Leonora
@toomuchsinging.bsky.social
Expert procrastinator with a tendency to think about music rather than work. Often found humming random bits of Bach or Purcell while walking down the street.
@patrickallies.bsky.social Apologies if I turn up tomorrow with a slightly hairy copy of the Manchicourt!
November 9, 2025 at 11:10 PM
@patrickallies.bsky.social Apologies if I turn up tomorrow with a slightly hairy copy of the Manchicourt!
My mum (who, bless her, is well known for her malapropisms) yesterday kept referring to the Ministry of Sound (large nightclub in Elephant & Castle) as 'The Sound of Music', and I'm still silently laughing.
November 9, 2025 at 1:34 PM
My mum (who, bless her, is well known for her malapropisms) yesterday kept referring to the Ministry of Sound (large nightclub in Elephant & Castle) as 'The Sound of Music', and I'm still silently laughing.
Very much a 'there but for the grace of god' moment reading this. My incredible daughter is thriving now, and training to be a doctor, but she's said that she's alive despite the system, not because of it.
‘The ward felt like a prison. What had I let them do?’: how my daughter was crushed by a health service meant to help her
‘The ward felt like a prison. What had I let them do?’: how my daughter was crushed by a health service meant to help her
Ruth was 14 years old and being treated for an eating disorder when she died after being detained under the Mental Health Act. She wasn’t allowed to see her family for more than a few hours a week. How did the system we trusted – and I worked for as a GP – fail us so tragically?
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Very much a 'there but for the grace of god' moment reading this. My incredible daughter is thriving now, and training to be a doctor, but she's said that she's alive despite the system, not because of it.
So relieved to have bought a non-tickling teapot.
November 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
So relieved to have bought a non-tickling teapot.
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This week I'm tackling why creative women need to be allowed to fail.
Women composers have been judged as women first and artists second for too long. It hampers creativity, and does nobody any credit to make gender such an important part of listening.
leahbroad.substack.com/p/why-creati...
Women composers have been judged as women first and artists second for too long. It hampers creativity, and does nobody any credit to make gender such an important part of listening.
leahbroad.substack.com/p/why-creati...
Why creative women need to fail
Hear me out here.
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November 4, 2025 at 12:04 PM
This week I'm tackling why creative women need to be allowed to fail.
Women composers have been judged as women first and artists second for too long. It hampers creativity, and does nobody any credit to make gender such an important part of listening.
leahbroad.substack.com/p/why-creati...
Women composers have been judged as women first and artists second for too long. It hampers creativity, and does nobody any credit to make gender such an important part of listening.
leahbroad.substack.com/p/why-creati...
There has been a lot to despair of in the world recently, but a Christmas tree at the start of November in my local supermarket has clinched it for me. Complete abomination.
November 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
There has been a lot to despair of in the world recently, but a Christmas tree at the start of November in my local supermarket has clinched it for me. Complete abomination.
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The Telegraph with its finger on the pulse of the nation once more.
November 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The Telegraph with its finger on the pulse of the nation once more.
This is excellent news! Armand is my cousin’s lad, and definitely one to watch.
Askonas Holt is pleased to welcome baritone Armand Rabot to the roster for worldwide management.
Read the full story here: buff.ly/lZPAdmN
Read the full story here: buff.ly/lZPAdmN
October 31, 2025 at 1:44 PM
This is excellent news! Armand is my cousin’s lad, and definitely one to watch.
Catching up with today's Early Music Show from @hannahcfrench.bsky.social while chopping up quinces, which seems a suitably 16th century pastime.
October 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Catching up with today's Early Music Show from @hannahcfrench.bsky.social while chopping up quinces, which seems a suitably 16th century pastime.
Local fox posing for his autumnal portrait.
October 18, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Local fox posing for his autumnal portrait.
