”You think it's a talent, you think you're born with this thing. What I've found out and what I believed is that everybody is talented. It's just that some people get it developed and some don't.“
Stephen Sondheim (1930–2021)
Arts education is for everyone.
Tá Gaeilge ag Siobhán McSweeney; iontach! Is maith liom #TraitorsIreland! #Gaelige
On 24th December 2025 the last Dionne Baby died. Everyone in #Sondheim's 'I'm Still Here' is now not here. #Follies
I've only listened to the four french songs of the juvenilia before. Doing a lot of bus journeys today so I'm up to Tit for Tat. I don't think teenage Mozart has anything on Britten!
I've started this many times but happy to give it another try. I keep getting swayed back to Mozart!
Luckily Britten gave us a stunning opus 1.
#TitanicSinksTonight was excellent. Well researched, thoughtfully put together; looking forward to the rest!
Has anybody else out there "done the K numbers?" As I approach K.100 I'm interested to know people's favourite #Mozart with the smallest Köchel number. So far it's been either pleasant or heavy slog, but nothing I'd go back to yet.
Every year I watch #OneMagicChristmas and wish there were more people around who understand what I've just been through! Opening it up to Blue Sky: how wonderful is Mary Steenburgen in this film?!
🧵 'The AI threat is looming, the graduate premium is fading. But the UK economy needs Higher Education'
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I've always gone back to Abbado's. It was my first (and first new Wagner to me after I discovered the Ring), it introduced me to Waltraud Meier, and the Morgenröte is thrilling! I'll give this one a go!
Vice President Aaron Burr shot Alexander Hamilton in a duel today in 1804.
A story just waiting to be told.
Why does the hosepipe ban in Yorkshire mean customers in Kent and Sussex are banned from using a hosepipe?
Seems to be a good year for native #ladybirds this year, in Yorkshire at any rate. Have seen many more this year than previously. Not seen a single harlequin yet.
New today!
Sondheim on Britten and Stravinsky, and how we might hear a little of both in SWEENEY TODD:
thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/sondheim-o...
The UK Supreme Court clarified the meaning of "woman" within the 2010 Equality Act. Courts can't pass laws, and nothing has changed. supremecourt.uk/uploads/uksc...
Do-Re-Mi-Fa-So-La-Ti-Ti Te Deum 🎶
The Eurovision theme music, but make it Eurovision 2025
This #VEDay concert is moving in ways I never imagined. Hearing from the people who lived through it, not just those who fought it, is really hitting home. Well done all involved ✌🏻🇬🇧
Very sad to hear that the Tony Award-winning American composer & lyricist William Finn has died at the age of 73. His work included Falsettos, A New Brain, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee & Elegies: A Song Cycle. I feel privileged to have interviewed him for The Stage back in 1999
Veagh my warree 111 bleeaney dy eash jiu, shen y fa ta kiaull ayns shoh voish Mannin - y thalloo e dooie!
My grandmother would have been 111 today, so here's some music from the Isle of Man - land of her birth!
#Gaelg #IsleofMan #FolkMusic #TradMusic
I have a wonderful memory of her sitting by my keyboard in the stalls bar of the New Wimbledon Theatre savaging a girl who was late! Nothing was more important to her than pride in your work, and all her pupils knew it.
metro.co.uk/2025/01/08/e...
Resoonaght mychione, cooishyn yn laa
Ren mee y brastyl Gaelgagh shen; bynney lhiam eh! Feet, feer hymoil
S'fondagh!
Feer aalin! Ta treisht orrym dy row y Nollick ayd mie x
Watching #theboythemolethefoxandthehorse for the first time and I'm a total mess. Need to hug everyone!
#GavinandStacey was emotional, lush perfection. Truth be told. That's just the way it is.
Ta ny soilshaghyn Nollick ayns Purt ny hInshey ny share na ayns Leeds!
It’s time for my annual search for this C16th miniature portrait of #ThomasCromwell, after #Holbein, stolen from Hever Castle in 2003. I’d love to see it returned to Hever. Have you seen it? Pls consider sharing!
www.arthistorynews.com/articles/562... #Tudor #WolfHall #arthistory #miniatureportrait
“Most gracyous prynce I Crye for mercye mercye mercye”. I love this beautiful recreation of #ThomasCromwell’s ‘mercy’ letter by Rosie Carmichael. Giving historical guidance on these stunning props was a huge honour. I do so hope that you enjoy this evening's devastating finale of #WolfHall.
