Born With Teeth. It's so good, we had to go again. #Theatre #RSC #London #LizDuffyAdams

An experiment: If you see this post, please like it. Am comparing numbers to the other place for a piece.

Tried to pay for postage to the US using #RoyalMail online. Can't do it without accepting all cookies and they 'require' recipient's email and phone number. I don't want tracking. It's a birthday card, no need for her to know when it will be delivered. Outrageous abuse of personal data. No thanks.

Domenico Ghirlandaio 😍 #NationalGallery #London

But you can't deny that the cartoonishness has been across the board. Sometimes cartoons are very entertaining!

A sobering but massively powerful piece. Our youngest's girlfriend is black and was due to travel back to London yesterday via Waterloo. She asked to stay here in relative, rural security because she was scared of the people on that march. This is not a drill open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...

Shot, chaser Young men more likely to vote Green than Reform. Young men second most progressive group of any demographic. Combined right-wing vote barely bigger than Green vote alone for young men

Years too late. Incredible that the GMC - whose entire raison d'être is upholding professional standards in UK medicine - has allowed Aseem Malhotra to spew out his toxic, dangerous, anti-scientific disinformation for so long. Regulatory failure at its worst. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Duties of a Doctor (General Medical Council) imply that giving out false or misleading information that could lead to harm might be grounds for removing a doctor from the Medical Register.

This is exactly the kind of despicable scaremongering that Aseem Malhotra has made his modus operandi. Insinuations, hearsay, anti-vaxx, non-evidence-based, lurid, self-enriching, anti-scientific claptrap. Of course Reform UK lapped it up. 1/4

It is very nearly the tenth anniversary of that brief moment when, for 2 or 3 days, British newspapers remembered refugees are desperate human beings who need our help, rather than scum that it's okay to threaten with violence.

Morning, Coniston shore path. #LakeDistrictWalks

A mosaic showing #Orpheus charming animals & birds with his lyre, from Caesaraugusta/Zaragoza in Spain. This subject was popular and widespread in villas throughout the Roman World right into the Late Antique period. (Zaragoza Museum) #mosaicmonday

Lazy afternoon #Dogs

Renewing my credentials. #ProofOfCat

St Peter and St Paul Church, Salle #NorfolkChurches #MedievalWoodCarving

Golden evening at Gresham's for the last night of Week One #MusicSummerSchoolAndFestival #Holt

Hey if you're on Instagram, be sure to go to your settings in the app & scroll down to "who can see your content". Make sure to turn off your location services under "story, live, and location". Insta rolled out an update that defaults to sharing your location You cannot turn this off from desktop.

Walk, paddle, fish and chips #Holkham #Norfolk

Lost in admiration for the peerless BBC Singers. In last night’s Prom the CBSO gleamed in John Adams’ The Chairman Dances, then Yunchan Lim was ravishing in Rachmaninoff’s 4th. But the stunner was Berio’s Sinfonia quite brilliantly played and sung. To think BBC head honchos tried to axe them! Bravo.

Sebastian Torkia plays 'That Bastard Puccini' with rascally charm. #TheatreInLondon #ParkTheatre

Yet they are happy to pay for PA/AA's limited training & give them a £10k higher starting salary than fully qualified doctors. I sometimes think Government in the UK have totally lost their minds.

***Tonight*** Follow the Path of Miracles to Santiago di Compostela with @nonsuchsingers.bsky.social Tickets www.trybooking.com/uk/events/la...? #ChoralMusic #MusicInLondon

@bridgetheatre.bsky.social wonderful to embrace this Dream again. Magical and human love weave in and out of each other. The text transpositions work brilliantly and the aerialists cast their own spells.

Jimmy Holliday is taking on the Million Step challenge for Diabetes UK Support him here: step.diabetes.org.uk/fundraising/...

Tonight at Douai Abbey, Berkshire 🎶🎶

Ospedale degli Innocenti, Florence

Enjoyed 'Pygmalion' at the Stag Plaza in Sevenoaks, in a fresh but faithful adaptation by a new, young company 🎭

Much Ado about Nothing, RSC at Stratford. Lots of fun with the football theme and an engaging love story at its heart ❤️❤️ #MuchAdoAboutNothing #Shakespeare

🔊Tonight, tonight... we discuss Thomas More tonight! Yes, it's a live discussion with @drjoannepaul.bsky.social on a life and death in Tudor England. Part of our run up to a season of Henrician drama next month, we're getting into the mood at court. Sign up now and join us in a zoom room near you!

#Hever #Castle #Kent #England

Happy Laurence Olivier's birthday!

AI, AI, AI ... Bombarded with it on platforms now. I can do my historical research without it thank you. I can understand general things without it. I can write without it. And you are not having my data.

Today's artist without a (known) birthday is Duccio di Buoninsegna of Siena. Starting off with his great Ruccelai Madonna from 1285.

'The All-Night Chemist' by Ben Jonson - After the runawaie success of 'The Isle of Dogges', Jonson prescribeth humour for one & all with a hilarious newe farce in which a humble seruing man goeth in search of the Philosophers Stone with the help of Sir Epicure Mammamia and Harry Poetaster #AIreviews

'A Midsommers Tale' by William Shakespeare. Farre too longe since his hugely popular 'Hair!' departed on a high, the Bard is finally back with a musicall sequel in which a bande of newe age hipsters are shippe wreckd on a bohemian coastal island with merry consequences! #AIreviews

Faustus hath consulted his skryer to seeke angelick interaction (#AI), asking what are the hottest plaies on the London stage this summer?! #AIreviews #ChicagoSunne

finally deleted my twitter account

The force is strong in this one -

Some GREAT good news for a change: The streets of Romania are erupting in celebration tonight. Nicusor Dan, Romania’s pro-EU candidate beats hard-right rival to win the presidential election. Many say he has done the impossible 53.92 vs 46.08%🥳 The world is rejecting Trumpism. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Alexander McAllister, born 15 May 1925. Remembered with love. Here he is with me in 1955.

Reflections on training day. In two recent incidents where colleagues behaved shamefully, I later found out that they were under severe personal stress. We need to take time to introduce ourselves to each other and check on each others' well-being *before starting* work. Don't let anyone stop you.

Walk in Regent's Park after work #London #May

Small, intense exhibition in a beautiful place #ArtemisiaGentileschi #Art #Paris

First Germany said NO to fascism and Trumpism. Then Canada said NO to fascism and Trumpism. And now Australia has said NO to fascism and Trumpism. The people of the world are speaking with their votes and we want democracy not authoritarianism. #SheShed

Wonderful Hockney exhibition at the Fondation Louis Vuitton, with a grand immersive musical finale featuring his opera designs 🎶 #Paris #Exhibition #DavidHockney

Back home after a fine concert by the BBC Philharmonic, conductor Geoffrey Paterson, & Anna Lapwood playing the organ for Saint Saens #3. Lots of Anna's young fans rewarded with an encore from "Train your Dragon". Kudos to the 2 pianists & Timpanist especially & a fine performance by everyone. 🎶👏😂🎹

I loved 'Ben and Imo'. Authentic portrayal of two wildly different personalities, brought together by an absolute devotion to making the best possible music. Brilliant writing by @Markravenhill.bsky.social, stunning performances from Samuel Barnett & Victoria Yeates @orangetreetheatre.bsky.social