my weekend plans:

Walked past 3 stops & 12 buses but still going to be v late for my v long-awaited lunch with Mhairi Lawson. #20yearsafter

Nice to see the issue of access to opera brought up in parliament this week. It's something we really really care about, which is why ALL our programmes are free (so we can train the best people, not just the ones that can afford it)...

#BacktheBoulter. On Court 2 at 11am.

Un respiro d'estate con la nostra entrata d'acqua

Era il 1 luglio 1945 e questi siamo noi a Campo Sant'Angelo. Si rappresentava 'Aida' e l'abbraccio del nostro pubblico in Città era davvero forte!

Nasceva oggi nel 1714 Christoph Willibald Gluck. Attraverso nuove opere, come 'Orfeo ed Euridice' e 'Alceste', riformò l'opera seria, da tempo in declino, semplificando la trama e cercando l'equilibrio tra musica e canto

#2luglio

L'anima torrida dell'estate catturata da uno dei maestri della macchia e della luce: Telemaco Signorini (Firenze 1835–1901)

Piagentina, 1865c, #GAM di #PalazzoPitti

Fa-bu-lous!

Please, please can we at least see an exhibition match at Wimbledon with dogs as ball boys/girls? Could be a great idea for a charity event!

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Wise thoughts from George Sand, b otd 1804:
'He who draws noble delights from sentiments of poetry is a true poet, though he has never written a line in all his life.' (True of genuine music-lovers too, I'd say.)
'Seek to keep your soul young and quivering, right into old age.'

“I rush home thinking of you, swifter than a monsoon cloud…’
What an evocative image. Old Tamil Poetry

Kapilar Agaval Lines 25- 33. 'Youth is like an eroding river bank, Lifetime is like a tree perched on that river bank'

Blog : oldtamilpoetry.com/2021/07/16/kap…

#BacktheBoulter

I’m Loabi, a Golden Retriever, and I endorse this message.

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Dominic Raab won’t approve but I did indeed go the opera last week (it cost me £62).

Tom Eisner, a working-class lad from Buxton near where I grew up kindly invited me. He’s been playing violin at Glyndebourne for 36 years.

Never let anyone tell you you’re not good enough. 🎻