Lyn Strutt
@conciselyn.bsky.social
Some day you'll clamour for my grammar.
Work: Editor || ELT || Education
http://linkedin.com/in/lynstrutt/
Play: musical theatre (a lot of it Sondheim)
she/her
Work: Editor || ELT || Education
http://linkedin.com/in/lynstrutt/
Play: musical theatre (a lot of it Sondheim)
she/her
At least they didn’t use ‘less’!
January 21, 2026 at 11:22 AM
At least they didn’t use ‘less’!
I remember it, but have to admit I didn’t go and look.
January 17, 2026 at 8:46 PM
I remember it, but have to admit I didn’t go and look.
OK, I've waited long enough; now I'll have to ask. Who is the someone?
January 17, 2026 at 7:46 PM
OK, I've waited long enough; now I'll have to ask. Who is the someone?
I hope you’re planning a trip to Paris as a reward after it’s all finished. 🥐
January 16, 2026 at 11:35 PM
I hope you’re planning a trip to Paris as a reward after it’s all finished. 🥐
You mean I've been using all this time for dreading when I could have been doing something else?
January 16, 2026 at 12:44 PM
You mean I've been using all this time for dreading when I could have been doing something else?
I was rather hoping you had some secret powers. Not that I was asking you to use them on our behalf, of course ... 😁
January 16, 2026 at 12:43 PM
I was rather hoping you had some secret powers. Not that I was asking you to use them on our behalf, of course ... 😁
I just came back to this to to wonder whether you had a crystal ball and this ticket was for Sunday in the Park. But I think not.
January 16, 2026 at 12:09 PM
I just came back to this to to wonder whether you had a crystal ball and this ticket was for Sunday in the Park. But I think not.
That’s quite an outfit for skiing.
January 14, 2026 at 11:45 PM
That’s quite an outfit for skiing.
Just sent you a late Christmas present. 🎁
January 6, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Just sent you a late Christmas present. 🎁
Every New Year, I get furious that Julia is still not a Dame.
December 30, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Every New Year, I get furious that Julia is still not a Dame.
Thanks for posting this. I saw this production on stage when I was *much* younger than I am now, and before I adored Sondheim as much as I do now. I only have vague memories of it visually, so this will be a treat.
December 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Thanks for posting this. I saw this production on stage when I was *much* younger than I am now, and before I adored Sondheim as much as I do now. I only have vague memories of it visually, so this will be a treat.
‘the Central-European Christmas course’
Thanks for the brain-stretching diversion this has offered in a busy month!
Assuming this is the last one, I do hope I’ve been playing correctly: thinking up my own second mentions rather than reporting ones I’ve read. If not, oops!
Thanks for the brain-stretching diversion this has offered in a busy month!
Assuming this is the last one, I do hope I’ve been playing correctly: thinking up my own second mentions rather than reporting ones I’ve read. If not, oops!
December 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
‘the Central-European Christmas course’
Thanks for the brain-stretching diversion this has offered in a busy month!
Assuming this is the last one, I do hope I’ve been playing correctly: thinking up my own second mentions rather than reporting ones I’ve read. If not, oops!
Thanks for the brain-stretching diversion this has offered in a busy month!
Assuming this is the last one, I do hope I’ve been playing correctly: thinking up my own second mentions rather than reporting ones I’ve read. If not, oops!
I first saw it’s as an amateur production last year and fell in love with it, then a drama school student production this year, before the film of the Broadway show (now seen that twice). I think it’s one of my favourite Sondheims.
December 24, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I first saw it’s as an amateur production last year and fell in love with it, then a drama school student production this year, before the film of the Broadway show (now seen that twice). I think it’s one of my favourite Sondheims.
How about a ‘classic chocolate-bar collection‘?
December 23, 2025 at 11:55 PM
How about a ‘classic chocolate-bar collection‘?
Had to do some research for these:
'the aureate offering'
'the scented solidified sap'
and
'the aromatic embalming essence'
'the aureate offering'
'the scented solidified sap'
and
'the aromatic embalming essence'
December 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Had to do some research for these:
'the aureate offering'
'the scented solidified sap'
and
'the aromatic embalming essence'
'the aureate offering'
'the scented solidified sap'
and
'the aromatic embalming essence'
‘the stratified seasonal sweet’
December 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
‘the stratified seasonal sweet’
Unless it's a statement, with 'corner' as a verb. But I suppose then it needs a full stop.
December 21, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Unless it's a statement, with 'corner' as a verb. But I suppose then it needs a full stop.
Did the FT steal it though? @secondmentions.bsky.social had it on here in their Christmas countdown three days before it was in the newspaper.
December 21, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Did the FT steal it though? @secondmentions.bsky.social had it on here in their Christmas countdown three days before it was in the newspaper.