Today’s the big day! My crazy, super exciting weekend at Pizza Express Soho kicks off this evening with two shows with Gwilym Simcock. First show sold out but some tickets left for second show - would be great to see you. Ticket link ➡️➡️➡️. pizzaexpresslive.com/article/emma-r…

Saying the quiet bit out loud again.

40th Birthday concerts. Monday 19th Aug - Lewis Watson Quartet Monday 16th Sept - John Hallam + James Birkett Trio Monday 23rd Sept - Paul Booth + Paul Edis Trio All are 8pm start and £10 admission. More information to follow.

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places like GB News, UnHerd and the Spectator and media figures like Matt Goodwin, Katharine Birbalsingh and others will frequently say stuff that even a few years ago would have been seen as entirely beyond the pale and yet we just carry on, and sort of just ignore it

Head now to mixcloud.com/Hive_Radio/jaz… as I play new music by #TomWaitsforNoMan, #LouisStewart + #JimHall, Pat Metheny, Dulcie May Moreno, #NormaWinstone + @KitDownes, Mike Casey 🎷 & preview gigs by Paul Edis, Chris Coull, john pope+#JohnGarner, Abbie Finn 🎧

Nigel Farage isn't tweeting much at the moment so here he is in 2011.... #FarageRiots

A data analysis of social media by Marc Owen Jones shows an apparently coordinated pattern of reframing "far-right violence" as "Labour failure", citing a non-existent Starmer attack on 'White British' values.

I am immensely proud that the NHS I work in is one of the most multi-ethnic and diverse organisations in the world. NHS colleagues and emergency workers from many countries and faiths work around the clock to serve every UK community. You have my utmost appreciation and respect.

Agreed, truth shouldn’t be suppressed. Which is why it’s best not to dump it in a landfill site, pour over it a slurry of half-truths, misinformation, insults, blatant lies, random speculation and conspiracy, and then above that stinking mess type the word ‘True.’

Ahead of #NorthEast gigs this weekend by Paul Edis at Gala Durham, Chris Coull at Queen's Hall Arts, Hexham and john pope+#JohnGarner at The Globe, Newcastle, listen to music by these & other top artists at mixcloud.com/Hive_Radio/jaz… 🎧

Democratic Convention reveals new ad featuring unearthed footage of January 6: “If Trump is elected, he will never be held accountable.”

Brilliant.

Over in Instagram I’ve been sharing a composition a week. It only just occurred to me that I could share them here too. Anyone interested? Or is this place just bots now, space Karen and me?!

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Thanks to everyone who came along to the lunchtime gig in Durham on Friday, it was a special gig. I’m very happy to say that we raised £350 in the collection in memory of Brian Ebbatson which was donated equally between St. Cuthbert’s Hospice and MacMillan Cancer Support.

Lord’s noticeably empty today. Cheapest adult tickets £95. As said by Jonathan Agnew: “There are times administrators need to give Test cricket a bit of a leg-up, a bit of help.” #bbccricket

I looked at the tickets yesterday, and would’ve been there, but not for £95+

Looking ahead to December, ‘A Jazzy Christmas’ feat. jo harrop is coming to St. Gabriel’s, Pimlico on Dec 20th. Tickets on sale now here 👇🏻 ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/pimli… #jazz #london #christmas