Nicola Hardy
@coolearrings.bsky.social
Music. Art. History. Ceremonial. Hinc lucem et pocula sacra.
We gave away about 150 treats here and then had to admit defeat … enjoy your breakfast! 🎃
October 31, 2025 at 7:41 PM
We gave away about 150 treats here and then had to admit defeat … enjoy your breakfast! 🎃
Ah, and a little Gaeilge challenge for Roger Tilling there! Good luck, Darwinians! 🎓
September 5, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Ah, and a little Gaeilge challenge for Roger Tilling there! Good luck, Darwinians! 🎓
I’d have to do some heavier digging to answer that convincingly. Given that music was part of the Quadrivium and the higher doctorate has been around since the mid-fifteenth century, I would think the subject was considered ‘worthy’. I’m not sure how the MusD gown developed its distinct style.
July 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I’d have to do some heavier digging to answer that convincingly. Given that music was part of the Quadrivium and the higher doctorate has been around since the mid-fifteenth century, I would think the subject was considered ‘worthy’. I’m not sure how the MusD gown developed its distinct style.
Ah, I have a spreadsheet to help with post-1977 queries! A quick eye over the records I have easily to hand (late nineteenth century to present) would suggest that recipients of the MusD in any form are pretty rare.
July 26, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Ah, I have a spreadsheet to help with post-1977 queries! A quick eye over the records I have easily to hand (late nineteenth century to present) would suggest that recipients of the MusD in any form are pretty rare.
Tchaikovsky, Bruch, Saint-Saëns and Arrigo Boïto in 1893! In more recent times, Harrison Birtwistle and Evelyn Glennie in 2010 and Ninette de Valois and Charles Rosen in 1992. Plenty of years without a single one, though 🎓
July 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Tchaikovsky, Bruch, Saint-Saëns and Arrigo Boïto in 1893! In more recent times, Harrison Birtwistle and Evelyn Glennie in 2010 and Ninette de Valois and Charles Rosen in 1992. Plenty of years without a single one, though 🎓
It’s had a temporary elevation on Honorary Degree day in recent years, as the gateway to the reception after the ceremony, so various dignitaries have processed through! 🎓
July 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
It’s had a temporary elevation on Honorary Degree day in recent years, as the gateway to the reception after the ceremony, so various dignitaries have processed through! 🎓
I get the feeling that ‘Beyond’ is more than one step … 😹
July 23, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I get the feeling that ‘Beyond’ is more than one step … 😹
Is the intention for Millington Rd residents to do B&B …?! 😸🎶
July 7, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Is the intention for Millington Rd residents to do B&B …?! 😸🎶
🎶 Because the music that they constantly play,
It says nothing to me about my life …
It says nothing to me about my life …
July 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM
🎶 Because the music that they constantly play,
It says nothing to me about my life …
It says nothing to me about my life …
A timely post - I walked by this evening, but hope to visit during opening hours one day!
April 23, 2025 at 9:05 PM
A timely post - I walked by this evening, but hope to visit during opening hours one day!
🎶 Allons enfants de la Patrie, le jour de gloire est arrivé!
April 23, 2025 at 8:05 AM
🎶 Allons enfants de la Patrie, le jour de gloire est arrivé!
I think that one’s also a Pokémon gym, in a parallel universe! Or one very like it …
April 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I think that one’s also a Pokémon gym, in a parallel universe! Or one very like it …
Ah, and there’s a knotty real-life tale regarding the book’s author and that song by The Cure. Read on if you’re feeling brave … thecuretc.wordpress.com/tag/penelope...
Penelope Farmer – THE CURE
Post su Penelope Farmer scritto da Tonino Cagnucci
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April 5, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Ah, and there’s a knotty real-life tale regarding the book’s author and that song by The Cure. Read on if you’re feeling brave … thecuretc.wordpress.com/tag/penelope...
Have you listened to the dramatisation on BBC Sounds? Worth putting your headphones on for …
December 22, 2023 at 7:00 PM
Have you listened to the dramatisation on BBC Sounds? Worth putting your headphones on for …
Just had to check the date to make sure the shooting accident wasn’t caused by someone firing from the top of the Pitt Building … 😉
November 26, 2023 at 10:43 PM
Just had to check the date to make sure the shooting accident wasn’t caused by someone firing from the top of the Pitt Building … 😉
Ah, Shingle Street! Did you walk the line?
November 17, 2023 at 10:44 PM
Ah, Shingle Street! Did you walk the line?
I love a good corvid evensong. One of the best I heard was at Binham Priory, although you can get a pretty good one on Grantchester Meadows at certain times of year.
November 15, 2023 at 1:07 PM
I love a good corvid evensong. One of the best I heard was at Binham Priory, although you can get a pretty good one on Grantchester Meadows at certain times of year.
One of many skills he had, including macebearing for the University … 🎓
October 14, 2023 at 12:17 AM
One of many skills he had, including macebearing for the University … 🎓
A plague on them! Hope the weekend brings good things.
September 29, 2023 at 5:06 PM
A plague on them! Hope the weekend brings good things.