Fiona Stuart-Wilson

Singer, coach, writer. Frequenter of departure lounges. Member of The Archduke's Consort.

[James Clutton @JamesOHP]

Just before the final performance of #OHP2024 @operahollandpk for
#OHPYeomen On stage with our partners for the last 20 years @CityLdnSinfonia & in front of a wonderful audience. What a season this has been. One of the best ever. Thanks to every single person involved.
What times

[A Cambridge Diary @acambridgediary]

A picture of Cambridge every day since 2010. (No 5000) Tuesday 5th December 2023.
So here it is - my final picture of uninterrupted daily photographs of Cambridge - 5,000 consecutive posts over 13 years. I’m sure you’ll forgive the fact that it wasn’t taken today but a week ago today when the full moon eased itself between the turrets of an illuminated King’s College Chapel. I knew the moment I pressed the shutter that I wanted it to be the last photograph of my daily pictures not just because this frame is undoubtedly the most recognisable view in Cambridge but because for me the full moon symbolises a moment of release and completion and a time to sit in the fullness of life and feel grateful for my blessings. The full moon is also associated with madness, of which I must have had a portion to have stuck with this for so long!
I’d like to thank you all for your likes, comments and stories along the way - you have made A Cambridge Diary a heartwarming community and a place to share memories with Cambridge folk both from the town and the university. Most of all I’d like to thank everyone who has appeared in my pictures over the past thirteen years: the bikers, bowlers and buskers; the carpenters, choristers, clothiers and constables; the dancers, diners and dog-walkers; the entertainers and extras; the gardeners and graduates; the kayakers; the lecturers and lingerie models; the painters, parents, pensioners, porters, praelectors, proctors, professors and punters; the readers, revellers, rowers and runners; the scaffolders, scullers, singers, skateboarders, soldiers, stonemasons, strollers, students and swimmers; the tourists and touts; the walkers and workers. I’d also like to thank the cats, dogs, ducks, rabbits, squirrels and swans, and Queen Elizabeth I and His Holiness the Dalai Lama. To you all, my sincere thanks.
Whilst this is my final daily picture it doesn’t mean the end of A Cambridge Diary as I’ll still be posting my pictures from five and ten years ago and I’m sure there will be the occasional new picture popping up now and then - just not every day. Oh, and I still have to walk home don’t I?
Love to all
Martin

[The Peter Tranchell Foundation @TranchellFndn]

Twice A Kiss, a comic operetta, by Peter Tranchell - live 1982 recording found! https://t.co/FxwjrChu3z featuring Christopher Purves, @Singquee, @MarkWarmanMD, Fiona Stuart-Wilson, et al. Libretto and free score here https://t.co/J2VuPcPypM

[Fiona Stuart-Wilson @fionaumd]

Fabulous....

[The Secret Barrister 🦋 @BarristerSecret]

There is something I've been reluctant to talk about.

I didn't ever want to really talk about it. But the question has been asked, and if one person is thinking it, others may be too.

So I'll address it head on:

How is Taylor Swift's legal analysis in "no body, no crime"? 🧵

[Fiona Stuart-Wilson @fionaumd]

@malctheprid Congratulations!

[Nature is Amazing ���️ @AMAZlNGNATURE]

Blue tit singing on a cold early morning you can see its song in the air 😀

📸: Mikhail Kalinin

[Armando Iannucci @Aiannucci]

Back of my Polling Card for local elections. For 1st time, photo ID is required. Card gives many options for elderly or those with disability. None, NONE, for younger or student voters. The policy is simply biased against younger voters, designed to suppress their vote.

[John Simpson @JohnSimpsonNews]

Superb.

[David Taylor @DavidTaylor_uk]

More of Less - Orchestras

[Dominic Minghella @DMinghella]

When I am in charge of the country, I will introduce legislation to require companies to replace the line "We are experiencing a high volume of calls” with "We have not hired enough operators to answer our phones."

[Tomiwa Owolade @tomowolade]

Young men should watch videos of Macron rather than Jordan Peterson and Andrew Tate. https://t.co/45iDvc4Pkx

[Fiona Stuart-Wilson @fionaumd]

@suzyrobSoprano @exitthelemming Seconded. Still have my copy!

[A Cambridge Diary @acambridgediary]

Today's weather reminded me of these pictures my father took of the frozen river along the Backs during the winter of 1962/1963 - one of the coldest on record.

[VeryBritishProblems @SoVeryBritish]

Some Very British Problems when visiting the dentist 🦷
(Latest book: https://t.co/pf4ospQFtI)

[Nikolaus Mella @nikolausmella]

Today marks the 379th anniversary of the death of the Italian #choirmaster, #StringPlayer & #renaissance & #baroque composer, Claudio G. A. #Monteverdi. :-) 🍁 🧭 † #Venezia 🇮🇹 #Italia #EarlyMusic #BaroqueMusic

🖼️: Bernardo Strozzi (1581 - 1644). Work between 1630 - 1640.

[Dan Walker @mrdanwalker]

Japan… winners on and off the pitch.
This was their dressing room after beating Germany.

[Fiona Stuart-Wilson @fionaumd]

@SimonspenceKC Fond memories of RRB at the late lamented Pizza on the Park on several occasions.

[No Context Brits @NoContextBrits]

The most British headline of all-time.

[Samuel West 💙💛 @exitthelemming]

If you fancy listening to a poem this #NationalPoetryDay, here’s a searchable list of #PandemicPoems https://t.co/KUA52uyuDl.

Just click on your underlined choice to be taken to the recording. 600 favourites, read by these wonderful people: