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Academic | Author | Cultural commentator Opera. Classical music. Cultural history. The state of the arts today.

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What makes Classical music special among the arts? 🗣️ @alastairbenn.bsky.social is joined by Richard Bratby and @amwilson.bsky.social to discuss the inexhaustible complexity of the western musical tradition. 🎙️The case for Classical music | EI Podcasts engelsbergideas.com/podcast/ei-t...

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Does this place have a bookmark function?

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The Government is considering allowing AI companies to freely use your works, unless you opt-out. This is unfair and unworkable. Now is your chance to tell them what you think! Submit a response to their AI consultation using the guidance below. www.alcs.co.uk/news/your-ri...

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I have found one of the best organisms I have ever seen. Hololepta plana, which I have christened the Stupid Flat Idiot (intended affectionately, as one might refer to a sibling). Halfway between a beetle and a credit card. A dizzyingly wafer-thin beetle - like it's been run over in a cartoon.

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The Composers' Estate in Elstree, Hertfordshire. The smaller roads also include a Britten Close and a Walton Terrace. Unfortunately, the road layout means there's no way to get to Schubert Road without being driven round the Sullivan bend.

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A privilege to have known Bojan Bujić. A gentle man and a scholar of penetrating intelligence

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The Welsh Government has taken emergency action to head off the imminent existential danger to its entire university sector. Questions: (1) Will the other UK nations do the same? (2) What on Earth do they do next? £19m is very small when Cardiff University alone brings in £650m per year.

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A good new book about the truly terrifying experiences of musicians in Stalinist Russia. thecritic.co.uk/issues/febru...

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Interested in gaining research experience at the Library? Our PhD placement scheme for 2025 is now open, offering doctoral researchers the chance to develop skills and expertise outside the university sector. View the full list of projects and apply by 21 February: bit.ly/BLPhD2025

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MUSICOLOGISTS: Always interested in hearing pitches for @vanmusicmag.bsky.social from those working in academia who are interested in writing for a wider audience about things they're really passionate about. Email in bio, pitching guide below x van-magazine.com/contact-us/s...

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A report on an orchestra that vanished for @londonermag.bsky.social www.the-londoner.co.uk/london-chamb...

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♥️Competition time! A special Valentine's giveaway to cheer the gloomy days of mid-February. A signed copy of my Reynard the Fox, a gold-edged Fox for All Seasons journal, a box of Guylian Seashells, a Lindt heart full of truffles & an elegant fox companion. Simply like, share and follow to win! ♥️

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In Oxford tonight? Come to the Holywell Music Room at 8pm to hear this fantastic programme of incredibly varied choral music, from the Renaissance to today. Love in many different guises depicted.

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A super programme of extremely varied and unusual music, and definitely not about love in any soppy "hearts and flowers" sense! It would be great to see some of you Oxford music-lovers at the Holywell Music Room on Saturday night.

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A super programme of extremely varied and unusual music, and definitely not about love in any soppy "hearts and flowers" sense! It would be great to see some of you Oxford music-lovers at the Holywell Music Room on Saturday night.

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I did my PhD at Cardiff University. The support and opportunities which I received made me the researcher and university teacher that I am today. It is heart breaking to think of this world-leading department being under threat. Please sign if you are able: chng.it/yYTTDg7wvD

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Music under fire again. And I can tell you from experience that consultation is another word for fait accompli. Immense sympathy for and solidarity with colleagues there.

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OTD in early British television: The whole of the afternoon schedule on Monday 24 January 1938 was occupied by a presentation of act 2 of Richard Wagner’s music drama Tristan and Isolde. www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/otd-in-early...

submitted 36 days ago • 1 comment

Severance "payouts" are a myth. When I tell people about being made redundant, they make consoling noises about the "payout". No payout. Statutory legal minimum and not a penny more. I imagine managers, however, get a nice package.

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Oxford University Press will be awarding as many as 10 ECRs the opportunity to publish their first book in fully open access as well as in hardback. Today the website was revised to make clear that independent/unaffiliated scholars are eligible. Deadline March 3. academic.oup.com/pages/early-...

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During our redundancy consultation, as well as coming up with other constructive ideas for how the university might hold on to me and my research, I pushed hard for the launch of MRes programmes. I knew there were people out there who would be interested in taking a short research degree with us...

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