Steve Shipcott
@steveshipcott.bsky.social
Proud granddad. Appreciator of music. Former cricket umpire. Surrey CC supporter and for some reason Bridport FC.
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“Every exit is an entry somewhere else.”
— Tom Stoppard
— Tom Stoppard
November 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
“Every exit is an entry somewhere else.”
— Tom Stoppard
— Tom Stoppard
November 29, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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You: I’m combining breakfast and lunch. Brunch.
Me: I’m combining wine and dinner. Winner.
Me: I’m combining wine and dinner. Winner.
November 23, 2025 at 6:50 PM
You: I’m combining breakfast and lunch. Brunch.
Me: I’m combining wine and dinner. Winner.
Me: I’m combining wine and dinner. Winner.
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IT’S HERE IT’S HERE IT’S HERE!!!! The very first album ever dedicated to Avril Coleridge-Taylor. This has been such a labour of love - please do listen to it, her music deserves to be heard @jkaconductor.bsky.social @tomedney.bsky.social open.spotify.com/album/6EroQD...
Avril Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Concerto & Orchestral Works
open.spotify.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:12 AM
IT’S HERE IT’S HERE IT’S HERE!!!! The very first album ever dedicated to Avril Coleridge-Taylor. This has been such a labour of love - please do listen to it, her music deserves to be heard @jkaconductor.bsky.social @tomedney.bsky.social open.spotify.com/album/6EroQD...
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Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
November 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
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England cricket fans at 6am
England cricket fans at 9.45am
England cricket fans at 9.45am
November 21, 2025 at 10:03 AM
England cricket fans at 6am
England cricket fans at 9.45am
England cricket fans at 9.45am
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#NowSpinning Although not the first recording, this is the first time I’ve heard Gregson’s Tuba Concerto since playing clarinet parts in the wind orchestra version back in the 90s! What a joy to come back to it!
Great fun. Loads of wonderful moments, gloriously done here.
Great fun. Loads of wonderful moments, gloriously done here.
November 17, 2025 at 6:24 PM
#NowSpinning Although not the first recording, this is the first time I’ve heard Gregson’s Tuba Concerto since playing clarinet parts in the wind orchestra version back in the 90s! What a joy to come back to it!
Great fun. Loads of wonderful moments, gloriously done here.
Great fun. Loads of wonderful moments, gloriously done here.
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Debussy's Images are an underrated gem in the piano repertoire. His preludes, orchestral music and famous salon pieces all get deserved praise, but these are up there with his very best, at his 1900s peak. Modernism and symbolism, composure and beauty. Try 'em.
November 15, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Debussy's Images are an underrated gem in the piano repertoire. His preludes, orchestral music and famous salon pieces all get deserved praise, but these are up there with his very best, at his 1900s peak. Modernism and symbolism, composure and beauty. Try 'em.
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This is the most abysmal, pathetic thing. The BBC head resigning because the corporation is not supine *enough* to the far-right.
🔴 Breaking I Davie faced mounting criticism that a Panorama documentary misled viewers by editing a speech by Donald Trump
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➡️ Read more: trib.al/I0iw7aP
November 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This is the most abysmal, pathetic thing. The BBC head resigning because the corporation is not supine *enough* to the far-right.
Going to put it here now. Petroc Trelawny should be the new voice as commentator for national events. The right amount of gravitas and respect in all he does.
November 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Going to put it here now. Petroc Trelawny should be the new voice as commentator for national events. The right amount of gravitas and respect in all he does.
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For Remembrance Day.
youtu.be/faF8gaBao0o
youtu.be/faF8gaBao0o
Three Women's Poems from World War One
YouTube video by Laurie Dunkin Wedd
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November 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
For Remembrance Day.
youtu.be/faF8gaBao0o
youtu.be/faF8gaBao0o
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The most challenging part of being married is feigning plausible interest when your partner tells you about their day at the office.
November 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The most challenging part of being married is feigning plausible interest when your partner tells you about their day at the office.
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Mahler 9 and Strauss's Four Last Songs with the
@englishsymphony.bsky.social in @Cheltenham Town Hall on the 2nd of December. This should be unforgettable. Make your plans today! TICKETS
cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk/event/englis...
youtu.be/h7czscP_gOM
@englishsymphony.bsky.social in @Cheltenham Town Hall on the 2nd of December. This should be unforgettable. Make your plans today! TICKETS
cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk/event/englis...
youtu.be/h7czscP_gOM
Mahler's 9th Symphony//English Symphony Orchestra//Cheltenham Town Hall//2nd December 2025
YouTube video by English Symphony Orchestra
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November 1, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Mahler 9 and Strauss's Four Last Songs with the
@englishsymphony.bsky.social in @Cheltenham Town Hall on the 2nd of December. This should be unforgettable. Make your plans today! TICKETS
cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk/event/englis...
youtu.be/h7czscP_gOM
@englishsymphony.bsky.social in @Cheltenham Town Hall on the 2nd of December. This should be unforgettable. Make your plans today! TICKETS
cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk/event/englis...
youtu.be/h7czscP_gOM
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Teachers should wear body cams. That way you get to see how much of a prick your kid really is.
