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Here’s my review for @arcanadotfm.bsky.social of last night’s superb concert by Maria Schneider & Oslo Jazz Ensemble at @barbican.bsky.social performing pieces from her remarkable ‘Data Lords’ album considering digital and natural worlds. arcana.fm/2025/03/03/m...
In concert – Maria Schneider and Oslo Jazz Ensemble present ‘Data Lords’ @ The Barbican
Maria Schneider and Oslo Jazz Ensemble Barbican Hall, London, 2 March 2025 by John Earls. Photo credits (c) John Earls Maria Schneider is a distinct force. A passionate advocate of musicians’ owner…
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March 3, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Here’s my review for @arcanadotfm.bsky.social of last night’s superb concert by Maria Schneider & Oslo Jazz Ensemble at @barbican.bsky.social performing pieces from her remarkable ‘Data Lords’ album considering digital and natural worlds. arcana.fm/2025/03/03/m...
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If you missed the interview with Peter Eden earlier the stream is available to listen any time on this link, some fascinating stories and fabulous music , it was such a pleasure speaking and listening to this lovely man
If you missed the interview with Peter Eden earlier the stream is available to listen any time on this link, some fascinating stories and fabulous music , it was such a pleasure speaking and listening to this lovely man
March 3, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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If you missed the interview with Peter Eden earlier the stream is available to listen any time on this link, some fascinating stories and fabulous music , it was such a pleasure speaking and listening to this lovely man
If you missed the interview with Peter Eden earlier the stream is available to listen any time on this link, some fascinating stories and fabulous music , it was such a pleasure speaking and listening to this lovely man
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We’re advertising on buses at Heathrow Airport for all of 2025 and spreading the message about Byline Times.
December 13, 2024 at 11:48 AM
We’re advertising on buses at Heathrow Airport for all of 2025 and spreading the message about Byline Times.
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Sterling close to its highest value against the Euro since the Brexit referendum. Markets appear to be rewarding the prospect of long term British political stability. Not something you’ve been able to say for a while.
December 12, 2024 at 1:23 PM
Sterling close to its highest value against the Euro since the Brexit referendum. Markets appear to be rewarding the prospect of long term British political stability. Not something you’ve been able to say for a while.
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One thing which leaps out about this speech is how thoughtless and lazy it is. On the one hand talks of the importance of equality before the law, no matter "who you are or where you're from". Then criticises laws that means can't distinguish between citizens. You can't have both!
Perhaps not surprising that Kemi Badenoch would quote Baudelaire ("la plus belle des ruses du Diable est de vous persuader qu'il n'existe pas!", Le Spleen de Paris, 1869) without realising that this line had been lifted by the scriptwriters of The Usual Suspects.
An excerpt from a new Kemi Badenoch speech in which she says the Conservatives “talked Right, but governed Left” and appears to accuse her opponents of “smuggling” in communism:
December 6, 2024 at 2:08 PM
One thing which leaps out about this speech is how thoughtless and lazy it is. On the one hand talks of the importance of equality before the law, no matter "who you are or where you're from". Then criticises laws that means can't distinguish between citizens. You can't have both!
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So it turns out they spent £715 million on sending a grand total of FOUR volunteers to Rwanda.
For comparison, this is more than you could expect to spend on building an entire brand new hospital in the UK
For comparison, this is more than you could expect to spend on building an entire brand new hospital in the UK
In July, I FOI'd the Home Office for the full breakdown of spending on the Rwanda scheme
I was refused because the government planned to publish the data in future, and today is the day. These numbers are in millions
www.gov.uk/government/p...
I was refused because the government planned to publish the data in future, and today is the day. These numbers are in millions
www.gov.uk/government/p...
December 2, 2024 at 6:05 PM
So it turns out they spent £715 million on sending a grand total of FOUR volunteers to Rwanda.
For comparison, this is more than you could expect to spend on building an entire brand new hospital in the UK
For comparison, this is more than you could expect to spend on building an entire brand new hospital in the UK