If Latvia (pop. < 2 million) can support a thriving full-time professional chamber choir of 24 singers, is it too much to ask that in Britain (pop. ±70 million) our national broadcaster should be able to support the 18 members of the BBC Singers? JR change.org/p/stop-the-pla…

The BBC is about to commit cultural vandalism. My piece for The Telegraph telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/03/0…

I have informed the BBC that I won’t be appearing on MOTD tomorrow night.

Suella Braverman hosting Match of the Day this weekend. ⚽️🥲#MOTD #garylineker #ianwright #alanshearer

Amid the noise re Gary Lineker another disastrous move by the BBC in response to the Tory government political pressure and cuts — the abolition of BBC Singers and cuts to BBC orchestras. This is another resonance with 30s Germany — the assault on culture and the arts. 1/2

Billieve. 😉 #BillsMafia | #RichmondTillWeDie

£1.5m a year for the BBC to fund this talent. Value to 🇬🇧 soft power …. Priceless

A thread: #WeAreTheBBCSingers

Press release has just landed re the future of the BBC Singers:

An emotional, heartfelt note from me… #WeAreTheBBCSingers

The Fantasy Premier League Music League Team Of The Week is The Wellermen (Jonny Stewart) 🏆 Listen to the Fantasy Premier League playlist: spoti.fi/2NbY1JD

This stuff is just wrong. Biden has already been to Britain 3 times. He didn’t put a foot wrong in NI, has always been diplomatic on the protocol—& created Aukus! He’s Irish American & is entitled to celebrate it. In policy terms, he’s been a solid UK ally telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/04/1…

Damar Hamlin is working out with the team today in Buffalo. Glad to have you back, 3. 🫶

Despite the implication when you click the blue badge that has mysteriously re-appeared beside my name, I am not paying for the "honour".

"I didn't act my life. I lived it." Read Rolling Stone's 1986 cover story on Tina Turner. trib.al/rLMmOsw

We’re forming a brand new upper voice ensemble in the USA. Could you or someone you know be the perfect fit? We need 6 artists to take us from C to shining C (about C3 to C6 please). Applications are open now, to singers of all musical backgrounds. ℹ️ voces8.foundation/upper-voice-en… x.com/VOCES8/status/…