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Leonora
@toomuchsinging.bsky.social
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Expert procrastinator with a tendency to think about music rather than work. Often found humming random bits of Bach or Purcell while walking down the street.
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Leonora @toomuchsinging.bsky.social · 7d
My second-year uni accommodation is number five on this list! Not the most beautiful building in Cambridge, but I loved living there. My ground floor room was surrounded by garden (or the 'Deer Park' as it was known, despite its complete lack of deer). www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Thumping ambition – and demolition: 10 high-rises that changed modern Britain
Eyesores and scandalously unsafe? Or utopian housing for the working classes? Here are the stories and scandals behind some of the UK’s most revolutionary homes
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Leonora @toomuchsinging.bsky.social · 7d
Yes, I noticed that the other day!
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Leonora @toomuchsinging.bsky.social · 7d
Wonderful to switch on the radio a few minutes ago and hear @musicasecreta.bsky.social singing as I was cooking tea.
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Leonora @toomuchsinging.bsky.social · 9d
I always think of clouds like that above the Thames as being a flotilla of sky-ships.
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Leonora @toomuchsinging.bsky.social · 10d
A brilliant piece about autism from Rhiannon Lucy Coslett, to counter all the negative coverage the condition is getting. As the mother of two autistic children (one only recently diagnosed), their wonderful autistic quirks are what I love most about them. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Autistic people could teach Donald Trump a thing or two about focus, facts and empathy | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
While not without its challenges, autism isn’t a curse to be cured of, as the likes of the President and RFK Jr want us to believe, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
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Leonora @toomuchsinging.bsky.social · 11d
I'm not going to pretend I'm hugely familiar with his music, but I've sung his Viderunt Omnes (In fact there's a group of us who perform it nearly every December in Trafalgar Square as part of our carol singing) and Vox in Rama, and they're both wonderful.
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Leonora @toomuchsinging.bsky.social · 11d
Too true. I'm a translator (alongside being an author), and I've seen my income plummet over the past few years, largely as a result of AI. It's rare these days that I get to concerts, as I simply can't afford to risk spending money when I don't know where my next income is coming from. It's scary.
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Leonora @toomuchsinging.bsky.social · 12d
A real shame you missed it. It was absolutely spectacular. I had goosebumps for nearly the entire thing, and was close to tears at one point. I only had a cheap seat behind a pillar, but it was totally worth it.
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Leonora @toomuchsinging.bsky.social · 12d
I have just been to see @ifagiolini.bsky.social perform Monteverdi's Vespers, and it was complete and utter musical perfection.
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Leonora @toomuchsinging.bsky.social · 16d
In Thai candy floss is 'silk threads'.
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Leonora @toomuchsinging.bsky.social · 21d
Off to the march (ok, so it looks like an owl. But I had all of 5 minutes to make this, and I don’t suppose owls like him either).
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Leonora @toomuchsinging.bsky.social · 24d
An alumnus of my old college (where my sister - state educated, gay, left-wing and autistic, and very much not fitting the college's mould - became the first female organ scholar, back in 1989)!
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Leonora @toomuchsinging.bsky.social · 24d
Even my octogenarian mum, who's a lifelong Labour voter and who rates our local MP highly (as do I), is now saying she'll vote Green next time round.
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Leonora @toomuchsinging.bsky.social · 25d
Just catching up with this now. In Thai (my second language), quite a few animal names are in fact iconic - a cat is a แมว (maew), a cow is a วัว (wua), a sheep is a แกะ (geh - a little like 'get' without the 't'), a goat is a แพะ (peh - 'pet' without the 't') etc.
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Leonora @toomuchsinging.bsky.social · 25d
That sounds wonderfully intriguing for you! Happy Birthday for next week (assuming it's your birthday you're celebrating)!
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Leonora @toomuchsinging.bsky.social · 25d
By this afternoon, when I passed by Lambeth Bridge, it was packed with the terrifying sight of hundreds of far-right protesters draped in England flags. Horrific to see such a thing anywhere, let alone so close to my doorstep.
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Leonora @toomuchsinging.bsky.social · 25d
I just saw them in the flesh when I was out running earlier. The sheer numbers were truly terrifying (had I realised that they would be so near my house I would have planned my own mini counter-demonstration. As it was, I just mumbled a pathetic 'I hate racists' as they went past).
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Leonora @toomuchsinging.bsky.social · 25d
Signed
actionnetwork.org/petitions/e8...
Sign the open letter: Women against the far right
The far right is using women's safety as a weapon to spread racism and division. They are not defenders of women—they exploit violence against women and children to push hate. Together we can stand wi...
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 26d
Add your message and we will deliver it to Number 10 to show the strength of feeling in our communities. ✍️

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Urge the PM: Defend our Communities from Hate
We’re gathering messages for the Prime Minister to show him Britain stands for unity, fairness and safe communities. Add yours today.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 26d
Eurovision embodies a culture of unity, defiance & joy.

To platform Israel, a state carrying out genocide in Gaza, killing 64,000+ people & silencing journalists on that stage, is obscene.

The BBC must join Irish state broadcaster others in saying: no genocide in Eurovision.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 26d
Eurovision should stand for peace, joy and shared humanity — not complicity in genocide. The BBC must withdraw from coverage if Israel is allowed to participate.

Full statement 👉 bit.ly/eurovisionBBC
Eurovision should stand for peace, joy and shared humanity — not complicity in genocide. The BBC must withdraw from coverage if Israel is allowed to participate.
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Leonora @toomuchsinging.bsky.social · 28d
@byekitty.bsky.social Have you seen this? Apparently they need a couple more altos.
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Patrick Allies @patrickallies.bsky.social · 28d
Leading a workshop on Tuesday in central London if anyone is looking to ease themselves back into singing this term. Wonderful music by Tallis.
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Leonora @toomuchsinging.bsky.social · 28d
This should be brilliant. Of all the choir workshops I've attended, Patrick's stand out as being among the very best, and the music is to die for.
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Patrick Allies @patrickallies.bsky.social · 28d
Leading a workshop on Tuesday in central London if anyone is looking to ease themselves back into singing this term. Wonderful music by Tallis.
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Leonora @toomuchsinging.bsky.social · 29d
Reposting this because it should never, ever become normalised, or just background news. Nobody would attempt such a crossing unless they were desperate. We need safe routes, and we need them now.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 29d
Four dead, including two children, attempting to cross Channel to UK in last 24 hours
Four dead, including two children, attempting to cross Channel to UK in last 24 hours
Attempts to cross Channel from France to UK have been particularly high for several days, say French authorities Four people including two children have died in two separate incidents while trying to cross the Channel to the UK in the last 24 hours, while three others are missing in a third incident. On Tuesday night off the coast of Sangatte, France, three people lost their lives while travelling on a dinghy with 38 people on board. Three others are missing after an incident in Neufchâtel-Hardelot, France, on a boat with 115 people on board. Continue reading...
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Leonora @toomuchsinging.bsky.social · Sep 8
There's also a 'Cold War - Everything You Wanted to Know' episode of the @historyextra.bsky.social podcast that might be worth checking out (my teen doesn't get on with history podcasts, but personally I love History Extra).
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