Neil Tòmas Smith
@ntsmith.bsky.social
Probably the youngest composer you know with sciatica.
Composer, teacher, researcher. Scone enthusiast.
www.ntsmusic.uk
Composer, teacher, researcher. Scone enthusiast.
www.ntsmusic.uk
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Richard Morrison has reported on the suspension of our Music courses in yesterday’s The Times. Please keep sharing the petition www.change.org/p/stop-the-s.... @thetimes.com @adlington.bsky.social @royalmusical.bsky.social @nottinghampost.co.uk @nottinghamlive.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Richard Morrison has reported on the suspension of our Music courses in yesterday’s The Times. Please keep sharing the petition www.change.org/p/stop-the-s.... @thetimes.com @adlington.bsky.social @royalmusical.bsky.social @nottinghampost.co.uk @nottinghamlive.bsky.social
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Some thoughts on the University of Nottingham’s suspension of all courses in the Department of Music (my workplace for over 17 years) www.linkedin.com/pulse/suspen...
On the suspension of Music courses at University of Nottingham
I’m not in the habit of lengthy posts to LinkedIn, but this week’s events at the University of Nottingham (my former workplace) demand some words. The acute financial crisis facing the HE sector is re...
www.linkedin.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Some thoughts on the University of Nottingham’s suspension of all courses in the Department of Music (my workplace for over 17 years) www.linkedin.com/pulse/suspen...
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This is awful news to come out of Nottingham. MedRen-ers will be aware that Nottingham has hosted three MedRens in 2012, 1985, and the first ever MedRen in 1972.
Do consider signing the petition in the next post.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Do consider signing the petition in the next post.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham
In a statement the institution also says it is
www.bbc.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 9:43 AM
This is awful news to come out of Nottingham. MedRen-ers will be aware that Nottingham has hosted three MedRens in 2012, 1985, and the first ever MedRen in 1972.
Do consider signing the petition in the next post.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Do consider signing the petition in the next post.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Prepping up the first batch of books for Next time ur in london listeners.
neiltomassmith.bandcamp.com/album/next-t...
neiltomassmith.bandcamp.com/album/next-t...
November 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Prepping up the first batch of books for Next time ur in london listeners.
neiltomassmith.bandcamp.com/album/next-t...
neiltomassmith.bandcamp.com/album/next-t...
OUT TODAY!
New album 'Next time ur in london'
With a BEAUTIFUL accompanying book made with Desmond Clarke and Cassandra Barron.
neiltomassmith.bandcamp.com/album/next-t...
New album 'Next time ur in london'
With a BEAUTIFUL accompanying book made with Desmond Clarke and Cassandra Barron.
neiltomassmith.bandcamp.com/album/next-t...
Next time ur in london, by Neil Tòmas Smith
8 track album
neiltomassmith.bandcamp.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:10 PM
OUT TODAY!
New album 'Next time ur in london'
With a BEAUTIFUL accompanying book made with Desmond Clarke and Cassandra Barron.
neiltomassmith.bandcamp.com/album/next-t...
New album 'Next time ur in london'
With a BEAUTIFUL accompanying book made with Desmond Clarke and Cassandra Barron.
neiltomassmith.bandcamp.com/album/next-t...
Campaign to rename mixed nuts 'stratified nuts'.
October 24, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Campaign to rename mixed nuts 'stratified nuts'.
New tunez out 1 week today! Some available now IF you would like:
- Scotrail announcements + saxophones
- a surreal podcast using AI trained on me doing a middling/poor impression of an American podcaster
- an archived John Maynard Keynes speech
neiltomassmith.bandcamp.com/album/next-t...
- Scotrail announcements + saxophones
- a surreal podcast using AI trained on me doing a middling/poor impression of an American podcaster
- an archived John Maynard Keynes speech
neiltomassmith.bandcamp.com/album/next-t...
Next time ur in london, by Neil Tòmas Smith
8 track album
neiltomassmith.bandcamp.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:02 AM
New tunez out 1 week today! Some available now IF you would like:
- Scotrail announcements + saxophones
- a surreal podcast using AI trained on me doing a middling/poor impression of an American podcaster
- an archived John Maynard Keynes speech
neiltomassmith.bandcamp.com/album/next-t...
- Scotrail announcements + saxophones
- a surreal podcast using AI trained on me doing a middling/poor impression of an American podcaster
- an archived John Maynard Keynes speech
neiltomassmith.bandcamp.com/album/next-t...
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Great (paid) PhD opportunity. Excellent environment, conditions, and supervisors. And a topic close to my heart. (Selfish reason for promoting this: I fear there won't be enough concerts for retired me to go to. Geen dag zonder Bach.) vacatures.knaw.nl/job/The-Hagu...
PhD position "Is the audience for classical music concerts fading out?"
