The musical director of a prestigious regional choir once asked me to join the choir, without audition. (Not random; he'd heard me sing).
Me: Thanks, I'll give it serious thought
Him: excellent, we're short of good tenors
Me: er, I'm a bass.
He never spoke to me about it again
Me: Thanks, I'll give it serious thought
Him: excellent, we're short of good tenors
Me: er, I'm a bass.
He never spoke to me about it again
07:22 PM - May 13, 2024
As if Gaza hasn't suffered enough, it now has self-centered, narcissistic, catfink, Galloway as its self-proclaimed champion: a man with his head stuck so far up his own backside he can wear his liver as a hat
11:08 AM - Mar 01, 2024
People need to learn that in a conflict, it is possible for both/all sides to be in the wrong. Responding to atrocities with another atrocity is not justified.
Peace is not 'won', it is 'made'
Peace is not 'won', it is 'made'
08:45 AM - Jan 24, 2024
Rule Britannia, divorced from its original context (the opera King Alfred - a political satire on the relationship between a monarch, his heir and their competing courts) was always jingoistic foolery, and unempathetic to the lives of actual enslaved people and the working poor
10:16 AM - Jan 23, 2024
Remember folks, you don't shake hands till the second verse:
And thereβs a hand, my trusty feire,
And gieβs a hand oβ thine;
And weβll tak a right gudeβwillie waught,
For auld lang syne.
#AuldLangSyne
And thereβs a hand, my trusty feire,
And gieβs a hand oβ thine;
And weβll tak a right gudeβwillie waught,
For auld lang syne.
#AuldLangSyne
06:48 PM - Dec 31, 2023
Wishing you all a blessed Christmas, and a peaceful New Year - especially if it seems against all odds. β€οΈ
02:31 PM - Dec 24, 2023
Glad Lucia! πΈπͺ
Today is Lucy Day and St Lucia's Day. The Swedish folk heroine Lucy is celebrated on the same day as St Lucia of Siciliy - both bringers of light in the darkest days.
Today is Lucy Day and St Lucia's Day. The Swedish folk heroine Lucy is celebrated on the same day as St Lucia of Siciliy - both bringers of light in the darkest days.
05:16 AM - Dec 12, 2023
Sorry #bbcstrictly - but there is no way that Annabel and Johannes' almost perfect foxtrox deserved a lower score than Bobby and Dianne's clumsy salsa.
With no public vote this week, let's hope the public remember that next week.
#StrictlyComeDancing
With no public vote this week, let's hope the public remember that next week.
#StrictlyComeDancing
03:27 PM - Dec 02, 2023
Choral icons of the day (21 Nov): William Byrd, John Merbecke*, Thomas Tallis. 16th century masters of choral music.
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Β *Merbecke, of whom there's no contemporary portrait, a native of Beverley, East Yorkshire, composer of the first musical setting of "Γe Book of Common Praier"
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Β *Merbecke, of whom there's no contemporary portrait, a native of Beverley, East Yorkshire, composer of the first musical setting of "Γe Book of Common Praier"
03:46 AM - Nov 21, 2023
If you post "Lest we Forget", please bear in mind that many have already forgotten.
If an act of Remembrance doesn't lead to change, it isn't remembrance. If it stirs up authoritarians & fascits, it isn't remembrance. If it's jingoistic or celebratory, it isn't remembrance.
If an act of Remembrance doesn't lead to change, it isn't remembrance. If it stirs up authoritarians & fascits, it isn't remembrance. If it's jingoistic or celebratory, it isn't remembrance.
07:18 AM - Nov 11, 2023
On the 85th anniversary of Kristallnacht, we could do without Dog-Whistle Politics.
I have come to the conclusion that #SuellaBraverman isn't just trying to appeal to the hard right, she's in the jackboots stirring on the mob.
I have come to the conclusion that #SuellaBraverman isn't just trying to appeal to the hard right, she's in the jackboots stirring on the mob.
09:58 AM - Nov 09, 2023
ClichΓ©s, Jellyfish.
Celebrating on this Day.
All things Japanese.
#InternationalClicheDay #JellyfishDay #JapaneseCultureDay
Haiku of the Day
Celebrating on this Day.
All things Japanese.
#InternationalClicheDay #JellyfishDay #JapaneseCultureDay
Haiku of the Day
09:11 AM - Nov 03, 2023
Read between the lines and don't get your knickers in a twist. It's national ClichΓ© Day
08:52 AM - Nov 03, 2023
I do wish people who write long articles would use sans serif fonts, 1.5 line spacing, and shorter paragraphs.
Otherwise, for anyone with weaker or ageing eyesight, astigmatism, or some forms of neurodiversity, their writing becomes TLDR
Otherwise, for anyone with weaker or ageing eyesight, astigmatism, or some forms of neurodiversity, their writing becomes TLDR
07:57 AM - Oct 23, 2023
If people can see no political or diplomatic means to seek justice, or have no means of peaceful protest, there is no incentive for them to act peaceably.
