the Anselm Kiefer exhibition at the RA is amazing, even better if your gf is wearing the *exact* same colour scheme as one of his absolute bangers

allow me to paraphrase a 10yo tweet from memory, but a glorious thing about Melvyn Bragg on In Our Time is the utter lack of pissing about compared to podcasts that get 40 mins in then say "OK let's get into it." MB can barely get "hello" out before he's telling you something about Marcus Aurelius

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Cat on a chaise longue in front of an open fire. A reminder, if needed, that Tapping the Admiral in Kentish Town is a 10/10 pub

tiny wee church in Kent where for some reason (money) Marc Chagall did all the stained-glass windows. Also includes an in-tune Bechstein piano. Well done to all concerned

on Christmas Day in the morning!

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@seamas.bsky.social good to meet you last night, Seamas

@levparikian.bsky.social @jasonhazeley.bsky.social guys, I just noticed that the This Is Your Life theme tune opens with the devil's interval and had to tell someone

where's my blue plaque in St Pancras station @englishheritage?

three plaques on a bench in the Peak District.

I call this piece "Downfall of Society"

this is much better, finally got rid of that Musky stench