October 30, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Teachers should wear body cams. That way you get to see how much of a prick your kid really is.
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We have curated a list of links to help those interested explore the life and works of Ralph Vaughan Williams in more detail.
💻 Find them here 👇
💻 Find them here 👇
Useful Links - Vaughan Williams Foundation
Research tools, teaching resources and fascinating insights into the music and life of Ralph Vaughan Williams.
vaughanwilliamsfoundation.org
October 27, 2025 at 11:13 AM
We have curated a list of links to help those interested explore the life and works of Ralph Vaughan Williams in more detail.
💻 Find them here 👇
💻 Find them here 👇
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60% of voters now support electoral reform, according this year’s British Attitudes Survey, the highest level of support since records began. Just 36% of people believe we should keep the current system.
#ProportionalRepresentation
#getPRdone
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#ProportionalRepresentation
#getPRdone
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October 16, 2025 at 10:53 AM
60% of voters now support electoral reform, according this year’s British Attitudes Survey, the highest level of support since records began. Just 36% of people believe we should keep the current system.
#ProportionalRepresentation
#getPRdone
www.fairelections.uk/record-publi...
#ProportionalRepresentation
#getPRdone
www.fairelections.uk/record-publi...
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Fans of big football clubs don't have a clue what it is to be a real football supporter. Going along to a 60,000 seat stadium is easy. Watching your team every week in the lower leagues is true dedication.
October 17, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Fans of big football clubs don't have a clue what it is to be a real football supporter. Going along to a 60,000 seat stadium is easy. Watching your team every week in the lower leagues is true dedication.
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I've said it before: anyone who runs down the job that teachers do, even for such nakedly political reasons rather than from any real place of conviction, (a) should try surviving even a fucking WEEK of it themselves and (b) should then go to the bottom of a well.
Just to say that teachers do an incredibly difficult job, with all the right intentions, and can be the defining influence on a young person's life. They are the exact opposite of poisoners because good teaching provides the antidote to so many dangers
Nigel Farage says UK teachers are ‘poisoning our kids’ and predicts strikes as PM
October 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I've said it before: anyone who runs down the job that teachers do, even for such nakedly political reasons rather than from any real place of conviction, (a) should try surviving even a fucking WEEK of it themselves and (b) should then go to the bottom of a well.
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That is one of the most heart-warming things I have read for quite some time. Hats off to you.
Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.
After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
October 5, 2025 at 3:49 PM
That is one of the most heart-warming things I have read for quite some time. Hats off to you.
I have a sore throat. Hoping this might help soothe it.
October 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I have a sore throat. Hoping this might help soothe it.
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Delighted to share the cover of our forthcoming disc - out on the 21st of November! @leahbroad.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Delighted to share the cover of our forthcoming disc - out on the 21st of November! @leahbroad.bsky.social
For some reason I'm intrigued by the music of Miloslav Kabeláč and I'm delighted with this #NewRealease
Deperately trying to find a disc by Karel Ančerl which includes The Mystery of Time. I thought I had it, but it seems to have disappeared.
Deperately trying to find a disc by Karel Ančerl which includes The Mystery of Time. I thought I had it, but it seems to have disappeared.
September 12, 2025 at 4:53 PM
For some reason I'm intrigued by the music of Miloslav Kabeláč and I'm delighted with this #NewRealease
Deperately trying to find a disc by Karel Ančerl which includes The Mystery of Time. I thought I had it, but it seems to have disappeared.
Deperately trying to find a disc by Karel Ančerl which includes The Mystery of Time. I thought I had it, but it seems to have disappeared.
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I can’t help thinking the parking app world is a vicious turf war. Ringo has taken Devon. Justpark owns Cornwall. There is a battle for Dorset…
September 2, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I can’t help thinking the parking app world is a vicious turf war. Ringo has taken Devon. Justpark owns Cornwall. There is a battle for Dorset…
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Catch for free what I've just experienced live by the lake at Lahti. First of two exceptional programmes placing early Sibelius in the contexts of Mahler and Wagner. Nothing compares to the sound in this hall, though - maybe the best in the world? Lucerne and MUPA certainly provide competition.
SIBELIUS FESTIVAL 2025 OPENING CONCERT - Sinfonia Lahti
THURSDAY 28.08.2025 at 18.30 SINFONIA LAHTIHANNU LINTU, conductorJOHANNA RUSANEN, sopranoDAVÓNE TINES, baritoneYL MALE VOICE CHOIR Gustav Mahler: Todtenfeier (1888)Jean Sibelius: Kullervo (1892) Folk ...
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August 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Catch for free what I've just experienced live by the lake at Lahti. First of two exceptional programmes placing early Sibelius in the contexts of Mahler and Wagner. Nothing compares to the sound in this hall, though - maybe the best in the world? Lucerne and MUPA certainly provide competition.