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https://archives.battleofideas.org.uk/2025/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Ivan-Hewett-1.jpg32753275Ivan Hewett is a writer on music for the Telegraph, broadcaster on BBC Radio 3, and teacher at the Royal College of Music. He studied music at Oxford University, went on to study composition at the Royal College of Music, and spent a fascinating year in commercial music, where he rose to the dizzy heights of […]