March on Rome, the insurrection by which Benito Mussolini came to power in Italy in late October 1922. ... The March marked the beginning of fascist rule and meant the doom of the preceding parliamentary regimes of socialists and liberals. Alas no one learns from history
And so our young people will fall still further behind in learning foreign languages and about the riches of diversity in the world’s cultures - instead more inward looking little England thinking
What do we expect ? This government has no understanding that music and the arts are the sustaining root system which sustain our societies and encourage all of the best aspirations for young people around the world - and the withdrawal from Erasmus will do still more damage
Why would you do a trade deal and call it a success when one of your biggest money making industries, the Arts, doesn’t even get a mention, and nothing is in the document to help artists from the U.K. or EU work with each other? 😳
Chiswick House Park crowded but 95% without masks - also in Chiswick streets can @BorisJohnson@MattHancock not understand that since extreme measures are already imposed mask wearing must be enforced in all public spaces and people will comply to save lives and shorten lockdown
Tory ministers saying “we owe it to children to keep schools open” might want to explain to me why they closed my youth centre, cut mental health services, underfunded my secondary school, stripped free school meals from my peers, tripled uni fees, demonised climate strikers...
We hear that over 1500 truck drivers have been stuck for two days without refreshment except a single energy snack bar - Shame on @pritipatel@grantshapps : is it difficult to organise delivery of a basic food and water parcel to stationary drivers ? Use the army or supermarkets
The UK government has been formally warned for threatening press freedom by the Council of Europe which monitors human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Europe.
https://t.co/tkR55IpgIG
Shoutout to super team @Boosey for anticipating that I might have outdated score and sending revised one quickly-also fab work on the new edition!My eyes are thanking you all!🤓
Confident nations which also treasure the richness of the diversity in their culture arising from countless waves of immigration and integration sustain and invest in and support the values inherent in culture and creativity and do not indulge in outdated jingoistic divisiveness
Rule Britannia and Land of Hope and Glory are highlights of the Last Night of the Proms
Share concerns of many about their potential removal and have raised this with @BBC
Confident forward-looking nations don’t erase their history, they add to it
@daliaStasevska who is a brilliant and deeply serious conductor deserves support from everyone committed to honesty and truth - she certainly has it unreservedly from all at @HarrisonParrott and @hppolyarts and from @JasperParrott
In support of @DaliaStasevska and the prospect of modernising the repertoire for the Last Night of the @bbcproms this year, here are three alternatives that I'd love to hear:
Aretha Franklin - Respect
The Beatles - Let It Be
Bob Marley - One Love
What would yours be? 🤔
It is truly shameful the way that this matter has been seized upon by the gutter elements in the media and even more surprising that @OliverDowden and even @BorisJohnson should intervene when there has been so little understanding or support for the crisis in music and arts
In support of @DaliaStasevska and the prospect of modernising the repertoire for the Last Night of the @bbcproms this year, here are three alternatives that I'd love to hear:
Aretha Franklin - Respect
The Beatles - Let It Be
Bob Marley - One Love
What would yours be? 🤔
I was lucky enough to hear him life in many deeply sincere and convincing performances including in particular Mahler and Elgar - also with Janet Baker