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I keep playing this. What a glorious tribute

Farewell and fair winds to Rear Admiral John Gower CB OBE who died peacefully yesterday. An outstanding submariner who went on to work tirelessly to limit the proliferation of nuclear and other weapons. #RoyalNavy

Sadly this isn’t really unbelievable any more. But it is utterly shameful.

Truly saddened to hear (belatedly) that the Slovak soprano Patricia Janečková died last October, following unsuccessful treatment for breast cancer, aged just 25. Here, she gives an exquisite performance Mozart's Laudate Dominum: youtube.com/watch?v=ljvTwb…

#Greece plays homage to #Byron mania on bicentenary of Romantic poet's death. "He was a democrat, ahead of his time, a man of unimpeachable ideals." theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

The ‘office’ for a while…as I write for Kathimerini’s Σελίδες Ιστορίας (Pages of History) magazine. Subject: The abduction of German general Heinrich Kreipe in Crete in 1944 and its connection to the Holocaust of Kedros - real and perceived.

#GeneralElection

I don't think a single journalist noticed it, but Labour's Darren Jones made quite an interesting announcement on infrastructure yesterday afternoon. They've pledged to merge the Infrastructure Projects Authority and the National Infrastructure Commission. Some thoughts.

On the 80th anniversary of D-Day, remembering Lt C. Ivor Crockford (1911–1990) RNVR, Cmd of LCT 755 which landed US 4th Infantry at Utah Beach. Ivor also took part in the Dunkirk evacuation. Tenby Museum and Art 💙 The D-Day Story #DDay80

Common sense and statesmanship. Excellent performance from Rhun ap Iorwerth on BBC Panorama

NEW from Politico: The great Tanya Gold bids farewell to Rishi Sunak. "A driven, uneasy, rich man with no imagination beyond the narrow aspiration formed in him at Winchester, which he would do better to despise." The best thing you'll read all day👇 politico.eu/article/rishi-…

I made this video about Vaughan Gething stepping down as First Minister looking at: 1. Why now 2. What went wrong 3. What happens next

Donald Trump's 'Eating The Dogs' transcribed for trombone.

🇫🇷🎙️Le chanteur Vianney reprend en français « Hallelujah » de Léonard Cohen pour la réouverture de Notre Dame de Paris. 📌 Hallelujah, qui signifie en hébreu « Rendez louange au seigneur » est une chanson écrite par Leonard Cohen. Elle a été enregistrée pour la première fois

Adagio for Strings by the great American composer Samuel Barber 🇺🇸 The music on my mind this week as I look towards the USA from the west coast of Ireland

Desperately sad news. A great man, statesman and Welshman gone. And a dear friend. Vale Dafydd.

Rest in peace dear Geraint 🖤

Cofio Dafydd Elis-Thomas s4c.cymru/clic/programme…

Here are the isolated vocals to the end of God Only Knows. Brian Wilson wrote and produced this at 23 years old