Before my show at the Royal Festival Hall tomorrow I’ll be performing at the EFG London Jazz Festival opening gala tonight! I’m excited to join a stellar cast - broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 from 7.30pm!

@frankie49.bsky.social on form. Of phones and rings. #SpéirGhorm

Thankfully, the sun 🌞 is shining here in Belfast. Near Carlisle Circus. #SpéirGhorm

Wetter, windier & warmer also puts pressure on existing building standards, that may not be adequate for new climate conditions

Farage earns more than any other MP for NOT being an MP. He says it’s “obviously sad” that part of his constituency is the most deprived area in England. But everything he’s ever done, said and wanted has made sure of it. This is the whole country if he gets into power. (Private Eye)

Puffins were discovered nesting on the Isle of Muck Nature Reserve, off Islandmagee, this summer for the first time in Ulster Wildlife’s 25-year history of managing this seabird sanctuary. #UlsterWildlifeTrust #SpéirGhorm www.ulsterwildlife.org/news/puffins...

Given and his officials use sophistry and casuistry. It's egregious.

Maybe Paul Givan could smuggle some in when he goes back there in January.

smile benevolently, roll their eyes, and explain we have to play by the rules. These rules see women struggle to raise their children. These rules mean poverty, violence, and rape are normalised. Fuck this system. We're changing the rules.

A "sliding scale of rape." There are women who'll carry water for the patriarchy. The "Pick Me's" who think they're safe if they side with abusers. From "nice women" who say you're "too loud" or "too aggressive" or "too political" when you call out this system that supports abuse to "experts" who 1/

Mellifont Abbey - in 1142 a group of monks arrive at Mellifont from Clairvaux to start the building of the Abbey. #SpéirGhorm #ContaeLú #FontOfHoney I misspelt Clairvaux within… threadreaderapp.com/thread/14323...

From N Emerson in the IT. "Important decisions in the party are taken by its 12-member officer board, comprising leader Gavin Robinson MP, plus other prominent MPs, peers and assembly members. #SpéirGhorm 1/

#Reflections Mini-regatta Old boat house by Audleystown/Castleward Strangford in mid-distance Portaferry, far distance #SpéirGhorm Reprise from this time last year

Guldering at Gulls will be legally enforced.

Imbalance in Belfast: new additional bus lane times. Example: going into town in the afternoon - few to no buses. #SpéirGhorm #TrafficManagement

Belfast city centre isn’t broken - it’s being kept that way. While empty luxury flats and derelict sites dominate, real people are shut out and green space is just a buzzword. Cllr Brian Smyth calls out the hollow “regeneration” narrative and blighting Belfast’s future. 1/2

Moon: 52.4% The phone camera cannot fully convey the almost half-moon. Third Quarter But a clear evening after the day's fierce rain.. #Lecale #LeathCathail #CountyDown #SpéirGhorm

Elmwood Hall from across the Queen's University front lawn and University Road. #Sepia #SpéirGhorm Après le déluge

The stained-glass window, designed by J.E. Nuttgens in 1939 and installed after World War II in the Lanyon Building, the main entrance. Representing the cardinal values: wisdom, temperance, courage, and justice. Interesting set. Queen's University Belfast has the values, now, iCare!!! #SpéirGhorm

It’s difficult to underestimate the extra burden that this is placing on our public libraries. For example, on a daily basis library workers are now filling the in-person/human service gap that billion euro banking institutions have abdicated from to maximise their profit margins.

ITV doc: Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel's War - Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers speak out about what they saw and did in Gaza while alleging serious misconduct and potential violations of international law. www.itv.com/watch/breaki...

‘Women & children to the front’ is a paramilitary and far-right strategy of legitimisation. Paramilitary backed far-right violence, intimidation & pogroms August 2024, Ballymena 2025 etc - same modus operandi. It was common knowledge that these weapons were to be handed out by this far-right group.

The courtiers who are drawn to the hideous boor and the rest of the world who are polar opposites. Niche post.

