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Apprendre le Lari, une langue de mon pays le Congo-Brazzaville.

I don’t think that most of the people who utter variations of the sentence “Jools Holland ruins everything with his boogie-woogie piano playing” truly believe it.

Edward Luttwak, the uncontained strategist trib.al/EQTKcIA

Excuse me for a minute now, it is time for my second enema. I am looking forward to it. More news to follow. Big drink on me tonight, your loving writer, Hanif x

Mercury (small dot) in front of the Sun

Mulling a column about Snooky Young's lead trumpet playing. What are the best examples on record throughout his career: Lunceford, Hampton, Basie, Thad/Mel, Quincy, Nelson, studio bands, etc.? cc: @jazz_trpt Darcy James Argue 🇺🇦 Peter Sokolowski Christian McBride

Twenty years to the day since this dead-eyed intellectual pygmy launched 'Operation Iraqi Freedom' under a pretext of ridding Iraq of the WMDs that would never materialize. A day that will live in infamy.

Sad news this morning as we announce the death of my dear uncle Peter Day, who for many years was a familiar voice on BBC Radio 4

Cleaning out my coat closet to do a seasonal goodwill run and I found a zoom recorder in a ziplock bag… odd but not too strange because I have lots of audio equipment, mics and recorders. But this one isn’t mine…

Ahmad Jamal was someone who always left me completely starstruck. I’ve stood in a room with him numerous times and never had the guts to say hello. His vibe was just too regal. Thank you, Mr. Jamal for all the music you gave us. 🙏🏾❤️ RIP.

the funky drummer 🙏🏾🙌🏾

Remembering the great Eric Dolphy who was born on this day in 1928. Here, he is performing “Better Git Hit in Your Soul” with Charles Mingus on bass, Booker Ervin on saxophone, Ted Curson on trumpet and Dannie Richmond on drums live at Antibes in 1960.

Guess what! @revjohndelore and I have been cooking up a thing. And it's early days, but Audio Flux is ready to share. And we're very lucky to have already worked with an amazing cohort and creative partner. And there's much (much) more to come! audioflux.org

Oh my goodness it’s 2pm and no one I mean no one has been into the bookshop today we’ve not sold a single book, this is a first in 4 years! Not after sympathy just telling you how it is because these kind of trading conditions have massive knock on’s for the entire industry.

This is terrible news, just 68. Kim was a remarkable and intrepid correspondent. I don’t think anyone matched his score of around 30 embeds with British troops in Afghanistan. And he did so much more, notably in Syria. The ultimate quiet professional independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

As a former reporter for ⁦BBC News (World)⁩, I can testify to the global importance of its radio service. Essential information for millions worldwide. theguardian.com/media/2024/oct…

14 years ago I recorded a series of interviews with people operating an suicide advice phone line for terminally ill people. This week, with the help of the brilliant Talia Augustidis, those interviews finally went on air on BBC Outlook. Listen here: bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3c…

Honored to share this insightful BBC World Service interview by Leo Hornak, offering an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at our work with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra as we prepared for the international premiere of the Democracy! Suite in Europe last March. Listen to the full