Stephen North
@sgfn64.bsky.social
Bookbinder, photographer, classical music mavern, yellowbelly, naturalist, dancer, writer and retiree. Also cat dad, carer and gardener. Gobby with it
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Stephen North
@sgfn64.bsky.social
· Feb 7
#Karajan box arrived yesterday, (after paying a £60 custom fee). 24 SACDs including 3 LVB 9s across the decades. Fabulous book too. Hopefully room for another set covering later years to 1989. Well done @berlinerphil.bsky.social
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And all without painting any roundabouts…
"Migrants who came to the UK on skilled work visas in 2022-23 will make a net contribution of £47bn to the public finances over their lifetime, according to new estimates from the government’s Migration Advisory Committee."
Not surprising, but some observations (1/n)
www.ft.com/content/10da...
Not surprising, but some observations (1/n)
www.ft.com/content/10da...
December 11, 2025 at 6:19 PM
And all without painting any roundabouts…
What are your go to recordings of Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony “Pastoral”
December 2, 2025 at 11:30 AM
What are your go to recordings of Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony “Pastoral”
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November 21, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Find my writing on classical music here www.blogger.com/blog/posts/3...
Including my introduction to the symphony in the series “Spring Symphonies”
Including my introduction to the symphony in the series “Spring Symphonies”
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November 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Find my writing on classical music here www.blogger.com/blog/posts/3...
Including my introduction to the symphony in the series “Spring Symphonies”
Including my introduction to the symphony in the series “Spring Symphonies”
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In electing a serious and fearless progressive, the College of Cardinals looks like pretty much the only electorate in the world that hasn't had its brains boiled by far right propaganda & toxic social media. For a Catholic of my generation, this is an almost unbelievable development.
May 8, 2025 at 5:49 PM
In electing a serious and fearless progressive, the College of Cardinals looks like pretty much the only electorate in the world that hasn't had its brains boiled by far right propaganda & toxic social media. For a Catholic of my generation, this is an almost unbelievable development.
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A Navy fighter jet failed to land on an aircraft carrier and plummeted into the Red Sea on Tuesday, marking the fourth major mishap involving the vessel and the third loss of a fighter jet deployed with it since the warship left home last year.
Another Navy jet falls into sea, marking fourth major mishap in months
The latest loss of an F/A-18 fighter jet occurred during a failed landing aboard the USS Harry S. Truman, an aircraft carrier in the Red Sea.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 7, 2025 at 12:09 PM
A Navy fighter jet failed to land on an aircraft carrier and plummeted into the Red Sea on Tuesday, marking the fourth major mishap involving the vessel and the third loss of a fighter jet deployed with it since the warship left home last year.
Trying to compile a list of the Vaughan Williams Symphonies conducted by Malcolm Sargent - commercial recordings and airchecks. After hearing his fabulous Proms Symphony No. 6. Links to Youtube perfs would be appreciated.
May 6, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Trying to compile a list of the Vaughan Williams Symphonies conducted by Malcolm Sargent - commercial recordings and airchecks. After hearing his fabulous Proms Symphony No. 6. Links to Youtube perfs would be appreciated.
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Reform have suspended one of their new Councillors, saying that she posted her intention to defect.
(She was reported in the Telegraph - a month ago - criticising Farage's exclusion of Tommy Robinson, predicting statues of Robinson in every town + city)
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/a-refo...
(She was reported in the Telegraph - a month ago - criticising Farage's exclusion of Tommy Robinson, predicting statues of Robinson in every town + city)
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/a-refo...
A Reform UK Councillor Has Been Suspended By The Party 3 Days After Being Elected
Donna Edmunds had threatened to defect at some point in the future.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
May 4, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Reform have suspended one of their new Councillors, saying that she posted her intention to defect.
(She was reported in the Telegraph - a month ago - criticising Farage's exclusion of Tommy Robinson, predicting statues of Robinson in every town + city)
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/a-refo...
(She was reported in the Telegraph - a month ago - criticising Farage's exclusion of Tommy Robinson, predicting statues of Robinson in every town + city)
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/a-refo...
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So, I predicted Reform would have some scandal in 3 weeks, but 3 days…they have exceeded my expectations. Hope this gets the same coverage it would if it was labour or Tories.
