India

Reeling from the noise and a death-defying road trip, Guy Noble was surprisingly touched by a performance of Rajasthani desert music in Jodhpur.

May 22, 2023

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