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BBC Proms from a distance: Turn the popular focus back to art, not the flags

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These days, when the BBC is under severe political and financial pressure and the arts budget in England is stalled, the Proms are of enormous importance to the cultural fabric of the country, writes Simon Mundy, who has been tuning in on the radio for the past two months