Evidence that public transport announcements of "please make sure you take all your belongings with you when you leave the train" have very little impact on an evening commuter's brain is that one hapless Robert Napier left his violin on a train from London to Taunton, 2 and a half months ago. No cheap fiddle, this. No. He'd just been to get it valued. It's a violin worth around £180,000 and a 17th century......

David Garrett is "part maverick, part genius, total virtuoso". He's also a dreamboat; unfortunately, at present, a dreamboat in bits over his precious Stradivarius which is also in bits since he fell down some stairs onto his violin case after a concert at the Barbican before Christmas. Smash. Oh dear... We don't know if Barbican wine was to blame. The 290 year old instrument is/was priceless; a priceless jigsaw puzzle right now. Estimates for......