Congratulations to 'The man of the People 'Nigel Farage" MP Reform Party Limited. Top earning MP, on course for over £1 million with his 10 jobs plus MP salary! Top earner MP. Not been to Clacton his constituency yet though! 😉

So excited about this first staging of John Joubert (1927-2019)'s beautiful magnum opus at Arcola Theatre arcolatheatre.com/whats-on/jane-…

Liberals, Europe and the people - Liberal Democrat History Group speaker meeting, with Robert Saunders, Morgan Jones and Nicholas Alderton, 30 June 2025 - mailchi.mp/128b8947cd6b/l…

“I may not be a first-rate composer, but I am a first-class second-rate composer.” Richard Strauss was born OTD in 1864. Here are my ten favourite Strauss works: bachtrack.com/playlist-top-t…

Meet Hertha Ayrton (1854-1923), a remarkable scientist who made significant contributions to science, engineering (26 patents), and social causes. She was born in 1854 in England as Phoebe Sarah Marks, the third child of a Polish Jewish immigrant father and an English seamstress

We are still welcoming applications for our RPS Thea Musgrave Performance Grants, which offer performers, ensembles, festivals and venues support of £5,000-10,000 to put Thea's music at the heart of their UK programming. Find out more and apply by 1 July: royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/composers/rps-…

“Here is a great subject which I can gratefully embrace … which allows me to dismiss the more hideous aspects of life as mere figments of the imagination.” Thomas Mann on Pfitzner’s Palestrina, premiered in Munich #OTD in 1917.

Public health keeps people healthy and protects them from health threats, but the system is in crisis, and the nation is sicker than ever. Our new report sets out the urgent steps UK governments must take so the system can recover. bma.org.uk/what-we-do/pop… THREAD 🧵 (1/4)

Everything about this lively Fiddler on the Roof is fresh-minted - total masterpiece 🎻 x #IntervalTweet

Resident doctor pay campaign & academic trainees webinar 16 June, 5–6pm. BMA Academic Trainees chair Jonathan Gibb & RDC co-chair Melissa Ryan on the campaign’s significance for academics & what you can do to help. Email [email protected] to attend and with any questions.

The last decade has seen both the U.K. and U.S. constitutions subjected to massive strain. In the U.K., it was due to Brexit; in the U.S., it's down to Donald Trump. 🧵

Some lovely reviews are coming in for our premiere performances of Colin Matthews’ ‘A Visit To Friends’ which just opened the Aldeburgh Festival Britten Pears Arts — this one from the The Telegraph: “an exceptionally subtle and affecting take on Chekhov” uk.news.yahoo.com/visit-friends-…

Two weeks to go! Liberals, Europe and the people - Liberal Democrat History Group discussion meeting, 6.00pm, 30 June with Robert Saunders, Morgan Jones and Dr Nicholas K. Alderton 🙂 mailchi.mp/e87f8af44d0f/l…

Bringing more clinical trials to the UK population is to be welcomed, but raises the question of who’ll be designing, developing and overseeing these trials. Delivering such work requires more than Digital platforms & AI technologies. 1/

Andy Goldsworthy’s “Hanging Stones” nytimes.com/2025/06/14/art…

A few short notes about what is going on in the Middle East A 🧵

Before Brexit the UK was about as rich as Germany, and richer than France. Now it is much poorer than either, by 2030 we will be poorer than Poland, and by 2040 we will be poorer than all 27 EU countries. The magic of Brexit.

Sabato 12 luglio saremo con voi e per voi in Piazza San Marco teatrolafenice.it/event/la-fenic… Rico Saccani interpreterà "Cavalleria rusticana" con Oksana Dyka, Mikheil Sheshaberidze, Franco Vassallo, Valeria Girardello e Annunziata Vestri. Non vediamo l'ora!

This Bromley park is proof why you shouldn't judge a book by its cover ift.tt/lvf6tGd