Frances Forbes-Carbines
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Arts journalist. Longreads & violin. Words in The London Magazine, ArtReview, Observer etc
#Classics
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Moon lover
about 1 year ago
Last full moon of 2024
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Richard Branson
about 1 year ago
Friday reminder: Complexity is your enemy. Anyone can make something complicated. It’s hard to keep things simple, but it’s absolutely necessary.
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EuropeanPowell
about 1 year ago
I highly recommend following
@SusanChubb1.bsky.social
she is a mine of important information that bulldozes the Chris Grey narrative that Starmer’s 74 SEZs and 12 Freeports are benign.
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Books That Burn
about 1 year ago
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@davidmuttering.bsky.social
how's this?
about 1 year ago
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Eva Amsen
about 1 year ago
I thought I'd just do a quick newsletter today, but it got wildly out of hand. Book recommendations (not just my own book!),
@bellingcat.com
's geolocation challenge, Beethoven 9th. There was barely room for other interesting links but of course they're there too.
open.substack.com/pub/mixture/...
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Book recommendations and geolocation
There’s just a lot happening right now. Books, science gifts, geolocation puzzle hunts, concerts and more.
https://open.substack.com/pub/mixture/p/book-recommendations-and-geolocation?r=1dl5a&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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The London Economic
about 1 year ago
This is huge. The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries 👇
www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/e...
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European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X
The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries.
https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/european-federation-of-journalists-to-stop-posting-content-on-x-386598/
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My career highlight as a journalist: being invited to the Rothschild's chateau in France; being seated next to Philippe Sereys de Rothschild at dinner.
@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com
@jonnelledge.bsky.social
@yuanyiz.bsky.social
sorry I'm just showing off at this point
about 1 year ago
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Being a woman in public is having to change seats on a train because a creepy man won't stop staring at you.
about 1 year ago
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sencha
about 1 year ago
Like a dream.
#centralasia
#mongolia
#horse
#nature
#freedom
#wildhorses
#animals
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Moon lover
about 1 year ago
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Oh, Prague. Any recommendations,
@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com
@jonnelledge.bsky.social
? I'm here for work but have some time off.
#Prague
about 1 year ago
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Made a saag aloo
#veganbluesky
about 1 year ago
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@europeanpowell.bsky.social
please follow me back! Frances forbes-carbines, arts journalist
about 1 year ago
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#BlueskyMusic
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about 1 year ago
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Amazing installation "Mars" by Luke Jerram at the Old Royal Naval College in
#Greenwich
#mars
#moon
@m1onlover.bsky.social
#lukejerram
about 1 year ago
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Rachel Deering
about 1 year ago
Book Cover of the Day:
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My debut as New York Observer opera critic is up! Hope they don't think I was too hard on the director 😶
observer.com/2024/11/revi...
#opera
#classicalmusic
#music
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‘The Tales of Hoffmann’ at London’s Royal Opera House Shines Even as It Stutters
Russian soprano Olga Pudova stole the show.
https://observer.com/2024/11/review-the-tales-of-hoffmann-london-royal-opera-house/
about 1 year ago
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Playing the most angstily beautiful passage of
#Beethoven
with London Euphonia Orchestra
#classicalmusic
#violin
#violinist
#london
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Playing the most angstily beautiful passage of
#Beethoven
with London Euphonia Orchestra
#classicalmusic
#violin
#violinist
#london
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Another
#ex-X
#twitterquitter
- arts journalist who plays the violin and has a sweet dog.
#follow
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about 1 year ago
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Kimichi
about 1 year ago
KSO smashing it out the park in a recording for an upcoming VERY exciting music project…. Hugest thanks to all those who gave up their Sunday afternoon and travelled far and wide in order to play…
#livemusic
#orchestra
#recording
#kso
#kimichi
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I wrote about Aspasia: the woman who taught philosophy to Socrates and yet passes virtually without mention, for Antigone Journal:
antigonejournal.com/2023/03/what...
#Classics
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What Did Aspasia Really Look Like?
FRANCES FORBES-CARBINES Portraying Pericles' partner.
https://antigonejournal.com/2023/03/what-did-aspasia-look-like/
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I wrote about Aspasia: the woman who taught philosophy to Socrates and yet passes virtually without mention, for Antigone Journal:
antigonejournal.com/2023/03/what...
#Classics
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What Did Aspasia Really Look Like?
FRANCES FORBES-CARBINES Portraying Pericles' partner.
https://antigonejournal.com/2023/03/what-did-aspasia-look-like/
about 1 year ago
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How do I stop seeing manga style drawings on here? Is it because I mentioned being an arts journalist? Really not my thing
about 1 year ago
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@huntsabs.bsky.social
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about 1 year ago
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@ndhs.bsky.social
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@westmidshuntsabs.bsky.social
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@easternblot.bsky.social
do follow me (I'm not on twitter anymore!)
about 1 year ago
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My dog, Wolfy (follow me!)
about 1 year ago
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I'm off Twitter - or 'X' - and here instead. Who's about?
about 1 year ago
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@Galleybeggars
over 2 years ago
A quick message to new Blue Sky friends: We're entering the final week of our Short Story Prize submissions! Closing date = Saturday 30 (midnight UK-time). If you've a short story to share, we'd love to hear from you - and so would our amazing judges! Full details:
www.galleybeggar.co.uk/prize
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