Good to see review in the FT Weekend of @amwilson.bsky.social’s book “Someone Else’s Music.”

Expert analysis, and refreshingly hopeful. (Do follow all the Freedmans - we'd be in a much better place if @judithfreedman.bsky.social, @samfr.bsky.social and @ldfreedman.bsky.social were running the country 😀)

Son's latest project: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Titus Andronicus at Stratford is astounding! Stupendous acting, especially SRB, amazing effects (an H&S nightmare). Torture, mutilation and cannibalism, a fun afternoon. Husband got sprayed with gore despite protective blankets provided!

Greetings and good morning it’s the Monday farm rush hour with our farmily of animals

This is very good indeed. I hope it will be widely read and acted upon in Treasury and Number 10.

Meta has stolen all my published work to feed its AI algorithm. So much for copyright law.

On International Women's Day 2025, I want to pay tribute to the courage of Dr Viktoriia Kovach, Chief Medical Officer of Ukraine's Third Assault Brigade. In January, I spent 24 hours with the combat medics she leads on the front line. Please read 🇺🇦 #IWD25 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

Working in arts administration can be difficult enough - spare a thought today for those working at the Kennedy Centre…

An FT writer describing a casual visit by a landlord to a tenant: “…was this a Foucauldian imposition to check if they were suitable…? ” Is this meaningful or just showing off? Probably not written by ChatGPT, though.

Excellent radio series by @simonjackbbc.bsky.social The Prophets of Profit BBC R4, 13.45 every day this week.

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@brianbilston.bsky.social Wishing you a very merry Xmas and a happy 2024. I hope you’ll be having a good rest after all your travels, I’ve booked my front row seat for March!

Full marks for this version of Now and Then. It’s especially impressive how well the bridge works in this arrangement; it’s actually more persuasively Beatles-ish than how it sounds on the single. youtu.be/2tSefoJDKsU?...

Useful well-informed analysis on.ft.com/46Pvb76