Retired historian (Ancient Greece) & oboist. Deracinated Nottinghamian. Widower. Grandfather. European. Loves dogs, humour, movies, orchestras, wine.
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The only World Cup footage you need to see today.
๐น: YouTube Rudy Janssens
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A proper hydration break
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Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, KG, GCH, PC, PC (Ire) (18 June 1769 #Dublin-12 Aug 1822). Seat @NTmountstewart. Chief Secretary for Ireland, Secretary of State for War & Colonies, Foreign Affairs, Led Commons. Key to abolition of slavery. ๐ชฆ @wabbey dib.ie/biography/stewart-robโฆ
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Surrounded by the Alps and Lake Geneva, this seemingly impregnable castle is one of Switzerland's most spectacular landmarks. Owned by the House of Savoy during the Middle Ages, its history began much earlier, as the site occupied a strategic route connecting northern Europe with Italy. The beauty of the castle captivated Lord Byron, who wrote the poem The Prisoner of Chillon, inspired by the famous prisoner Franรงois Bonivard.
Chillon Castle, Lake Geneva, Switzerland!๐คฉ From the 11th Century, it was expanded in the 13th Century by Count Peter II and carefully restored in the 19th Century!
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FICO. n.s. [Italian.] An act of contempt done with the fingers, expressing a fig for you.
Having once recovered his fortress, he then gives the fico to his adversaries.
Carewโs Survey of Cornwall.
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How very, very sad theguardian.com/environment/โฆ
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The World Tonight & Crossing Continents were the last BBC programmes that dealt in depth with global affairs. Their demise says everything about priorities in British public life, which is mired more than at any time in monolingual mediocrity & insularity. You reap what you sow.
Very sad to learn that Radio 4's The World Tonight is to be killed off in the latest round of BBC cuts. It has a long and honourable history as one of the more thoughtful BBC news programmes and I am proud to have been associated with it for more than twenty years.
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Very sad to hear The World Tonight is being axed by the BBC. Newshour is a great programme but it isnโt a substitute.
Radio 4 and its audience wonโt have a domestic facing outlet after 1800.
I hope audiences now understand the challenges facing the BBC.
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Lโortie : Pourquoi les chefs รฉtoilรฉs sโarrachent enfin cette mauvaise herbe ?
aventureculinaire.fr/lortie-โฆ
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RT @Vinc_Ev_: ๐จBreaking:
Andy Burnham is set to challenge Thomas Tuchel for the England Manager job before tonight's game. He's so confidenโฆ
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Not quite! #Milhaud La Dรฉlivrance de Thรฉsรฉe (premiered in Wiesbaden in 1928) is love, incest, war, death and revenge in 7 minutes 20 seconds: youtube.com/watch?v=McDIhlIFโฆ
The shortest repertory opera? Samuel Barberโs A Hand of Bridge โ duration c. 9 mins, with a score whose cover was designed by Andy Warhol โ was premiered in Spoleto @FestivalSpoleto #OTD in 1959.
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Prof David Whitehead MRIA ๐ช๐บ ๐ฎ๐ช ๐ซ๐ท ๐ ๐ retweeted
Very sad to learn that Radio 4's The World Tonight is to be killed off in the latest round of BBC cuts. It has a long and honourable history as one of the more thoughtful BBC news programmes and I am proud to have been associated with it for more than twenty years.
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By Vaughan for @TheOldieMagazine. For more Toons, subscribe to The Oldie today! Get 3 issues for only ยฃ1 tinyurl.com/4znhaadf #theoldiemagazine #toons #cartoons #funny #jokes
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For about the last decade, the BBC has been chasing one particular audience; 16-35s. They imitated everyone else catering to that audience, and cut back on the kind of programmes that used to make the BBC distinctive, for all ages. It hasn't worked; the death spiral continues.
NEW: Entire BBC channels and radio stations being reviewed as part of broadcaster's huge cuts - whole shows will go.
DG Matt Brittin says he will "review our broadcast TV channels and radio network portfolio as audiences move online".
Up to 2k job cuts:
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#Otd 2008: More than 1200 people bared all at Blarney Castle @Blarney_Castle in Co. #Cork for a naked photo shoot by the US photographer @SpencerTunick. โDare to Bareโ was part of the Cork Midsummer Festival @CorkMidsummer!
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Yes indeed to this.
My late wife had a distinguished career in cancer prevention (before succumbing to the disease herself); and, mild-mannered though she was, used to spit feathers at this sort of 'fighting a battle' talk.
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Wilfred Frost says 'hope he fights back' following clip showing Jeremy Clarkson revealing he has an aggressive form of cancer. The 'fighting cancer' is insulting and ridiculous. It's a life-threatening disease not a row in a pub.
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My favourite Ealing comedy
KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS (1949)
#DennisPrice #AlecGuinness
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