Moon with stars 63.5% Waning Gibbous #Lecale #LeathCathail #CountyDown #SpéirGhorm

Self by Heather Green Her exhibition currently in Holywood Library, Co Down. #SpéirGhorm

Lovely episode of the Rolling Wave featuring a Long Note interview with the piper, the late Breandán Breathnach. #RTEradio1 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... Presented by Aoife Nic Cormaic. #SpéirGhorm

Exclusive: UK government adopted ‘least ambitious’ option months before RSF’s massacres in El Fasher Mark Townsend writes The organisation Paema: "Atrocities are not natural disasters: they are a political choice that are preventable if there is political will." www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Thr McClay Library designed by Boston-based architects Sheply, Bulfinch, Richardson and Abbott in association with Belfast architects Robinson Patterson Partnership, (now RPP Architects). The £50 million library at Queen's University Belfast opened in July 2009.

McClay Library, Queen's Bekfast Eco, created by the Breton artist Marc Didou. It is made of bronze and is 2.5m tall. Looking into Botanic Gardens past Pines and the library tower. #SpéirGhorm

Boathouse #Reflection #Castleward #Strangford #SpéirGhorm @nationaltrust.org.uk

Cormorant on buoy Strangford Lough #Strangford #SpéirGhorm

Along the leaf-strewn land and by the Lough. #Castleward #Strangford #SpéirGhorm @nationaltrust.org.uk

Trees having the chats #Castleward #Strangford #SpéirGhorm @nationaltrust.org.uk

Remembrance by the late Eileen Battersby was excellent, an amazing précis. @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social #SpéirGhorm

Lovely piece by Tess Hughes, connecting with another human being. @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social #SpéirGhorm

Kilcoo make it to the Ulster semi-final. That's a really good Loughmacrory side. Wee James, the superb Down ex-star on punditry. Paul Devlin v happy to get over the line. #GAA #spéirGhorm

Lovely record track choices on Record Review, @drkkennedy.bsky.social with Andrew McGregor, #BBCradio3

Embassy of the State of Palestine to Ireland: “What size is Palestine compared to Ireland? “In answer, we created these 3 maps in collaboration with an Irish cartographer and our colleagues at the Negotiations Affairs Department in Palestine.” 3rd one below. Size: West Bank cf Ireland #SpéirGhorm

Embassy of the State of Palestine to Ireland: “What size is Palestine compared to Ireland? “In answer, we created these 3 maps in collaboration with an Irish cartographer and our colleagues at the Negotiations Affairs Department in Palestine.” 2nd one below. The size of Gaza Dublin #SpéirGhorm

Unseasonal? #Castleward #Strangford #SpéirGhorm

Victorian sunken garden. #Castleward #Strangford #SpéirGhorm @nationaltrust.org.uk

Audleys Castle #Castleward #Strangford #SpéirGhorm @nationaltrust.org.uk

Exclusive: "Detainees at Rakefet include a nurse deprived of natural light since January, and teenager held for nine months." The Guardian Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI) www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Portals to the underneath of this fabulous Oak. #Castleward #Strangford #SpéirGhorm @nationaltrust.org.uk

Armando Soares, Sodade (Arr. for Voice and Guitar by Dimitris Soukaras) Dimitris Soukaras, Lotte Betts-Dean. Lovely track from their new album. www.prestomusic.com/classical/pr...

Oh, and a prominent commentator who now refuses to watch the Show saw fit to comment based on X responses.

So many Irish people are on X. Late Late Show posted a picture of Holly Cairns with Patrick Kielty. After her interview with PK. 43k views 62 likes 93 replies #SpéirGhorm

This is a very deft thread. A concise precis of our conversation on conservatism, capitalism, and disability Thank you @mecfsskeptic.bsky.social #MECFS #LongCovid @davetuller1.bsky.social

University research staff. The precarity of their employment is an utter disgrace. Chap with years of in-depth technical expertise has been let go after years of temporary contract. There's loads of monies in the current project. No rhyme nor reason for losing legacy knowledge. #UniCrisis

David Clifford, an astonishing player. Not sure the commentators know how to pitch their praise for him. He was astounding as a minor and onwards. He stresses how working on his fitness helped. Good praise for the new rules. #Allstars #SpeirGhorm