Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. “I used to practise 25 hours a day. I don’t any more. Sometimes I leave it for a few weeks, but if I’m going to ...

Declaring a liking for flamenco used to be problematic for the Anglo-Saxon temperament. We were rightly scornful of cod-Latin acts like Dorita y Pepe (who were Dorothy and Pete from south London) or ...

Witnessing a performance of flamenco music, with percussive guitar strumming that’s alternately lyrical and explosive and equally expressive dancing that sometimes accompanies the playing, it’s easy ...

Paco De Lucia revolutionized flamenco guitar playing, and contributed to the renewal of flamenco by integrating sounds and instruments from other forms of music. He is the premier flamenco guitarist ...