Malcolm Scott

Retired former civil servant and employee of Aerospace Technology Institute. Follow things to do with Germany, music, engineering, Scotland etc

[Malcolm Scott @malsctt]

@allhailtwit Leipzig fair?

[Anna @AnnaDeMilanese]

Auf der besetzten Krim sind Supermarktregale leer – Zucker, Salz, Buchweizen verschwunden. Wo noch etwas liegt: maximal drei Packungen pro Person. Drei Flaschen Öl. Drei Packungen Nudeln. Menschenschlangen vor den Geschäften. Man weiss nicht ob es noch was gibt bis man dran kommt.
Die Sowjetunion ruft aus dem Jenseits. Kein Benzin. Kein Essen. Keine Busse. Touristen die nicht nach Hause kommen. Das ist Russlands Musterkolonie im Jahr 2026.

[Malcolm Scott @malsctt]

@LordRickettsP And she wrote a great book about Europe under dictatorship in the Fontane history of Europe series.

[Malcolm Scott @malsctt]

@lang_lang It’s very beautiful and works well on the piano despite being written for voice. Who made the transcription? Not Rachmaninov himself, I think

[Chris Grey 🇺🇦 @chrisgreybrexit]

We're still processing the Brexit rupture. New post on my Brexit & Beyond Blog on how looking at the current election in terms of 'events' and polling numbers misses how these are part of the patterns of post-Brexit politics: https://t.co/v6ZIBVrjDn

[Malcolm Scott @malsctt]

@SJSEdmonds @oldtrotter I expect you usually travelled there by private jet

[Malcolm Scott @malsctt]

@sfh300 @Councillorsuzie It would be called Susan Hall Hall Hall wouldn’t it?

[Toby's Garden Fest @tobygardenfest]

Breaking news https://t.co/Ijv7PQuK9E

[Malcolm Scott @malsctt]

@pianistmagazine Geza Anda. I saw him conduct Mozart and Beethoven concertos from the keyboard in the early 1970s and was awestruck

[Malcolm Scott @malsctt]

@oldtrotter A lot to unpack there… Hope your recovery is going well though

[Malcolm Scott @malsctt]

@chrisgreybrexit Great blog as always. Not connected to the central theme of EUSS, but I was struck that UK payments to the EU will continue to the 2060s. What is behind that?

[Malcolm Scott @malsctt]

@annettedittert @Int_Politik Eine hervorragende Zusammenfassung. So ein Durcheinander…

[Malcolm Scott @malsctt]

@oldtrotter Happy new year, David. I hope your recovery continues to be rapid and sustained.

[Malcolm Scott @malsctt]

@LegaciesofPast Frohe Weihnachten trotzdem, Bill!

[Malcolm Scott @malsctt]

@bordersbeeching Wot, no dogs?

[Malcolm Scott @malsctt]

@aidanoliver1 Sounds as if @RAF_Luton have gone into the music business now

[Malcolm Scott @malsctt]

@prospect_uk @arusbridger It is indeed a haven. I am always surprised there are no students from the nearby Royal Academy of Music in there. Perhaps this article will bring them in

[Malcolm Scott @malsctt]

@NickRussellUK @GerryCinnamon That’s not Düsseldorf!

[Malcolm Scott @malsctt]

@cumbriapiano @TheNorskaPaul It seems to be called the Under New Management

[Malcolm Scott @malsctt]

@oldtrotter You’re quite right of course. Though I rarely choose to listen to Elgar, every time I hear it I concede that it is beautiful, characterful and very well crafted. The Introduction and Allegro and the violin sonata are also fine pieces. And his dad was a piano tuner.