A bit of book chat with The Guardian! What would your answers have been? www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

Off to country no 87: 🇹🇳. First stop: Paris.

Unless you live in a hotel, it is not possible to have a staycation in a hotel. This is a hill on which I will die.

Lunch in the beautiful Italianate town of #Zamosc, #małopolska, #Poland With @guyraybould.bsky.social

🪐 With Nasa's stranded astronauts back on Earth, it's KSO's turn to launch into space, as we perform Holst's masterpiece at Fairfield Halls on Saturday

We are excited to announce the KSO Scholars programme which launches this Saturday at Fairfield Halls. 7 talented young players from nearby Wilson's School will join us for the rehearsal of Mars and Jupiter from Holst's The Planets. Read more on our website kso.org.uk/about-us/

I’m clearly pleased with my bass.

Wish me luck! 414 steps to go.

Oh David! #Florence #Firenze With @guyraybould.bsky.social

“I have a view, I have a view. “This is my son,” said the old man; “his name’s George. He has a view too.” “Ah,” said Miss Bartlett #Florence #Firenze. With @guyraybould.bsky.social

I spend time and effort looking after my teeth: my father went for the first time today in 60 - yup 60 - years and all he needs is one filling. One.

Woodwind and brass @castles73.bsky.social cor anglais @chrishorril.bsky.social clarinet @grenadilladaddy.bsky.social bass clarinet @jwingfieldhill.bsky.social bassoon @flightfreeuk.bsky.social trumpet @boneagain.bsky.social trombone

31 January over the past decade with @castles73.bsky.social: 1. Bocas del Toro, Panama 🇵🇦 2015 2. Eating fat-bottomed ants in Barichara, Colombia 🇨🇴 2017 3. At Rihanna’s house, Barbados 🇧🇧 2019 4. Being in Paris as the UK left the EU 🇪🇺 😢 2020

Atmospheric evening at the Tower of London yesterday for the Ceremony of the Keys.

Fully-prepared for a day with @kso.org.uk.

Well Painter Hall at Greenwich, that is one well-placed mirror.

www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/j.... Sad. Loved his turn as Count Orsini-Rosenberg in Amadeus.

They are playing one of our tunes on @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social - Troika from Lieutenant Kijé. Come along to @southbankcentre.bsky.social on Saturday 25 January to hear it and much more live! P.S. We also have a surprise for you, watch this space! kso.org.uk/event/concer...

Question: how does clarinettist Julian Bliss interpret Lindberg’s Clarinet Concerto? Answer: find out on 25 January: www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/kso...

The sun sets on my 52nd year.

Hello from Saint Lucia 🇱🇨, the 85th country I’ve visited (and 86th for @castles73.bsky.social)

Happy new year: a year of travel starts today. Terrible time to have to get up on New Year’s Day. But, St Lucia later.

Truth.

2024 travel highlights no 3. The road trips from #Riga to the castles and palaces of #Rundale #Cesis, #Turaida and #Sigulda With guyraybould.bsky.social

A walk up to the #Derbyshire Levels in #Glossop - the mist cleared. With @guyraybould.bsky.social

2024 travel highlights no 2. The final European capital we had not visited. The wonderful #Sarajevo, #Bosnia, the east meets west melting pot where WWI kicked off and where war raged in my living memory. With guyraybould.bsky.social

London on 23 December looking particularly fine. A cold and bright day to walk along the riverside to the office.

Tonight at the Invention of Love at the Hampstead Theatre, not sure if I left feeling a lot cleverer or a lot more stupid.

Klaxon !!! Lindberg Clarinet Concerto coming to London in January. Soloist- Michael Collins: kso.org.uk/event/concer... cc. @rcmlondon.bsky.social @guildhallschool.bsky.social

Those sodding rickshaws in the West End. Whamageddon.

quizoftheday.co.uk a rare 10/10 today.

Whamageddon on the sodding 16th of sodding November.

2024 travel highlights no 1. Escaping a London winter to spend my birthday exploring #Asuncion, #Paraguay. Country no 84. With @guyraybould.bsky.social

Hello Bluesky from a newbie.