@MannGeorgia@BBCRadio3 Might something from this be of interest?Hespèrion XXI/Savall: Istanbul – Dimitrie Cantimir (1673-1723) The Book of the Science of Music
When did media interviewees suddenly feel the need to sycophantically and unconvincingly feel the need to politely thank their highly paid interviewer for having them on the programme ubiquitous and truly pisses me off…
@KevinTMaher I now have seen it - thanks. it’s an affirmation that style can be substantial and positive. May sound strange but it retrospect it made me feel a bit like I did after seeing Charade for the first time. And achieved Glen Powell wish that people would leave the cinema smiling
So Scott and Scorsese - old men in their 80s - releasing tediously overlong l and pretentious films - is this just a last ego power gasp before confronting and letting go to their inevitable demise?
The world is finally aware that the “Islamic” Republic of Iran have been funding and training the terrorists that attacked Israel. So here are SOME QUESTIONS FOR THE REGIME:
HOW DO YOU EVEN DARE TO SPEAK OUT against Israeli oppression, when 10M Jews, Christians, Bahá’ís and Muslims have left Iran for fear of being killed or meaninglessly executed?
HOW DO YOU DARE TO TRY and align yourselves with an oppressed people, when you’ve raped & slaughtered your own people for the past 44 years?
HOW DO YOU DARE TO SPARK A WAR THAT NO ONE WANTS except a fanatical minority which celebrates the slaughter of Israeli civilians, including hundreds of women & children?
HOW DO YOU DARE DISPLACE 260,000 Palestinians so children continue to be born in Gaza with no prospects other than a choice between misery or death?
NO ONE WANTS more war crimes inflicted on yet more civilians. What is coming is chilling. And it will get worse:
Russia backing the IRI because they’re dependent on the IRGC for military hardware & drones, war in the Ukraine, the US parked in the Mediterranean and Israel fighting Hamas in the south, Hezbollah in the north and potentially the IRI too, it’s a world war that will affect every single one of us.
If we are humanitarians, everyone of us on this platform must call for a cease fire immediately. We know what each side is capable of. Killing more innocent people gets us nowhere other than a fast track to Armageddon.
@sarabrowne55 Just as I was contemplating removing X from my phone completely - it annoys me terribly - I hate the ruddy big X as much as anything- you have given me a reason to stay.