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Bravo, Victoria is a shining example of foresight, commitment,dedication and generosity and a beacon of light and hope in a dark world.

Wolfgang Amadeus #Mozart was born #OTD, 1756. Here is a simple #map I (frantically) made of his life’s travels. My maps usually summarise the journeys of #18c musicians. This time I went for completeness, so it’s a bit packed!

Don’t smear philanthropy with the sins of the super rich. My letter in Financial Times 27.1.2024. Because giving really matters.

Research by Beth Breeze found that the public felt more positively about ‘philanthropy’ than the ‘philanthropists’ themselves. An important reminder from John Nickson that false attacks on philanthropy risk damaging our civil society.

🇮🇪 A lifetime of achievements by the O’Dame Give the girl a harp 🍀

Badenoch is wrong, heartless, tone deaf, lacking both imagination and empathy, a dangerous combination that makes her unfit for office.

Raise the money from where? I was responsible for fundraising at ENO 1989 to 1996. Donors need certainty before they give . Thanks to the powers that be, there is no certain future.

That speech could have been an email.

In the name of anti-elitism, Arts Council England has declared war on opera and excellence | Catherine Bennett theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Stephen Hough Beautifully argued. Who could possibly take exception? I'm sure CBSO management will honor your supportive offer and invite every visiting artist to do likewise.

And there were 19 productions, 9 of them new, when I was Director of Development English National Opera Save_E.N.O. 1989 to 1996. The current offer is very sad.

Trump threatens liberal democracy but he won because a majority are pissed off. The same will happen here if Labour fails, thoughts I am struggling with as I write a new book. How can we secure our democracy?

Glorious brilliant Mahler 9 from Royal College of Music students last night conducted by Nicholas Collon perhaps even finer than RCM symphony orchestra.performances conducted by the late Bernard Haitink. Look up on YouTube. Please join me as an RCM supporter.

London’s Piccadilly is always lively but particularly in the run up to Xmas when within 5 minutes I spotted the very tall former Queen of Denmark outside Fortnum & Mason and nearby a homeless man on the pavement doing a crossword.

Elon Musk, the worlds richest man and Trump’s best buddy has used his social media company to say that only the far Right Alternatives For Germany can save the country. Is the barbarian already inside the gate and how long until President Musk?

Congratulations The Centre for Social Justice for supercharging philanthropy report launch with Chris Bryant. The need for more giving to invest in and empower people needed as much as in defence in response to threats to liberal democrac

Trump has utterly changed the rules of engagement. World leaders must learn this – and quickly | Simon Tisdall | The Guardian theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

SuperCharging Philanthropy Launch LIVE at the Centre for Social Justice - YouTube youtube.com/watch?v=7uwxvV…