Yes, we’re all sick of the coronation but the oddest story to come from it has just started spreading: it seems that composer Karl Jenkins (one of whose works was to be played at the big show) caused a bizarre amount of confusion on social media among people who, frankly, couldn’t believe he looked like he does, e.g.:
The Classic FM article helpfully also includes this photo of him in his days in Soft Machine:
That’s him at left in the back, demonstrating that he has indeed kind of always looked like that. I find this whole thing very strange but also rather delightful, and fortunately it appears that so does Sir Karl… best publicity he’s probably had in years if nothing else.
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