the seven stages of a letter, GPO, 1966 designed by Negus & Sharland www.designreviewed.com/artefacts/th... #gpo #negussharland #britishdesign

I recently wrote about Maconchy's v fine Serenata Concertante for BBC NOW (worth remembering BBC orchestras/Singers in discussions about the organisation's future). The violinist who premiered and recorded the work was Manoug Parikian (hi @levparikian.bsky.social) www.youtube.com/watch?v=fegz...

I persistently plug these because they take time to do, both for me and the guests, so do share and tell people about it if you like it. The aim is to make a quality long read each week. Thanks. #FirstLastAnything

Also went to the Biggin Hill Memorial Museum today. One of many highlights was this Second World War aeroplane instrument bearing the brilliantly vivid instruction DO NOT JAR HANDLE LIKE EGGS

Love it. Thank you both That Jonathan Harvey piece... OMG ❤️ (Not allowed to listen to 4 Last Songs if Mr S is in the house. Too beautiful to be actually played out loud)

music is really loud math

My textcast - where you read it, but there's also an accompanying playlist - is BACK. Some remarkable choices from @joannawyld.bsky.social that were new to me. Please share with anyone you think might be interested. Thank you. #FirstLastAnything

This was a real pleasure, thanks Justin

NEW! #FirstLastAnything Ep 32: We are back each Sunday, till Christmas, and my guest today - versatile and fascinating music writer and musician Joanna Wyld (@joannawyld.bsky.social) - talks about bellringing, Queen, liner notes, Molly Drake and much more. firstlastanything.co.uk/2025/11/09/f...

They’re running Under Milk Wood as originally broadcast, for the first time, this weekend on R4 Extra. Obviously, it’s brilliant. And I highly recommend a listen. It still sounds amazing; truly timeless. The most dated bit is the credits - but, oh, those character names.

He put a semicolon on a plate.

can never tell with this pope if he's layered up or just absolutely hench

Nick Mohammed's Private Passions ❤️ #CelebrityTraitors www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Heartbroken to share the news that recruitment to Undergraduate Music courses at the University of Nottingham has been suspended. Please do contact us on [email protected] if you would like to support us.

Flaming Tar Barrels Live. probably wont be the new big jets tv but got to be better than the one show www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cy...

Join us for an unforgettable journey this winter. 🎶💫 Discover the colourful world of Debussy’s Iberia and Ravel’s dazzling Rapsodie Espagnole. Adventure through Anna Clyne’s enchanting DANCE and explore urban soundscapes in Karim Al Zand’s City Scenes. www.nyo.org.uk/performances

Love Stravinsky's Cantata. Also: A perfect example of mid-century #graphicdesign on this LP sleeve.

Sparkly seasonal Stravinsky from (I think) this collection ✨ www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWOA...

Took all of five minutes of reading the news for the inevitable Frank Sinatra earworm to lodge itself in my head and you know what, I'm enjoying it

Hope #medievalsky The Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.359, f. 116v

I know many of you will already have done something to help the people of Jamaica, but if you felt like helping a specific family, this is the GoFundMe set up by my son’s girlfriend for her relatives, who find themselves in dire straits. Every bit helps, shares appreciated. gofund.me/9b5b74984

Shostakovich just read your posts

So much new tech and yet it still isn't possible to opt out of ads that are triggering

Received a £4.15 ticket refund from Southeastern

Oh Kev, you smoothie

Outstanding, no notes

"Golden Humbers "was right there

This piece by Melissa Harrison is simply gorgeous. My beloved dog Tilly also had pancreatitis in her last year, and taking care of her was privilege, not a chore. She'd spent her whole life taking care of me, after all. I still miss her with every breath. mzharrison.substack.com/p/loving-an-...

DOODLE-SACK [doo•dl-sak] sb. A bagpipe.

Honfleur 🚌Le Havre 🚝 Paris 🚝 London Loved this sign on a random house in Le Havre: ‘Here on 17 April 1891, absolutely nothing happened’

Recently stumbled on a similar magazine called the Mendip Times during some travel and it is a thing of great joy… Protect these publications at all costs!

A Fun Day Out

The combination of award name, quote marks and the photos on the right has ended me

Thank you October, you were beautiful.

Long shot (mainly due to how little engagement I get on here), but I'm looking for freelance writers with an interest, or specialism in, classical music. If you are one, or know one, please give me a shout.

An emergency Jamaica relief website has been set up with focused supply lists, financial support link, and updates: supportjamaica.gov.jm

Looking forward to this! I'm in the middle of a re-listen of the first two series; @quantick.bsky.social's writing is perfectly tailored to French and Saunders, who are obviously having a ball. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...

And this is NUTS: the optophonic piano by Vladimir Baranoff Rossiné, a box with a small keyboard at one end and a circular projector at the other. Demonstrated in Moscow & Paris in the 1920s

New onomatopoeia just dropped

Just remembered something rather touching about "Asterix in Belgium". Goscinny died halfway through work on it, so for the rest of the book, to mark the exact point of his passing, Uderzo has drawn either rain, or darkened, lowering skies into pretty much every panel.

The young Liszt swanning around Switzerland being a puffed-up dickhead, you love to see it

12 seconds from 8 stop-motion films (1968–present) across the career of animator Yuri Norstein

Still plenty of things to find in the archives www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

How little CO2 Jamaica has produced over time compared to the major polluters