Suggs and the boys, great bunch of lads, always said so.

Yep this is what held me back

Blows my mind that “severe delays” on the Victoria line means trains are only every 4 minutes. We are ridiculously lucky to have the tube.

OH to 5yo this morning (warningly, as he refused to cooperate in getting dressed for school): “Do I need to tell Santa about you?” 8yo (deadpan, without looking up from her book): “I think he probably already knows.”

OMG. The Guardian have confused Kenneth Clark, presenter of the 1969 series 'Civilisation' with Tory ex-MP & former Chancellor Kenneth Clarke in their review of the new BBC series 'Civilisations:Rise & Fall'

Come and apply to be the Professor of Bibliography & Modern Book History @engfacoutreach.bsky.social & @jesusoxford.bsky.social (and work closely with us @bodleian.ox.ac.uk). Following a long line of great scholars: Don McKenzie, Kathryn Sutherland, & Dirk van Hulle ... my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

Currently rethinking my life choices (Spurs fan living in Islington).

Altos finally getting some celebrity acknowledgment @quiresandplaces.com

Altos finally getting some celebrity acknowledgment @quiresandplaces.com

Remarkably simple solution. If you don't want the backing of the far-right for your immigration policy, or to have people point out that you have their backing, don't base your immigration policy on the far-right's rhetoric and ideology. www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/shab...

Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work. Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/

I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight www.cityam.com/the-british-...

it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance

The M&S stands for Michelangelo and Sixtus

Just to prove you are worth an 8p stamp.

We lived in a pub when I was growing up and when I was 3 (50 years ago!) we had someone in to draw the pub for a business card. I sat next to him and watched him draw every line. I was transfixed and it was a huge inspiration for me. I’ve dreamt about owning that drawing for years…

Adding this my Christmas wish list

Wake up babe, new JS Bach organ pieces just dropped

Two newly discovered Bach keyboard works are premiering in 1 hour

Blessed are those (composers) who sell a 30-copy license of their music for £20

Pedestrians in the German city of Nuremberg made way for hundreds of bleating sheep as a flock of the animals was herded through the center on its way to its winter quarters.

I came to this country as a child refugee. No English, no certainty, no idea what my life could become. Britain gave me refuge. Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots. A thread 🧵 1/8 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Aged 7, Helga boarded a train and fled Nuremberg with her father Max and her 6-year-old brother Hans. They came to London where she grew to love cats. About fifteen years after marrying my father, she fell in love with cookery too. To this day I use her wooden spoons. On Nov 15 2011, she died. RIP

Can’t imagine how this could possibly go wrong

she’s a 10 but Excel thinks she’s October

Free 11ft shark

Oxford grad student socials are not like other socials

Thankfully very little these days

Could not believe these were still being used when I moved to DC in 2018. Even then they felt like historical artefacts.

Happy University Press week to all my fellow book nerds! #ReadUP #UPWeek

I really like the Oxford Clarion which doesn’t get enough mentions when people write about local news startups.

HELP ME settle a debate with @chadpbown.com Which cover for “How to Win A Trade War” grabs you most? The blue one or the white one? And ARE YOU AMERICAN? (favourite the option that applies to you!)

Amazing that in today's world, Spotify still can't seamlessly knit two tracks from a long classical piece together... Surely this can't be beyond them.

You may have missed this gem yesterday. From which we learn that: 1. Betting shops are really good for the mental health of isolated people. 2. Most drug-takers are not a problem. 3. Kids put tuppence in slot machines in the hope of getting rich. 4. Farage probably has a gambling industry donor.

A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule

The Courtauld is offering a a new fully funded Peter Fergusson PhD Scholarship in English Medieval Architecture for eligible projects focusing on England from the eleventh to the early sixteenth centuries. Statement of intents are due by 17 November 2025.

For pity's sake.

Four spaces left for this workshop! Monday night near Euston. (One each of SATB). It will be a beautiful evening's singing.

One more step along the PhD journey. The end is in sight, hopefully...

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...

I am a parody of myself (going to watch The Choral tonight, on release day)

Heartbroken to share the news that recruitment to Undergraduate Music courses at the University of Nottingham has been suspended. Please do contact us on [email protected] if you would like to support us.

Only a few years ago @uniofnottingham.bsky.social liked to call themselves "Britain's global university". What kind of global institution stops teaching languages?

Very worrying news

If I were mayor of London I would institute a Christmas-free zone where people could go to avoid the arrival of this stuff from early November onwards.