Lizzie Speller
@l1zz1e.bsky.social
Tutor CW Cambridge. Ex Classicist.
Love poetry, water, ruins, churchyards.
Author,The Return of Captain John Emmett; At Break of Day, memoir, lyrics. Short-listed Forward Prize. Judge London Hellenic Prize.
Live Suffolk & Greek island.
Love poetry, water, ruins, churchyards.
Author,The Return of Captain John Emmett; At Break of Day, memoir, lyrics. Short-listed Forward Prize. Judge London Hellenic Prize.
Live Suffolk & Greek island.
It’s the coordination of hands and feet and complexity of the instrument that makes it so compelling to watch as well as hear.
November 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
It’s the coordination of hands and feet and complexity of the instrument that makes it so compelling to watch as well as hear.
Coincidence! My partner was an organist and harpsichordist. Only yesterday I was wondering what to do with his Willner Chromatic Tuner!
November 11, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Coincidence! My partner was an organist and harpsichordist. Only yesterday I was wondering what to do with his Willner Chromatic Tuner!
Any lumps in throat?? @derekniemann.bsky.social saw it too and I think music also made it for him. I’m extra interested as my last novel was about music (an organist with synaesthesia) and WWI.
One reviewer objected to depiction of Elgar as pompous.
Still, on Friday I shall see it!
One reviewer objected to depiction of Elgar as pompous.
Still, on Friday I shall see it!
Derek Niemann (@derekniemann.bsky.social)
Loves both writing (nature and life writing) and teaching CW (mostly for Cam U). Loves parentheses too. Publications inc Guardian country diary, also books such as Birds in a Cage and some others. Enj...
derekniemann.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Any lumps in throat?? @derekniemann.bsky.social saw it too and I think music also made it for him. I’m extra interested as my last novel was about music (an organist with synaesthesia) and WWI.
One reviewer objected to depiction of Elgar as pompous.
Still, on Friday I shall see it!
One reviewer objected to depiction of Elgar as pompous.
Still, on Friday I shall see it!
Me too! Though given I had lump in throat with one line ( Softly and Gently etc) I feel the film may well have tears among the pleasure and wit.
November 8, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Me too! Though given I had lump in throat with one line ( Softly and Gently etc) I feel the film may well have tears among the pleasure and wit.
Midas strikes again. Gold plated tap.
Women beware……
Women beware……
October 31, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Midas strikes again. Gold plated tap.
Women beware……
Women beware……
Sir Everard Digby night? ( Knight Night?)
October 31, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Sir Everard Digby night? ( Knight Night?)
Not a criticism of US fun. After all, we British burn an effigy of a Catholic and let off explosions a few days later.
October 30, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Not a criticism of US fun. After all, we British burn an effigy of a Catholic and let off explosions a few days later.
Yes. He started a book, but only discovered his paternity quite late in life. He very much enjoyed meeting his siblings, some of whom were at his funeral.
October 29, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Yes. He started a book, but only discovered his paternity quite late in life. He very much enjoyed meeting his siblings, some of whom were at his funeral.
Courageous and effective. No violence, just a shared voice. Thank you all. 🫶👏👍
October 28, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Courageous and effective. No violence, just a shared voice. Thank you all. 🫶👏👍