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How about we start celebrating higher education as a nation? How about we start shouting, loudly, of the social good of higher education? How about we talk of the nurses, the doctors, the teachers, the social workers, educated at universities? How about we celebrate the artists, the writers, 1/
May 3, 2025 at 6:37 AM
How about we start celebrating higher education as a nation? How about we start shouting, loudly, of the social good of higher education? How about we talk of the nurses, the doctors, the teachers, the social workers, educated at universities? How about we celebrate the artists, the writers, 1/
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Last call for Ludlow! 🚂
The Ludlow English Song Weekend opens this Friday with Heart’s Haven, from Andrew Hamilton and Iain Burnside. Tickets: bit.ly/LESWtickets
The Ludlow English Song Weekend opens this Friday with Heart’s Haven, from Andrew Hamilton and Iain Burnside. Tickets: bit.ly/LESWtickets
Rising star, baritone Andrew Hamilton returns to the UK from the Bayerische Staatsoper to open the festival, with our Artistic Director Iain Burnside at the piano. ‘Heart’s Haven’ features a cosmopolitan mix of English songs and songs in English, with an Italian flavour.
April 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Last call for Ludlow! 🚂
The Ludlow English Song Weekend opens this Friday with Heart’s Haven, from Andrew Hamilton and Iain Burnside. Tickets: bit.ly/LESWtickets
The Ludlow English Song Weekend opens this Friday with Heart’s Haven, from Andrew Hamilton and Iain Burnside. Tickets: bit.ly/LESWtickets
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is it swan lake
Here's how dramatic today's dismantling has been: Some of VOA’s local-language radio stations have stopped broadcasting news reports and switched over to music to fill the airtime, according to listeners.
March 16, 2025 at 1:49 AM
is it swan lake
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Germany did destroy itself almost a century ago. It wasn’t because it took in too many migrants. It was because it fell for arguments uncomfortably close to Vance’s.
"Europe is on the brink of civilizational suicide," US Vice President Vance told Fox News. "Countries don’t control borders, restrict free speech. If Germany takes in millions more incompatible migrants, it’ll destroy itself. America can’t save it."
March 16, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Germany did destroy itself almost a century ago. It wasn’t because it took in too many migrants. It was because it fell for arguments uncomfortably close to Vance’s.
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Don't remember much about Hillbilly Elegy (J.D. Vance's 2016 book) but I knew there was a parable about the importance of standing up to bullies in there. I'm sure he meant it at the time.
March 2, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Don't remember much about Hillbilly Elegy (J.D. Vance's 2016 book) but I knew there was a parable about the importance of standing up to bullies in there. I'm sure he meant it at the time.
Building a Library this afternoon for #andrewmcgregor on #radio3. Liszt Totentanz. Genius piece. A lot easier to talk about than to play.
March 1, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Building a Library this afternoon for #andrewmcgregor on #radio3. Liszt Totentanz. Genius piece. A lot easier to talk about than to play.
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One of my ancestors grew up speaking a foreign language and living in this country. I'd ask him what he thought about this. Except he's buried in Imphal war graves cemetery.
February 27, 2025 at 10:53 AM
One of my ancestors grew up speaking a foreign language and living in this country. I'd ask him what he thought about this. Except he's buried in Imphal war graves cemetery.
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“But the small single play that allows a writer to be themselves or rather – crucially – to become themselves is increasingly rare. A writer’s loss is an audience’s loss too…”
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
BBC radio drama is in grave danger. Without it we may lose the next generation of writing talent
Hundreds of hours of original plays have been cut from the corporation’s programming in recent years. If the trend continues, a valuable training ground for writers will be lost
www.theguardian.com
February 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
“But the small single play that allows a writer to be themselves or rather – crucially – to become themselves is increasingly rare. A writer’s loss is an audience’s loss too…”
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Brilliant thread
I want to tell you a story. In 2015, I was in the small Lithuanian city of Panevežys, standing with the locals, watching a military parade. But this was no ordinary parade, because marching alongside the Lithuanian troops were our American allies.🧵1/17
February 23, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Brilliant thread
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"Democracy will not go down without a fight"
@kimlanelaw.bsky.social explains Trump’s power grab and what can be done to stop the destruction of American democracy in latest Democracy for Sale
Highly recommended reading this in full
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/the-poster...
