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Mark Jepson
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*Concerned at what is happening to society just now*.

Interest in books generally, antiquarian books, music. opera, politics, history, outdoors, art, languages.

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Niet het beste weer in Lübeck, maar toch leuk om in de stad van Thomas Mann te lopen en het Buddenbrookhaus te zien.
August 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Thomas Mann is 150 jaar geleden geboren. Zijn furieus, literair briljant verzet tegen de Nazi's trekt aandacht, mede dankzij de eerste Nederlandse vertaling van zijn hoogst actuele bundel 'Achtung Europa!' uit 1938. #BetrouwbareBronnen mét de eerste druk daarvan! vriendvandeshow.nl/bb/episodes/...
August 5, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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10. 8. 1948

„Große Abneigung, nachmittags noch irgend etwas zu tun.“

Thomas Mann, Tagebuch.
August 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Watched "Letter from an Unknown Woman" (1948), currently showing on iPlayer. Although filmed entirely in Hollywood, the evocation of old Vienna is beautifully done. I particularly liked the moment where young Lisa, played by Joan Fontaine, inspects the photographs of Brahms and Mahler on the wall.
August 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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For the music-minded, a review of the Vienna Philharmonic under Andris Nelsons. The program: Mahler and Shostakovich. newcriterion.com/dispatch/two...
Two No. 10s (only one of them complete) | The New Criterion
On a concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, led by Andris Nelsons.
newcriterion.com
August 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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The case of Alma Mahler-Werfel “dramatizes how opportunity, environment, and other contingencies shape artistic careers.” Alex Ross reassesses the life and work of the most legendary widow of the 20th century.
The Aesthetic Empire of Alma Mahler-Werfel
Notorious for her marriages and affairs, the widow of genius is gaining new attention for her music.
www.newyorker.com
August 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Thrilling moments in #Mahler 3 at the Proms - Beth Taylor, wow! - AND I managed to manoeuvre past the tall blokes in the Arena. Ready for a sit down now
August 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Sunday Classical Music

Zemlinsky: The Mermaid

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFBM...
#ClassicalMusic
#Peace
Zemlinsky - Die Seejungfrau | Ingo Metzmacher | WDR Sinfonieorchester
YouTube video by ARD Klassik
www.youtube.com
April 6, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Hey y’all! You’re in my new starter pack. Please open the pack, follow all and don’t forget to RP! Thank you!
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April 6, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Ukraine is vulnerable now and needs the support of all free people.
They have sacrificed troops and civilians defending not only themselves, but Europe, including the United States.
The Trump regime clearly does not see the connection between U.S. security and Ukraine's success in Europe.
February 14, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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April 2, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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“I’ll listen as long as Booker keeps talking!”
(Schumer takes the mic)
“I could turn it off for awhile …”

#DemVibes
April 1, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Vesti la giubba
April 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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New to Bluesky? Love books? I've compiled a couple of starter packs of interesting British and Irish-based accounts to follow - a selection of writers, industry staff, agents, publishers, bookshops, organisations - just click through and 'Follow All'. This is the 2nd pack go.bsky.app/96xUXZD
November 22, 2024 at 6:20 PM
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Search for starter packs for the things that interest you. I found this one searching "starter pack books". go.bsky.app/R8GJ7SJ
January 23, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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Looking for some new authors to obsess over in 2025? Here’s my starter packs with some of this year’s debuts! Can’t wait to read their books #BookSky

go.bsky.app/RYHeizd
January 2, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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For #writers and folks who love all things #bookish, I have two #SmallPress starter packs: Small Press: go.bsky.app/S4HKBuC Academic Press: go.bsky.app/EoXRRgy plus one for Writers' Organizations: go.bsky.app/2uiSCde and I post daily #SmallPress #books info under #DSPBposts.

📚🌍 🌈📚 #Booksky 💙📚 🪐📚
March 2, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Not good!
March 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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@leweswasp.bsky.social Hi Lorna. You are my first follower on here and I'm delighted to meet you. I've over 5000 followers on X and am hoping that many will join me here too. What do you love to read? This is my current book
March 8, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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@thatwriterguy.bsky.social hi Mike and a warm welcome to our Devon Book Club community. Your writing looks exciting. I'd love to hear more about that and what you love to read
March 9, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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"If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people." -- Virginia Woolf
March 9, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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Love this. It all begins with self-awareness
"If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people." -- Virginia Woolf
March 9, 2025 at 8:41 AM