New Shropshire Councillor avoided being suspended pre-election over calling for statues of Tommy Robinson + saying Trump freeing those jailed for the January 6th insurgency made her hopeful the "political prisoners" jailed for the UK riots could be freed too
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
May 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
So, I predicted Reform would have some scandal in 3 weeks, but 3 days…they have exceeded my expectations. Hope this gets the same coverage it would if it was labour or Tories.
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WTAF is going on?
@jackabbott.bsky.social @eddavey.libdems.org.uk @carladenyer.bsky.social @johnswinney.bsky.social @rhunapiorwerth.bsky.social @allianceparty.bsky.social
We need a formal alliance against the corporate/fascist parties at the next GE.
johnhuwevans.wordpress.com/2024/11/27/f...
@jackabbott.bsky.social @eddavey.libdems.org.uk @carladenyer.bsky.social @johnswinney.bsky.social @rhunapiorwerth.bsky.social @allianceparty.bsky.social
We need a formal alliance against the corporate/fascist parties at the next GE.
johnhuwevans.wordpress.com/2024/11/27/f...
March 29, 2025 at 12:51 PM
WTAF is going on?
@jackabbott.bsky.social @eddavey.libdems.org.uk @carladenyer.bsky.social @johnswinney.bsky.social @rhunapiorwerth.bsky.social @allianceparty.bsky.social
We need a formal alliance against the corporate/fascist parties at the next GE.
johnhuwevans.wordpress.com/2024/11/27/f...
@jackabbott.bsky.social @eddavey.libdems.org.uk @carladenyer.bsky.social @johnswinney.bsky.social @rhunapiorwerth.bsky.social @allianceparty.bsky.social
We need a formal alliance against the corporate/fascist parties at the next GE.
johnhuwevans.wordpress.com/2024/11/27/f...
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No political prisoners in the United States of America. Free Rumeysa and Mahmoud.
March 27, 2025 at 7:48 PM
No political prisoners in the United States of America. Free Rumeysa and Mahmoud.
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Images of 19th Century Berlin by the famous (and well-loved) illustrator and satirist Heinrich Zille...whose photography work was less well-known until recently...
www.slowtravelberlin.com/heinrich-zil...
www.slowtravelberlin.com/heinrich-zil...
March 23, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Images of 19th Century Berlin by the famous (and well-loved) illustrator and satirist Heinrich Zille...whose photography work was less well-known until recently...
www.slowtravelberlin.com/heinrich-zil...
www.slowtravelberlin.com/heinrich-zil...
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Elon musk does not have presidential immunity - every state should file felony charges against him
February 15, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Elon musk does not have presidential immunity - every state should file felony charges against him
So Trump is going to overthrow our King as the ruler of Canada. I’d like to see that slapdown in person…..
March 4, 2025 at 11:05 PM
So Trump is going to overthrow our King as the ruler of Canada. I’d like to see that slapdown in person…..
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words I never imagined writing in my lifetime.....
General Sir Richard Shirreff, the former Nato deputy supreme allied commander in Europe, has told Times Radio:
"I think we have to assume, after the events of the last 10 days, that we cannot in any way count on America as an ally"
General Sir Richard Shirreff, the former Nato deputy supreme allied commander in Europe, has told Times Radio:
"I think we have to assume, after the events of the last 10 days, that we cannot in any way count on America as an ally"
March 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM
words I never imagined writing in my lifetime.....
General Sir Richard Shirreff, the former Nato deputy supreme allied commander in Europe, has told Times Radio:
"I think we have to assume, after the events of the last 10 days, that we cannot in any way count on America as an ally"
General Sir Richard Shirreff, the former Nato deputy supreme allied commander in Europe, has told Times Radio:
"I think we have to assume, after the events of the last 10 days, that we cannot in any way count on America as an ally"
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The impact of drones, manufactured in Ukraine, largely accounts for the shocking losses that Russia has taken over the past year. Western sources reckon that Russia lost 400,000 troops killed or wounded and gained just 0.5 per cent of Ukrainian land in return.
www.ft.com/content/2e90...
www.ft.com/content/2e90...
