And This Makes Us Safer How, Exactly?

One soloist who has been feeling the effects of the UK baggage restrictions is London-based violinist Viktoria Mullova, who went so far as to smuggle her unprotected Stradivarius onto a Helsinki-bound flight in a shopping bag last month. This week, she’s due to play concerts in the US, and there’s a very real possibility that she will have to make the trip without her instrument.