Damian Thompson Damian Thompson

I know how to cure my music addiction

My dependency means my CD collection has doubled, while my number of friends has halved — luckily, there's a fix for this

Sir Clifford Curzon playing at his home in Highgate (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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