EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification. I glanced down at the message. “Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began. So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

Well well well, wonder what Starmer et al have to say about that ?

www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Shades of ‘you have no authority here’ , Covid version. Funny if not so pathetic.

Sky News is platforming a guy who says he's from a Jewish Aston Villa supporters group, but it turns out that the guy a) isn't Jewish, b) the group doesn't exist, and c) he works for the right wing Henry Jackson Society, whose website says he 'specialises in disinformation'. Well, quite.

I will keep banging on about this… …because it is clear that the UK political & media class is utterly broken. To the point whereby local democracy, trust in the police, quality analysis, honesty, and public safety are all being deliberately sacrificed.

www.theguardian.com/football/202... Sometimes I hate the guardian and their out of touch comments and opinions, I won’t cancel my subscription though

Banning a bunch of racist, violent thugs from attending a football match is not anti semitic. brummies don’t want these fans here

Great running commentary on the meeting and hopefully some hope that the authorities will take this flag raising seriously

www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le... ‘I’m also old enough to remember when mainstream British politicians, who should know better, stirred up racial hatred as a path to power. You’re old enough to remember this too because it was last Tuesday. And it was Robert Jenrick.’

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Now ,I’m no expert , but I did enough physics to make me wonder what 4D number plates are 🤨

Yes, color me shocked.

PSA, round 3 of the Chopin Competition is underway. Some awesome performances already - my top 3 are probably Jack Gao, Kevin Chen and Eric Lu, William Yang could be well placed too www.youtube.com/live/hrE0OZp...

Piano lesson: C# min and G# min are bastarding scales and also, staccato

The lesson this week is Don’t Cross Brummies. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Great afternoon and great discussion on art and capitalism at the birmingham literary festival, BCU conservatoire is an amazing space ! #booksky

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... It’s kind of funny that he didn’t come to bournville or Selly oak and note the almost 99% white population , apart from the students. Clusters exist unfortunately, despite a generally good level of integration across the city.

www.gramophone.co.uk/blogs/articl... Jed is the master of the adjectival description of music

Ultimately I think Farage, Trump et al are just anti ‘anyone who knows what they are talking about’

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... We’re mobilising, I urge you to do the same

38d.gs/iqwm Let’s get this greedy grifting fucker

My buddy Don rocking the pipes in Brum town centre

Another time tangerine boy www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

My 18yo just released her first single five minutes ago! Give it a listen. She’s good. Oh and please like and share (even if you don’t like it!) Thanks a million. (Why, yes, the cover art is indeed by me!) open.spotify.com/track/46Bi9S...

Fuck the BBC and their supposed balance and fuck this fucking grifter too. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

We all need to be a little more David Simon

Phase 2 is well under way with some interesting programming - UK competitor Jacky may already be out 😭 Kevin Chen from Canada looking like a real contender. #chopin www.youtube.com/live/1hNRLhm...

www.theguardian.com/business/202... I’m sorry but the great British public have rarely shown an ability to handle this kind of freedom responsibly so it’s a big no from me

Results are in and some surprising omissions from the first round of the international Chopin competition 🤯 www.chopincompetition.pl/en/newsroom/...

www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physi... Macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling, never thought I’d see the day.

Is it possible to get some content on this app that is not predominantly about the shit storm that is the current president of the United States and his cronies? I left the other place to get away from this guy and get some wholesome music and programming content

Piano lesson: there appears to be a light at the end of the tunnel in terms of the performance pieces. Some genuine improvement but tension is still a big problem. Minor scales need work especially g# c# b flat. Don’t talk to me about arpeggios 🙁

My face when I don’t check the shipping costs when ordering stuff from the US

😡 The Government wants to ban repeated protests & jail those who defy them. Stand up for our democratic right to protest - sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/do...

Hey there! There's a campaign called 'Brummies United Against Racism and Hate' working to spread messages of unity throughout Birmingham by printing and distributing posters and stickers for free. Every donation helps make this important work possible! gofund.me/249b3ba43

#nowplaying Harry’s walked away with Tony’s wife

A great insight into the mind of the orange one www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Immortalised by the Men They Couldn’t Hang youtu.be/IesWkcW4j8o?...

In what I am taking as metaphor for the frailty of the far right, the flags on lampposts on our street have mostly blown away at the first sign of high winds.

Ryan Bridge has become a familiar face in Stirchley lately. He's one of two "company directors" of raisetheflags.org, where he collects donations from £10-£500 for flags.

In case you were ever in doubt about the real power behind the flags currently flying on a lamppost near you. hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/22/o...

Jab fail: signed up for flu on line and was offered Covid vaccine at the same time. Sure why not. Turns out the eligibility criteria are not hooked up to the signup form and I don’t qualify 🙁 Ended up with a private appointment at Boots in town, for a mere £98 + change. Will be worth it I suspect

Classic solid state physics point defect joke from Kittel, photo taken before book being consigned to charity

⚽ On the ball - 02/10/2025 I guessed the player in 1 guess Score: 60 Top 15% of players today See if you can beat me!

This is brilliant - all 32 Beethoven sonatas, opening notes or chords, in less than a minute. From memory. with no prep 👏😮 youtube.com/shorts/tagsX...

Piano lesson: Finally, some positive progress on scales and arpeggios Sight reading is getting better. Aural practice next week 😭😭

👀 ⛳️ 🏌️‍♂️ 🏆 #RyderCup

this afternoons difficult viewing via NT live, well worth it www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/j...

Statement from Brummies United Against Racism: “We are deeply alarmed by the rise in racist attacks taking place across our city…” Click on the image to read the full statement (in alt text) #brumunited #fightracism #noplaceforhate #standuptoracism

A metaphor for the shit storm that is the USA right now. The orange one sets the tone of a nation and the moronic cultists follow www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/s...