I’m so proud to live here ❤️

Shout out to Lewis Goodall for the greatest use of adjectives and references to describe M*sk’s approach to free speech, in a sublime 45 seconds on The News Agents from Hobbes to the Chimera!

Huge congrats to the whole Opera Holland Park on a fabulous summer. And thanks to team City of London Sinfonia (CLS) as always for bringing the glorious music.

Protect me from who?

Oh this is infuriating now. Someone just bloody call the police. #thearchers

Arts funding

FINALLY #thearchers

Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will douse them with petrol & burn them alive or drug them till they're unconscious & invite strangers round to repeatedly rape them.

Let’s treat men who want guns the way we treat women who want abortions: Waiting period Parental permission Doctor’s note Watch video on dangers Forced him travel hundreds of miles to gun store Make him walk through protestors Video by Nēv Schulman

Holy cow. Chris Wallace just totally summarized the debate perfectly: “Tonight was just devastating. It was a shutout on almost every subject I can think of. Trump looked angry, scowling, and old.”

Gisèle Pelicot Kamala Harris Taylor Swift It’s not revenge. It’s courage. It’s not lies. It’s truth. It’s not consent. It’s rape. It’s not chaos. It’s calm. Justice. Hope. Power.

Happy Sunday evening from Mount Olympus

Whether you’re a fan of Hallowe’en or not, you have to give it credit for being the last line of defence against Christmas advancing even earlier into the year, a ragtag gang of goths holding the line against a battalion of baubled barbarians

the silence after saoirse’s “that’s what girls have to think about all the time” oh you just know they all felt stupid after that

Genuinely don’t know how Lewis Goodall kept his cool (relatively) in the #newsagents special report from Florida. I had to sit on a wall and take a beat. The red capes and white hoods are coming…..

Word of the day is ‘recrudescence’ (17th century): the return of something terrible after a time of reprieve.

We’re so delighted that Kenneth Woods - musician will be conducting City of London Sinfonia (CLS) this coming Tuesday. Celebrating the mighty #NHS and his very strong heart with glorious music and voice.

The jacarandas of jo’burg in full bloom

Absolutely love this image for Flying Dutchman Opera Holland Park summer 2025. Delighted that City of London Sinfonia (CLS) will be joining James Clutton and team for another wonderful summer of Opera.