A brilliant and powerful article by @andrewkersley.bsky.social & @londonermag.bsky.social exploring the history of Notting Hill Genesis and its metamorphosis from fighting slum landlordism into a slum landlord itself.

www.the-londoner.co.uk/notting-hill...

SHAC on BBC News

Thx BBC London News & @meghanowen.bsky.social for report on outrageous overcharging by Notting Hill Genesis.

NHG claims that charging for a lift that doesn't exist is a 'budget error'. Laughable if it wasn't causing such misery!

#endservicechargeabuse

Now listening to Delius's Paris: The Song of a Great City. An outstanding mono version by Anthony Collins and a first class modern version by Andrew Davis on the player this evening.

Headline figure from today's new immigration stats is a fall of 460,000 or 33% in residence visas issued in 2024, compared with 2023.

See the immediate response to the numbers from
@migobs.bsky.social ⬇️

migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/press/migrat...

Get 25% off pre-orders of SUM OF US with Waterstones discount PREORDER25 ⬇️

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I'm very excited to announce that my new book SUM OF US: A History of the UK in Data will be published this April by Bridge Street Press/ Little Brown.

It feels very timely & future-facing considering it's a history book! I had a lot of fun writing it and I can't wait to hear people’s reactions.

I was curious to ask oboist and activist Katherine Needleman if anything had changed for her, after all she’s been through and heard about. Listen here: ttps://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/katherine-needleman
#Feminists

And that’s a wrap on #Götterdämmerung rehearsals for Christmas. We have a show! Now we will simply add lights, costumes and THREE MORE OPERAS.

bit.ly/RingTix

Merry Christmas everyone!

Why would you trust any politician that takes huge amounts of money every year from health insurance companies?

Believe us when we say it's deeply odd coming out of #Götterdämmerung rehearsals every day and stepping straight into ***CHRISTMAS***

Three Bruckners were approaching, and the wind began to howl...

Every year, Gramophone reviewers get to nominate a recording for the Critics' Choice feature in the December issue. This year I've picked the superb new recording of Bruckner's Fourth Symphony in its 1888 form conducted by Gerd Schaller.

Drei Bruckner sah ich am Himmel Steh'n....