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November 27, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Excellent interview with the lovely Bob Chilcott on @chorally.bsky.social - well worth a read
Bob Chilcott ‘In Conversation’: insights from a leading choral composer | CHORALLY
Bob Chilcott discusses creativity, collaboration and the future of choral music in this ‘In Conversation’ interview from CHORALLY’s Choral Intelligence series.
www.chorally.co
November 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Excellent interview with the lovely Bob Chilcott on @chorally.bsky.social - well worth a read
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Ken Clarke humiliates Danny Kruger's new party, Reform UK on #BBCQT
"I live in a county with a Reform UK council"
"Most of them had no idea what the country council did"
"They fought on the promise of reducing waste and council tax"
"And they just put up the council tax by the max"
"I live in a county with a Reform UK council"
"Most of them had no idea what the country council did"
"They fought on the promise of reducing waste and council tax"
"And they just put up the council tax by the max"
November 14, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Ken Clarke humiliates Danny Kruger's new party, Reform UK on #BBCQT
"I live in a county with a Reform UK council"
"Most of them had no idea what the country council did"
"They fought on the promise of reducing waste and council tax"
"And they just put up the council tax by the max"
"I live in a county with a Reform UK council"
"Most of them had no idea what the country council did"
"They fought on the promise of reducing waste and council tax"
"And they just put up the council tax by the max"
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slightly obsessed about the end of this lady's effigy tomb with the voluminous folds of her dress and petite heeled shoes
November 14, 2025 at 9:43 AM
slightly obsessed about the end of this lady's effigy tomb with the voluminous folds of her dress and petite heeled shoes
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Left: Donald Trump’s Jan 6th quote, as presented in the dossier that brought down two BBC bosses
Right: What Donald Trump actually said.
Full story in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social: www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
Right: What Donald Trump actually said.
Full story in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social: www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
November 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Left: Donald Trump’s Jan 6th quote, as presented in the dossier that brought down two BBC bosses
Right: What Donald Trump actually said.
Full story in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social: www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
Right: What Donald Trump actually said.
Full story in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social: www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
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Our seductive Bosch-themed concert with @colla-voce.bsky.social is on Friday 10 October! Wonderful music including James MacMillan, Thea Musgrave, John Joubert, Anselm McDonnell, Agneta Sköld, Pizzetti, Cardoso, Vivanco and much else! Tx www.londinium-voices.org.uk/events
September 19, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Our seductive Bosch-themed concert with @colla-voce.bsky.social is on Friday 10 October! Wonderful music including James MacMillan, Thea Musgrave, John Joubert, Anselm McDonnell, Agneta Sköld, Pizzetti, Cardoso, Vivanco and much else! Tx www.londinium-voices.org.uk/events
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My friend the great publisher Balthasar Moretus, born OTD in 1574 and depicted here by Erasmus Quellinus.
July 23, 2025 at 4:53 PM
My friend the great publisher Balthasar Moretus, born OTD in 1574 and depicted here by Erasmus Quellinus.
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These are trying times.
June 27, 2025 at 6:56 AM
These are trying times.
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Fantastic rehearsal with @colla-voce.bsky.social yesterday for our ‘Unto the Hills’ concert – last chance today for earlybird tickets! Friday 23 May, 7.30pm at Holy Sepulchre/St Sep’s. Info/tx www.londinium-voices.org.uk/events
Thanks to Noel Chow for the sneek video of Schumann's 'Talismane'!
Thanks to Noel Chow for the sneek video of Schumann's 'Talismane'!
May 11, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Fantastic rehearsal with @colla-voce.bsky.social yesterday for our ‘Unto the Hills’ concert – last chance today for earlybird tickets! Friday 23 May, 7.30pm at Holy Sepulchre/St Sep’s. Info/tx www.londinium-voices.org.uk/events
Thanks to Noel Chow for the sneek video of Schumann's 'Talismane'!
Thanks to Noel Chow for the sneek video of Schumann's 'Talismane'!
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To celebrate Shakespeare Day, here’s a poem about being in an exam and panicking that you can’t remember any Shakespeare quotations.
![Question 3: ‘A fool thinks himself to be wise but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.’
