Not sure I can take nearly 3 more weeks of budget speculation

For Remembrance Sunday, my Perhaps, to a very beautiful and moving text by Vera Britain, written after her fiancé was killed in WWI: Perhaps one day the sun will shine again, And I shall see that still the skies are blue. And feel once more I do not live in vain, Although bereft of You

For Remembrance Sunday, my Perhaps, to a very beautiful and moving text by Vera Britain, written after her fiancé was killed in WWI: Perhaps one day the sun will shine again, And I shall see that still the skies are blue. And feel once more I do not live in vain, Although bereft of You

A fun visit to the excellent John le Carré exhibition at the Bodleian library with fellow le Carré nut and old Oxford pal @philtinline.bsky.social. Nostalgia and espionage: the perfect combination

I’m very much not one of those musical bores who rails against ‘crescendo’ having a broader meaning in non-technical usage. But I genuinely don’t know what Michael Jackson meant when he says ‘he struck you a crescendo, Annie’. Genuinely baffled

If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.

Listening to this piece of exquisite beauty. I'm at work, the only one in the office, but it's taking me somewhere else #np #vaughanwilliams

Untitled https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/483180

House prices have gone up in the French town of Sauté since it's become gentlyfried.

New video just up on my YouTube channel: it's the 'Tango' from my Partita Contrafacta, brilliantly played by @matthewmillsmusic.bsky.social. Please have a listen! (It's based on an unlikely Bach source-piece, hard to spot I reckon.) #classicalmusic

New video just up on my YouTube channel: it's the 'Tango' from my Partita Contrafacta, brilliantly played by @matthewmillsmusic.bsky.social. Please have a listen! (It's based on an unlikely Bach source-piece, hard to spot I reckon.) #classicalmusic

Peak Autumn

Shout-out to whoever was the setter of the five-clue cryptic in today's i paper, for this spot: "Let down by two white key separated by the black key between them (7)"

Monument https://www.wikiart.org/en/paul-klee/monument-1929

Great thread pointing up lots of classical music people we should all be following. I was already following lots - but have found more to follow!

★★★★ #MishaKaploukhii #GreenwichChamberOrchestra #DavidCutts #StJamessPiccadilly - A robust and assertive #Beethoven concerto suggests a player to follow - the evening belonged to the promising young #RoyalCollegeofMusic pianist, says @bernardhughes.bsky.social theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...

@oddthisday.bsky.social is one of my favourite follows on here

Perfect Sunday morning listening. Víkingur Ólafsson plays Bach

Bus Paintings: Cambridge by night

The latest CLASSICAL CDS from @grahamrickson.bsky.social @bernardhughes.bsky.social @seb-scotney.bsky.social - Wolf-pelts, clowns and social realism in British ballet scores, 19th century cello works and contemporary piano etudes theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...

This week's reviews,. A proper big heap this time: theartsdesk.com/classical-mu... @bernardhughes.bsky.social @seb-scotney.bsky.social @infinemusic.bsky.social #brahms #arthurbliss #williamwalton #philipglass #solgabetta #simoneporter #cello

EVERYBODY STOP SAYING ‘TAX RAID’

APOLOGIES - New link for @bernardhughes.bsky.social review #RobinHolloway MUSIC'S ODYSSEY theartsdesk.com/books-classi...

Here's my review for @theartsdesk.bsky.social of Robin Holloway's magnum opus Music's Odyssey - the books is full of insights but overall somewhat indigestible

#np Beethoven 4 & 7 - one I know very well, one barely at all

John is doing the Lord’s work here - this is an amazing thread

My friend Ozymandias Had a ten foot visage He showed it to the traveller next door She saw it lying there And couldn’t help despair Cos now it’s only five foot four

My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and let me know if you have any questions! 🤗

Date night with Mrs H. Brazilian dinner in Tooting Market just before she heads off for three weeks in real Brazil

‘Where do you want this golden trellis, mate?’ Always love a visit to the Courtauld.

I get it. I was driven mad by the overrepresentation of rabbits in advertising. Caramac. Duracell. Nesquik.

It's my wonderful son's birthday today, so here is the piece I wrote for him before he was born, when he was the size of a walnut. He is very much not that size any more - but he is bloody marvellous

If people like @itvpeston.bsky.social are unsure whether Sarah Pochin's statement was racist, they should try saying exactly the same thing to their employer and see how it goes.

Piet Mondrian, Composition, 1921 #museumarchive #pietmondrian

For some reason, a huge chunk of the country want long standing problems, caused by decades of underfunding, to be fixed within months, and expect others to pay for them. I have no solutions, and wouldn’t get involved in politics for anything, but this fantasy of a quick fix needs to change.

I know absolutely nothing about baseball, but as a devoted cricket fan the idea of a game that grinds on for hours on end with no prospect of either side winning is EXTREMELY APPEALING to me

Adverts should be representative of traditional British families

"Weird," said Zaphod.

I know all motorway services are grim but bloody hell Donington is something else

Jane Austen's 250th birthday is coming up in December and I hope you'll celebrate by taking a turn about the room, acquiring a passion for dead leaves & closet shelves, and taking a fancy to the last person you could ever be prevailed upon to marry.

Saw the Barnsley Youth Choir in concert tonight. The most uplifting and inspirational thing I’ve seen in a long time. What an extraordinary organisation. Do hear them if you can

In my life I have encountered fewer Grobbelaars than my first 10 years would have led me to expect

Happy to be back in York for the ABCD annual convention - having lots of good conversations at my stand

In my life I have encountered fewer Grobbelaars than my first 10 years would have led me to expect

Posted this on Wednesday and it slightly took off. Then @richholman.com replied to say he'd actually made a version of what I was suggesting. So I wrote the story up for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

It's Friday. It's the shortest amount of time anyone has ever owned a trouser press. youtu.be/tNqn5bKmKNc?...

Bought a new thesaurus today. It is good.