Sally Goldsmith

Bit of a bloody difficult woman.
Music, opera, art, politics, and some low rent humour- I'll try and avoid religion and sex, but can't guarantee it.

[Chaucer Doth Tweet @LeVostreGC]

“Hope” is the thing with feathers -
That perches in the soul -
And sings the tune without the words -
And never stops - at all -

-Emily Dickinson, American Poet

[In Quires and Places Where They Meme @QuireMemes]

On this day, 100 years ago, 4 November 1924, Gabriel Fauré died.

As a mark of respect, the altos will keep a moment's silence during tonight's performance of his Requiem.

[Frank Cottrell-Boyce @frankcottrell_b]

Unquestionably the best - and most radical - ending to any movie ever

[Jay Cummings @LongFormMath]

This must be tweeted every Halloween. I don’t make the rules

[No Context Brits @NoContextBrits]

A fun day out for the kids.

[Randy Rainbow @RandyRainbow]

A place where nobody wants to go… they call it #MAGADU 🛼🎶😵‍💫🗳️ #vote #parody

[Sally Goldsmith @Tempusetforte]

@wesstreeting I won't suggest firing you out of a cannon! However I have included in my survey response the absolute need to review NHS and social care services side by side.
The NHS and social care rise and fall together - please would you also launch a parallel SC consultation?

[Sally Goldsmith @Tempusetforte]

@BishopNewcastle Degradation of the value of human life also arises with insufferable pain, loss of dignity, and denial of conscious and competent choice.
Let those who wish to, choose; and those who don't, also freely choose. If God gave us free will, let those who will, exercise it.

[Dylan O'Sullivan @DylanoA4]

C. S. Lewis opened his Narnia series with a message to his goddaughter

[In Quires and Places Where They Meme @QuireMemes]

The year according to Cathedral Choral Music:

September: Hope you like Stanford, because boy have we got good news
October: Is it half term yet?
November: F A U R É (not you, altos)
December: HARK ALL THE HERALDS
January: Why are we still singing Christmas music?!
February: Is Candlemas still technically Christmas?
March: SAD LATIN MOTET SEASON
April: FRENCH ORGAN MUSIC
May: Can we do Leighton 2nd and Walton Chichester yet?
June: Edgy summer concert rep
July: Big music; sad farewells
August: All hail, Visiting Choir Season

[Sally Goldsmith @Tempusetforte]

@SophieMolly_OFF @Gejosmum Trans women are legally female under UK law, only if they have gone through the reassignment process outlined in the EA.
Gender reassignment is a protected characteristic. Sex is a protected characteristic. Gender identity is not.

[Sally Goldsmith @Tempusetforte]

Been on a choir tour of Rouen and Beauvais.
St Etienne in Beauvais is astonishing- and by the by, some of the best misericords.

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

This wins the internet 🤣https://t.co/yGF4zGkRps

[Epic Maps 🗺️ @theepicmap]

A thread of 23 Survival Tips And Tricks You Might Not Have Known Before.

1. How to break a door

[. @jdpoc]

I still think this might be the greatest thing on Twitter, ever.

[Scott Bryan @scottygb]

This has sent me to heaven I am deceased

[Sally Goldsmith @Tempusetforte]

With h/t to Letters Of Note - this glorious note from Sike Milligan:
"[I]n the new public toilets at Shepherds Bush they have music which comes on as you enter. Music to defecate to must be the final insult to the composer".

Letter to Field Marshal Lord Bramall, 28/8/1990

[Sally Goldsmith @Tempusetforte]

@GWRHelp is it signalling problems that cancelled the 1627 Bristol Parkway to Paddington, or not? The 16.55 left Cardiff on the same line - but is now behind a slower train. We are told its delayed by 15, 21, 15, 17 & 20 mins in a pick & mix approach to customer announcements.

[The Man in Seat 61 @seatsixtyone]

We now have a universal workaround for LNER fares.
For travel London <> all stations Newcastle-Edinburgh inclusive, DO NOT book to/from London:
1. Book to/from Finsbury Park
2. In the search results, click 'Filters' then 'Route options'. Under 'Go via ' enter Kings Cross.

[Adrian Edmondson ❎ @AdrianEdmondson]

In France ChatGPT is pronounced the same as 'Chat, j'ai pété' which means 'Cat, I have farted'. Which seems to sum the whole thing up pretty neatly.