Consider Touchstone’s observation in As You Like It in relation to the current predicament in which you find yourself.
Me: I wonder whether others can hear
in the midsummer madness of this examination room,
this brave new world’s crack of doom
as my thoughts thunder and race
on their wild goose chase for Shakespeare’s words.
No sooner do they stop to linger there,
then they vanish into thin air.
I could more easily catch a cold
than manage to keep hold of one of his phrases.
I have reached stasis and realise now
this naked truth; my head is as dead as a doornail.
I know that I am going to fail —
thereby hangs this tale.
[Exit me, pursued by despair]
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April 23, 2025 at 8:48 AM
To celebrate Shakespeare Day, here’s a poem about being in an exam and panicking that you can’t remember any Shakespeare quotations.
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The fascinating Norfolk pingo ponds - remnants of the Ice Age.
Resurrected pools, remnants of last ice age, attract wildlife in Norfolk
Seeds can germinate having been buried in sediments of ‘ghost ponds’ for thousands of years
www.theguardian.com
April 16, 2025 at 8:38 AM
The fascinating Norfolk pingo ponds - remnants of the Ice Age.
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A little while ago, my parents' cat Bridget went missing. As the weeks dragged on, they became extremely worried. My dad devised a way to distract himself: he began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up in some of art and music's most iconic scenes.
April 6, 2025 at 10:24 AM
A little while ago, my parents' cat Bridget went missing. As the weeks dragged on, they became extremely worried. My dad devised a way to distract himself: he began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up in some of art and music's most iconic scenes.
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Do join us at St John's Waterloo this Friday with @colla-voce.bsky.social for a glorious programme! Includes Alec Roth, Cecilia McDowall, Byrd, JS Bach, Ben Parry, Elgar, Vasks and the London premiere of @bernardhughes.bsky.social's ‘Hear my heart sing’. Info/tx www.londinium-voices.org.uk/events
April 2, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Do join us at St John's Waterloo this Friday with @colla-voce.bsky.social for a glorious programme! Includes Alec Roth, Cecilia McDowall, Byrd, JS Bach, Ben Parry, Elgar, Vasks and the London premiere of @bernardhughes.bsky.social's ‘Hear my heart sing’. Info/tx www.londinium-voices.org.uk/events
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📢Earlybird ticket discount ends midnight Sunday! Do join us with @colla-voce.bsky.social at @stjohnswaterloo.bsky.social Friday 4 April, 7.30pm. Includes music by Alec Roth, @bernardhughes.bsky.social, Cecilia McDowall, Byrd, JS Bach, Ben Parry, Vasks and 🍷. Tx www.londinium-voices.org.uk/events
March 21, 2025 at 9:24 AM
📢Earlybird ticket discount ends midnight Sunday! Do join us with @colla-voce.bsky.social at @stjohnswaterloo.bsky.social Friday 4 April, 7.30pm. Includes music by Alec Roth, @bernardhughes.bsky.social, Cecilia McDowall, Byrd, JS Bach, Ben Parry, Vasks and 🍷. Tx www.londinium-voices.org.uk/events
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Thank you so much for marking my Dad’s birthday: born 98 years ago today! Dad died in 2019. His beloved wife Mary, my mum is still with us at 94 years old.
Born #OTD in 1927, the South African born, English composer, John Joubert. Having moved to England in 1946, his 1st Symphony was written in 1955, a commission from Hull Philharmonic, whilst he was teaching at the university there. open.spotify.com/album/5iS54l... #britsymphyear
John Joubert: Symphony No. 1
John Joubert · Album · 2007 · 4 songs
open.spotify.com
March 20, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Thank you so much for marking my Dad’s birthday: born 98 years ago today! Dad died in 2019. His beloved wife Mary, my mum is still with us at 94 years old.
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Elon Musk recently posted on his site that another lawyer and I are “undermining civilization.” He goes on to ask if we suffered childhood trauma and concludes by suggesting we are suffering from “generational trauma.” This is my response. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/my-o...
My Open Letter to Elon Musk
From Marc | Elon Musk recently posted on his site that another lawyer and I are “undermining civilization.” This is my response.
www.democracydocket.com
February 20, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Elon Musk recently posted on his site that another lawyer and I are “undermining civilization.” He goes on to ask if we suffered childhood trauma and concludes by suggesting we are suffering from “generational trauma.” This is my response. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/my-o...
