The BBC censored my line about Trump's corruption, turned off the comment section on YouTube, and sat on the video versions for three weeks...
... still, I’m genuinely glad to see so many people watching (and commenting on) my Reith Lectures 🥳.
Here's the first one:
Je begon als Cabaretier, opeens dook je de politiek in en nu sta je, in Nederland, ernstig gewonde veteranen te bedanken. Als gezicht van de natie, als teken van hoop. Ik heb niets dan bewondering voor die man. Oekraïne is blijven staan. Door en voor hem. Respect.
Dr Tina Strobos, a Dutch medical student, provided shelter for over 100 Jews during WW2, expertly falsified passports & supplied essentials to the Resistance.
Despite being apprehended on 9 separate occasions, she refused to disclose any information that could compromise others.
Tchaikovsky - d otd 1893 - on the importance of music. So true...
"Only music clarifies, reconciles, and consoles. But it is not a straw just barely clutched at. It is a faithful friend, protector, and comforter."
"Truly there would be reason to go mad were it not for music."
On this day in 1964, my father was announced as that year’s #NobelPeacePrize recipient for his nonviolent philosophy and its application for social change during the Civil Rights Movement.
This is a photo of my parents in Oslo, Norway for the official ceremony on December 10th of that year.
#MLK #CorettaScottKing
Russische toeristen roven badjassen mee uit hotelkamers, noem het maar traditie. Blijkbaar is er een oplossing gevonden, de Turken borduren 'Lang leve Oekraïne' in de jassen, dan worden ze niet meer meegenomen 🤣
Happy birthday, Arvo Pärt! Creator of pure beauty.
"I could compare my music to white light which contains all colours. Only a prism can divide the colours and make them appear; this prism could be the spirit of the listener."
"Silence is the pause in me when I am near to God."