On the opening night of his first tour here for six years, Johnny Mathis admitted what had brought him back to Britain — golf. The 76-year-old certainly no longer needs to perform. In a career of more than 50 years Mathis has sold 350 million records, making him one of the world’s most successful pop stars ever.

An album of reworked songs from the former Genesis frontman. Sparse but beautifully orchestrated

The doubters be damned. Ronnie Scott’s jazz club, under new owners, is in rude health and there's talk of going global

Verdi’s evergreen Requiem and ambitious works by Smetana, Mahler and Liszt soared at the Proms