@kimlanelaw.bsky.social explains Trump’s power grab and what can be done to stop the destruction of American democracy in latest Democracy for Sale
Highly recommended reading this in full
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/the-poster...
“The poster child for autocracy”: how to understand Trump’s regime
Author and legal expert Kim Lane Schepelle explains Trump’s power grab and what can be done to stop the destruction of American democracy
democracyforsale.substack.com
February 15, 2025 at 8:57 AM
"Democracy will not go down without a fight"
@kimlanelaw.bsky.social explains Trump’s power grab and what can be done to stop the destruction of American democracy in latest Democracy for Sale
Highly recommended reading this in full
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/the-poster...
@kimlanelaw.bsky.social explains Trump’s power grab and what can be done to stop the destruction of American democracy in latest Democracy for Sale
Highly recommended reading this in full
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/the-poster...
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Spring is coming! The days are getting longer, and it's the perfect time to make plans that can sustain you through the last of the winter.
Tickets are on sale now for Ludlow English Song Weekend. 3 days of world-class music in the glorious Shropshire countryside this April. Visit: bit.ly/3Q21l96
Tickets are on sale now for Ludlow English Song Weekend. 3 days of world-class music in the glorious Shropshire countryside this April. Visit: bit.ly/3Q21l96
February 3, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Spring is coming! The days are getting longer, and it's the perfect time to make plans that can sustain you through the last of the winter.
Tickets are on sale now for Ludlow English Song Weekend. 3 days of world-class music in the glorious Shropshire countryside this April. Visit: bit.ly/3Q21l96
Tickets are on sale now for Ludlow English Song Weekend. 3 days of world-class music in the glorious Shropshire countryside this April. Visit: bit.ly/3Q21l96
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After some New Year culture? Join a free online lecture from Cincinnati Song Initiative. Hear about Goethe's contribution to song with live musical illustrations - Tues Jan 14, 11.30pm GMT
You don't have to stay up late to watch! You'll get a link to catch up anytime.
Sign up: bit.ly/3C4pzfq
You don't have to stay up late to watch! You'll get a link to catch up anytime.
Sign up: bit.ly/3C4pzfq
January 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
After some New Year culture? Join a free online lecture from Cincinnati Song Initiative. Hear about Goethe's contribution to song with live musical illustrations - Tues Jan 14, 11.30pm GMT
You don't have to stay up late to watch! You'll get a link to catch up anytime.
Sign up: bit.ly/3C4pzfq
You don't have to stay up late to watch! You'll get a link to catch up anytime.
Sign up: bit.ly/3C4pzfq
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A reminder that there are FOURTEEN TIMES more Lib Dem MPs in Parliament than there are Reform MPs. Three times as many independents. And nearly as many Greens.
We should not be paying so much attention to them.
We should not be paying so much attention to them.
January 5, 2025 at 9:59 PM
A reminder that there are FOURTEEN TIMES more Lib Dem MPs in Parliament than there are Reform MPs. Three times as many independents. And nearly as many Greens.
We should not be paying so much attention to them.
We should not be paying so much attention to them.
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Pity Farage wasn’t asked about this - he should be forced to own it @bbclaurak.bsky.social @theneweuropean.bsky.social
January 5, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Pity Farage wasn’t asked about this - he should be forced to own it @bbclaurak.bsky.social @theneweuropean.bsky.social
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To be added to the list of things Liz Truss is wrong about:
December 25, 2024 at 10:12 AM
To be added to the list of things Liz Truss is wrong about:
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December 1, 2024 at 3:49 AM
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As Janey Godley has her funeral, here is her roasting Michelle Mone.
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November 29, 2024 at 6:28 PM
As Janey Godley has her funeral, here is her roasting Michelle Mone.
😂
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November 27, 2024 at 1:27 PM
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