#NowSpinning Rimsky-Korsakov’s short, but very appealing Piano Concerto, with Malcolm Binns and David Lloyd-Jones. Works like this really deserve much more attention. The opening is especially evocative and it’s all gorgeously orchestrated.

@rafaelbehr.bsky.social: ’The offer contained in #Trump’s national #security #doctrine – to turn #Britain into one of Washington’s satellite states in a #Europe partitioned between #Russian and #American spheres of influence – is not one that any truly patriotic politician should accept.’

#NowSpinning Tchaikovsky Symphony No.2, with Mehta in Los Angeles. I thought I was going to find these too slick, but I was clearly wrong!

Guys, we’ve got new books here: mailchi.mp/mysteriousbo...

This is how you stand up to bullies and aspiring tyrants.

Here is the growing list of countries choosing to pause mail deliveries to the U.S. because of Trump's tariff chaos.

Did anyone vote in 2024 to become the new Hermit Kingdom?

Austria
Australia
Denmark
France
Germany
India
Italy
Japan
New Zealand
Singapore
Spain
South Korea
Sweden
Thailand

I realise Farage is leading polls. He has 4 MPs. The Lib Dems have 72. Can anyone tell me why #BBC gives them much less coverage in the #immigration debate? They are making the point about #Brexit impacting the possibility of returning people who arrive here irregularly
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Happy 92nd Birthday to Dame Janet Baker. An artist with incredible, towering abilities but total modesty and all the time in the world for developing our musicians of the future. A truly great lady and, for me, nowhere better represented than on this great recording of Mahler.

Fox News panel expresses concern over FBI's Bolton raid: “There is a great concern about whether this is retaliation against a political opponent”

Trump orders a stop to any data collection that doesn't go his way.

See: COVID deaths under his watch, his terrible job creation numbers.

Is he going to forbid presidential approval polling next?

The President cannot commandeer any local law enforcement.
The President does not run the Smithsonian.
The monthly BLS jobs report is required by law.
Release the Epstein files.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Another day, another reminder...

Do you ever just get sad about how many people have fully embraced anti-intellectualism?

the #Beatles 1966

Caught on a shoot by a photographer who likes our videos. Wild to be photographed as if I'm in some way interesting.

Photo by Owen Courtney