We had a bit of a Simon & Garfunkel craze in sixth form and this carefree song always provided a nice antidote to all the miserable goth stuff that I spent too much time wallowing in. I particularly remember playing it first thing in the morning on my 18th birthday.

The Tale of the Golden Cockerel
Despite what Moscow propaganda claims, Russian culture isn’t cancelled in the West, but The Golden Cockerel, currently touring with ETO, may not be entirely to Putin’s taste.