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I have three reviews to go for the Obs but today, after 180 of them, is my last column for OFM. So I thought I’d summarise my searing advice from the last 15 years: the wisdom, the provocations and the occasional stupidities. Enjoy. Or grind your teeth. Your call
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/fe...
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/fe...
This is my final OFM column. Here’s what I’ve learned about buffets, ‘clean eating’ and what not to serve food on | Jay Rayner
Much has changed in the food world but there are a few truths that still hold
www.theguardian.com
February 20, 2025 at 12:06 PM
I have three reviews to go for the Obs but today, after 180 of them, is my last column for OFM. So I thought I’d summarise my searing advice from the last 15 years: the wisdom, the provocations and the occasional stupidities. Enjoy. Or grind your teeth. Your call
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/fe...
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/fe...
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Exhausted after playing footsie with a spider.
January 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Exhausted after playing footsie with a spider.
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"Twelfth Night Till Candlemas"
The story of a 40 year book-quest and of its remarkable ending
And about goblins and Christmas; the perils of ChatGPT; and the real value of librarians and so on
Substack emptycity.substack.com/p/twelfth-ni...
Personal blog davidallengreen.com/2024/12/twel...
The story of a 40 year book-quest and of its remarkable ending
And about goblins and Christmas; the perils of ChatGPT; and the real value of librarians and so on
Substack emptycity.substack.com/p/twelfth-ni...
Personal blog davidallengreen.com/2024/12/twel...
December 20, 2024 at 10:30 AM
"Twelfth Night Till Candlemas"
The story of a 40 year book-quest and of its remarkable ending
And about goblins and Christmas; the perils of ChatGPT; and the real value of librarians and so on
Substack emptycity.substack.com/p/twelfth-ni...
Personal blog davidallengreen.com/2024/12/twel...
The story of a 40 year book-quest and of its remarkable ending
And about goblins and Christmas; the perils of ChatGPT; and the real value of librarians and so on
Substack emptycity.substack.com/p/twelfth-ni...
Personal blog davidallengreen.com/2024/12/twel...
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A well-deserved happy Christmas to whoever did the lawyering on this piece.
Awesome work.
www.theguardian.com/news/2024/de...
Awesome work.
www.theguardian.com/news/2024/de...
Humphrey’s world: how the Samuel Smith beer baron built Britain’s strangest pub chain
Since the 1970s, Humphrey Smith has acquired scores of pubs and historic properties around the UK. But time after time, he has left the buildings empty. Why has he allowed his empire to moulder?
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2024 at 12:50 PM
A well-deserved happy Christmas to whoever did the lawyering on this piece.
Awesome work.
www.theguardian.com/news/2024/de...
Awesome work.
www.theguardian.com/news/2024/de...
Can't help feeling these are a metaphor for something.
December 5, 2024 at 12:45 PM
Can't help feeling these are a metaphor for something.
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Today is Fight Procrastination Day apparently so I thought I’d write a poem in celebration of that. Not quite managed to finish it but I’ll sort out the title tomorrow.
![[Title to come]
My philosophy is not hard to follow;
it consists of one rule, let me tell it straight –
don’t do today what can be done tomorrow.
I strike when the iron is cold, then wallow;
telling time and tide to bloody well wait.
My philosophy is not hard to follow.
What’s carpe diem? I confess to not know.
I’ll look it up at some future date –
why do today what can be done tomorrow?
The day to come is packed with hours to borrow;
a stitch in time saves only seven or eight.
My philosophy is not hard to follow.
Indecision is a chisel to hollow
out the hours; in dithering, I don’t hesitate.
Why do today what can be done tomorrow?
“What can’t I do today?” That’s my motto;
procrastination’s all the rage of late.
It’s a philosophy I like to follow:
don’t do today what can be done tomorrow.
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September 6, 2024 at 9:18 AM
Today is Fight Procrastination Day apparently so I thought I’d write a poem in celebration of that. Not quite managed to finish it but I’ll sort out the title tomorrow.
