Jacqueline du Pre

Playing lifts you out of yourself into a delirious place.

The intense perfumes of the wild herbs as we trod them underfoot made us feel almost drunk.

I have the same feeling when I walk in a very beautiful place that I have when I play and it goes right.

Why do men fight who were born to be brothers?

Recently, I was in Bernalda, my dad's ancestral home town in Italy. He has just refurbished a palazzo and turned it into a hotel, so we had my sister's wedding there. It was beautiful.

I feel sorry for generations of Labour voters and supporters who must look and wonder what on earth has gone wrong and what Labour is for.