Ian McKellen reciting Shakespeare's writing on racist anti-immigration riots in London.
It is excellent.
They have been banging the same drum for 400 years.
"I have accepted Keir Starmer's resignation as my chief servant and have invited Andy Burnham to lay out details for how many meals a day he'll give me"
Liza Adamczewski (aka the Accidental Ecologist), artist who has created a series of 'Garden Icons' - mini paintings inspired by local wildlife #June1st#Summer
A couple of cornflowers in a field near Wicken, Cambridgeshire and a little leafcutter bee gathering pollen for her babies from a cornflower in my garden. As ever my photos & videos are designed to dial down stress & lift your mood-a break from angst while you scroll 🌿:
@Uzonna7 It's because it was total pro Cecil Beaton, who was referencing the dress of his own mother and her social world during his Edwardian childhood - so it represents his entire artisitc style journey through the 20th century up to 60s chic. Plus Hepburn was a trained ballet dancer!
Vaughan Williams’s ‘A London Symphony’
“…seldom, if ever, have I been so on board with what the composer was trying to do. Maybe it's because I've roamed the streets of London so much in my adult life, making me aware of all its glories and foibles.”
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Immerse yourself in Ralph Vaughan Williams' Symphony No 5 in this snippet from our recent concert with Sir Antonio Pappano.
For the full video head over to our YouTube channel 🎶✨
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In 1877, #MaryCassatt became one of only three women, and the only American, ever to join the French Impressionists 💪
"In the Loge" (1878) was the first of Cassatt’s Impressionist paintings to be displayed in the United States.
#DidYouKnow Emily Bovell, one of the Edinburgh Seven, fought for #womensright to study medicine in the 1870s?
When barred from earning a degree in Edinburgh, she qualified in Paris, became a doctor, educator & public health pioneer. A true medical #trailblazer. #WomenOnIT#STEM