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March 3, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The impact of drones, manufactured in Ukraine, largely accounts for the shocking losses that Russia has taken over the past year. Western sources reckon that Russia lost 400,000 troops killed or wounded and gained just 0.5 per cent of Ukrainian land in return.
www.ft.com/content/2e90...
www.ft.com/content/2e90...
Pity the Republican Party - useless leader. They’re stuck with him for 4 yrs. Impossible to shift. No one suitable for office when replaced. US Embarrassed by his words, his friendship to Putin, his inability to keep hid promises. Approval rating tanking. A pariah. Untrustworthy. Shithead.
March 1, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Pity the Republican Party - useless leader. They’re stuck with him for 4 yrs. Impossible to shift. No one suitable for office when replaced. US Embarrassed by his words, his friendship to Putin, his inability to keep hid promises. Approval rating tanking. A pariah. Untrustworthy. Shithead.
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Me at my oldest brother's bar mitzvah
February 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Me at my oldest brother's bar mitzvah
If you want to see the petulant anger of Trump and Vance as a one off. Ask their kids - we all know fathers like that. Little men immodest, vainglorious and self-aggrandising.
February 28, 2025 at 10:27 PM
If you want to see the petulant anger of Trump and Vance as a one off. Ask their kids - we all know fathers like that. Little men immodest, vainglorious and self-aggrandising.
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A timely moment to remember that Donald Trump dodged the draft & JD Vance wondered a few short years ago whether he would turn out to be 'America's Hitler'...
February 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
A timely moment to remember that Donald Trump dodged the draft & JD Vance wondered a few short years ago whether he would turn out to be 'America's Hitler'...
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The files confirm that President Donald Trump flew on Epstein's jets a number of times in the 1990s.
Donald Trump named repeatedly in Epstein files released by Pam Bondi
www.newsweek.com
February 28, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The files confirm that President Donald Trump flew on Epstein's jets a number of times in the 1990s.
I‘m struggling connecting my DSLR to my Celestion 10 in Dobo. I have an eyepiece attachment mounted on the camera (nikon Z7ii). The image I get in daylight is amazing. But all I get in the dark is the out of Focus mirror and the internal scope wires. I‘ve tried extension tubes - no difference. Help!
February 28, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I‘m struggling connecting my DSLR to my Celestion 10 in Dobo. I have an eyepiece attachment mounted on the camera (nikon Z7ii). The image I get in daylight is amazing. But all I get in the dark is the out of Focus mirror and the internal scope wires. I‘ve tried extension tubes - no difference. Help!
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February 24, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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European friends: Do not accept lectures on democracy & freedom of speech from an Administration that denies the 2020 election results and is now suing & intimidating news outlets whose reporting they don’t like.
Stand tall against right-wing extremism.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/w...
Stand tall against right-wing extremism.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/w...
Vance and Musk Attack German Consensus on Nazis and Speech
Vice President JD Vance and Elon Musk have challenged decades-long approaches to political extremism that were designed to prevent another Hitler.
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2025 at 10:42 PM
European friends: Do not accept lectures on democracy & freedom of speech from an Administration that denies the 2020 election results and is now suing & intimidating news outlets whose reporting they don’t like.
Stand tall against right-wing extremism.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/w...
Stand tall against right-wing extremism.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/w...
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Martin Wolf on blistering form today:
"The aim, then, is to turn the US into a plebiscitary dictatorship, in which the holder of power is king. Will this revolution be compatible with fair elections in future? One must doubt it."
www.ft.com/content/6a4d...
"The aim, then, is to turn the US into a plebiscitary dictatorship, in which the holder of power is king. Will this revolution be compatible with fair elections in future? One must doubt it."
www.ft.com/content/6a4d...
February 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Martin Wolf on blistering form today:
"The aim, then, is to turn the US into a plebiscitary dictatorship, in which the holder of power is king. Will this revolution be compatible with fair elections in future? One must doubt it."
www.ft.com/content/6a4d...
"The aim, then, is to turn the US into a plebiscitary dictatorship, in which the holder of power is king. Will this revolution be compatible with fair elections in future? One must doubt it."
www.ft.com/content/6a4d...