Patrick Allies
@patrickallies.bsky.social
Musician. Visiting Artist and Researcher at KCL.
Artistic Director @SiglodeOroVocal.bsky.social
Musical Director @ICChamberChoir.bsky.social
Views my own.
mail[at]patrickallies.co.uk
Artistic Director @SiglodeOroVocal.bsky.social
Musical Director @ICChamberChoir.bsky.social
Views my own.
mail[at]patrickallies.co.uk
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To Lincoln’s Inn Fields; and it being too soon to go to dinner, I walked up and down, and looked upon the outside of the new theatre, now a-building in Covent Garden, which will be very fine.
February 6, 2026 at 11:30 AM
To Lincoln’s Inn Fields; and it being too soon to go to dinner, I walked up and down, and looked upon the outside of the new theatre, now a-building in Covent Garden, which will be very fine.
I've been passed this job vacancy for a DoM at a church in Colton, Devon. I'm told the circumstances are promising: a musical Rector, reasonable resources, ambitions to do even more with both choir and organ.
February 6, 2026 at 9:00 AM
I've been passed this job vacancy for a DoM at a church in Colton, Devon. I'm told the circumstances are promising: a musical Rector, reasonable resources, ambitions to do even more with both choir and organ.
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🚨History Job: Assistant Professor in Early Modern British History (Permanent) 🗃️
Come work with us at Warwick! You will join a group of excellent early-modernists and one of the nicest bunches of historians around!
👇👇👇
@uni-of-warwick.bsky.social
warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...
Come work with us at Warwick! You will join a group of excellent early-modernists and one of the nicest bunches of historians around!
👇👇👇
@uni-of-warwick.bsky.social
warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...
Assistant Professor in Early Modern British History (111286-0126) - University of Warwick
Title: Assistant Professor in Early Modern British History (111286-0126). Application Deadline: . Position Type: Permanent
warwick-careers.tal.net
February 4, 2026 at 11:13 AM
🚨History Job: Assistant Professor in Early Modern British History (Permanent) 🗃️
Come work with us at Warwick! You will join a group of excellent early-modernists and one of the nicest bunches of historians around!
👇👇👇
@uni-of-warwick.bsky.social
warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...
Come work with us at Warwick! You will join a group of excellent early-modernists and one of the nicest bunches of historians around!
👇👇👇
@uni-of-warwick.bsky.social
warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...
At the end of evensong tonight, a parishioner said “ah yes you didn’t conduct the last one did you, we had the *young* chap” so now I’m busy googling retirement homes
February 1, 2026 at 10:05 PM
At the end of evensong tonight, a parishioner said “ah yes you didn’t conduct the last one did you, we had the *young* chap” so now I’m busy googling retirement homes
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We start touring a beautiful programme of rarely-heard (and unheard since 1650s) music from Venice in just over two weeks. If you're near Oxford, Durham, Sheffield or London, take a look at our website! #sheffield #durham #oxford #opera #earlymusic
January 31, 2026 at 4:07 PM
We start touring a beautiful programme of rarely-heard (and unheard since 1650s) music from Venice in just over two weeks. If you're near Oxford, Durham, Sheffield or London, take a look at our website! #sheffield #durham #oxford #opera #earlymusic
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From seeing a name on a placard to transcribing and co-editing the complete works! Proud and grateful to have played a part in bringing the works of the first composer racialised as Black to publish music in Europe to a modern scholarly edition.
January 29, 2026 at 10:18 PM
From seeing a name on a placard to transcribing and co-editing the complete works! Proud and grateful to have played a part in bringing the works of the first composer racialised as Black to publish music in Europe to a modern scholarly edition.
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This watermark graffiti by street artist Mathieu Tremblin is, like, the best thing ever.
January 29, 2026 at 8:47 PM
This watermark graffiti by street artist Mathieu Tremblin is, like, the best thing ever.
In today's "the real world is nothing like Twitter/X" news
'A consultation run by the City of London Corporation and published on Thursday found that nearly 90% of respondents backed trans-inclusive access to the ponds' 💪🏳️⚧️❤️
Hampstead ponds trans access challenge dismissed
January 29, 2026 at 1:13 PM
In today's "the real world is nothing like Twitter/X" news
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Huge thanks to everyone for getting us to our total! The recording now goes straight into production and will be arriving on your doormat (or digital equivalent) in November.
January 29, 2026 at 8:40 AM
Huge thanks to everyone for getting us to our total! The recording now goes straight into production and will be arriving on your doormat (or digital equivalent) in November.
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£42k for a lead (I.e. extensive experience) curatorial post - with management responsibilities - at a national library in one of the most expensive cities in the world? no wonder they’ve been on strike!
JOB ALERT: Lead Curator, Modern Archives & Manuscripts (1601-1800) at The British Library - closing date: 18th Feb
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQH179/l...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQH179/l...
Lead Curator: Modern Archives & Manuscripts (1601 – 1800) at British Library
Explore an exciting academic career as a Lead Curator: Modern Archives & Manuscripts (1601 – 1800). Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.
www.jobs.ac.uk
January 28, 2026 at 7:18 PM
£42k for a lead (I.e. extensive experience) curatorial post - with management responsibilities - at a national library in one of the most expensive cities in the world? no wonder they’ve been on strike!
