::: Scottish composer Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, who holds the title master of the Queen’s music, has called on Scotland’s government to suspend the £3m of aid it gives to Malawi each year unless the government of the African nation frees two men arrested under anti-gay laws, London Times reports. The composer, who lives in Orkney, Scotland with his partner Colin Parkinson, has joined a campaign led by LGBT rights activist Peter Tatchell to release Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga. The couple were arrested last month after holding an engagement ceremony in Lilongwe, Malawi’s capital. They’ve been held in jail since they were arrested a few days after the ceremony and could face up to 14 years in jail if convicted on charges of gross public indecency. “I’m keen to put my name forward and to support the campaign to get those people out of jail,” Maxwell said, according to the Times. “The way those people have been treated is inhumane and they must be released.” [Note: In this review Guardian critic Tom Service explains how Davies’s music is influenced by the Scottish countryside.]