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Valerie Stygall
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Horn player, reader, knitter, love walking our dogs, living in France
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Our next concert 7:30pm Sat 5 April at St Edmunds Church, Roundhay. Andrew Downes, Elgar Cello Concerto soloist Jessica Burroughs, Sibelius Symphony No.3, conductor Anthony Kraus. Tickets via www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/sinfonia-o...
March 21, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Fish and 'bones in this week's enticing classical selection. Read on: www.theartsdesk.com/classical-mu... @nmcrecordings.bsky.social @seb-scotney.bsky.social
March 22, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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President Trump, in a speech to a joint session of Congress, ticked off a list of purported accomplishments and justifications for his many executive actions that have upended domestic and foreign policy.

Here’s a fact check.
Fact-Checking Trump’s Address to Congress
The president repeated familiar exaggerations and falsehoods about the economy, the Department of Government Efficiency and tariffs.
www.nytimes.com
March 5, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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Fellow book lovers! There is a better way to buy our books than Amazon. Instead of putting $ in Bezos' pocket, every purchase on @bookshop-org.bsky.social financially supports independent bookstores. You can even select the bookstore you'd like to support.
February 21, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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🚨NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning to fire Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff C.Q. Brown, a 4-Star General and 41-year veteran of the Air Force who flew over 130 hours in combat as a fighter pilot.

REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!
February 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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European friends: Do not accept lectures on democracy & freedom of speech from an Administration that denies the 2020 election results and is now suing & intimidating news outlets whose reporting they don’t like.

Stand tall against right-wing extremism.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/w...
Vance and Musk Attack German Consensus on Nazis and Speech
Vice President JD Vance and Elon Musk have challenged decades-long approaches to political extremism that were designed to prevent another Hitler.
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2025 at 10:42 PM