People in London who like singing evensong:
I’m leading a scratch choir for an evensong on Sunday at St James’ Islington. 4.30pm for 6pm, Tallis O nata lux, Howells Coll Reg, Eccard When to the Temple. The church are putting on refreshments afterwards by way of thanks.
DM if you’d like to join!
I’m leading a scratch choir for an evensong on Sunday at St James’ Islington. 4.30pm for 6pm, Tallis O nata lux, Howells Coll Reg, Eccard When to the Temple. The church are putting on refreshments afterwards by way of thanks.
DM if you’d like to join!
January 28, 2026 at 5:35 PM
People in London who like singing evensong:
I’m leading a scratch choir for an evensong on Sunday at St James’ Islington. 4.30pm for 6pm, Tallis O nata lux, Howells Coll Reg, Eccard When to the Temple. The church are putting on refreshments afterwards by way of thanks.
DM if you’d like to join!
I’m leading a scratch choir for an evensong on Sunday at St James’ Islington. 4.30pm for 6pm, Tallis O nata lux, Howells Coll Reg, Eccard When to the Temple. The church are putting on refreshments afterwards by way of thanks.
DM if you’d like to join!
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Amazingly our @siglodeorovocal.bsky.social fundraiser has made it past £10k. We're now at 82% of our target and would be very grateful for any support. All pledges are doubled by Creative Scotland until tomorrow morning.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hey-for-ch...
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hey-for-ch...
Hey for Christmas!
Help us raise £12500 to record our debut album with Siglo de Oro, 'Hey for Christmas!', recreating a musical 1620s Christmas.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Amazingly our @siglodeorovocal.bsky.social fundraiser has made it past £10k. We're now at 82% of our target and would be very grateful for any support. All pledges are doubled by Creative Scotland until tomorrow morning.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hey-for-ch...
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hey-for-ch...
My problem with the Night Manager is that I don't think Bertie Wooster would ever become an arms dealer
January 26, 2026 at 11:05 PM
My problem with the Night Manager is that I don't think Bertie Wooster would ever become an arms dealer
Amazingly our @siglodeorovocal.bsky.social fundraiser has made it past £10k. We're now at 82% of our target and would be very grateful for any support. All pledges are doubled by Creative Scotland until tomorrow morning.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hey-for-ch...
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hey-for-ch...
Hey for Christmas!
Help us raise £12500 to record our debut album with Siglo de Oro, 'Hey for Christmas!', recreating a musical 1620s Christmas.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Amazingly our @siglodeorovocal.bsky.social fundraiser has made it past £10k. We're now at 82% of our target and would be very grateful for any support. All pledges are doubled by Creative Scotland until tomorrow morning.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hey-for-ch...
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hey-for-ch...
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Thanks to 40 supporters, we're now 54% of the way towards our fundraising total for the next @siglodeorovocal.bsky.social disc. Grateful for any support of the project - or just sharing our page really helps!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hey-for-ch...
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hey-for-ch...
January 22, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Thanks to 40 supporters, we're now 54% of the way towards our fundraising total for the next @siglodeorovocal.bsky.social disc. Grateful for any support of the project - or just sharing our page really helps!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hey-for-ch...
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hey-for-ch...
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Government has announced a 5% funding uplift for arts organisations in England – part of a £1.5bn package to protect arts and culture venues 🧵👇
January 22, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Government has announced a 5% funding uplift for arts organisations in England – part of a £1.5bn package to protect arts and culture venues 🧵👇
Thanks to 40 supporters, we're now 54% of the way towards our fundraising total for the next @siglodeorovocal.bsky.social disc. Grateful for any support of the project - or just sharing our page really helps!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hey-for-ch...
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hey-for-ch...
January 22, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Thanks to 40 supporters, we're now 54% of the way towards our fundraising total for the next @siglodeorovocal.bsky.social disc. Grateful for any support of the project - or just sharing our page really helps!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hey-for-ch...
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hey-for-ch...
Looks like a driverless taxi (with driver) on the Euston Road
January 22, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Looks like a driverless taxi (with driver) on the Euston Road
A terrible thing about doing a PhD in your thirties is how much larger you have to zoom in on your writing at the end vs the beginning.
January 22, 2026 at 11:28 AM
A terrible thing about doing a PhD in your thirties is how much larger you have to zoom in on your writing at the end vs the beginning.
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This week I am mostly very pleased that I got to read an advanced copy of @soumayakeynes.ft.com & @chadpbown.com’s excellent book last week.
January 19, 2026 at 11:44 AM
This week I am mostly very pleased that I got to read an advanced copy of @soumayakeynes.ft.com & @chadpbown.com’s excellent book last week.
Mortifying
Leaked Jenrick defection plan calls him ‘the new sheriff in town’
Leaked Jenrick defection plan calls him ‘the new sheriff in town’
Former Tory’s media strategy reportedly calls him ‘biggest defection story Reform has ever had’
Robert Jenrick’s media plan for his defection to Reform reportedly refers to him as “the new sheriff in town” and “the biggest defection story” Nigel Farage’s party has ever had.
The leaked plan references the defection of the former Tory chancellor Nadhim Zahawi on Monday, signalling that it was prepared in recent days. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Mortifying
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British education in a nutshell
January 17, 2026 at 10:33 AM
British education in a nutshell
Why does it look like they've all put on each other's clothes for the photo 😭😭
January 16, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Why does it look like they've all put on each other's clothes for the photo 😭😭