Flying against the sunset last night

If I could add a piece of functionality to social media, it would be an ‘I haven’t watched today’s stage yet’ button #TDF2025

It’s rather wonderful that even in the heart of Venice, as in all of Italy, you can still order a caffè standing at the bar for not much more than a pound

Sung Mass begins at 10.30am on Sunday morning. We’re just off Oxford Street, near Marble Arch W1H 7AH. Everyone is welcome.

The new edition of Gramophone is out now: we celebrate the centenary of electrical recording, explore the music of Polish composer Grażyna Bacewicz, meet Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz, reveal the best recordings of Palestrina’s Missa Papae Marcelli - and much, much more!

Decca launches year-long global tribute to mark Pavarotti’s 90th birthday gramophone.co.uk/news/article/d…

The ⁦Manchester Camerata⁩ and ⁦Cloudwater Brew Co⁩ have once again collaborated on their ‘Support Your Local Orchestra’ pale ale - look out for it in roughly 200 bars, pubs and shops throughout the country!

We discuss the BBC Proms in this week's Gramophone Podcast and reveal our personal picks - look for Sean Shibe and Randall Goosby from me, and Yunchan Lim, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and much more from my colleagues Hattie Butterworth and Tim Parry gramophone.co.uk/podcasts/artic…

Moments of lean-in intimacy were probably not everyone's expectations of a work for electric guitar and orchestra, but Mark Simpson's ZEBRA BBC Proms, from a superb Sean Shibe, drew beautifully on the instrument's hypnotic lyricicism, a questing voice woven into a rich tapestry

The splendid staircase - complete with wonderful bannisters - of the Co-operative building, Newcastle, a 1932 Art Deco gem, today a Premier Inn

Sung Mass begins at 10.30am this Sunday. Heavenly music will fill our beautiful building as we break bread and lift the cup of salvation. We’re just off Oxford Street, near Marble Arch. W1H 7AH. Everyone is welcome!

A huge doff of a Puccinian hat to my predecessor as Editor James Inverne on his play Park Theatre about the battle of bohème: witty, touching, and at its heart an exploration and expression of what art means to those who devote their lives to its creation. parktheatre.co.uk/events/that-ba…

From the magnificent 500-year-old Arundel Choirbook, to 14th century fragments found in 15th century bindings, a Lambeth Palace Library exhibition explores how church music has been presented, preserved and owned over many centuries. gramophone.co.uk/classical-musi…

Belgian collective Sur Mesure bringing street theatre to Bell Square, Hounslow. Merci!

A striking sculpture by Brenden Murless, part of Altered States at Shaw House, Newbury

Our September issue is out now, celebrating the remarkable composer Arvo Pärt at 90 - a huge thanks to everyone who contributed to it gramophone.co.uk/classical%20mu…

Wonderfully characterful Atlantic crossing courtesy of Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and BBC Proms last night - Adolphus Hailstork, Arturo Márquez, Dvořák - and in Jennifer Higdon's work, a reminder of the extraordinary intensity the quietest of textures can create in the vast Royal Albert Hall

Niche pop reference alert, but it was only during last night’s Prom that I realised just how significantly Dvorák’s Ninth Symphony is referenced in ‘Initials B.B’ by Serge Gainsbourg