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Listening to Britten
December 22, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Listening to Britten
It's time to change the laws around streaming services so that musicians get their fair share! Join me in signing to Musicians' Union petition to fix streaming! www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/ch...
Change the law to fix music streaming
It's time to change the laws around streaming services so that musicians get their fair share! Join me in signing to Musicians' Union petition to fix streaming!
www.megaphone.org.uk
December 18, 2025 at 11:26 PM
It's time to change the laws around streaming services so that musicians get their fair share! Join me in signing to Musicians' Union petition to fix streaming! www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/ch...
Just heard that Raymond Head has died. He was one of the foremost scholars in Holst research - certainly for all his groundbreaking research into Holst’s involvement in Sanskrit and astrology. He was both a generous and honest colleague.
November 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Just heard that Raymond Head has died. He was one of the foremost scholars in Holst research - certainly for all his groundbreaking research into Holst’s involvement in Sanskrit and astrology. He was both a generous and honest colleague.
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I am told shipments of my book are on their way by air/sea from the US, as OUP try to meet demand, which has exceeded their expectations. A reprint is also now underway. The key message is, if you want this for Christmas, ORDER IT NOW. It's had glowing reviews.
Also available on Kindle immediately.
Also available on Kindle immediately.
This book means more to me than any other book I have written. I want to get copies into the hands of everyone who cares about opera or is interested in the broader cultural history of our country.
Please consider buying a copy. Thank you. 🙏
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Please consider buying a copy. Thank you. 🙏
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
November 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I am told shipments of my book are on their way by air/sea from the US, as OUP try to meet demand, which has exceeded their expectations. A reprint is also now underway. The key message is, if you want this for Christmas, ORDER IT NOW. It's had glowing reviews.
Also available on Kindle immediately.
Also available on Kindle immediately.
Have just been very cheered by this review of Apple Music Classical’s latest feature, Listening Guide, a project I’ve been very busy with over (I think rather more than) the past six months or so:
audiophilestyle.com/ca/bits-and-...
audiophilestyle.com/ca/bits-and-...
Apple Music Classical - Game Changing Update
Audio: Listen to this article. There’s Apple Music the streaming service, Music the Apple macOS music application for playing streamed and local music, and the Apple Music Classical application also c...
audiophilestyle.com
March 28, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Have just been very cheered by this review of Apple Music Classical’s latest feature, Listening Guide, a project I’ve been very busy with over (I think rather more than) the past six months or so:
audiophilestyle.com/ca/bits-and-...
audiophilestyle.com/ca/bits-and-...
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This is blood-boiling. Charles Rogers was awarded the Medal of Honor in Vietnam after being wounded three times leading the defense of a position.
Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."
Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."
March 16, 2025 at 2:25 AM
This is blood-boiling. Charles Rogers was awarded the Medal of Honor in Vietnam after being wounded three times leading the defense of a position.
Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."
Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."
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Finally, it's in a major paper. The source I'd seen was trustworthy, and what it unfolded in greater detail struck me as one of the most horrific things yet about this racist regime. Shitting on dead woman and people of colour who served in the military. Deepest shame.
Arlington National Cemetery has scrubbed information about prominent Black, Hispanic and female service members and topics such as the Civil War from its website, part of an effort across the Defense Department to remove all references to diversity, equity and inclusion from its online presence.
Arlington Cemetery website scrubs links about Black and female veterans
Pentagon leaders have ordered that their websites and social media pages remove articles and images that “promote” DEI.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 14, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Finally, it's in a major paper. The source I'd seen was trustworthy, and what it unfolded in greater detail struck me as one of the most horrific things yet about this racist regime. Shitting on dead woman and people of colour who served in the military. Deepest shame.
classical.music.apple.com/gb/recording...
I’ve a soft spot for this recording, not least Norma Burrowes in the “Pie Jesu”. Seems ideal for a quiet sunny day after an intense week.
I’ve a soft spot for this recording, not least Norma Burrowes in the “Pie Jesu”. Seems ideal for a quiet sunny day after an intense week.
Fauré: Requiem in D Minor, Op. 48 – City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Louis Frémaux on Apple Music Classical
Listen in the app designed for classical.
classical.music.apple.com
March 9, 2025 at 1:04 PM
classical.music.apple.com/gb/recording...
I’ve a soft spot for this recording, not least Norma Burrowes in the “Pie Jesu”. Seems ideal for a quiet sunny day after an intense week.
I’ve a soft spot for this recording, not least Norma Burrowes in the “Pie Jesu”. Seems ideal for a quiet sunny day after an intense week.
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Trump is simply repeating a Putin talking point here. Russia has insisted on intervening in basic issues of Ukrainian sovereignty for more than a decade. Now Trump is doing Putin’s PR work, making unsustainable arguments for an unjustifiable invasion.
www.axios.com/2025/02/18/t...
www.axios.com/2025/02/18/t...
Trump levels stunning criticisms against Zelensky after Russia talks
Trump's comments about Ukraine's domestic politics will likely put more pressure on Zelensky ahead of possible negotiations to end the war.
www.axios.com
February 19, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Trump is simply repeating a Putin talking point here. Russia has insisted on intervening in basic issues of Ukrainian sovereignty for more than a decade. Now Trump is doing Putin’s PR work, making unsustainable arguments for an unjustifiable invasion.
www.axios.com/2025/02/18/t...
www.axios.com/2025/02/18/t...
I’ve only just discovered that the Cambridge Stravinsky Encyclopedia, to which I contributed several entries, has been made available in paperback since August - at a far more affordable price than the hardback. www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...
The Cambridge Stravinsky Encyclopedia | Twentieth-century and contemporary music
www.cambridge.org
November 19, 2024 at 6:00 AM
I’ve only just discovered that the Cambridge Stravinsky Encyclopedia, to which I contributed several entries, has been made available in paperback since August - at a far more affordable price than the hardback. www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...