Could Scotland be a model - and independence a catalyst - for bringing about a better, more connected society in England, after decades of individualism and fragmentation?

Let's hope our leaders fully embrace the values enshrined in the UK's new National Music Plan. Only then can we become the sort of society that an orchestra, in full flow, represents.

Is it treasonable to question the Queen's role as 'defender of the faith', as well as the next-in-line's wish to be 'defender of faith'?