Graham Elliott
@grenadilladaddy.bsky.social
Interested in music, history, some tax policy issues.
How does adding “Great” and painting the trains deal with the fact that Network Rail already causes all of the delays and cancellations (apart from those caused by passengers etc) on my line, and none are caused by the operator’s staff and rolling stock? Yet another performative gesture.
Labour will bring rail back into public ownership under Great British Railways.
December 9, 2025 at 11:56 AM
How does adding “Great” and painting the trains deal with the fact that Network Rail already causes all of the delays and cancellations (apart from those caused by passengers etc) on my line, and none are caused by the operator’s staff and rolling stock? Yet another performative gesture.
Playing in Sibelius 6th Symphony tonight at St Peter’s Notting Hill, with Covent Garden Chamber Orchestra.
December 6, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Playing in Sibelius 6th Symphony tonight at St Peter’s Notting Hill, with Covent Garden Chamber Orchestra.
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At Sothebys, I chanced upon possibly the worst painted dog in British art history.
December 2, 2025 at 8:35 PM
At Sothebys, I chanced upon possibly the worst painted dog in British art history.
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NEW: Former Reform MEP Nathan Gill is sentenced to 10.5 years at the Old Bailey on 8 counts of bribery by a Russian agent.
The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb. Here is the evidence…
The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb. Here is the evidence…
November 21, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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cc: @bendorgrosvenor.bsky.social & @januszczak.bsky.social
This 1990 movie has appeared on YouTube: youtu.be/sVezVo5StAI?...
I wonder whether you might review it on podcast, re the old chestnut about impressionism linking art and music; whether such links exist, and this movie *as art*. 🙏🏻
This 1990 movie has appeared on YouTube: youtu.be/sVezVo5StAI?...
I wonder whether you might review it on podcast, re the old chestnut about impressionism linking art and music; whether such links exist, and this movie *as art*. 🙏🏻
The Loves of Emma Bardac (Starring Katia & Marielle Labèque)
YouTube video by Thomas Mowrey
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 5:08 PM
cc: @bendorgrosvenor.bsky.social & @januszczak.bsky.social
This 1990 movie has appeared on YouTube: youtu.be/sVezVo5StAI?...
I wonder whether you might review it on podcast, re the old chestnut about impressionism linking art and music; whether such links exist, and this movie *as art*. 🙏🏻
This 1990 movie has appeared on YouTube: youtu.be/sVezVo5StAI?...
I wonder whether you might review it on podcast, re the old chestnut about impressionism linking art and music; whether such links exist, and this movie *as art*. 🙏🏻
Performing with Kensington Symphony Orchestra on Sunday (3pm!!) in an all British programme, predominantly composed by women, and in Smith Square Hall in Westminster. It’s both attractive and adventurous at the same time
bachtrack.com/concert-even...
bachtrack.com/concert-even...
bachtrack.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Performing with Kensington Symphony Orchestra on Sunday (3pm!!) in an all British programme, predominantly composed by women, and in Smith Square Hall in Westminster. It’s both attractive and adventurous at the same time
bachtrack.com/concert-even...
bachtrack.com/concert-even...
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There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
November 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Wow! 😮🤩
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
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Shocking article in the Sheffield Tribune. A solicitor, Andrew Milne, buying up freeholds of houses and then making (false) threats to the leaseholders to bully them into buying the freehold at a huge premium.
November 7, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Shocking article in the Sheffield Tribune. A solicitor, Andrew Milne, buying up freeholds of houses and then making (false) threats to the leaseholders to bully them into buying the freehold at a huge premium.
Spooky Song 2: youtu.be/Wtd0Bq1utwc
Lawrence Tibbett - Erlkönig (Schubert) - in English [live]
YouTube video by AfroPoli
youtu.be
October 31, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Spooky Song 2: youtu.be/Wtd0Bq1utwc
Spooky Song 1: youtu.be/Qvbbc5A_C4c
Ruddigore: When the Night Wind Howls
YouTube video by Release - Topic
youtu.be
October 31, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Spooky Song 1: youtu.be/Qvbbc5A_C4c
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Lots of people say the Government should significantly cut spending. Hardly any spell out how that could be achieved.
So kudos to the Policy Exchange for a serious-minded report proposing spending cuts taking the size of the state down to where it was before the pandemic.
So kudos to the Policy Exchange for a serious-minded report proposing spending cuts taking the size of the state down to where it was before the pandemic.
