Yehudi Menuhin had a turbulent life, the result, claims a new biography, of a tortured childhood as a child prodigy. “Yehudi was barred from all games to preserve his hands. He was not allowed a bicycle, and did not cross the road unaccompanied until he was 18. He had only one day at school, and was tutored at home along with his brilliant younger sisters, Hephzibah and Yaltah. It could not have been a more abnormal childhood.” – The Scotsman