20+ years ago I sang and recorded Leonardo Dreams of his Flying Machine by the then barely known Eric Whitacre. Audiences loved it. Thrilled to sing it again with The Elysian Singers on May 25 with shimmering music by Ēriks Ešenvalds, Jonathan Dove and more. eventbrite.co.uk/e/heavenly-mus…

Reminder: #PIP Personal Independence Payments were introduced by the Tory/Lib Dem Coalition just 11 years ago to cut half a million disabled people from its forerunner benefit #DLA Disability Living Allowance. They’re now cutting their own cuts.

My mum's last words after years of suffering, 'I've had enough.' The most appalling week of suffering followed. No one who has witnessed this cd be against assisted dying.
#r4today

A little Howells and Bainton of an evening. Singing Evensong at St Gabriel’s, Pimlico with Pegasus.

A degree of editing is acceptable in marketing, but there are limits and making up quotes is way past them, says David Benedict (David Benedict 🏳️‍🌈🕎) 👇 thestage.co.uk/opinion/mislea…

Tory staff running network of anti-Ulez Facebook groups riddled with racism and abuse theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

Whenever you think you have reached the point where you can no longer be surprised by how low the Conservative Party has sunk, it proves you wrong. theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

Top Tory MP defects to Labour in fury at NHS crisis theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

'Time and again he was battered, robbed and blackmailed by those he treated generously. His desire for affection simply brought him further affliction.'

Wow!! The The Times and The Sunday Times has reviewed The Diaries of Mr Lucas.

And it's completely and utterly lovely!

archive.ph/yoipH#selectio…

My column on a day of courtroom gains for Harvey Weinstein and Donald Trump in a world where MeToo 'went too far'

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Covid inquiry: Rishi Sunak 'couldn't recall', 'had no recollection of', 'cannot remember'

Covid inquiry: Boris Johnson 'couldn't recall', 'had no recollection of', 'cannot remember'

Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry: Angela van den Bogerd 'couldn't recall', 'had no recollection…

The Critic Alexandra Wilson At the recent Masters tournament in Augusta, Georgia, mobile phones were banned. Special booths were built in which to leave them.

The crowd interaction with the live event was markedly different and improved.

There’s your proof.

Phones don’t belong in classical music venues — Alexandra Wilson says there’s nothing snobby about politeness and consideration thecritic.co.uk/there-is-nothi…

Darren Henley, chief exec of Arts Council England is coming on @bbcfrontrow on Monday to talk about Let's Create. If you run an arts organisation with experience of this ACE funding/applications, wd love to hear from you. Email [email protected] bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Don't they threaten imprisonment for this in a cinema?

Every arresting second of acting, design and movement in Richard Jones' staggering, shockingly witty production of Machinal The Old Vic shimmers with dramatic intent. It's jaw-dropping. That Sophie Treadwell's play about women and freedom is 96 years old is astonishing.
GO.

A few years ago, John Wilson blew the roof off the Royal Academy of Music driving the orchestra through John Adams’ knockout Harmonielehre. Now imagine it with the awardwinning SinfoniaOfLondon. Plus a Wynton Marsalis U.K. premiere. And Rhapsody in Blue. And… bbc.co.uk/events/e64z3d