My friend and colleague Jem Bloomfield has once again allowed me to insinuate myself into his Quite Irregular blog, this time with some thoughts on blindfolded musicians. I wrote this after the image of a blindfolded pianist glimpsed during the National Theatre’s current production of Edward II put me in mind of blindfolded musicians in Flaubert in Egypt: A Sensibility on Tour. It’s a very evocative image and for me raises questions about power, privilege, and who is allowed to see what based on status. Read more over on Quite Irregular.