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Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti singing at a free concert in London’s Hyde Park in 1991. Trinity Mirror / Alamy

‘Opera needs to attract good writers and tell better stories’: four experts on how opera can survive, thrive and reach new audiences

Is opera dying? Do people care? What does it need to survive? Where will new audiences come from? Our experts assess the state of opera in the UK.
Rhea Perlman as Mrs Wormwood in the film adaptation of Matilda (1996). Everett Collection Inc

The nine worst mothers in literature – according to our experts

From serious villains to children’s book baddies, these literary mothers subvert every maternal instinct.