Tweeting in exasperation. Has there ever been a more misused musical word in non-musical journalism than ‘crescendo’.

I was asked for a charity thing to share one nugget of wisdom I had picked up along the way. This was what I came up with.

There is, curiously, a persistent relief to be found in the knowledge of the inevitability of suffering. It is, in the end, not darkness that dooms us, but the wrong sort of hope.

Rugby goes ahead. RFU: “Rugby clubs are a source of strength & support during times of uncertainty & we hope that by enabling games & other rugby activity to go ahead this weekend with families & friends congregating it will help us all to unite at this time of national mourning”

Learning to Listen to the Adult Inside Us: It’s natural to think of ourselves as a single person. But inside our minds, we are in truth far more like an assemblage of voices or – as we might put it at its starkest – of ‘people.’ Read more: ow.ly/7GFp50ITGXL

I can see both ends - sorry to report but the pot of gold at the end is a MYTH

An unfortunate glitch

Genuinely shocked at Shane Warne’s passing.

This is insanely impressive 🤯 Punters have been absolutely taken by one #polyglot reporter bringing the latest updates from Kyiv amid the invasion from Russia overnight – in six languages! 🧵👇🏾 metro.co.uk/2022/02/22/russi…

(4) I believe that in order to be entirely free, you also have to be able to play exactly as written. That way, the musical decisions you make are built on a solid foundation and can be intentional.

Louise Glück wins Nobel Prize for literature. I hope she responds in the same manner as Doris Lessing

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