The countdown is on. The London Open House Festival 2024 kicks off this Saturday 14th September and we're excited to partner with Airbnb once again.  This year, there are over 850 places to visit over nine days across the capital. See you there! #OpenHouse2024

Pour six musiciens sur dix, donner des concerts dans l'Union européenne n'est tout simplement plus rentable. Certains se sont même exilés, en Allemagne notamment. Enquête, avec Louis-Valentin Lopez ▶️ l.francemusique.fr/kZo

Today should have been Stephen Lawrence’s 50th birthday. But on 22 April 1993, Stephen was murdered in an unprovoked racist attack. To honour Stephen's memory, we’re sharing a short film called ‘Mr Lawrence: My Son’s Legacy’. Watch the full film at youtube.com/watch?v=60vhNX…

I’ve just been reminded that today is the exact 25th anniversary of my first Composer of the Week as sole presenter. What a miracle I’ve got away with it for so long! Infinite thanks to all the producers, researchers and sound engineers who’ve worked with me over the years.

150 years after Schoenberg’s birth, I explore the composer’s life in the US, how he broke free from tonality, and changed the sound of Hollywood horror movies forever on BBC Radio 3's Sunday Feature: Schoenberg in the USA. This Sunday, 9/15 ▶️ bbc.in/3Tsef2j

The riverside bit of my native Kingston on Thames looking rather fine in today’s late summer sunshine ☀️ queenspromenadefriends.org/what-we-do/

Ghostly stirrings: Britten’s The Turn of the Screw was premiered in Venice ⁦Teatro La Fenice⁩ 70 years ago today.

A welcome reminder that the Last Night of the BBC Proms is an international affair, thanks to our friends and partners in the EBU. Multiple European broadcasters will join us Royal Albert Hall tonight.

To mark the Last Night of the Proms, but also Scooby Doo's 55th birthday, I play the Scooby Doo theme tune in the style of the Russian classics. And I'd have gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for you meddling kids... BBC Proms BBC Radio 3

This day in 1952 the first broadcast for BBC Concert Orchestra on the Home Service under the direction of Gilbert Vinter. The Concert Orchestra was for many years the mainstay of Friday Night is Music Night on the Light then Radio 2

Rare smelly penguin wins New Zealand bird of the year contest theguardian.com/world/2024/sep…

Not only one of the legendary radio voices, but also one of the nattiest dressers in broadcasting. This month Donald Macleod marks 25 years at Composer of the Week BBC Radio 3 Happy Silver Anniversary, Donald, from all the COTW team! This week, Holst 4pm bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

This is Just to Say We have taken that book that was on your bedside table and which you were probably planning to finish first Forgive us it was wonderful so engrossing and so great. (#onthisday William Carlos Williams was born, here's our take on the plums poem)

My charitable group is looking for new people to join us! We are a group of 500 people who each give £1 a week so we can donate £500 every week to an individual, family or small charity, suggested by someone in the 500. It is the best thing I'm involved in! [email protected]

Meet the writer who added “lol” to the end of every sentence of In Search of Lost Time. lithub.com/7-questions-fo…

Curioso que en el español peninsular se popularice el "buen día". A mí me gustaba "buenos días", que era una bendición, y de lo más ambiciosa: "buenos días -no solo este- te dé Dios".