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Tom Service
Tom Service (born 8 March 1976) is a British writer, music journalist and television and radio presenter, who has written regularly for ''The Guardian'' since 1999 and presented on BBC Radio 3 since 2001. He is a regular presenter of The Proms for Radio 3 and has presented several documentaries on the subject of classical music. Early life Service was born in Glasgow and attended Kelvinside Academy, where he learned cello and piano. He studied Music at the University of York, then studied for a masters in Music at the University of Southampton. He wrote his PhD thesis on American composer and musician John Zorn. Career Broadcasting He joined BBC Radio 3 in 2001 presenting ''Hear and Now'', and from 2003 he has presented '' Music Matters''. From 2016, he started presenting a weekly show also on Radio 3, called ''The Listening Service'', which drew comparisons to David Munrow's programme ''Pied Piper'', which aired on the same station in the 1970s Since 2011 Service has presen ...
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Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated population of 635,640. Straddling the border between historic Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire, the city now forms the Glasgow City Council area, one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, and is governed by Glasgow City Council. It is situated on the River Clyde in the country's West Central Lowlands. Glasgow has the largest economy in Scotland and the third-highest GDP per capita of any city in the UK. Glasgow's major cultural institutions – the Burrell Collection, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Scottish Ballet and Scottish Opera – enjoy international reputations. The city was the European Capital of Culture in 1990 and is notable for its architecture, cult ...
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