PhD position "Is the audience for classical music concerts fading out?"
vacatures.knaw.nl
October 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Great (paid) PhD opportunity. Excellent environment, conditions, and supervisors. And a topic close to my heart. (Selfish reason for promoting this: I fear there won't be enough concerts for retired me to go to. Geen dag zonder Bach.) vacatures.knaw.nl/job/The-Hagu...
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“An unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time” could be Beckett’s own review of Life. 🤣
TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it
October 9, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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Trained a podcasting software on me doing a (middling to poor*) impression of an American podcaster. The results will ASTONISH** you.
neiltomassmith.bandcamp.com/album/next-t...
*In my defence, I had to do it for ca 15 mins
**May not astonish you. Potentially will ASTOUND.
neiltomassmith.bandcamp.com/album/next-t...
*In my defence, I had to do it for ca 15 mins
**May not astonish you. Potentially will ASTOUND.
Next time ur in london, by Neil Tòmas Smith
8 track album
neiltomassmith.bandcamp.com
October 1, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Trained a podcasting software on me doing a (middling to poor*) impression of an American podcaster. The results will ASTONISH** you.
neiltomassmith.bandcamp.com/album/next-t...
*In my defence, I had to do it for ca 15 mins
**May not astonish you. Potentially will ASTOUND.
neiltomassmith.bandcamp.com/album/next-t...
*In my defence, I had to do it for ca 15 mins
**May not astonish you. Potentially will ASTOUND.
Arts Council: ORIGINS.
My contribution to the as-yet-non-existent Arts Council Cinematic Universe
neiltomassmith.bandcamp.com/track/univer...
My contribution to the as-yet-non-existent Arts Council Cinematic Universe
neiltomassmith.bandcamp.com/track/univer...
Universal Opportunity, by Neil Tòmas Smith
from the album Next time ur in london
neiltomassmith.bandcamp.com
September 26, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Arts Council: ORIGINS.
My contribution to the as-yet-non-existent Arts Council Cinematic Universe
neiltomassmith.bandcamp.com/track/univer...
My contribution to the as-yet-non-existent Arts Council Cinematic Universe
neiltomassmith.bandcamp.com/track/univer...
Next time ur in london releases in 1 month!
Thoughts on London's place in British cultural life from someone who has taken many trains to the capital.
Sound art meets contemporary composition meets experimental EP.
3 tracks available for prelistening:
neiltomassmith.bandcamp.com/album/next-t...
Thoughts on London's place in British cultural life from someone who has taken many trains to the capital.
Sound art meets contemporary composition meets experimental EP.
3 tracks available for prelistening:
neiltomassmith.bandcamp.com/album/next-t...
September 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Next time ur in london releases in 1 month!
Thoughts on London's place in British cultural life from someone who has taken many trains to the capital.
Sound art meets contemporary composition meets experimental EP.
3 tracks available for prelistening:
neiltomassmith.bandcamp.com/album/next-t...
Thoughts on London's place in British cultural life from someone who has taken many trains to the capital.
Sound art meets contemporary composition meets experimental EP.
3 tracks available for prelistening:
neiltomassmith.bandcamp.com/album/next-t...
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HUUUGE turnout this morning to demand protection for our jobs and our students' learning conditions. There is no deficit!!!
September 12, 2025 at 11:50 AM
HUUUGE turnout this morning to demand protection for our jobs and our students' learning conditions. There is no deficit!!!
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I am fascinated by this guy who was a Higher Ed administrator and has now moved into teaching classes as a faculty member. He is documenting his whole journey on TikTok. Over the summer, he had so much excitement 🧵
September 5, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I am fascinated by this guy who was a Higher Ed administrator and has now moved into teaching classes as a faculty member. He is documenting his whole journey on TikTok. Over the summer, he had so much excitement 🧵
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This, from Scotland’s first minister @johnswinney.bsky.social, is the most powerful statement that I have yet read on Israel & Palestine from the leader of a western nation. It calls for respect of the 1967 borders and a 2-state future. Read the full statement at: www.gov.scot/publications...
September 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
This, from Scotland’s first minister @johnswinney.bsky.social, is the most powerful statement that I have yet read on Israel & Palestine from the leader of a western nation. It calls for respect of the 1967 borders and a 2-state future. Read the full statement at: www.gov.scot/publications...
