Richard Morrison is chief music critic of The Times. He is a regular columnist, writing mainly on music, arts and culture en-uk Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:37:29 GMT Copyright 2007 Times Newspapers Ltd. custserv@timesonline.co.uk http://www.timesonline.co.uk Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:08:25 GMT Newspapers 144 21 http://www.timesonline.co.uk http://images.thetimes.co.uk/TGD/picture/0,,116979,00.gif Richard Morrison Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:00:14 GMT 2010-02-02T09:16:47Z Like the swooning heroine of some Victorian bodice-ripper I've gone from despair to elation to despair again in a week. First cause of despair? I learn that the Victoria and Albert Museum is withdrawing from public view its priceless collection of 260 musical instruments - to make more space for fashion displays. The V&A used to be the world's finest museum of the decorative arts. Now it's where you go to see exhibitions of Kylie Minogue ephemera and Grace Kelly's frocks. Richard Morrison Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:01:00 GMT 2010-01-26T07:01:31Z You know, of course, that the most important event in the history of Western civilisation happens today in San Francisco. Yes, the computer company Apple unveils its “tablet”. No, it’s not the sort of tablet you take the morning after a heavy night with the single malts. According to the feverish speculation in high-tech circles, Apple’s tablet is a tiny, portable, touch-screen computer that will make your current phone, laptop and all other mobile electronic accoutrements look like Neanderthal artefacts. Richard Morrison Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:01:00 GMT 2010-01-19T04:01:13Z One morning last week I was taken to meet what I thought might be the world’s most desperate people. I was in Colombia to report on an exciting music project: a rare good-news story to come from a country that’s had a lot of bad press — what with its ruthless cocaine cartels and the apparently everlasting conflict between government forces and rebel militias.