John Chambers Thank you for doing this. Brought a tear to my eye (as the fugue always does)

A better fit might be:
“O, it is excellent
To have a giant’s strength, but it is tyrannous
To use it like a giant.”

Very sad news. Lost count of the number of times I’ve seen Ian Gelder being quietly brilliant. RIP.

Look if you reverse that iPad advert and put the fugue from the end of Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra over it, it becomes less of a horrific corporate nightmare.

Happy 90th birthday to bona fide national treasure #AlanBennett , who “has only had to stand still to become a radical”.

More of this sort of thing please

Finally watched this and my god it’s bleak.

The beauty of the spoken word: A clip from the 2023 Trasimeno Music Festival Festival during an evening of love poetry & music with actor Samuel West 💙💛 Samuel West and myself: #Shakespeare 's Sonnet 128 ('How often when thou, my music, music play'st') and Scarlatti's F- Sonata, Kk69.

Steve Albini was a button-pushing musician of uncompromising brilliance theguardian.com/music/article/…

'They need a proper briefing on what Labour history is and what Labour values are...'

Andrew Marr reveals to John McDonnell MP that a Labour spokesperson couldn't provide a 'straightforward no' regarding Nigel Farage joining the party.

Happy 40th birthday, #ThamesBarrier . Designed by architect Roger Walters from a rotating gate idea by engineer Reginald Charles Draper, it was officially opened #OTD in 1984.

We went through (and under Tower Bridge) on a Paddle Steamer Waverley trip to Southend last year

Happy Birthday David Attenborough 🤍

An impassioned heartbeat through our lives ❤️

Thank you Sir.
I'm forever grateful for that 💚

AI has managed to spot this painting for sale on eBay at $599,000 as not being by Monet. I could have told them that theguardian.com/artanddesign/a…

#THREAD

Keep Calm & Carry On was part of a motivational poster campaign designed by the Ministry of Information in 1939. Intended to raise the morale of the British public, the campaign was cancelled following criticism: people regarded the message as 'patronising & divisive'.👇

I think it's important that we don't miss what Stormy is testifying to. He invited her to dinner. There was no dinner. She wanted to leave. He stood between her and the door. He told her that her career and future depended on her having sex with him. He didn't use a condom.…

PAUSE / DANSE by Nico K:

Amen, sister. If you love me, read me a story.

I'm old enough to remember when cheating on your pregnant wife with a porn star that reminds you of your daughter would hurt you with the evangelical vote in a Presidential campaign.

Statement from the German Foreign Minister