Tony King

Ex-biology teacher, ex-ex-public affairs person. FLS. @newtyneside orchestra's twelfth-best second violin. Same username on bsky.

[Tony King @dogsofsnore]

@BBCRadio3 The long arm of the law reaches, eventually to the Crown Court, so please can we have the ba-ba-ba-ba bit of the Janacek Sinfonietta that takes everyone of a certain age back to being off school with the telly and a bottle of cellophane-wrapped lucozade?

[Tony King @dogsofsnore]

@RhonddaBryant Fewer of this defeatist talk, please.

[Tony King @dogsofsnore]

@jnjokugoodwin @RichmoMusic V interesting idea. You may have dealt with this elsewhere, but it's not in Richmo's piece: what about amateur performing groups for whom copyright can be prohibitive? Is it not in the public interest for amateur choirs and orchs to have (easier) access to RVW and BB after 70y?

[Tony King @dogsofsnore]

@My_Metro could you ask the smoker on at 3 Monument to kindly desist?

[Tony King @dogsofsnore]

@OrkneyLibrary There was the day this little nugget paid you a visit...

[Tony King @dogsofsnore]

@SteveBrusatte Oh come on! It might do, one day.

[Tony King @dogsofsnore]

Norge!

[Tony King @dogsofsnore]

Fab evening, great to be there!

[lemn sissay OBE FRSL @lemnsissay]

A momentous day to be in parliament at The Pavilion Terrace in the cool breeze of The Thames to celebrate the 75th anniversary of The Southbank Centre.

- The allure of Andy, the buzz of Burnham was in the air

Thank you Florence Eshalomi MP for hosting us. Inspired speeches by Elaine Bedell, Dame Caroline Dinenage MP and Florence Eshalomi MP.

And thanks to Secretary of State @lisanandy for popping in. Thank you to my close friend @SelamAmare and long time new friend Melène Gomera. The queen of jazz production was here too Janine Irons OBE FRSA.

[Tony King @dogsofsnore]

@hoffman_noa It's not unusual. In my lifetime only Heath and Major had won a GE and were ejected by a GE.

[Tony King @dogsofsnore]

@dieworkwear There's something to be said for learning to sew. My view has become if i want to wear it i've got to make it. Teaches appreciation for the real people who make rtw and reduces tolerance for manufacturers' crap decisions. It also gives one 100% design control.

[WeRateDogs @dog_rates]

This dog just got a little brother two weeks ago, and he's already exhausted. 12/10 for both

[Tony King @dogsofsnore]

I'm gonna say it. Yeah, the old trains had to go but I'll quite miss them. More characterful and _much_ more comfortable than the new ones, and with more seats.

[Tyne and Wear Metro @My_Metro]

The old Metro fleet’s last official week of service will be the week commencing Monday 22 June, with an old train operating on the Yellow and Green Metro lines from 9.30am to 5.30pm all week, up until the early evening of Friday 26 June.
ℹ️ https://t.co/1XF3jWgQpY

[Steve Brusatte @SteveBrusatte]

Let’s call this what it is. A pogrom in the UK. Masked mobs hunting down foreigners and dark-skinned people, smashing windows, burning houses.

An attempt at a British Kristallnacht.

Far-right agitators fomenting violence, like Elon Musk FRS, are a disgrace & must be stopped.

[Tony King @dogsofsnore]

@NHS: encourage patient to use the NHS App. NHS App doesn't work. Blame patient.

[Tony King @dogsofsnore]

@LoveInner Yes. A hint of dulldly-dum.

[Tony King @dogsofsnore]

Swifts!

[Tony King @dogsofsnore]

*Not* wild

[Tony King @dogsofsnore]

Now wild about the latest @LNER innovation of seving a cup of not-quite-boiling water with a teabag on the side. Makes for rubbish tea and has no place in a civilised society.

[Tony King @dogsofsnore]

@LNER DM'd

[Tony King @dogsofsnore]

@LNER Is your online booking thing on the blink?