Working hard to get live music into HMP Pentonville in challenging times for UK prisons-come support us at #SupremeCourt 11th May with wonderful music and speakers incl Andrea Coomber The Howard League

Have you booked your FREE tickets to our next concert yet? We have 4 fantastic soloists: Soprano Emma Dogliani Mezzo Emily Gray Tenor @edwardwoodhouse Baritone Samuel Harrison-Oram Missa Votiva by Zelenka April 23rd, 7pm Ticket link below

Ok so I’m a bit obsessive about my 10mins daily duolingo 🇮🇹 🫢

I reckon tonight is the 7th time I’ve sung Messiah in St J of J’s church E9 and this is 3rd time with fab Zoë Kundu conducting and she is still younger than my daughter!

Messiah was fun on Sat at lovely St John of Jerusalem

"I wake up each day not wanting to be alive, even when I am released I am waiting to come back to prison. My mental health is in bits and now it is starting to affect my family who are on the phone crying" - person serving an IPP sentence, 13 years over his two-year tariff. A

Magnolia Tree - a first for me to be on a gardening related story! player.captivate.fm/episode/dcf8a0…

Happy #WorldHumanistDay from everyone at Humanists UK! Today is an opportunity for humanists around the world to share the positive values of humanism, to share the global concerns of the humanist movement, and above all else, to celebrate our common humanity.❤️

Happy #WorldHumanistDay! Today humanists from around the globe are coming together to celebrate the values of humanism – kindness, equality, rational thought, and working towards a world where everyone can live a flourishing life. Andrew Copson andrewcopson.com/2023/06/world-…

Depressing that so many of the same points about the failure of our prisons have been being made by many for so long. My grandparents wrote this nearly 100 years ago, I hate to think what they would think if they knew today’s situation Prison Reform Trust The Howard League

🧵 Published today, @HMIPrionsnews' report on Risley serves as a perfect example of the chaos that exists within our over-burdened and under-resourced prison system. Risley is a resettlement prison in Cheshire aimed at preparing people for release, but it is failing to do so.

Why are the police not all over this?

theguardian.com/commentisfree/… Yes! Why is there not more public outrage about the whole system not just the odd (appalling) miscarriage of justice WAKE UP people

Mendelssohn and Goethe's great plea for religious toleration, this Sunday at St John of Jerusalem Church in Hackney (Oh, and some Mozart). Emma Dogliani #OliviaRay @alexrobinbaker Simon Thorpe and the Festival Chorus Hackney

What a wonderful evening last night was! Thanks to everyone involved - 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘄𝘀 Lambeth Orchestra Emma Dogliani #OliviaRay @alexrobinbaker Simon Thorpe And thank you to the audience for packing out the church!!

Thanks everyone who supported Music in the Ville in 2023 let’s hope things improve in UK prisons in 2024

🌹 Amazing turnout at our official campaign launch last night. The enthusiasm from people across Solihull West and Shirley shows that we are ready for change. Together, we can make it happen! Solihull & Meriden Labour Party

Really enjoyable and often moving afternoon at Pentonville prison - Music in the Ville … me on the bagpipes, two opera singers, a cellist, violinist, guitarist and prisoners signing along. Music is such a healer and some of the prisoners have real musical talent 1/2

If you want to support this great initiative eventbrite.com/e/music-in-the… 2/2