John Andrews
@jkaconductor.bsky.social
Multi-award-winning conductor; usually to be found unearthing lost musical treasures, or serving his feline overlords.
Preaching to the converted here chaps…
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www.independent.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Preaching to the converted here chaps…
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Holy shit.
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Live Updates: Newly Released Records Detail Chaos During Fatal ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Holy shit.
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
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Former Guardian and Prospect editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger has joined The New World (formerly The New European) as editor-at-large pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/m...
Alan Rusbridger joins The New World as editor-at-large
Former Guardian and Prospect editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger has joined The New World as editor-at-large writing essays and analysis.
pressgazette.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Former Guardian and Prospect editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger has joined The New World (formerly The New European) as editor-at-large pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/m...
Showing my age, but perfect...
"And we now have María on the line who would like to swap a Nobel Peace Prize for the presidency of Venezuela..."
January 16, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Showing my age, but perfect...
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Job Opportunity! We're looking for a Graduate Trainee Librarian
#libraryjob
www.trin.cam.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...
#libraryjob
www.trin.cam.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...
Graduate Trainee Librarian
(One-year fixed term contract, full-time) Trinity College Library wishes to appoint an enthusiastic Graduate Trainee for one year from September 2026. The post offers an ideal opportunity to gain a…
www.trin.cam.ac.uk
January 7, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Job Opportunity! We're looking for a Graduate Trainee Librarian
#libraryjob
www.trin.cam.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...
#libraryjob
www.trin.cam.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...
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David Lynch (20 janv. 1946 - 16 janv. 2025) 💔💖
© Nadav Kander
© Nadav Kander
January 16, 2026 at 10:59 AM
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A really remarkable interview. Enormous love and respect to Ben for being so open about what he has suffered and how he has learned to cope.
This interview with conductor Ben Glassberg by my colleague Elisabeth Schwarz is well worth your time and a salutary reminder of the pressures performers face under the social media microscope: bachtrack.com/interview-be...
January 16, 2026 at 10:56 AM
A really remarkable interview. Enormous love and respect to Ben for being so open about what he has suffered and how he has learned to cope.
Whole all eyes are on Grok, it’s worth noting that FB regularly offers me AI-created models in bikinis in the “suggested reels”….
January 16, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Whole all eyes are on Grok, it’s worth noting that FB regularly offers me AI-created models in bikinis in the “suggested reels”….
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We’re back today, with JS Mill (and as we’ll hear Harriet Taylor Mill) on the case for personal liberty and the limits of state interference. The presenter is Misha Glenny www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, On Liberty
John Stuart Mill's argument for the limits of power that society has over the individual.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 15, 2026 at 7:38 AM
We’re back today, with JS Mill (and as we’ll hear Harriet Taylor Mill) on the case for personal liberty and the limits of state interference. The presenter is Misha Glenny www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
One thing that surprises me (living in just such a borough) is that I haven’t heard from any of the parties apart from the Greens since the election.
January 15, 2026 at 9:46 AM
One thing that surprises me (living in just such a borough) is that I haven’t heard from any of the parties apart from the Greens since the election.
First the Swedes (yes, the people who have been content to relax in the sauna for two centuries) and now the Germans…
Germany to send reconnaissance troops to Greenland, government says www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Germany to send reconnaissance troops to Greenland, government says
Germany will send its first soldiers to Greenland on Thursday, a government spokesperson said on Wednesday, after Sweden and Norway announced similar moves following demands by President Donald Trump ...
www.reuters.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:31 PM
First the Swedes (yes, the people who have been content to relax in the sauna for two centuries) and now the Germans…
I know this is hardly th point, but who names military equipment after someone who killed himself after falling out with his commanding officer...?
War is coming and Ajax needs fixing now, MP and former Army officer warns Carns
The MP's warning came at the end of a list of 37 queries, which also saw Mr Carns challenged on the status of the investigation into £5.5bn Ajax programme.
www.forcesnews.com/services/arm...
The MP's warning came at the end of a list of 37 queries, which also saw Mr Carns challenged on the status of the investigation into £5.5bn Ajax programme.
www.forcesnews.com/services/arm...
War is coming and Ajax needs fixing now, MP and former Army officer warns Carns
The minister was questioned by MPs during a parliamentary debate on the future of the troubled £5.5bn armoured fighting vehicle programme
www.forcesnews.com
January 14, 2026 at 8:09 PM
I know this is hardly th point, but who names military equipment after someone who killed himself after falling out with his commanding officer...?
