That's the west coast mainline for you

Lovely evening joining Burnley Signing Choir to celebrate their recent win at the Burnley culture awards. 🎶

The @ism-music.bsky.social is right. Not knowing how this financial year will end is ridiculously challenging for music education.

Minyo Crusaders announce "From Japan With Love," an album that reworks traditional Japanese folk songs with Latin, African & Caribbean rhythms www.bluenote.com/minyo-crusad...

The forcing of this by election on a Wednesday so close to regular elections was a travesty, with a predictably catastrophic result. The turnout was 17%.

"Them go be: ... Friend friend to Minister Friend friend to Head of State Then start start to steal money Start start them corruption Start start them inflation Start start them oppression Start start them confusion Start start them oppression Start start to steal money"

Alternative ending to Sibelius' 5th Symphony.

This is a very frustrating read as there is nothing specific as to what Hodge means, who she is talking about or what she wants to happen. Not sure if this is ArtsPro's fault or hers.

Today is Quintidi the 25th of Germinal in the year 234. Germinal is the month of sprouting. Today we celebrate pigeons.#JacobinDay More information on pigeons

ORBÁN CONCEDED

Let's hope we are getting rid of Orban. Unicums for everyone if so.

So… bsky.app/profile/ball...

4 mins until polls close, normally. But with people queuing to vote as per reports… this is going to take a while.

At 5pm it's officially a record -- at 74% it's the highest turnout in the history of modern elections in Hungary. And there is still two more hours to go.

National Parliament Election in Hungary today 🇭🇺 🇪🇺 Do 2022 opposition strongholds show higher turnout than government strongholds? How does hourly turnout compare to 2014, 2018 and 2022? Explore it here when polls open: europeelects.eu/2026/04/04/n...

2026 Crowd-Sourced Statement of Persons Nominated Master Sheet is now Live - most will be published by 5PM today. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Here’s a map of road deaths in Manchester since 2020… every single one an unacceptable loss of human life. And preventable. The council and mayor may have adopted a “Vision Zero” strategy, but it actually needs implementing. Otherwise it’s just nice words and continuing death and injury.

🚨 | The Deadline to Register to Vote for the 2026 Holyrood, Senedd, & English Local Elections is 23:59PM on Monday 20th April. www.gov.uk/register-to-...

Week 12 of documenting everything I lose and find in 2026.

“Ignoring the rules, the gardens around here are created with joy, signifying a sense of community and respectability.” “… taking pride and ownership of where you live, in raising a garden, is an act of political resistance” Another thought-provoking piece in @beelitmag.bsky.social

Salford, we cannot be having this, and candidates in the upcoming local elections must make that clear cc @rebeccalongbailey.com

Today we’ve published our Response to the Independent Review of Arts Council England. It sets out the actions we’ll take to address your feedback and the recommendations outlined in the Review. Read our full Response 👇 https://bit.ly/4rZ6Zt0

I see turnout at my old polling station was 91%....

Godt valg DK.

Deer enjoying cherry blossoms in Nara, Japan: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/BeAmazed/s...

Perhaps we had better not tell Nick Timothy about all of Holst's output, I am thinking of choral Hymns from the Rig Veda for example...

So- asking for your help to support inclusive singing! So pleased County of Song and Burnley Leisure and culture have been accepted for the Big Give Arts for Impact programme where donations are doubled. Find out more and you can donate here: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

Harvest mice, Dorset, March 2026.

I'm sure I follow several people here who could write a script to replace any use of the word "woke" with "Groke".

In Burnley for Town of Culture bid discussions. I love this mosaic in the market.

My suggestion for what should go on banknotes is ONS mortality rate inequality data.

I presume this selective cleaning is left over from the Brits. I would be better disposed to this over simplistic claim if they had not also painted over a mural created by homeless people.

Perhaps voters don't like being insulted for the act of voting.

When elephants fight, the grass suffers.

This is a very helpful evidenced thread on a health crisis approach to drugs. One of the worst aspects of the by-election was a desperate attempt to scaremonger. As someone who has removed literally 100s of needles from public places in Manchester, I can say the status quo is not working.

The people criticising "sectarian" politics will presumably be round to remove the bedraggled flags around Salford Shopping City.

@samsterby.com Congratulations!

Gorton and Denton by-election result: GRN: 40.7% (+27.5) REF: 28.7% (+14.7) LAB: 25.4% (-25.3) CON: 1.9% (-6.0) LDEM: 1.8% (-2.1) Green GAIN from Labour.

why does Jeremy Corbyn, a man who clearly does not enjoy leading political parties, keep running political parties

Denmark: Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (A-S&D) has called for an early national parliament election on 24 March. https://europeelects.eu/denmark/

Just a note that polling times are CET in this, you have until 10PM UK time as usual.

Music Éliane Radigue, French composer and musique concrète legend, dies aged 94 www.theguardian.com/music/2026/f...

"Opening up, sharing stories, making, holding, extending space walking together... is the opposite of planting a flag + claiming dominance" doi.org/10.64628/AB.... Out today @theconversation.com an intro to what I do + why @plutopress.bsky.social #TheFeministArtOfWalking #psychogeography #BookSky

Genuinely hard for me but often come back to "No Ithaca no home We are Greeks in the Age of Rome" The Indelicates, Savages

JUBREMONY AT THE LIREMONY

Join us later for a moment of pure magic? ✨ At 18.30 GMT this evening, we’re premiering Choir of the Earth’s recording of the Kyrie from Palestrina’s Missa Papae Marcelli. It’s beautiful & we can't wait to share it. Everyone is welcome so do join us live or later, here: youtu.be/1vNiH1A2YlU?...

Instead of conferring titles, gongs and baubles and then demanding those titles, gongs and baubles be removed… …perhaps as a modern, mature polity we should have far fewer titles, gongs and baubles in the first place.