A further snippet: A radio report said that Simone Young has been appointed
music director of the Hamburg State Opera as from 2006.

Some listers may have been puzzled by a reference in an earlier post to
Richard Hickox spending '4" months in Australia'.  No, neither four-inch
months nor four-second months, but four-and-a-half months - a reminder
to use plain text for posts.

Richard Pennycuick
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