October 30, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Lots of people say the Government should significantly cut spending. Hardly any spell out how that could be achieved.
So kudos to the Policy Exchange for a serious-minded report proposing spending cuts taking the size of the state down to where it was before the pandemic.
So kudos to the Policy Exchange for a serious-minded report proposing spending cuts taking the size of the state down to where it was before the pandemic.
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I am being personally sued for more than £8m by a barrister, Setu Kamal. I believe this is one of the largest English libel claims ever made.
October 23, 2025 at 8:34 AM
I am being personally sued for more than £8m by a barrister, Setu Kamal. I believe this is one of the largest English libel claims ever made.
I wholly endorse the 'Kells' outcome here, though had the category been narrowed to an unfinished work by an identified artist, that would have allowed Michelangelo to romp home. But - query - "made on Iona, almost certainly"? Whitworth begs to differ:- www.tarbat-discovery.co.uk/2025/09/22/d...
October 22, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I wholly endorse the 'Kells' outcome here, though had the category been narrowed to an unfinished work by an identified artist, that would have allowed Michelangelo to romp home. But - query - "made on Iona, almost certainly"? Whitworth begs to differ:- www.tarbat-discovery.co.uk/2025/09/22/d...
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This could be described as a statement of the obvious, but it seems the obvious needs to be stated.
This could be described as a statement of the obvious, but it seems the obvious needs to be stated.
A "British ISA" was a terrible idea when the Conservatives were thinking about it, and it remains a terrible idea today.
October 21, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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This could be described as a statement of the obvious, but it seems the obvious needs to be stated.
This could be described as a statement of the obvious, but it seems the obvious needs to be stated.
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Concert coming up next Saturday in Islington
October 12, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Concert coming up next Saturday in Islington
Today arrived the parts for a clarinet quintet by John Casken; Misted Land, composed in 2017 and published in 2023. All I have to do now is find a string quartet that’s prepared to play it with me!!
October 16, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Today arrived the parts for a clarinet quintet by John Casken; Misted Land, composed in 2017 and published in 2023. All I have to do now is find a string quartet that’s prepared to play it with me!!
Concert coming up next Saturday in Islington
October 12, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Concert coming up next Saturday in Islington
My first London concert of the 25/26 season on tonight at Smith Square Hall in Westminster, includes Rachmaninov Isle of The Dead. The weather seems appropriate for it.. www.corinthianorchestra.org.uk/event-detail...
Brooding and rhapsodic | CorinthianCO
A dark and brooding programme of Rachmaninoff, Ravel and Tchaikovsky, exploring love, death and the depths of the Romantic imagination
www.corinthianorchestra.org.uk
October 3, 2025 at 2:21 PM
My first London concert of the 25/26 season on tonight at Smith Square Hall in Westminster, includes Rachmaninov Isle of The Dead. The weather seems appropriate for it.. www.corinthianorchestra.org.uk/event-detail...
Covering Zoffany, rosary, and prophylactic. And not agreeing about them. Great to have this back. Hope it’s here to stay. Bravo!
The world's most indispensable arts podcast is back, with a new episode out now on all your usual platforms. Another episode out tomorrow, then weekly.
September 24, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Covering Zoffany, rosary, and prophylactic. And not agreeing about them. Great to have this back. Hope it’s here to stay. Bravo!
Today is the anniversary of the Synod of Herutford (possibly Hertford) in 672/673 CE, convened by Archbishop Theodore, and generally considered to have been the starting point of the broadly unified English church.
September 24, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Today is the anniversary of the Synod of Herutford (possibly Hertford) in 672/673 CE, convened by Archbishop Theodore, and generally considered to have been the starting point of the broadly unified English church.
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Yes, the world needs a new podcast. Or rather, an old one resurrected. Just finished recording - dropping next week.
September 18, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Yes, the world needs a new podcast. Or rather, an old one resurrected. Just finished recording - dropping next week.
October concert in London
August 31, 2025 at 8:15 PM
October concert in London
“When year’s eighth month comes to its end,
The sun at eight o’clock doth wend.”
The sun at eight o’clock doth wend.”
August 31, 2025 at 6:06 PM
“When year’s eighth month comes to its end,
The sun at eight o’clock doth wend.”
The sun at eight o’clock doth wend.”
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The Times is reporting the umpteenth Budget rumour: national insurance on landlords' rent payments. On paper, an easy way to collect a couple of £bn. In practice I think unfair and likely to be widely avoided. Quick thread:
August 28, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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