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Stonehenge
Stonehenge
TimothΓ©e Chalamet triggers backlash over ballet and opera remarks www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
She walks with her best friend 5 days a week - the highlight of her day !
Off to the opera tonight
Phoebe waiting for her best friend
Itβs so bracingly reassuring to see the Daily Telegraph bravely defend the enduring priorities of the bourgeoisie in a time of international crisis
(And btw Missusβsack your husband)
Atmospheric black and white photo of a ruined castle, on top of cliffs over looking the sea, with dark clouds above.
The romantic ruins of Dunskey Castle, perch on cliffs looking over the North Channel to Ireland. Built in the 14th C by the Adairs, the castle was burnt in 1489 by Cutter McCulloch of Myrton and rebuilt in 1510.
#blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland
European Hare (Lepus europaeus) This large hare species is native to Europe & Asia. It is a mammal of open country. A herbivore, it feeds mainly on grasses & herbs. Primarily nocturnal, during the day hares hide in a depression known as a "form". Fantastic photo taken by Simon Litten in the UK #hare
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio: The United States continues to sell weapons to Ukraine. We do not sell weapons to Russia, and we do not sanction Ukraine.
The Constitution clearly gives Congress the power to spend taxpayer funds, and no law allows the president to halt if he feels some US states arenβt being βgood stewardsβ of the money.
In case thereβs any confusion on this, the Impoundment Control Act forbids it.
Taxation without representation.
"We want Starmer to stand up in Parliament and say 'we, the government, wish to strongly apologise'..."
Nuclear test veterans Brian Unthank and John Morris ask for a prime ministerial apology and a "church service in memory of all our comrades who have died".
#Newsnight
Nasa targets early March to send humans back around the Moon www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
God, I've only just used to using Bluesky!
#NowPlaying Seeing the evening out with Thomas Tallis. "Spem in Alium" still sounds like nothing else on Earth, a beautiful multi-faceted jewel of a piece; in one sense almost impossible to get hold of and, yet, managing to be perfectly logical in construction at the same time.
Updated list of classical big boxes spotted in the future releases lists:
Barenboim/Warner (37)
Gavrilov/Warner (21)
Haitink/LPO/Decca (31)
Harnoncourt/Warner (29)
Kocian Quartet/Praga (31)
RodziΕski/Decca (25)
RogΓ©/Decca (43)
Stein/Decca (15)
Romantic Piano Concerto/Hyperion (50)
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Haitink or Harnoncourt are calling
Thanks Christian - much appreciated as always π