Alexandra Coghlan

From precocious child to polymath – Stephen Hough’s life is full of singularity

The world-class musician describes his early desire to shock, his delight in the sensual, his life-changing relationship with Catholicism and, finally, his debut at Carnegie Hall

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  • Enough: Scenes from Childhood

    Stephen Hough

    Faber, pp. 272, £18

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