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I note that Finland have neither confirmed nor denied whether their forces will be present in Greenland.
January 14, 2026 at 7:24 PM
I note that Finland have neither confirmed nor denied whether their forces will be present in Greenland.
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I missed this lovely news in the New Years’ Honours; obviously should have been made a Lord though….
January 14, 2026 at 7:33 AM
I missed this lovely news in the New Years’ Honours; obviously should have been made a Lord though….
From the Greens is quite the journey…
Another Merseyside Reform UK defection just announced
This time it is a St Helens councillor joining Nigel Farage's Party from the Greens...
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
This time it is a St Helens councillor joining Nigel Farage's Party from the Greens...
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
Another Merseyside Reform win as councillor joins from Greens
Nigel Farage's party has already announced the arrival of three Wirral councillors this morning
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
January 14, 2026 at 10:54 AM
From the Greens is quite the journey…
I feel this so strongly. So many lovely places that I want to flourish without actually having any more people go there....
The Bamburgh Paradox: you want to tell everyone how wonderful it is and that they should go, but you also quite like it when you go there and there’s no one there.
January 14, 2026 at 8:49 AM
I feel this so strongly. So many lovely places that I want to flourish without actually having any more people go there....
I missed this lovely news in the New Years’ Honours; obviously should have been made a Lord though….
January 14, 2026 at 7:33 AM
I missed this lovely news in the New Years’ Honours; obviously should have been made a Lord though….
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You travel back in time. You see Shakespeare’s plays staged for the first time, as he intended. What choice would you be most aggrieved to learn was actually his intention? For me, it would be if Lear killed the Fool.
January 13, 2026 at 10:43 PM
You travel back in time. You see Shakespeare’s plays staged for the first time, as he intended. What choice would you be most aggrieved to learn was actually his intention? For me, it would be if Lear killed the Fool.
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BBC news reports several LibDem MPs deciding to quit X this week
Layla Moran (LD, Oxford W & Abingdon)
Alex Brewer (LD, NE Hampshire)
Danny Chambers (LD, Winchester)
Lee Dillon (LD, Newbury)
Freddie van Mierlo (LD, Henley)
Vikki Slade (LD, Mid Dorset & North Poole)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Layla Moran (LD, Oxford W & Abingdon)
Alex Brewer (LD, NE Hampshire)
Danny Chambers (LD, Winchester)
Lee Dillon (LD, Newbury)
Freddie van Mierlo (LD, Henley)
Vikki Slade (LD, Mid Dorset & North Poole)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
South MPs quit X over Grok sexualised images and 'misogyny'
The MPs are leaving X amid reports its AI Grok feature is being used to make sexualised images.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 13, 2026 at 10:38 PM
BBC news reports several LibDem MPs deciding to quit X this week
Layla Moran (LD, Oxford W & Abingdon)
Alex Brewer (LD, NE Hampshire)
Danny Chambers (LD, Winchester)
Lee Dillon (LD, Newbury)
Freddie van Mierlo (LD, Henley)
Vikki Slade (LD, Mid Dorset & North Poole)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Layla Moran (LD, Oxford W & Abingdon)
Alex Brewer (LD, NE Hampshire)
Danny Chambers (LD, Winchester)
Lee Dillon (LD, Newbury)
Freddie van Mierlo (LD, Henley)
Vikki Slade (LD, Mid Dorset & North Poole)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Sources tell CBS that the massacre in Iran could reach 20,000 people. The figure of 12,000 is a minimum. #IranMassacre
January 13, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Sources tell CBS that the massacre in Iran could reach 20,000 people. The figure of 12,000 is a minimum. #IranMassacre
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Donald Trump and figures on the UK and international right have long painted London as a dangerous city where crime is out of control
But in 2025, the homicide rate dropped to a record low. I interviewed the Met Police commissioner and mayor on perception vs reality
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/w...
But in 2025, the homicide rate dropped to a record low. I interviewed the Met Police commissioner and mayor on perception vs reality
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/w...
Trump Says London is Unsafe. Its Murder Rate Just Hit a Historic Low.
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Donald Trump and figures on the UK and international right have long painted London as a dangerous city where crime is out of control
But in 2025, the homicide rate dropped to a record low. I interviewed the Met Police commissioner and mayor on perception vs reality
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/w...
But in 2025, the homicide rate dropped to a record low. I interviewed the Met Police commissioner and mayor on perception vs reality
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/w...