Dennis 🇺🇦🇵🇸
@dennzz.bsky.social
Opera, Monteverdi & Bach fan with a HIP habit. Lurks around theatres and museums. Can, but doesn’t, read (enough). Also: coffee. ”Und in dem Wie, da liegt der ganze Unterschied”, i.e. #Antifascist
Halftime at Uryupin and Tcherniakov’s Maid of Orleans. Can’t quite believe how good this is: fab conducting, glorious playing, and a cast where I honestly can’t imagine a single role better sung. Superlative choral singing, and I’m enjoying Tcherniakov’s personenregie. Wow! #DNO #LiveTheatre
November 18, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Halftime at Uryupin and Tcherniakov’s Maid of Orleans. Can’t quite believe how good this is: fab conducting, glorious playing, and a cast where I honestly can’t imagine a single role better sung. Superlative choral singing, and I’m enjoying Tcherniakov’s personenregie. Wow! #DNO #LiveTheatre
Evening in #Amsterdam. Lovely walk to and from dinner at friends’.
November 16, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Evening in #Amsterdam. Lovely walk to and from dinner at friends’.
Lovely quick visit to the Courtauld earlier today. Fabulous stuff. Lots of impressionists of course, but also wonderful Renaissance masterpieces. Like this entombment attributed to Robert Campin. #art #CourtauldGallery #London
November 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Lovely quick visit to the Courtauld earlier today. Fabulous stuff. Lots of impressionists of course, but also wonderful Renaissance masterpieces. Like this entombment attributed to Robert Campin. #art #CourtauldGallery #London
Instead of evensong, I got Fauré’s requiem for Remembrance Sunday at King’s today. My second church service ever. I admit that the whole ritual still freaks me out, but it’s a very beautiful place, the seats are surprisingly comfort (and big), and there was some lovely singing. #ChurchMusic
November 9, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Instead of evensong, I got Fauré’s requiem for Remembrance Sunday at King’s today. My second church service ever. I admit that the whole ritual still freaks me out, but it’s a very beautiful place, the seats are surprisingly comfort (and big), and there was some lovely singing. #ChurchMusic
Popped into the National Gallery for a fix of Mantegna…
November 8, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Popped into the National Gallery for a fix of Mantegna…
Mixed thoughts about The Maids in London tonight. A well acted production, though, and it was nice to finally see something at the #DonmarWarehouse again. #LiveTheatre
November 8, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Mixed thoughts about The Maids in London tonight. A well acted production, though, and it was nice to finally see something at the #DonmarWarehouse again. #LiveTheatre
Londinium. Quick visit on my way to Cambridge for work. Meeting with friends and last night had dinner with my godson and his girlfriend, both of them having just started their first proper job. Awww…
Changes aplenty in the Westend, but a lot also remains unchanged…
Changes aplenty in the Westend, but a lot also remains unchanged…
November 8, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Londinium. Quick visit on my way to Cambridge for work. Meeting with friends and last night had dinner with my godson and his girlfriend, both of them having just started their first proper job. Awww…
Changes aplenty in the Westend, but a lot also remains unchanged…
Changes aplenty in the Westend, but a lot also remains unchanged…
Checking in for the Eurostarl in Amsterdam: the worst organised chaos on the continent? Probably… 🙄 @eurostarnews.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Checking in for the Eurostarl in Amsterdam: the worst organised chaos on the continent? Probably… 🙄 @eurostarnews.bsky.social
VVD wil nog steeds niet met GL/PvdA samenwerken. Heel principieel… na zelf jarenlang aan de wieg te hebben gestaan van de huidige problemen, een kabinet opportunistisch te laten vallen, extreemrechts aan de macht te helpen en dan 1,5 jaar niks maar dan ook niks voor elkaar te krijgen. Godgeklaagd.
November 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
VVD wil nog steeds niet met GL/PvdA samenwerken. Heel principieel… na zelf jarenlang aan de wieg te hebben gestaan van de huidige problemen, een kabinet opportunistisch te laten vallen, extreemrechts aan de macht te helpen en dan 1,5 jaar niks maar dan ook niks voor elkaar te krijgen. Godgeklaagd.