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While the perpetrators of Gaza’s genocide pose as its saviours, survivors return home – to a wasteland | Nesrine Malik
While the perpetrators of Gaza’s genocide pose as its saviours, survivors return home – to a wasteland | Nesrine Malik
Western leaders attending the Sharm el-Sheikh summit have enabled and sponsored this slaughter. They are in no position to build a Palestinian future, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
October 13, 2025 at 5:38 AM
While the perpetrators of Gaza’s genocide pose as its saviours, survivors return home – to a wasteland | Nesrine Malik
My second-year uni accommodation is number five on this list! Not the most beautiful building in Cambridge, but I loved living there. My ground floor room was surrounded by garden (or the 'Deer Park' as it was known, despite its complete lack of deer). www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Thumping ambition – and demolition: 10 high-rises that changed modern Britain
Eyesores and scandalously unsafe? Or utopian housing for the working classes? Here are the stories and scandals behind some of the UK’s most revolutionary homes
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 10:22 PM
My second-year uni accommodation is number five on this list! Not the most beautiful building in Cambridge, but I loved living there. My ground floor room was surrounded by garden (or the 'Deer Park' as it was known, despite its complete lack of deer). www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Wonderful to switch on the radio a few minutes ago and hear @musicasecreta.bsky.social singing as I was cooking tea.
October 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Wonderful to switch on the radio a few minutes ago and hear @musicasecreta.bsky.social singing as I was cooking tea.
A brilliant piece about autism from Rhiannon Lucy Coslett, to counter all the negative coverage the condition is getting. As the mother of two autistic children (one only recently diagnosed), their wonderful autistic quirks are what I love most about them. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Autistic people could teach Donald Trump a thing or two about focus, facts and empathy | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
While not without its challenges, autism isn’t a curse to be cured of, as the likes of the President and RFK Jr want us to believe, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
www.theguardian.com
September 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM
A brilliant piece about autism from Rhiannon Lucy Coslett, to counter all the negative coverage the condition is getting. As the mother of two autistic children (one only recently diagnosed), their wonderful autistic quirks are what I love most about them. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I have just been to see @ifagiolini.bsky.social perform Monteverdi's Vespers, and it was complete and utter musical perfection.
September 26, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I have just been to see @ifagiolini.bsky.social perform Monteverdi's Vespers, and it was complete and utter musical perfection.
Off to the march (ok, so it looks like an owl. But I had all of 5 minutes to make this, and I don’t suppose owls like him either).
September 17, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Off to the march (ok, so it looks like an owl. But I had all of 5 minutes to make this, and I don’t suppose owls like him either).
Sign the open letter: Women against the far right
The far right is using women's safety as a weapon to spread racism and division. They are not defenders of women—they exploit violence against women and children to push hate. Together we can stand wi...
actionnetwork.org
September 13, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Add your message and we will deliver it to Number 10 to show the strength of feeling in our communities. ✍️
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Urge the PM: Defend our Communities from Hate
We’re gathering messages for the Prime Minister to show him Britain stands for unity, fairness and safe communities. Add yours today.
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September 13, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Add your message and we will deliver it to Number 10 to show the strength of feeling in our communities. ✍️
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Eurovision embodies a culture of unity, defiance & joy.
To platform Israel, a state carrying out genocide in Gaza, killing 64,000+ people & silencing journalists on that stage, is obscene.
The BBC must join Irish state broadcaster others in saying: no genocide in Eurovision.
To platform Israel, a state carrying out genocide in Gaza, killing 64,000+ people & silencing journalists on that stage, is obscene.
The BBC must join Irish state broadcaster others in saying: no genocide in Eurovision.
Eurovision should stand for peace, joy and shared humanity — not complicity in genocide. The BBC must withdraw from coverage if Israel is allowed to participate.
Full statement 👉 bit.ly/eurovisionBBC
Full statement 👉 bit.ly/eurovisionBBC
September 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Eurovision embodies a culture of unity, defiance & joy.
To platform Israel, a state carrying out genocide in Gaza, killing 64,000+ people & silencing journalists on that stage, is obscene.