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'the protests will continue until the PM stops treating migrants as a burden' - Dani Garavelli
He spoke: "As if the geysers of anger had spurted out of the ground unbidden and not as a result of politicians tampering with the fire hydrants." My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column on the asylum hotel protests. www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
'We are not a soft touch; nor do we take more than our fair share of migrants'
SKIMMING news programmes on the recent hate-fests outside asylum hotels in Epping and Falkirk, I stumbled across a clip of the former Conservative…
www.heraldscotland.com
August 24, 2025 at 7:37 AM
'the protests will continue until the PM stops treating migrants as a burden' - Dani Garavelli
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Calls for a "huge nationwide wave" of protests in last 48 hours saw about 300 people attend one locally-organised protest in Nuneaton (serious charges in local case) + 19 protests range from 6 peoole (Wolverhampton) with about four more reaching 100-200 people (Altrincham,Canary Wharf)
Total < 2000
Total < 2000
August 10, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Calls for a "huge nationwide wave" of protests in last 48 hours saw about 300 people attend one locally-organised protest in Nuneaton (serious charges in local case) + 19 protests range from 6 peoole (Wolverhampton) with about four more reaching 100-200 people (Altrincham,Canary Wharf)
Total < 2000
Total < 2000
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“hit by gunfire”
Liverpool's Mohamed Salah has criticised Europe's football governing body UEFA for posting a tribute to "Palestinian Pele" Suleiman al-Obeid that did not mention the former international died after being hit by Israeli gunfire in Gaza
Salah criticises UEFA for 'Palestinian Pele' tribute
Liverpool's Mohamed Salah has criticised Europe's football governing body UEFA for posting a tribute to "Palestinian Pele" Suleiman al-Obeid that did not mention the former international died after be...
www.rte.ie
August 10, 2025 at 11:04 AM
“hit by gunfire”
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#Gaza:
People are being starved, while a few kilometers away supermarkets are loaded with food.
UNRWA has thousands of trucks in neighbouring countries, loaded with food and medicines.
We are just waiting for the green light.
Lift the siege and let aid in at scale.
People are being starved, while a few kilometers away supermarkets are loaded with food.
UNRWA has thousands of trucks in neighbouring countries, loaded with food and medicines.
We are just waiting for the green light.
Lift the siege and let aid in at scale.
July 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM
#Gaza:
People are being starved, while a few kilometers away supermarkets are loaded with food.
UNRWA has thousands of trucks in neighbouring countries, loaded with food and medicines.
We are just waiting for the green light.
Lift the siege and let aid in at scale.
People are being starved, while a few kilometers away supermarkets are loaded with food.
UNRWA has thousands of trucks in neighbouring countries, loaded with food and medicines.
We are just waiting for the green light.
Lift the siege and let aid in at scale.
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La portada de Libération, edición jueves 24 de julio.
“Gaza. El hambre”
“Gaza. El hambre”
July 23, 2025 at 8:15 PM
La portada de Libération, edición jueves 24 de julio.
“Gaza. El hambre”
“Gaza. El hambre”
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Stephen Flynn, "On Brexit, everyone across the UK right now feels that Britain is broken"
"And the guy who orchestrated Brexit, Nigel Farage, doesn't have to face the consequences of the economic damage that Brexit has done to the UK"
"And the guy who orchestrated Brexit, Nigel Farage, doesn't have to face the consequences of the economic damage that Brexit has done to the UK"
July 20, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Stephen Flynn, "On Brexit, everyone across the UK right now feels that Britain is broken"
"And the guy who orchestrated Brexit, Nigel Farage, doesn't have to face the consequences of the economic damage that Brexit has done to the UK"
"And the guy who orchestrated Brexit, Nigel Farage, doesn't have to face the consequences of the economic damage that Brexit has done to the UK"
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🚨IT'S A WIN 🚨
Well done to every single @newcastleucu.bsky.social member
44 days on the picket line
ZERO compulsory redundancies
University bosses need to look at what our members have achieved in Newcastle & heed the warning: work with us or face disruption
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1406...
Well done to every single @newcastleucu.bsky.social member
44 days on the picket line
ZERO compulsory redundancies
University bosses need to look at what our members have achieved in Newcastle & heed the warning: work with us or face disruption
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1406...
June 20, 2025 at 2:58 PM
🚨IT'S A WIN 🚨
Well done to every single @newcastleucu.bsky.social member
44 days on the picket line
ZERO compulsory redundancies
University bosses need to look at what our members have achieved in Newcastle & heed the warning: work with us or face disruption
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1406...
Well done to every single @newcastleucu.bsky.social member
44 days on the picket line
ZERO compulsory redundancies
University bosses need to look at what our members have achieved in Newcastle & heed the warning: work with us or face disruption
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1406...
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I am on strike today, protesting senior management’s plans to cut potentially thousand of jobs at the University of Edinburgh in a financial “crisis” entirely of their own making.
@ucuedinburgh.bsky.social
@ucuedinburgh.bsky.social
June 20, 2025 at 8:11 AM
I am on strike today, protesting senior management’s plans to cut potentially thousand of jobs at the University of Edinburgh in a financial “crisis” entirely of their own making.
@ucuedinburgh.bsky.social
@ucuedinburgh.bsky.social
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UCU members at @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social are striking today over University of Edinburgh plans to make £140million in cuts and threaten jobs
We're fighting against these reckless proposals
Share to show your support ✊
We're fighting against these reckless proposals
Share to show your support ✊
June 20, 2025 at 9:03 AM
UCU members at @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social are striking today over University of Edinburgh plans to make £140million in cuts and threaten jobs
We're fighting against these reckless proposals
Share to show your support ✊
We're fighting against these reckless proposals
Share to show your support ✊