The Labour government’s Planning and Infrastructure Bill: A land grab. This includes compulsory purchase by public bodies & governments (local & national) to buy land (which includes the green belt, farmland and also allotments) at low agricultural value rather than full hope

It’s Battle of Britain Day, when the world pauses to remember the huge debt it owes to the Hawker Hurricane. Repeat please.

Rest in peace, Patricia Routledge 🙏🏻 In memory of her, I encourage everyone to read these words of hers from February last year. Whether young or old, you're bound to get something out of it. ***** "I’ll be turning 95 this coming Monday. In my younger years, I was often

Wes Streeting has ordered an urgent review after 22 foreign drs working for the NHS were found to have been banned from medical practise in their home countries. How were these people cleared to practise in the UK?

Less than two weeks to go until our first concert showcasing #Palestrina and other voices of the #Renaissance. We'll be showcasing Palestrina's Missa Papae Marcelli along with #Aleotti, #Casulana, #Cesis & more! Two opportunities to hear us: Pusey House and All Saints in #Brill!

Opus 48 is getting ready for another year of inspiring choral music here in Oxford. Four concerts, spanning centuries of music - from familiar favourites to modern discoveries. Our 2025–26 Season goes on sale this week - it’s going to be a special one. 👏🎶

Other work by the Ladybird artists Forestry Commission booklet, 1968 Artist: CF Tunnicliffe

Hugely looking forward to performing this programme a week tomorrow Pusey House - some music you'll know, quite a bit you may not so come along and find a new favourite! vox-choir-oxford.co.uk/concerts

Oxford Pro Musica Singers University of Oxford Instruments of Time and Truth What a smashing programme .... sadly we overlap again, have a good one!

Tickets for all concerts are now on sale, perfect for the gift of music at #Christmas. Concert tickets make excellent gifts ....😉👍🎁

Picture perfect. London in the 1950s.

The winner of the Opera Award is the recording of Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer from Norwegian Opera, featuring Lise Davidsen and Gerald Finley, and conducted by Edward Gardner #GramoAwards LiseDavidsen Gerald Finley Decca Classics gramophone.co.uk/awards/gramoph…

Today ought to have been Dmitri Hvorostovsky’s 63rd birthday.

Deep joy hearing the unmistakable steely chocolate luxuriance of Mr Gerald Finley singing #Beethoven to start BBC Radio 3 #Breakfast this morning. More please Tom McKinney, more please!!

So this is where we are this morning. Keir Starmer's position literally is: a) Matthew Collins was asked to provide additional evidence on the China threat by the CPS. b) Collins failed to discuss this with either his boss, or Ministers. c) Collins unilaterally cut and pasted

An optical illusion by Spanish visual artist Gonzalo Borondo, awarded as the best urban artwork in France.

Just a couple of days until the first outing for our Autumn programme Pusey House. Plenty of gorgeous music to look out for including the stunning #Palestina #MissaPapaeMarcelli so we look forward to welcoming you on Sunday 19th October at 5pm.

I miss a lot of “old fashioned” things, beautiful clothes, aesthetically pleasing buildings, people taking pride in their appearance and environment. But above all I miss some of our “old fashioned” British values: honour, manners, civility, earning respect (not demanding it)

This is a marble sculpture

The scale of the enormous flag flown on the Spanish ship, the San Ildefonso, during the Battle of Trafalgar. It was captured by the Royal Navy on 21st October 1805 and measures nearly 33 feet wide and 47.5 feet long.