Simon Heffer has written his classical music article again.
Gareth Ceredig
@garethceredig.bsky.social
||: Words-Music :|| Cold Case Crime Cuts / We Forced A Bot / The Naked Week / The Skewer and so off. Also plays in orchestras in exchange for money.
Tomorrow at 15.45, then forever after* on BBC Sounds. Decipher the secret hidden message to win BIG CASH PRIZES 💲💲💲, a guided tour of Broadcasting House, and your own 10-part podcast series with a convicted felon. *for one year
Gareth Ceredig@garethceredig.bsky.social · 2w agoA new thing on R4 next Friday. It's a devastating exploration of grief and childhood traumahahahahaaa no, not really. It's about a bunch of idiots and a bridge. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
A new thing on R4 next Friday. It's a devastating exploration of grief and childhood traumahahahahaaa no, not really. It's about a bunch of idiots and a bridge. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Short Works, Take It to the Bridge
A brand-new satirical comedy by Gareth Ceredig. Read by Rebecca Front.
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TELEGRAPH EXCLUSIVE: "Vile and depraved" travel correspondent fails to condemn pun in cancer headline
Good grief, but when Tom Wolfe was good he was ludicrously, luridly good. This line alone deserves its own UFC fight, but really the entire collection is brilliant; a cavalcade of queasy counter- (and counter-counter-) culture Americana. Vegas and demolition derbies and Phil Spector, oh my!
Your occasional reminder that there's a dentist in Florida (of course) called Herbert C. Mantooth. That is all. Go in peace.
Incredible one-two punch from today's Telegraph feature columnists: 1) I am the stupidest man to have ever lived 2) I have given explosives to kids
First time attending Trooping the Colour. Horse Guards Parade looking magnificent. #blessed #godsavetheking
Your periodic reminder that the phrase "political columnist" derives from the Old Norse word "pjolkalmniisti", which translates as "child too stupid to fit fork in toaster".
Nice try, The Telegraph, but this is quite clearly the same person.
Thought about this again. Still utter cobblers. Still furious.
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Very pleasingly, this has won a gold thing for best documentary at the New York Festivals awards, despite not being (but also being) a documentary. Hard to explain, just go listen. Co-worded with the excellent @anc1entmarinade.bsky.social and @jonholmes.bsky.social. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Illuminated - Fantasy Park: Fifty Years On - BBC Sounds
The greatest rock concert ever? Bob Harris hears the story.
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FUTURE ADAM CURTIS: This is the last known photograph of HS2. It was taken in May 2026, shortly before Birmingham was plunged into eternal darkness beneath a trillion uncollected bin bags. The first train arrived in 2040, coinciding with the extinction of the last surviving German Christmas market.
Say that bit again, Robbo, you big Doppler effect you. What utter dross being handed down by our nation's oh-so-sodding-esteemed fourth estate. A foghorn of nothing. A firehose of breathless bilge. A guesseract of droning womp-wompery.
Had enough of the deluge of hyperventilating Westminster unjournalism? I'd recommend switching over to Birmingham University's live feed of nesting peregrine falcons for a more nuanced, restful and - let's be honest - no less factual viewing experience. www.youtube.com/live/4dsZIFf...
Live Peregrine Falcon BirdCam | University of Birmingham
YouTube video by University of Birmingham
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This is a real treat - fascinating and beautifully put together. You'll enjoy it if you're a fan of one or more of the following: music, words, films, saxophones, taxis, drivers (the car kind, not the golf kind) and the American pronunciation of "Bernard". 📻 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Between the Ears - One Last Score - Bernard Herrmann and Taxi Driver - BBC Sounds
The story of Bernard Herrmann's final work for Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver.
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Hey, choral societies! Stop doing this sort of naff, anaemic, cut-price cowboy garbage. Most of you need *more* covering fire, not less. You've got 1000 years of music to choose from; pretty sure you can find something worth singing that's not a colossal kick in the nads to the original composer.
Yes, happy birthday to the esteemed conductor, scholar, landowner, workplace bully and all-England, four-dimensional, tungsten-tipped c**t. Don't you go dying on me just yet, big guy. I'm saving up for a parade float and a skywriter.
Let's stick Welsh National Opera's new season announcement through the ArtsSpeak Bullshit Translator®, because it's a belter... "bold new era" / "new chapter" = no money "powerful rebirth" = on life support "progressive" = part-time "reimagined" / "reshaped" = barely an opera company any more
