Lovely piece by Michael Billington on Tom Stoppard. www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/n...

Alfred Brendel & Ulrich Gerhartz discussing pianos. A beautiful programme & wonderful tribute to Alfred. I feel privileged to have known him & welcomed him to Chipping Campden Music Festival on countless occasions.Also to know Ulrich & witness his astonishing abilities. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Attending that final concert was one of the highlights of my concert going life.

Private Eye exposing again the utter idiocy of our politics. This sums up *exactly* how Farage and Reform get rocket-boosted by a media, drunk on sensationalist nonsense. Unserious and irresponsible but it’ll be up to us to prove them wrong.

I want to tell you why the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia should matter to you. The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.

It's publication day of my new novel - The Best of Everything! Here I am telling you a little bit about it!

“I tried to groan, Help! Help! But the tone that came out was that of polite conversation.” ― Samuel Beckett

Live jazz from The Nik Payton Sextet - Aret Komlosy: Vocals, Nik Payton: Clarinet & Saxophone, Steve Fishwick: Trumpet, Richard Busiakiewicz: Piano, Dave Green: Bass, Steve Brown: Drums Featuring Billie Holiday tracks. 🎫 Head to www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e... to book a ticket.

Have a great birthday Henry!

Tuesday 25 March Listen: www.instagram.com/chippingcamp... Ben Masters THE FLITTING @grantabooks.bsky.social Wednesday 7 May Live event in Cotswolds: Ben & @carosanderson.bsky.social Tickets online: campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e...

Happy #WorldPoetryDay 📚🦋 bsky.app/profile/chip...

🎭 Check out our 📚 events at fab Cidermill Theatre: www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e... Theatre's own prog includes drama, dance, contemporary & classical music. Sign up for their newsletter here: 🗞️ cidermilltheatre.com/newsletter-s... #chippingcampden #cotswolds #theatre #gloucestershire

If you loved hearing Guy when he was with us in 2023 with THE LOST RAINFORESTS OF BRITAIN, he's back in May with THE LIE OF THE LAND. Book online www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e... See below: Can you chip in to help fund the UK's first Temperate Rainforest Research Station?

#BlueskyHistory lovers📚❤️ @hrcastor.bsky.social has just score 100 in ticket sales. Have you got yours? www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e...

SO EXCITED to announce that Aret Komlosy🎤 is the Jazz Singer (Billie Holiday numbers) with the Nick Payton Sextet 🎷 for our 8th May Bitter Crop @canongate.co.uk 📖 event with #author Paul Alexander Get your tickets online: www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e...

Ooh! Battle of Stow-on-the Wold ⚔️ @borzoibookshop.bsky.social perhaps your customers would like our 8 May event on Friends in Youth: Choosing Sides in The English Civil War by Minoo Dinshaw www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e...

Not only one of the world's greatest pianists but a man of huge integrity. Hopefully more will follow his lead!

Trump probably has no idea about classical music and I am sure he has never heard of Andras Schiff, nevertheless, great decision! I wish many could follow his example. Make taking a stand against malignant narcissistic bullies great again (MTSAMNBGA)! #Trump #AndrasSchiff #Concert #US

One of the finest books I've read in the last year, or any year for that matter.

Hi @beckettletters.bsky.social, Beckett fans and #Theatre lovers don't miss our 🎭 production 7pm 25/26th May to mark 70th anniversary of the 1st UK performance of 'the most important English Language play of the 20th century' Buy tickets on line: www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e...

Delighted that @kitdewaal.bsky.social (chair of judges 2025 #Fiction @womensprize.bsky.social) with us 2pm 8 May to discuss her own forthcoming, unforgettable novel THE BEST OF EVERYTHING Buy tickets online order copy @borzoibookshop.bsky.social campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e...

Going to be a great evening and tickets selling fast!

So looking forward to this event!

This May, John Suchet will be talking about his book #InSearchOfBeethoven at the @chipcampdenlitfest.bsky.social in the beautiful North Cotswolds. Copies of his book will be sold by the brilliant @borzoibookshop.bsky.social. 🎟️: www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e...

Listen in to #author Ben Masters THE FLITTING @grantabooks.bsky.social 25th March BOOK NOW ONLINE for his live event in Chipping Campden with @carosanderson.bsky.social @thebookseller.com www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e... 🦋🦋🦋

Hi @dmccaulay.bsky.social If any of your followers are in UK in May Guy Shrubsole The Lie of The Land chapt 5 The Great Draining may be of interest. Guy's talking at our Festival. Tickets online www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e...

