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Aethon Austen
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Art, Books, Coffee, Craft, Dogs, Fitness, Health, Movement, Outdoors, Rural Skills, Science communication.
They’ve grown up on a diet of people spraying their lives across public platforms, whether it’s YouTube bloggers, Snapchat or even the love island mobs. They seem to want to exchange almost anything for monetisation and possibly fame, hopefully to lead to monetisation.
September 25, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Oh man, we had low “sofas” that you didn’t ask the provenance of stains on. The plastic chairs for “training” meetings were pretty rough. But an upright dinner chair is just passive aggressive architecture. Good luck with the job, I salute your tenacity.
September 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
And that concrete floor is unmerciful on the feet and back. Working retail I never needed a pedometer and adored the rubbish chairs in the rest room!
September 24, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Hi Robin! Good to see the man himself. I don’t need a pint of Guinness to work that out, just a billy bragg album.
September 23, 2025 at 8:23 PM
You, sir, have a world of joy and exploration ahead of you. I would be happy to introduce you to it whenever you’re up for travel (we have mutuals). There is something magical about a performer or orchestra in a room with an audience.
September 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Last night or any concert? Getting tickets for the last night can be incredibly challenging unless you buy the corporate package (yeah that exists). The main concert series is fantastic. Didn’t attend this year for health reasons but have been going for a while otherwise.
September 13, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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It's their feelings that matter to them, and if the truth contradicts that, the feelings win out.

People have come to believe their feelings are more important than reality.

And that? That is TERRIFYING.
September 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
And the idea of you doing in our time is amazing. A good name to carry on such a landmark show.
September 6, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Ah, understood. Thank you.
September 6, 2025 at 11:51 AM
This is what UK media and politicians are doing with the false immigration crisis and it’s awful. Stops too many people asking the right questions. Thank you for explaining the sociological aspect.
September 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
But why is the stock photo of a person looking at what appears to be a urine pregnancy test? Post Partum depression? As a non subscriber I can’t read the full paper.
September 5, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Erm. No. Because Europe has realised that only certain types of progress is actually progress, not just a techbros dream. Progress should be measured not by unsustainable growth but by the overall satisfaction of the population.
September 5, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Middle of the South Downs national park too. Lovely.
September 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I have not. That’s ideal for today’s rainy sewing listening
September 4, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Absolutely. I’d forgotten about that one. Thank you!
September 3, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Surely it’s the wrong time of year. Normally it’s Beltane to include the sacrifice?
September 1, 2025 at 7:53 PM
If you happen to find yourself in Surrey, UK at any point I highly recommend Hatchlands Park. The most remarkable collection of pianos including Chopin, Elgar, Mozart (reportedly) Napoleon, Vaughn Williams. The list was astonishing.
August 30, 2025 at 8:27 PM
And Michael Collins I see. Not sure if he won but is certainly a remarkable performer now. Beautiful tone.
May 22, 2025 at 9:16 AM