Eerdmans: “Uitsluiting [PVV] vind ik cru.” Cru? Voor de milde PVV? 🙄
November 5, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Eerdmans: “Uitsluiting [PVV] vind ik cru.” Cru? Voor de milde PVV? 🙄
Ik dacht dat m’n concert om 20.00 begon. Nog even op m’n kaartje gekeken (zie pic): 19.15. Dus toch maar snel naar de zaal. Is de deur nog dicht.
Zegt de jongedame die er staat met een ondertoon van ongeloof: “Dat is natuurlijk de tijd dat de deur opengaat, meneer.” 🤷♂️ Biertje!
Zegt de jongedame die er staat met een ondertoon van ongeloof: “Dat is natuurlijk de tijd dat de deur opengaat, meneer.” 🤷♂️ Biertje!
November 2, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Ik dacht dat m’n concert om 20.00 begon. Nog even op m’n kaartje gekeken (zie pic): 19.15. Dus toch maar snel naar de zaal. Is de deur nog dicht.
Zegt de jongedame die er staat met een ondertoon van ongeloof: “Dat is natuurlijk de tijd dat de deur opengaat, meneer.” 🤷♂️ Biertje!
Zegt de jongedame die er staat met een ondertoon van ongeloof: “Dat is natuurlijk de tijd dat de deur opengaat, meneer.” 🤷♂️ Biertje!
I’m off to Utrecht’s wonderful #TivoliVredenburg concert hall tonight, where #TheNetherlandsBachSociety will perform their annual All Souls programme, led by #LionelMeunier no less. Looks like an ace programme. Can’t wait!
November 2, 2025 at 8:54 AM
I’m off to Utrecht’s wonderful #TivoliVredenburg concert hall tonight, where #TheNetherlandsBachSociety will perform their annual All Souls programme, led by #LionelMeunier no less. Looks like an ace programme. Can’t wait!
Hadn’t listened to this album for a while. It’s really exquisite. And fun! #Baroque #listening
November 1, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Hadn’t listened to this album for a while. It’s really exquisite. And fun! #Baroque #listening
So looking forward to diving into this recording. #MonteverdiEtAl
October 31, 2025 at 9:33 PM
So looking forward to diving into this recording. #MonteverdiEtAl
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New from me: Emmanuel Macron delivered remarks in Germany recently that I think could serve as a template for an outside-the-box, ambitious political figure. But timing and breaking with prevailing orthodoxy would be critical. www.offmessage.net/p/defiant-re...
The Defiant Resistance Speech An American Should Have Given
There's power waiting to be claimed by an ambitious political figure who makes this his or her cause.
www.offmessage.net
October 31, 2025 at 4:59 PM
New from me: Emmanuel Macron delivered remarks in Germany recently that I think could serve as a template for an outside-the-box, ambitious political figure. But timing and breaking with prevailing orthodoxy would be critical. www.offmessage.net/p/defiant-re...
How Dutch to be able to vote in the general elections at a windmill, in the middle of Amsterdam. #MolenDeOtter 🤣
October 29, 2025 at 7:27 AM
How Dutch to be able to vote in the general elections at a windmill, in the middle of Amsterdam. #MolenDeOtter 🤣
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Fawlty Towers actor Prunella Scales dies at the age of 93
Fawlty Towers actor Prunella Scales dies at the age of 93
Actor portrayed Sybil Fawlty and later charmed viewers with her canal boat journeys alongside husband Timothy West
Prunella Scales, the actor best known for playing Sybil Fawlty in the classic comedy series Fawlty Towers, has died aged 93.
Scales, who was married to fellow actor Timothy West , was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2013 . Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Fawlty Towers actor Prunella Scales dies at the age of 93
Lovely evening out in a restaurant with my mother and my two young nieces, who were really chatty and lovely company. Great to see them grow up. ❤️ Now in a blissfully quiet train back to the Dam. 🕺
October 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Lovely evening out in a restaurant with my mother and my two young nieces, who were really chatty and lovely company. Great to see them grow up. ❤️ Now in a blissfully quiet train back to the Dam. 🕺
Amsterdam, or: Symphony in blue and grey (with plane). I wish you more sun this weekend!
October 25, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Amsterdam, or: Symphony in blue and grey (with plane). I wish you more sun this weekend!
Throwback to Wednesday evening’s walk back home. #Amsterdam
October 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Throwback to Wednesday evening’s walk back home. #Amsterdam
That was sooooo good. #FukuAmsterdam #coffee
October 24, 2025 at 9:16 AM
That was sooooo good. #FukuAmsterdam #coffee