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In praise of From Our Own Correspondent 

Plus: how a hypnotist helped Rachmaninov out of a creative block

Michael Elkins recalls how an episode of FOOC got him into hot water with Israel's prime minister Golda Meir. Photo: Photo12 / Universal Images Group / Getty Images

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