The BBC must join Irish state broadcaster others in saying: no genocide in Eurovision.
To platform Israel, a state carrying out genocide in Gaza, killing 64,000+ people & silencing journalists on that stage, is obscene.
The BBC must join Irish state broadcaster others in saying: no genocide in Eurovision.
@byekitty.bsky.social Have you seen this? Apparently they need a couple more altos.
Leading a workshop on Tuesday in central London if anyone is looking to ease themselves back into singing this term. Wonderful music by Tallis.
September 11, 2025 at 10:30 AM
@byekitty.bsky.social Have you seen this? Apparently they need a couple more altos.
This should be brilliant. Of all the choir workshops I've attended, Patrick's stand out as being among the very best, and the music is to die for.
Leading a workshop on Tuesday in central London if anyone is looking to ease themselves back into singing this term. Wonderful music by Tallis.
September 11, 2025 at 10:29 AM
This should be brilliant. Of all the choir workshops I've attended, Patrick's stand out as being among the very best, and the music is to die for.
Reposting this because it should never, ever become normalised, or just background news. Nobody would attempt such a crossing unless they were desperate. We need safe routes, and we need them now.
Four dead, including two children, attempting to cross Channel to UK in last 24 hours
Four dead, including two children, attempting to cross Channel to UK in last 24 hours
Attempts to cross Channel from France to UK have been particularly high for several days, say French authorities
Four people including two children have died in two separate incidents while trying to cross the Channel to the UK in the last 24 hours, while three others are missing in a third incident.
On Tuesday night off the coast of Sangatte, France, three people lost their lives while travelling on a dinghy with 38 people on board. Three others are missing after an incident in Neufchâtel-Hardelot, France, on a boat with 115 people on board. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 10, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Reposting this because it should never, ever become normalised, or just background news. Nobody would attempt such a crossing unless they were desperate. We need safe routes, and we need them now.
The late John Okell who taught me Burmese language when I did my soc. anth. MA at @soasuni.bsky.social back in the '90s. One of the kindest, humblest, and most erudite people I've ever had the honour to meet, and the most brilliant teacher anyone could wish for. I miss him dearly.
I love this! In the spirit of tangents, do you have a favourite undergrad university lecturer?
I did my undergrad degree at Leeds Uni and was lucky enough to take Prof. Simon Dixon’s modules on Russia during the times of Peter the Great and then Catherine the Great. He was a peerless teacher.
I did my undergrad degree at Leeds Uni and was lucky enough to take Prof. Simon Dixon’s modules on Russia during the times of Peter the Great and then Catherine the Great. He was a peerless teacher.
Yes! Still remember how a senior archaeology professor took a ten minute detour from his lecture to tell us how best to dispose of a body
August 31, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The late John Okell who taught me Burmese language when I did my soc. anth. MA at @soasuni.bsky.social back in the '90s. One of the kindest, humblest, and most erudite people I've ever had the honour to meet, and the most brilliant teacher anyone could wish for. I miss him dearly.
My most eccentric teacher was Mr Turner, who taught A level music. He would often break off mid-sentence and talk about his incontinent cat, but even more idiosyncratic was the way he dealt with latecomers. When the class was due to begin, he would ask us if anyone had a piece of chewing gum 1/
My most eccentric lecturer was probably the one whose lectures consisted of relentless polls of the students on how they would act in increasingly strange and extreme moral scenarios. There was never any resolution or explanation and you were always left wondering what he thought of your answer…
Yes! Still remember how a senior archaeology professor took a ten minute detour from his lecture to tell us how best to dispose of a body
August 30, 2025 at 7:33 PM
My most eccentric teacher was Mr Turner, who taught A level music. He would often break off mid-sentence and talk about his incontinent cat, but even more idiosyncratic was the way he dealt with latecomers. When the class was due to begin, he would ask us if anyone had a piece of chewing gum 1/