Helen Murray
@elthamurray.bsky.social
Senior Scheduling Coordinator at BBC Radio 3, choral singer, toddler mum, member of folk band Solebound https://soundcloud.com/solebound
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In 2022 we came home from @joycedidonato.bsky.social's wonderful Eden show at the Barbican with the souvenir of a little pouch of poppy seeds, which I sowed in our scruffy front yard. Now, every year more beautiful red faces pop up to attract bees and brighten the streetscape. Thanks Joyce! ❇️🌸🥰
June 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
In 2022 we came home from @joycedidonato.bsky.social's wonderful Eden show at the Barbican with the souvenir of a little pouch of poppy seeds, which I sowed in our scruffy front yard. Now, every year more beautiful red faces pop up to attract bees and brighten the streetscape. Thanks Joyce! ❇️🌸🥰
Somehow didn't expect the sheer physicality of being a #toddlerparent... "Mummy carry me!" I was prepped for, but the dawn body slams, the knee in the stomach as they clamber over you, your hair used as a convenient hand-hold, the blinding headbutt to the temple "Big hug Mummy!", not so much... 🤕
May 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Somehow didn't expect the sheer physicality of being a #toddlerparent... "Mummy carry me!" I was prepped for, but the dawn body slams, the knee in the stomach as they clamber over you, your hair used as a convenient hand-hold, the blinding headbutt to the temple "Big hug Mummy!", not so much... 🤕
BBC Radio 3: ARIAs UK Station of the Year 2025!
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May 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
BBC Radio 3: ARIAs UK Station of the Year 2025!
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📣 Calling all altos, tenors and basses aged 11-18! ✨
On Sat 28th June we will host our first ever day for young singers aged 11-18. This is aimed at parish church choir choristers, and other young singers with experience looking to gain new ensemble and leadership skills. 🧵
On Sat 28th June we will host our first ever day for young singers aged 11-18. This is aimed at parish church choir choristers, and other young singers with experience looking to gain new ensemble and leadership skills. 🧵
May 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
📣 Calling all altos, tenors and basses aged 11-18! ✨
On Sat 28th June we will host our first ever day for young singers aged 11-18. This is aimed at parish church choir choristers, and other young singers with experience looking to gain new ensemble and leadership skills. 🧵
On Sat 28th June we will host our first ever day for young singers aged 11-18. This is aimed at parish church choir choristers, and other young singers with experience looking to gain new ensemble and leadership skills. 🧵
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Are Muslims really banning dogs in parks? 🤔
Let’s look at this perfect example of how rage baiting works, and how disinformation spreads, sticks, and fuels division, even years after being debunked…
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Let’s look at this perfect example of how rage baiting works, and how disinformation spreads, sticks, and fuels division, even years after being debunked…
🧵1/22 (1/1)
April 13, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Are Muslims really banning dogs in parks? 🤔
Let’s look at this perfect example of how rage baiting works, and how disinformation spreads, sticks, and fuels division, even years after being debunked…
🧵1/22 (1/1)
Let’s look at this perfect example of how rage baiting works, and how disinformation spreads, sticks, and fuels division, even years after being debunked…
🧵1/22 (1/1)
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Starmer to Zelenskyy: You are very very welcome here in Downing Street. As you heard from the cheers outside, you have full backing across the United Kingdom.
March 1, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Starmer to Zelenskyy: You are very very welcome here in Downing Street. As you heard from the cheers outside, you have full backing across the United Kingdom.
So my friend, who's a warrior of an #SEND mum, responded to a tutty, sweary man on the tube the other day, who was taking issue with her 4yo having a meltdown, by saying
"How dare you swear at my son?! For your information, he has #autism, what's your excuse for having no social skills?" 💪🌻💛
"How dare you swear at my son?! For your information, he has #autism, what's your excuse for having no social skills?" 💪🌻💛
February 18, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Jarred my elbow cheering myself for getting a question right on Counterpoint #Middleaged
January 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Jarred my elbow cheering myself for getting a question right on Counterpoint #Middleaged
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Singing folk of BlueSky
Please spread the word to the right people?! A bursary for 18-22 year olds, a two week world
Class singing course, and a world class song festival, all
Happening in Folkestone.
