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Matthew Kaner

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Composer. Also into carpentry & cryptic crosswords linktr.ee/matthew.kaner

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RIP to Γ‰liane Radigue (1932-2026)

thank you for taking my ears to places beyond...
places of suspended time...

a huge influence.

24.02.2026 16:43 πŸ‘ 235 πŸ” 68 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 8

Ha!

19.02.2026 12:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Cryptick Create a cryptic crossword clue and share it with people you know.

Suspect warned - I bet he's sweating now! (6)

cryptick.wildvale.co.uk/clue.html#U3...

Solve it, and create your own!

19.02.2026 12:47 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Did you come up with a final version of this? Mulling it over this morning over coffee I think that β€œrepresenting tailors’ timeless art” just about works!

17.02.2026 08:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

🚨WE'RE HIRING AGAIN – AGAIN!🚨 Music @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

Lecturer in Music for Screen (Education) fixed-term, 18 months.

We're looking for a creative practitioner/composer to teach composition for screen (e.g. film, TV, video game music, etc).

my.corehr.com/pls/kclrecru...

13.02.2026 14:56 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Wonderful review here of a brilliant EP by oboist Anna Durance featuring my Snowy Owl and music by HΓ©loΓ―se Werner. Listen here! open.spotify.com/track/1BYloN...

13.02.2026 23:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Wonderful review here of a brilliant EP by oboist Anna Durance featuring my Snowy Owl and music by HΓ©loΓ―se Werner. Listen here! open.spotify.com/track/1BYloN...

13.02.2026 23:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The best I can think of is β€œrepresenting tailor’s art”. Getting rid of the T without muddying the meaning might be a pain though!

06.02.2026 13:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah I did ponder that. But I just don’t know if putting β€œabout” at the front really works because it requires you to read it as β€œabout, tailor’s timeless art”

06.02.2026 13:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Are you going for an &lit? I can’t see which bit would be the def for an adjective here. I wonder if you could use β€œabout” as an anagrind (because satorial means β€œ*pertaining to* tailoring”). But I’m not confident that eg β€œabout tailor’s art (-t)” really signals an anagram properly

06.02.2026 12:49 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

PMQs or, as it is now known, Peter Mandelson Questions.

04.02.2026 12:13 πŸ‘ 160 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

RIP John Virgo. He's with the angles now.

04.02.2026 12:06 πŸ‘ 230 πŸ” 43 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 1

Peels adornment off disgraced scumbag (5,9)

02.02.2026 15:34 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah they’re just
puzzles made from obscure mad chat by smartarses primarily (7,10)

31.01.2026 19:35 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In his urology check-up?

30.01.2026 18:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

NEW: Suella Braverman has defected to Reform UK, shocking the many people who were sure that she had already.

26.01.2026 12:20 πŸ‘ 2317 πŸ” 426 πŸ’¬ 162 πŸ“Œ 48

Impressive and depressing all in one

26.01.2026 11:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of our Crowdfunder page

Screenshot of our Crowdfunder page

Thanks to 40 supporters, we're now 54% of the way towards our fundraising total for the next @siglodeorovocal.bsky.social disc. Grateful for any support of the project - or just sharing our page really helps!

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22.01.2026 14:01 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yup and Neville Chamberlain vibes from this end

22.01.2026 12:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

(Anagram of ENLISTINGTORIES - INTEREST) = SOILING (definition β€œspotting”)

16.01.2026 09:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Spotting Reform enlisting Tories losing interest somehow (7)

16.01.2026 09:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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My phone wallpaper pack has 60+ images and you can get it for only Β£5 (or more β€” any extra helps support my art!). Link in replies!

❀️‍πŸ”₯ "Beautifully crafted artwork... bought this collection in a heartbeat"

❀️‍πŸ”₯"I love seeing them appear when I pick up my phone"

15.01.2026 14:13 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Really saddened and shocked to hear of Andrew Clements' death. A wonderful critic, matchless on 20 and 21st century music, and a great colleague and friend to whom I owe an immense debt of gratitude for his role in giving me my own break as a critic. It's a huge loss. And he will be greatly missed.

11.01.2026 22:29 πŸ‘ 77 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0
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Andrew Clements, Guardian’s classical music critic, dies aged 75 An outstanding critical voice, his deep knowledge and love of music was evident in everything he wrote

www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...

12.01.2026 00:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sad news. Wonderful musician - heard and met him back in the days of BMIC concerts.

07.01.2026 11:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Saturnine

RIP Jonathan Powell - a great pianist, highly original composer and Russian music specialist. What a tragic loss. We came up together, and both from the West Midlands. I have a fond memory of a Black Country real ale pub crawl with him in c.1997.

Here’s his β€˜Saturnine’ for ensemble:

07.01.2026 11:17 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

My Spotify listening age is 0.00000000000000000000013

Oh no, wait, that’s how much they pay per stream.

03.12.2025 17:36 πŸ‘ 53 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Pleasurably Tory, changing itself tomorrow? (4, 6, 5)

…anagram of YOUR PARTY(β€˜)S LABEL

29.11.2025 10:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Love it when the BBC’s
In the news and the BBC has to report on it.
β€œThe BBC asked the BBC for a comment, but nobody from the BBC was available to speak to the BBC.”

09.11.2025 20:03 πŸ‘ 141 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 0
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RIP Jack DeJonette #jackDeJonette

27.10.2025 12:57 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1