classicist, musician, Oxford, wishful thinker - not necessarily in that order...
Joined February 2012
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22 Mar 2024
Save St John's Voices - Stop cutting opportunities for female singers in Cambridge - Sign the Petition! chng.it/C5Fkj2mz via @UKChange
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8 Nov 2023
I ride again. #irideagain
8 Nov 2023
BOB IS BACK. To mark his dignified retirement from public life, a 2 part Radio 4 Special - Bob Servant Says Cheerio. Starring Brian Cox, Jonathan Watson, Phyllis Logan, Greg McHugh, Rufus Jones and Lulu (yes). Coming this Xmas.
bbc.com/mediacentre/2023/bob…
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7 Dec 2023
Sorry to hear about my old pal Robert Jenrick. I was lucky enough to meet Robert at a roller disco in Arbroath in 1991. He was wearing a pair of denim shorts that caused a rubbernecking divorcee to banjo herself against a pillar and I’ve kept a keen eye on his career ever since.
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6 Oct 2023
the room next door - Penny Mordaunt
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5 Oct 2023
Sunak launches the first post-HS2 transport scheme.
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5 Oct 2023
Belatedly caught up with the Mordaunt speech. Never seen the like. It was a kind of histrionic vacuum-pump, emptying the air of sense. The applause it drew at its end must have been an expression of relief.
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4 Oct 2023
I cannot stop watching this. It’s one of the most peculiar things I’ve ever seen, which given the venue, is really saying something. Get to the end (if you can).
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7 Aug 2023
I can even hear Boris using the word; shorter-term power than even he expected but sadly rather longer-term gain: £5m in 6 months - perhaps he'd like to donate generously NHS.
31 Jul 2023
Word of the day is ‘snollygoster’ (19th century): one who abandons their principles for short-term gain or power.
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4 Aug 2023
It was a great week, @3choirs with the St John and Apostles real highlights for me, to say nothing of hearing a wonderful performance of VW Tallis Fantasia in its original location 113 years later.
29 Jul 2023
Tonight marks the grand finale of the Three Choirs Festival as we conclude with Elgar's mesmerising masterpiece, 'The Apostles.'
Join us for Elgar’s exploration of faith, discipleship and the extraordinary events of Jesus’s life, death and resurrection.
Rehearsals are underway, last chance for tickets: philharmonia.co.uk/whats-on/…
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30 Jun 2023
O may we soon again renew that song.
"To those who are about to leave a choir you have loved and cherished for the last five or so years know this: you are not leaving. Not really."
Full blog post here. 👇
quiresandplaces.co.uk/blogs/…
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This is an awful and shocking episode, where there was no criminality, but perhaps a complicated private life. That doesn’t feel very private now. I hope that will give some cause to reflect. They really need to. I wish @thehuwedwards well.
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5 Jul 2023
Every time I see this picture of Sibelius, I think of a Bond villain!
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10 Jun 2023
Michael Heseltine, 90 years old, leaves nothing behind as he lays into Boris Johnson on @Channel4News
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25 May 2023
Improved animal welfare and the specific banning of live exports was billed as a Brexit benefit. I never believed it… I was right.
25 May 2023
There's really no justification. We have more on this news here. ciwf.org.uk/news/2023/05/gov…
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When Dad died, I recorded some tributes from many brilliant friends. Barry H was beautifully sparky and inventive but above all, humane. However, the hug he gave me afterwards exceeded his words in comfort and compassion. I return it with interest to his family. #barryhumphries
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18 Mar 2023
Of course she's brilliant and working with her is the greatest blessing a scruffy music teacher like me could dream of.
But Lucy is what happens when you make instrumental tuition available to disadvantaged children.
Help us to get this message across to those who decide.
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17 Mar 2023
Hmm...I may get turned back at Heathrow for this, but it had to be said. Proud to join over 700 other composers in this infuriating protest.
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