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Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.

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Tchaikovsky’s heart of darkness | The Observer

The Philharmonia gives the composer’s strange and impressive card-trick opera a mood of doom. Plus, a masterclass in Schubert

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How about we start celebrating higher education as a nation? How about we start shouting, loudly, of the social good of higher education? How about we talk of the nurses, the doctors, the teachers, the social workers, educated at universities? How about we celebrate the artists, the writers, 1/

Last call for Ludlow! 🚂 The Ludlow English Song Weekend opens this Friday with Heart’s Haven, from Andrew Hamilton and Iain Burnside. Tickets: bit.ly/LESWtickets

Ludlow English Song Weekend@ludlowenglishsong.bsky.social · 2y ago

Rising star, baritone Andrew Hamilton returns to the UK from the Bayerische Staatsoper to open the festival, with our Artistic Director Iain Burnside at the piano. ‘Heart’s Haven’ features a cosmopolitan mix of English songs and songs in English, with an Italian flavour.

is it swan lake

Brian Stelter@brianstelter.bsky.social · last yr.

Here's how dramatic today's dismantling has been: Some of VOA’s local-language radio stations have stopped broadcasting news reports and switched over to music to fill the airtime, according to listeners.

Germany did destroy itself almost a century ago. It wasn’t because it took in too many migrants. It was because it fell for arguments uncomfortably close to Vance’s.

WarTranslated (Dmitri)@wartranslated.bsky.social · last yr.

"Europe is on the brink of civilizational suicide," US Vice President Vance told Fox News. "Countries don’t control borders, restrict free speech. If Germany takes in millions more incompatible migrants, it’ll destroy itself. America can’t save it."

Don't remember much about Hillbilly Elegy (J.D. Vance's 2016 book) but I knew there was a parable about the importance of standing up to bullies in there. I'm sure he meant it at the time.

Building a Library this afternoon for #andrewmcgregor on #radio3. Liszt Totentanz. Genius piece. A lot easier to talk about than to play.

“But the small single play that allows a writer to be themselves or rather – crucially – to become themselves is increasingly rare. A writer’s loss is an audience’s loss too…” www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

BBC radio drama is in grave danger. Without it we may lose the next generation of writing talent

Hundreds of hours of original plays have been cut from the corporation’s programming in recent years. If the trend continues, a valuable training ground for writers will be lost

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Brilliant thread

Gabrielius Landsbergis@glandsbergis.bsky.social · 2y ago

I want to tell you a story. In 2015, I was in the small Lithuanian city of Panevežys, standing with the locals, watching a military parade. But this was no ordinary parade, because marching alongside the Lithuanian troops were our American allies.🧵1/17

"Democracy will not go down without a fight" @kimlanelaw.bsky.social explains Trump’s power grab and what can be done to stop the destruction of American democracy in latest Democracy for Sale Highly recommended reading this in full democracyforsale.substack.com/p/the-poster...

“The poster child for autocracy”: how to understand Trump’s regime

Author and legal expert Kim Lane Schepelle explains Trump’s power grab and what can be done to stop the destruction of American democracy

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Spring is coming! The days are getting longer, and it's the perfect time to make plans that can sustain you through the last of the winter. Tickets are on sale now for Ludlow English Song Weekend. 3 days of world-class music in the glorious Shropshire countryside this April. Visit: bit.ly/3Q21l96

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Who made the decision to leave the EU?

So, here’s THE key question: Who made the decision for the UK to leave the EU? It wasn’t the referendum. The referendum, as agreed by Parliament, was advisory only and not legally capable of making an...

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After some New Year culture? Join a free online lecture from Cincinnati Song Initiative. Hear about Goethe's contribution to song with live musical illustrations - Tues Jan 14, 11.30pm GMT You don't have to stay up late to watch! You'll get a link to catch up anytime. Sign up: bit.ly/3C4pzfq

A reminder that there are FOURTEEN TIMES more Lib Dem MPs in Parliament than there are Reform MPs. Three times as many independents. And nearly as many Greens. We should not be paying so much attention to them.

Pity Farage wasn’t asked about this - he should be forced to own it @bbclaurak.bsky.social @theneweuropean.bsky.social

To be added to the list of things Liz Truss is wrong about:

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As Janey Godley has her funeral, here is her roasting Michelle Mone. 😂

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