ClareStevens
@silverlawn.bsky.social
Writer, editor and occasional publicist, specialising in classical music, choral music and music education. Northern Irish by birth, graduate of a Scottish university, now living in the Welsh Marches after 30 years in London.
Good heavens that carpet is indeed WILD!
November 13, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Good heavens that carpet is indeed WILD!
What a brilliant photo. Such clarity! And it really speaks to me, an ex-Londoner.
November 10, 2025 at 11:43 PM
What a brilliant photo. Such clarity! And it really speaks to me, an ex-Londoner.
But the Ulster Museum is brilliant - fantastic history and natural history galleries, and a wonderful art collection.
November 10, 2025 at 11:38 PM
But the Ulster Museum is brilliant - fantastic history and natural history galleries, and a wonderful art collection.
The highlights of the Botanic Gardens are the tropical ravine and the palm house, which don’t depend on summer weather - there are bright formal flower beds in summer and some roses, but it’s not like the botanic gardens in Oxford or Edinburgh - I haven’t been to Glasnevin.
November 10, 2025 at 11:37 PM
The highlights of the Botanic Gardens are the tropical ravine and the palm house, which don’t depend on summer weather - there are bright formal flower beds in summer and some roses, but it’s not like the botanic gardens in Oxford or Edinburgh - I haven’t been to Glasnevin.
Yes indeed. I washed my hands near or next to her in the Ladies’ loos at the RAH more than once, or passed the two of them in the corridor. Fantastic actors and genuine music lovers. How their family will miss them both.
October 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Yes indeed. I washed my hands near or next to her in the Ladies’ loos at the RAH more than once, or passed the two of them in the corridor. Fantastic actors and genuine music lovers. How their family will miss them both.
Funny you should mention the lack of birds at Edinburgh Waverley just now, apart from that lone Wren … I did think when I saw you working out of that tiny cupboard and on the platforms without a blade of grass in sight that the urban setting was a quite a long way from your outdoor happy places!
September 29, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Funny you should mention the lack of birds at Edinburgh Waverley just now, apart from that lone Wren … I did think when I saw you working out of that tiny cupboard and on the platforms without a blade of grass in sight that the urban setting was a quite a long way from your outdoor happy places!
Is this allowed or is it too much a normal signpost for #fingerpostfriday? On the Isle of Bute.
September 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Is this allowed or is it too much a normal signpost for #fingerpostfriday? On the Isle of Bute.
See you at Waverley, all being well! In the meantime, hope @petroc.bsky.social is waking up in Inverness to skies as beautiful as this on Bute this morning.
September 26, 2025 at 5:40 AM
See you at Waverley, all being well! In the meantime, hope @petroc.bsky.social is waking up in Inverness to skies as beautiful as this on Bute this morning.
I had intended to do the IoM this year but got side-tracked to Arran and Bute. I haven’t been to the IoM since I was three and want to rekindle what are I think my earliest memories of Laxey wheel and steam trains.
September 23, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I had intended to do the IoM this year but got side-tracked to Arran and Bute. I haven’t been to the IoM since I was three and want to rekindle what are I think my earliest memories of Laxey wheel and steam trains.
Oh, gorgeous! Menai Bridge on the Anglesey side is one of my favourite places – I must check this one out.
September 9, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Oh, gorgeous! Menai Bridge on the Anglesey side is one of my favourite places – I must check this one out.
Morning Tom from Presteigne, where I’ll listen to as much of your programme as I can while preparing to welcome guests for Presteigne Festival, which starts today.
August 21, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Morning Tom from Presteigne, where I’ll listen to as much of your programme as I can while preparing to welcome guests for Presteigne Festival, which starts today.