Chris Clark
@chrisleeclark.bsky.social
Musically inquisitive, sings & plays tenor: Portsmouth Baroque Choir chair, NLCC veteran; retired British Library AV & digital curator. Volunteer Farlington Marshes.
A survivor from Grandpa’s library, Book of Kells by Edward Sullivan, 1914. A preview shorturl.at/xgDqE of Victoria Whitworth’s book about its origins (Pictish Portmahomack) led to opening at “plant forms of decoration”, “unknown in Celtic illuminated mss of the earlier period”. Now maybe, we know.
September 26, 2025 at 7:09 AM
A survivor from Grandpa’s library, Book of Kells by Edward Sullivan, 1914. A preview shorturl.at/xgDqE of Victoria Whitworth’s book about its origins (Pictish Portmahomack) led to opening at “plant forms of decoration”, “unknown in Celtic illuminated mss of the earlier period”. Now maybe, we know.
At St Mary’s Binsted, nr Arundel, Grade 2* listed marvel of 1860s restoration.
July 18, 2025 at 11:36 AM
At St Mary’s Binsted, nr Arundel, Grade 2* listed marvel of 1860s restoration.
All Saints, Minstead. Carving on grave of esteemed serpent player Thomas Maynard d. 1817 aged 27. www.westgallerychurches.com
Similar carving in Boston USA. Members of Boston Symphony Orchestra played homage here 25 years ago, so the graveyard keepers told me.
Similar carving in Boston USA. Members of Boston Symphony Orchestra played homage here 25 years ago, so the graveyard keepers told me.
July 11, 2025 at 6:51 AM
All Saints, Minstead. Carving on grave of esteemed serpent player Thomas Maynard d. 1817 aged 27. www.westgallerychurches.com
Similar carving in Boston USA. Members of Boston Symphony Orchestra played homage here 25 years ago, so the graveyard keepers told me.
Similar carving in Boston USA. Members of Boston Symphony Orchestra played homage here 25 years ago, so the graveyard keepers told me.
22-05-2019 men’s dressing room RFH, New London Chamber Choir getting ready to go onstage as the ‘Heavenly Choir’ for last actStockhausen’s ‘Donnerstag aus Licht’. 2 are sadly no longer with us: Roger Parks (seated) who died Jan 2021 & Murray Goulstone (3rd from rt front) who died this week. RIP
February 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
22-05-2019 men’s dressing room RFH, New London Chamber Choir getting ready to go onstage as the ‘Heavenly Choir’ for last actStockhausen’s ‘Donnerstag aus Licht’. 2 are sadly no longer with us: Roger Parks (seated) who died Jan 2021 & Murray Goulstone (3rd from rt front) who died this week. RIP
Brighter days ahead, as long as that ‘new sheriff’ and his vile deputy pipe down.
February 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Brighter days ahead, as long as that ‘new sheriff’ and his vile deputy pipe down.
Seeing things more clearly in these parts…
November 16, 2024 at 12:20 PM
Seeing things more clearly in these parts…
Undermining female composers’ legacies & prospects in the 1950s. Hilda Tablet was a fictitious 12-tone composer modelled on Ethel Smyth & Elisabeth Lutyens. Embarrasing listening 70 years on: composers have had the last laugh. youtu.be/ZLgkixlJttE?...
November 15, 2024 at 2:25 PM
Undermining female composers’ legacies & prospects in the 1950s. Hilda Tablet was a fictitious 12-tone composer modelled on Ethel Smyth & Elisabeth Lutyens. Embarrasing listening 70 years on: composers have had the last laugh. youtu.be/ZLgkixlJttE?...
Give [a man] a mask and he will tell you the truth - Wilde. Excellent examination of fiction, reality & the persons of Cervantes & Don Quixote - ‘Person’ from Latin ‘persona’, from Greek ‘prosopon’, = masks worn by actors on the Greek stage to signify their role in the drama being performed
August 17, 2024 at 5:10 PM
Give [a man] a mask and he will tell you the truth - Wilde. Excellent examination of fiction, reality & the persons of Cervantes & Don Quixote - ‘Person’ from Latin ‘persona’, from Greek ‘prosopon’, = masks worn by actors on the Greek stage to signify their role in the drama being performed
Obsolete weaponry & defence system at first light from my balcony.
August 16, 2024 at 11:22 AM
Obsolete weaponry & defence system at first light from my balcony.