On World Bee Day, it's important to be able to tell what's a bee and what's a colleague. #WorldBeeDay

On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked, "If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?" Allow our scaled diagram to explain...

May 17 is a good day for Dennis birthdays! Dennis Brain in 1921 Dennis Potter in 1935 Dennis Hopper in 1936 🎂🎂🎂🎉 A great portrait of Hopper by Jack Robinson, 1968

I think this maybe the most niché bit of trivia I’ve ever heard.

Proust Baking Company Recalls Thousands of Madeleines

A wise man once said: you never finish writing a book, it just gets taken away from you. I feel at this point that the same might be said of tax returns.

That alto sax note can’t be right

The Japanese weaving technique 'tsumekaki hon tsuzure ori' requires fingernails to be marked with notches, in order to stack the fine thread. soranews24.com/2020/08/20/t...

No but holy crap this is good. youtu.be/83YDWKq5dow?...

I have just found out that there is a new remastering of this and oh my goodness gracious me if you only know his (wonderful!) EMI recording you are in for a bit of a shock. youtu.be/IlkHmeoS-Fg?...

Cow tools

Oh that’s where she got to

Important discoveries of the afternoon: 1) Mozart’s symphonies have a _serious_ sweet spot in the early 30s; 2) Negroni with grapefruit.

What is going on here? Is he recording the Biber Rosary Sonatas?

This is vital work

Oh yay, boarding at the gate right next to the smoking ‘lounge’… 🚬

Today’s office

Surprise gig tonight! Who’s in Munich? www.br-musica-viva.de/konzerte/brs...

Off to Huddersfield tomorrow to play some jolly tunes! (I wonder if I’ll catch a glimpse of @imcmillan.bsky.social?) elision.org.au/april-26-2026/

Hope Joan likes the clarinet. Or at least knows what that was.

This hits me in some quite uncomfortable places.

Different church, with an unlocked door into the bell tower. Walk in, close the door behind you, turns around - behold all the method numbers for the bell ringers. This took my breath away; It’s not ancient, it’s not folk horror; if anything it’s a spell - it’s music on a wooden wall!

Damn, not at the same time!

I’ll never forget watching The Wicker Man with my outer Hebridean mum. “I just don’t know where there got all that wicker from”

I hope I never stop finding bassoon fingering diagrams amusing

New Substack post: open.substack.com/pub/disgwylf...

Everyone seems to be posting kneesups with a Hungarian connection for some reason youtu.be/JnCGrxnSv6Y?...

Toi toi toi to @regentsopera.bsky.social colleagues on opening night…

Genuinely one of the coolest things I've ever seen a cultural venue post

🎶 Adieu, pastourelles Pasturaud, adieu 🎵

Plus ça change

Es gibe ein Reich, wo alles Eiweiß ist Es hat auch einen Namen…

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I can’t believe I didn’t see this in a quote post beginning “Roses are red / My pen is a biro”.

Tippett 3 though, eh?

But shall this crazed old man be tamely suffered to drag a whole ship’s company down to doom with him?

If you’re nervous about painting a lot of people, first imagine them all nude.

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Paul Noth New Yorker April 13, 2009 Happy Easter!

Your annual reminder that if you haven’t had time for a Bach Passion this Easter, this gives you all the highs and lows in four minutes with none of the problematic bits of text youtu.be/3AUWBdEoDDk?...

Perfect for Easter, EGGO is a two piece construction toy by Duncan Shotten*. www.instagram.com/p/C5NZFg8M4s0/

Anyone in Huddersfield on the 26th and feel like partaking of some jolly tunes? elision.org.au/april-26-2026/

No but holy crap this is good. youtu.be/NgO7AMkSMsk?...

Invité du Festival Présences 2026, Georges Aperghis choisit pour ce concert Intermezzi, une pièce dédiée à l’Ensemble Musikfabrik : un portrait musical des musiciens et de leurs comportements. Une mise en musique des corps, des voix et des instruments. ➡️ https://l.francemusique.fr/cav

From 2021

Wow

thank you for your attention to this Matta

Anyone at a loose end at 8pm Köln time and fancy some Jolas, Kurtág and friends? www.youtube.com/live/7WSggnO...