soundsfolkestone.co.uk/initiatives/fo…
Please spread the word to the right people?! A bursary for 18-22 year olds, a two week world
Class singing course, and a world class song festival, all
Happening in Folkestone.
soundsfolkestone.co.uk/initiatives/fo…
January 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Singing folk of BlueSky
Please spread the word to the right people?! A bursary for 18-22 year olds, a two week world
Class singing course, and a world class song festival, all
Happening in Folkestone.
soundsfolkestone.co.uk/initiatives/fo…
Please spread the word to the right people?! A bursary for 18-22 year olds, a two week world
Class singing course, and a world class song festival, all
Happening in Folkestone.
soundsfolkestone.co.uk/initiatives/fo…
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Apply for our 'Assistant Leader - Trainee' role by 9am tomorrow!
This freelance post is ideally suited to an early-career starter looking to gain experience in music education.
www.londonyouthchoirs.com/work-for-lyc/
This freelance post is ideally suited to an early-career starter looking to gain experience in music education.
www.londonyouthchoirs.com/work-for-lyc/
January 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Apply for our 'Assistant Leader - Trainee' role by 9am tomorrow!
This freelance post is ideally suited to an early-career starter looking to gain experience in music education.
www.londonyouthchoirs.com/work-for-lyc/
This freelance post is ideally suited to an early-career starter looking to gain experience in music education.
www.londonyouthchoirs.com/work-for-lyc/
Bravo @southbankcentre ; soup mug, box for bread, coffee cup & lid*, spoon & stirrer - all will have turned to soil in a couple of years. It’s not hard, could more places make the commitment in 2025?
*yes I know it would have been even better to have remembered my reusable cup!
*yes I know it would have been even better to have remembered my reusable cup!
January 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Bravo @southbankcentre ; soup mug, box for bread, coffee cup & lid*, spoon & stirrer - all will have turned to soil in a couple of years. It’s not hard, could more places make the commitment in 2025?
*yes I know it would have been even better to have remembered my reusable cup!
*yes I know it would have been even better to have remembered my reusable cup!
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December 22, 2024 at 12:59 PM
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This doctor’s letter to United Heathcare for denying nausea medication to a child on chemotherapy.
December 5, 2024 at 8:10 PM
Stellar as ever from John's to begin Advent, with just the right blend of misty yearning and austere awe - and including a modern fave of mine, Kerensa Brigg's A Tender Shoot, from 20:05.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Carols Across the Country - a Seasonal Journey - A Service for Advent with Carols - BBC Sounds
A Service for Advent with Carols, live from the Chapel of St John’s College, Cambridge.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 3, 2024 at 2:56 PM
Stellar as ever from John's to begin Advent, with just the right blend of misty yearning and austere awe - and including a modern fave of mine, Kerensa Brigg's A Tender Shoot, from 20:05.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
There today with my 2-y-o, free Christmas wreath-making activity, free “story garden” imaginative play area, loads of lovely books, kindly staff who’ve known him since he was a couple of weeks old. A vital home from home.
December 2, 2024 at 9:57 PM
There today with my 2-y-o, free Christmas wreath-making activity, free “story garden” imaginative play area, loads of lovely books, kindly staff who’ve known him since he was a couple of weeks old. A vital home from home.
I consider mine daily. I consider whether he has, in fact, already had his breakfast, and is trying it on.
November 25, 2024 at 10:41 AM
I consider mine daily. I consider whether he has, in fact, already had his breakfast, and is trying it on.
Does anyone else have catchphrases from ads decades ago lodged themselves in your head? Every time someone says “where is everybody?” I think of this 1995 cartoon giraffe, his endearing speech impediment and the Mexican hat dance…https://youtu.be/UBmplrgV93E?si=-2qO03ythKzS2r6W
November 23, 2024 at 7:04 PM
Does anyone else have catchphrases from ads decades ago lodged themselves in your head? Every time someone says “where is everybody?” I think of this 1995 cartoon giraffe, his endearing speech impediment and the Mexican hat dance…https://youtu.be/UBmplrgV93E?si=-2qO03ythKzS2r6W
Missing my singing Solebound sisters these dark and chilly days… ❄️
November 22, 2024 at 9:23 PM
Missing my singing Solebound sisters these dark and chilly days… ❄️