#MOTD2 my feeling is that players feel demoralised if a manager constantly bemoans the quality of the team. As with Chelsea before, are this time hoping a bad start will remove the manager? I wonder...

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Updated: Why Barnard Castle - UPDATED Dominic Cummings specifically stated now in the press briefing that he had been eager to "get back to work to get vaccine deals through, move regulations aside" and that is why he drove to Barnard Castle to test his craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2020/…

This is urgent, Oliver Dowden. Our theatres, music venues & performing arts companies are on the brink of ruin. We need them to survive. They need urgent investment and clear plans from government. Please, act now #ForTheArts. PCA campaignforthearts.org

#MondayMotivation! This week we feature on our Spotify playlist music written for Emperor Maximilian I, including works to be studied & performed during our #Renaissance Summer School at Benslow Music 1-8 August. open.spotify.com/playlist/12cSc… Enjoy!

This is just beyond comprehension!!! Oliver Dowden

It feels like there’s such a lot at stake at the moment; I find it very hard to argue with any of this excellent letter from Millan Sachania in The Times and The Sunday Times

This is urgent! The Government wants to impose a catastrophic 50% funding cut to arts subjects at higher education (HE) level in England. I campaignforthearts.org/petitions/stop…

Renaissance Summer School: Call for tenor voices, viols, Renaissance recorders and flutes, cornetts, sackbuts, crumhorns, shawms & curtals! Bursaries are available, more info: cambridgeearlymusic.org/bursaries.html

Listen to the latest "AThousandYearsOfMusic" podcast! Clare Wilkinson 💙 explores the man behind the title of "Emperor Maximilian I", his musical background, his concerns with his legacy and what happened when his wife MaryOfBurgundy died. Listen, Learn&Like! soundcloud.com/user-67113247

Glorious Schütz resonating through this inspiring and beautiful church, a testament to hope and reconciliation.

Thank you to Gawain Glenton for this fantastic cypress-scented instrument & for all the energy & exuberance of Sestina Music @markyjchambers @Violino1567 @EmilyWh44982798 William Lyons #aromatherapyorgan Resonus Classics

Remember when you vote this week we have a liar in number 10, we have a man in number 11 that is worth £400m but loans you £200 and wants it back, they gave 100’s millions of pounds to their mates in Covid,the Russians fund them,they look after energy co’s rather than you. Vote🌹

Ecststic audience at YorkConcerts TUDOR NIGHTS. What an incredible variety. Big band of Windy Instruments & exquisite Consort (Morley wld hv loved it). Steve Player & Mary Collins dancers, Steven Devine harpsichord. Now to Stour Music Festival on Friday. The City Musick Fieri Consort

Sharing information here about the short-notice cancellation of our recent concert in Florida:

Just phenomenal music-making at the Abbey. Coordinating forces across the building, imbuing it with humanity, vitality, and grace, elevating the occasion so far above what it would be without music. And literally surrounded by people who want to dismantle UK musical life! 👏

The choristers are fresh out of their live BBC Radio 3 Choral Evensong and are joined by our friends from Lagos who have been with us this week. We hope you enjoyed it!

The 2024 Good University Guide has ranked Royal Holloway’s Music Department as 2nd in the UK on the basis of our high-quality teaching and research! Read more here: royalholloway.ac.uk/research-and-t…

Proper Christmas Radio 3 Reithian stuff for us early music nerds: wonderful! bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00… William Lyons

Rufus Norris: 'We are living in an age of extreme selfishness' trib.al/jND616l