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Final night of Guys and Dolls with the most supremely talented band. Music at Shrewsbury School Performing Arts at Shrewsbury School

Tomorrow’s delight Music at Shrewsbury School in Alington Hall 730pm. Last few tickets left!! Tkts: ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/shrew…

Such a talented, remarkable and courageous bunch - so proud of them.

Join us tonight at 730 in Hallé St Peter's for some 😍🥹 music. - Tallis Lamentations - Cassandra Miller: The City, Full of People - David Lang: the little match girl.

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On route with Music at Shrewsbury School Chapel Choir, to sing Evensong at Westminster Abbey; an absolute honour for us and a tremendous pleasure.

Absolutely gorgeous! Congratulations to all the choir and the amazing Mr Robbins!

100mph of pride! What a team!!

I ADORE Paddy O'Connell. Long may he reign.

The takeaway here should not be that students are lazy. 18 year olds aren’t the problem. The problem is that universities have failed to make a persuasive case to their “customers” that they are educational institutions rather than companies that dispense “I’m employable” stamps.

Self defeating. Certain Oxford, Cambridge et al will benefit. bbc.com/news/articles/…

Rats march into sack latest.

Favourite line ‘Inclusivity should mean giving all students access to powerful knowledge, not validating underperformance as a form of empowerment.’

"My friends who pursued academic careers in English – no more apocalyptically disillusioned class of person exists – feel they are heirs to a ruined inheritance. They were preparing to take possession of great mansions of learning only to find the windows have been smashed, the

Like everyone else in the music world, I am so sad to hear about the departure of Alfred Brendel. He was a beacon of civilisation, a deeply cultured man who loved music passionately, shared that love widely and never compromised artistically or personally. He will be much missed.

Look, this is it. The humanities disciplines aren't toolkits, they're about being well-enough read that you have internalized a bunch of connections and can place new ideas in that web. They're also about being able to write convincingly on command. Exams are part of the process

Agree with every word. HS2 always wrong choice. I worked on "Eddington review", quoted here, which specifically warned against. Made worse by appalling lack of political leadership & planning insanity. We should be really, really angry. Political failure has made us much poorer

Thinking of Adam Curtis; ‘self-expression is the conformity of our age’ - MPs are less loyal to central party, and acting in self-interest has serious consequences for those in government. Collapse of collective responsibility is not just a Tory issue but a wider cross-party one.

This is a confected escalation by Nandy.

This. I’d love to see Giant. But fat chance.