Really looking forward to this event.

Fabulous eve in support of @savechildrenuk, at which I spoke alongside #NatashaKaplinsky, #MariellaFrostrup & Save’s prog dir #UjuOfomataAderemi in the kindly donated rooms of the #RoyalAutomobileClub for #IWD2025. Aid cuts are creating a crisis. Please help if you can.

See post below by @orwellfdn.bsky.social and catch up with @matthewblongo.bsky.social in Cotswolds 10.30am 5th May when he presents his Orwell 2024 Prize winning THE PICNIC "Engrossing and dramatic" William Boyd Book tickets online: www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e...

Catch up with @matthewblongo.bsky.social in Cotswolds 10.30am 5th May when he presents his Orwell 2024 Prize winning THE PICNIC "Engrossing and dramatic" William Boyd Book tickets online: www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e... Meanwhile @coldwarpod.bsky.social 👇

So looking forward to Sarah's event and then revisiting the monologue of my Uncle Toke's remarkable early life. He played the part Sam Pearson from the very first episode of @emmerdaleinsider.bsky.social in 1972 up to his sudden death on September 26th 1984.

Words To Live By Number 197

A beautifully written and very moving article by @benjaminapple.bsky.social on Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. Benjamin first sang for us at Chipping Campden Music Festival in 2014 and it was clear then his was a very special talent. shorturl.at/wSItq

Thanks ‪@stagingbeckett.bsky.social for reposting! So proud to be staging this to mark the 70th anniversary of the first UK performance!

Please spread the word @beckettletters.bsky.social 26th/27th April a UK production of Waiting for Godot Tickets online www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e...

What's the link between @henrycporter.bsky.social 's #Thriller THE ENIGMA GIRL @quercusbooks.bsky.social and @claremulley.bsky.social 's #biography AGENT ZO @wnbooks.bsky.social ? Find out in the N Cotswolds in May campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e...

Two Great #book events 5 May: 1 @hrcastor.bsky.social presents The Eagle and The Heart @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social 2 Greg Doran My Shakespeare @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social and Harriet Walter She Speaks in discussion with Michael Billington campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e...

Please spread the word @pauldjswann.bsky.social #author event in May "Church,Going Gone" in the magnificent setting of St James' Church in Chipping Campden, N Cotswolds www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e...

After a discussion of a biography of #busterkeaton listen to pianist Stephen Horne accompanying his 1926 masterpiece The General. Here is rare Keaton short, from Lobster Films. Stephen recorded this score too. ℹ️ 🎫 www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e...

Jennie Lee's trailblazing white paper for the arts was published 60 years ago today. It insisted that the arts should be central to everyday life and publicly supported for the benefit of all. www.campaignforthearts.org/news/jennie-...

In the Cotswolds in May? Catch up with AGENT ZO & @claremulley.bsky.social TICKETS: www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e... Meanwhile @jellyfeeble.bsky.social 👇

If you can't make AGENT ZO with #author @claremulley.bsky.social @favlit.org 1pm this FRIDAY You may be able to make 10am 8 May in North Cotswolds #bookthreads www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e...

Hi @kitdewaal.bsky.social had catch-up & cuppa with Meg Sanders and have given her my copy of THE BEST OF EVERYTHING @tinderpress.bsky.social I loved it and know Meg will too. The ending SO amazing ❤️ phttps://www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/events

Tickets on sale now for @josephinequinn.bsky.social and Paul Richardson @littlebrown.bsky.social 4,000 year #History plus eight ways we get the world wrong #Geography www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e...

We can't wait for @doctoroxford.bsky.social to be with us in May www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e... 👇

RSC associate Edward Bennett, has put together great Godot cast. All have huge experience with such as RSC, NT, Old Vic, West End, & such as Hull Truck & Stratford East. Director Christian Durham, Estragon-Paul Ansdell, Vladimir-Chris Jury, Lucky-Sam Parks, Pozzo-David Acton. Book- shorturl.at/BhgTF

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Interesting new edit from autocorrect just now. '1st class post today' became '1st clad pigsty'!

Hi @jellyfeeble.bsky.social looking forward to May 😀 and thank you for supporting the @claremulley.bsky.social event www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e...

Trump chairing a major #arts institution would be laughable if it weren’t so deeply troubling | @charlottehiggins.bsky.social chief culture #writer @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...