Packed this evening for three days in Oxford, based on weather here in Yorkshire. Now actually looking up weather Oxford, which is apparently some kind of tropical heatwave. May need to rethink.

This 1679 “Sabionari” Stradivarius is the only playable guitar by Antonio Stradivari left in this world.🤗 So take just a moment to hear a sound that’s well over 300 years old! @55SweetThing #globalmuseum #music #guitar #Stradivarius

Is it healthy to use a movement snack to acquire an actual snack? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Look, Americans, British homes aren't designed with air conditioning in mind. Our architecture values other things: heat retention, space management, trapdoors, automated breakfast-serving mechanisms which can be operated by a literal dog

Was so tired today I drank extra coffee this morning and now I’m not going to be able to sleep. And so the cycle continues.

Sitting on an ants’ nest while gardening on Sunday was an error. Pesky, bitey critters. 🐜 🐜 🐜

Our Composer of the Week is that enigmatic, ubiquitous, time-travelling creator: Anonymous. Donald Macleod celebrates pieces whose authorship has been lost, unrecorded or deliberately obscured. With @lisacolton.bsky.social & @fayhield.bsky.social 4pm @BBCRadio3 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Overjoyed for Catherine Tackley, Justin Williams and Katherine Williams for securing over £1million from the AHRC to research Big Bands at University of Liverpool and University of Bristol #BigBand @sotauol.bsky.social www.liverpool.ac.uk/music/news/s...

My fabulous colleague Dr Paul Turowski has co-authored this new book, reflecting his work in both composition and game design. link.springer.com/book/10.1007... #GamefulCompositions @sotauol.bsky.social #NewMusic #Games

Cry of need from a leper in the margin: 'sum good my gentyll mayster for god sake' BL Lansdowne 451; 15th century; f.127r @blmedieval.bsky.social

Postdoctoral fellowship at All Souls includes History of Music www.asc.ox.ac.uk/post-doctora...

UNCG School of Music is hiring a Visiting Assistant Professor of Choral Conducting!! spartantalent.uncg.edu/postings/350...

May you stride into your week with the confidence of this Chaffinch not using his wings. #MondayMotivation 📷 Kiran Simpson

I'm in @uk.theconversation.com today on the #BayeuxTapestry, 1066, and insights into English experiences of the Norman Conquest in some remarkable #medieval texts. theconversation.com/the-bayeux-t...

Going a bit mad with work BUT have been signed off further treatment from the orthoptic outpatient team. Half success.

Still waiting on Kirklees council results. Trying to focus on the fact that there are just as many good and kind people in the world as yesterday.

Why would we want to learn from our pasts, or ponder the power of the written and spoken word, or explore the deep questions of humanity? According to the University of Hertfordshire, we wouldn't. They've just cut all of our undergrad Humanities programmes

This coming Tuesday #medievalsky #disabilitystudies #histmed

Bank holiday out of office activated.

JOB KLAXON! New permanent, full-time job in Game Design, based within the Dept of Music at the University of Liverpool. Closes 11 May. Teaching & Research contract. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRJ097/l... Please share widely.

It's royalties day! And lo, the earnings do not meet the minimum threshold for paying out this year. Maybe I'll get there next year.

I thought this felt relatable

Are you a researcher looking for funding to cover expenses arising from a defined research project? Apply the British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants (supported by DSIT, @leverhulme.ac.uk and @wellcometrust.bsky.social). Learn more: https://bit.ly/4t0MDRl

A while ago, I received word that a mysterious package arrived for me at the office for a campus program I'm loosely affiliated with, now I have it and see that it's a copy of @josephmchardy.bsky.social and Arne Spohr's triumphal scholarly edition of Vicente Lusitano's music! Thanks, Joe!

Week 2 of works in Music. No tap dancing today.

Full of unexpected cold today but managed to make a chicken cacciatore for dinner that pleased, or was at least demolished by, the teens. Definitely comforting.

Today has included a trip to the local greengrocer, barber, bakery, butcher and hardware shop. Feel like I’m in the Elephant and the Bad Baby story, or at least 1957.

News: Karin Bergmann appointed Interim Artistic Director of the Salzburg Festival bachtrack.com/news-karin-b...

May I interest you in £10k for humanities or social science research? Our small grants scheme is open. Apply by 3rd June. We allocate through partial randomisation - awarding randomly between all applications that meet our quality threshold www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...

Plus de 40 femmes artistes des anciens Pays-Bas sortent enfin de l’ombre au musée des beaux-arts de Gand. #Exposition www.connaissancedesarts.com/arts-exposit...

I too loved that book! On the subject of fiction that's about/features historical women composers, upon discovering that there were no collections focussed on that specifically, I created a database. (There are a few newly discovered titles yet to be inputted.) docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Today we've launched our digitised Probate Registers and Bishops' Transcripts collections onto Ancestry. Together that's 16 million records covering 1389-1858 - these can be accessed via a subscription to Ancestry or for free here at the Borthwick! www.ancestry.co.uk/search/colle...

PGR Failure Cafe! April 8th, 1pm-3pm in the PGR Common Room at 8-14 Abercromby Square. We've all dropped the ball, lost the plot, missed a deadline, deleted the wrong file, misread the room... failure is universal and you're not alone! Join us for tea, coffee, biscuits and to swap tales of woe 😩😱

Today's #marginalmusicians (#bagpiper, #lutenist & #trumpeter) are all unfinished outlines, with the colours still to be added. From L'Ystoire du tres sainct Charlesmayne, 1475-1500 BnF, Français 4970 #ManuscriptMonday #MarginaliaMonday #earlymusic #bagpipe #lute #15thCentury

Out-of-office on for the next week, including bonus bank holiday Monday. Hoorah.

@royalmusical.bsky.social Two more excellent presentations! Lindsay Carter on having a publication plan, Freya Jarman and Catherine Tackley on publishing in journals

At @royalmusical.bsky.social event listening to Richard Anderson on his publication journey

Why does responding to a few reviewer comments inevitably lead to a middle phase of creating endless spaghetti-esque tangles?

"We’ve even upped the ante with Free Time 2.0™. In previous versions, a random birthday party for your coworker Trevor could sneak onto your calendar, destroying your Free Time. In 2.0™, we’ve removed Trevor, and you won’t see his text messages anymore."

Great to see a chapter by @cnlester.bsky.social in this important new book on Strozzi www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...

Gave a talk about Dame Ethel Smyth at the Victoria Gallery and Museum today, and discussion afterwards brought up the question of who might play her in a biopic. Top suggestions: Olivia Coleman, Margaret Rutherford, Patricia Routledge, Miriam Margolyes. @victoriagallery.bsky.social #IWD

🚨FOUR jobs in Music🚨 @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social Early Career Development Fellowship in Jazz & Popular Music (2 yr): deadline 31 March 18C Music History (permanent!), Screen Composition (18 mo), Performance (2 yr): deadline 12 March Search "Music": www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs

These remarkable women of early electronic music pushed the boundaries of technology and composition, turning circuits, sine waves, and tape loops into music. https://disc.gs/3ZWRk1U

**NEW POST** LLMs hallucinate, & they hallucinate WORSE on topics we don't already know/write a lot about. This creates a huge accuracy gap. This week I tested ChatGPT on Beethoven & Smyth to show how big this gap is & why it matters. It made up a LOT. leahbroad.substack.com/p/chatgpts-a...

I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to

The amazing Michelle Brown is running her summer school course on Medieval Women at #LRBS this year. In person, in London, book now 👇 #MedievalSky #BookSky #BookHistory ies.sas.ac.uk/study-traini...