04:21 AM - Oct 13, 2023
To support humanitarian aid for the Afghanistan Earthquake, the UNHCR has an appeal through its national agencies (eg UNHCR in the UK).
Providing aid in a country like Afghanistan, where neither government nor local agencies can be relied upon, is often dependent on the UN.
Providing aid in a country like Afghanistan, where neither government nor local agencies can be relied upon, is often dependent on the UN.
03:12 AM - Oct 13, 2023
I fear what's going on with #Israel #Palestine #Gaza is another example of interference by Russia & Iran in their proxy war with the West & Sunni worlds. Hamas couldnβt have done this alone. Israel & Palestine must realise they have been played for decades by these belligerents
07:06 PM - Oct 08, 2023
Glynis Johns is 100 today. Here she is as Mrs Banks in Mary Poppins getting ready to go up to Downing Street and throw things at the Prime Minister ...
#JustSayin
#JustSayin
03:12 AM - Oct 05, 2023
"When all the trees have been cut down, when all the animals have been hunted, when all the waters are polluted, when all the air is unsafe to breathe, only then will you discover you cannot eat money."
Cree Prophesy
#ClimateActionNow #SunakOut #GeneralElectionN0W
Cree Prophesy
#ClimateActionNow #SunakOut #GeneralElectionN0W
06:19 AM - Sep 20, 2023
"This tanker is now ours, you work for us now. We're scuppering the ship at Caluula to block the Socotra Channel."
#TalkLikeAPirateDay
#TalkLikeAPirateDay
07:57 AM - Sep 19, 2023
People in Great Britain can donate to the Libya Flood Disaster Appeal, via the British Red Cross which is working in partnership with the Libyan Red Crescent. Details in link ...
https://donate.redcross.org.uk/appeal/libya-floods-appeal
https://donate.redcross.org.uk/appeal/libya-floods-appeal
05:22 PM - Sep 13, 2023
People in Great Britain can donate to the Morocco Earthquake disaster relief, via British Red Cross working in partnership with the Moroccan Red Crescent. Follow link to see how ..
https://donate.redcross.org.uk/appeal/morocco-earthquake-appeal
https://donate.redcross.org.uk/appeal/morocco-earthquake-appeal
08:28 AM - Sep 10, 2023
If you think Donald Trump lying about his weight and height is a big issue, or that anyone's body or looks are a source of ridicule, take a long hard look at yourself.
Lying is what he does ... but he has done far worse both in office and out of it. Concentrate on that.
Grab him by the penal code
Lying is what he does ... but he has done far worse both in office and out of it. Concentrate on that.
Grab him by the penal code
01:47 PM - Aug 26, 2023
13 yrs of Tory misrule:
Brexit - disaster
Reputation - gone
Economy - tanked
Civil rights - diminished
Rule of Law - undermined
Empathy - demonised
Poverty - soaring
Public services - debilitated
Environment - f*cked
Fascism - growing
#GeneralElectionNow
Brexit - disaster
Reputation - gone
Economy - tanked
Civil rights - diminished
Rule of Law - undermined
Empathy - demonised
Poverty - soaring
Public services - debilitated
Environment - f*cked
Fascism - growing
#GeneralElectionNow
06:08 AM - Aug 08, 2023
The ONLY positive in UK politics in 13 years of Tory misrule was Equal Marriage- and that was only before parliament because the LibDems made it a condition of coalition. It was passed because the Opppsition parties, the LDs, and a mere handful of Tories voted for it.
06:07 AM - Aug 08, 2023
I opened Wordle this morning to discover I'd already done it. I have no recollection of this whatsoever. Must have been a good night. ππ
04:13 AM - Aug 03, 2023
Watching TheLastLeg on catchup but to answer #TwitterBird 's question - #InternationalMensDay is 19th November. It shares similar aims to #InternationalWomensDay - genuine gender equality. It also promotes men's health and positive expressions of masculinity
#TheLastLeg
#TheLastLeg
04:34 PM - Jul 30, 2023
Icon of the Day (27 July): The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus. The legend is thatin 250 CE, 7 young men hid in a cave to escape Roman persecution of Christians, where they fell asleep, and emerged 300 years later. The story appears in the Qur'an.
In other news, I'm still in bed
In other news, I'm still in bed
04:28 AM - Jul 27, 2023
Artwork of the day (25 July): St James the Great, martyred AD44 / 44CE. Peter Paul Rubens c1612.
Given the nickname bar Boanarges (son of thunder), it is said his fiery nature led him headlong, and head off, in conflict with Herod Agrippa.
Head in Jerusalem
Body in Santiago
Given the nickname bar Boanarges (son of thunder), it is said his fiery nature led him headlong, and head off, in conflict with Herod Agrippa.
Head in Jerusalem
Body in Santiago
07:52 PM - Jul 24, 2023
