Ed Davey is really on a roll. We need more of this. He's always excellent in HoC but most people don't get to hear him. We need more of this on our media 👍👏

Listening to Christ Church Oxford doing Walton’s Jubilate with brass and percussion etc. is anyone else rather wishing that we could just leave these pieces as originally intended? Overblown, outsize for their intended location and bombastic in a way which was never intended. 🙁

Matthew Rose Sam Jackson Dr David Vernon BBC Radio 3 ...which is why we get uninformed presenters from other TV genres, guests just gushing, and the constant "this is AMAZING!!!" guff that cheapens the music and patronises the performers. I've always felt that taking it seriously - as they do on MOTD - would make it successful.

Good to see a journalist hold a Reform councillor to account. We need to see much more of this scrutiny from the media.

4 minutes of brilliance from Piers Morgan, dismantling yet more nonsense about Gaza. Whatever your view of him, you’re missing out if you don’t watch it. Everyone should watch it and draw their own conclusions about this shameful period in world history.

I have poured my heart and soul into this talk for Three Choirs on Howells' Hymnus Paradisi. It truly is one of the most profound artistic statements on the loss of a child.

Apart from all the stolen copyrights that have gone into training AI to be able to rework existing work at the touch of the button at the expense of original creators, it's the mass devaluation of the creative process that suffers most. No longer will there be an inherent

Three Choirs Festival, a week of music-making at Hereford Cathedral opens on Saturday (26 July) with the Festival Chorus and Hereford Cathedral Choir following a procession into the cathedral at 11am. #WishYouWereHere englishcathedrals.co.uk/latest-news/th…

Paul Spicer Paul McCreesh Dr Jonathan Clinch That’s terribly sad that he said that, Paul. I was lucky enough to meet him when he came to Rob Spearing’s setting of Death shall have no Dominion with the Purcell School where I was studying. I was so tongue tied and didn’t even know about the Oboe Sonata then!

Nicholas Daniel OBE 🇺🇦🏳️‍⚧️ Paul Spicer Dr Jonathan Clinch I would love to have met HH. I completely adore his music....

Very happy the Bliss Concerto with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and Andrew Manze is Andrew McGregor’s record of the week on BBC Radio 3 🎶 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Weekend so far. Broken Britain, decaying hellhole, etc.

These puppies were just 4 weeks old when they were found being sold at a car boot sale, far too young to be taken from their mum. We need your help to raise awareness, push for stronger breeding laws, and protect dogs from suffering 🐾

*Today at 10am* Trailer premiere for my new album on First Hand Records (FHR) "Odd Sympathies" youtu.be/DYwA8dlyLqo

*Album trailer* Out now at youtu.be/DYwA8dlyLqo "Odd Sympathies" draws together a selection of eclectic and captivating piano works united through shared interpretative insights and deep artistic connections. Premiere recordings of works by: Roger Briggs • Diana Burrell •

A memorable concert at Three Choirs Festival The Herbert Howells Society Arthur Bliss Society Dr Jonathan Clinch Philharmonia Orchestra My review for SeenandHeard-Int is at seenandheard-international.com/2025/07/a-marv…

Singing Day in Dore Abbey, 6 September, 2025. Paul Spicer, ECE Choral Courses' founder & conductor, invites you to join him to perform Fauré's beautiful Requiem & Cantique de Jean Racine. A 'truly scrumcious' tea is included before the final run through.🎶🎶🎶 englishchoralexperience.co.uk/DA-Friends.php

The Herbert Howells Society Hymnus Paradisi is absolutely Howells' masterpiece - it never fails to move me! What sublime choral writing.

Born #OTD Arthur Bliss Society 1891 Such a rich musical legacy and one of my favourite composers

A slice of heaven from Howells and Bliss at the Three Choirs Festival ✍️ David Truslove bachtrack.com/review-howells…