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Well, that's got me well confused. 4 pieces of music, all with piano accompaniments, all in German, and piano spelled in 4 different ways. Crikey #TrustMeImAMusicLibrarian

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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 6h

Hit for the first time? It's been over £2 in much of Cambs for over a week. BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cq... Diesel hits £2 a litre in UK for first time, RAC says, as US pressures Europe to release reserves - BBC News

bbc.co.uk

Diesel hits £2 a litre in UK for first time, RAC says, as US pressures Europe to release reserves

UK diesel price rises show no sign of slowing, the motoring group says, as Donald Trump threatens to ban US diesel exports.

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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 6h

Earworm of the day - Captain Pugwash's hornpipe (No, I don't know why either) youtu.be/UXi4HVLWUzQ?...

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The Adventures of Captain Pugwash | Theme Tune | BBC

YouTube video by BritishNostalgia

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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 20h

Like a slightly unhinged uncle. #CelebrityTraitors Hilarious

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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Blimey, it's been quite a day for sorting out deceased composers' rights issues. Lots of shenanigans with publishers (some nice, some not quite so much), and rude letters from 40 years ago. #TrustMeImAMusicLibrarian

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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Odd drive home. Diversion thanks to roadworks took me on a dual carriageway which appeared to be on a slope. Only realised when I got to a roundabout that it was a road I drive regularly which is not sloping. Odd how night and coming at something from a different angle can distort your perception

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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Absolutely fascinating to see the original stage play that a film you know really well was based on. Fascinating to see what Hitchcock had tweaked and what had remained virtually unchanged. Thoroughly enjoyed the stage play of Dial M for Murder

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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Enjoyable first half. Really interesting to see how Hitchcock improved on the stage play (thank you for the music). Ended up in a much better seat than originally booked but bizarrely managed to lose my programme within 2 rows. Whacky even by my standards.

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Remembering the genius Director of masterpieces including ‘A Matter Of Life And Death’, ‘The Red Shoes’, ‘Black Narcissus’, ‘Peeping Tom’, ‘The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp’, ‘The Tales Of Hoffmann’ and ‘A Canterbury Tale’ — MICHAEL POWELL — born 121yrs ago today.

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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Only just realised that Alan Mencken wrote Little Shop of Horrors. As soon as I knew that, heard one of the songs, and thought Doh, why did I never realise that before. It sounds so distinctively his.

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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Hoorah! Cinderella (i.e. Margaret) is going both to Alcina at Covent Garden and Dial M for Murder at the New Theatre, Peterbough. Thanks to the sweet staff at P'boro for sorting it out

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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Touched listening to the Horrible Science Prom and hearing Fanfare for the Common Man, alongside an evil genius's plans to blow up the moon. When I was a small kid about the age of the youngest Prommers, that music was everywhere whenever the Apollo space programme was mentioned.

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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Don't know quite how I managed to do that, but have managed to double book myself for the Royal Opera House and the New Theatre in Peterborough for this Saturday. Now wrangling about swapping dates round. Yikes!

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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

You can certainly spot the Dino DNA

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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Bemused listening to a fascinating talk about the novelist Angela Carter and her association with Bristol. Where she lived sounds remarkably like the home of the dreadful Howard in Malcolm Bradbury's The history man.

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It’s 1970 and ELTON JOHN takes out a crumpled piece of paper and plays “Tiny Dancer” for the first time in front of his lyricist BERNIE TAUPIN and Taupin’s wife Maxine (for whom Taupin wrote the song).

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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Thoroughly enjoying a Russian classics Prom conducted by Adam Hickox, son of the much missed Richard.

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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Hmmm. I've never worn nail polish in my life, and really can't see why there should be such a kerfuffle as to whether you do or don't. BBC News - How the bare nails trend became a class issue www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

Classy or classist? How bare nails became a hot issue

Bare nails - or nails that appear that way - are a growing trend. But is it as innocent as it seems?

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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Read round the world challenge. Location - Cyprus. Death in Cyprus / M.M. Kaye. Enjoyable, if dated thriller.

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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Thank you earworm, that was an unexpected segue from Oberon to Tannhauser.

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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Listening to Berlioz's Requiem realised that I must have sung it at some point, but I have absolutely no recollection of where or when

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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Read round the world challenge - location Mongolia. Storm fron the East / Robert Marshall. For the world's largest empire it was of course much bigger than one country, but it all started in Mongolia to where the book constantly returns. Stunning account of Mongol history from Genghis to Khubla Khan

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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Aw, just saw the last episode of 70 Up. So touching.

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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Listening to Scriabin's 3rd symphony. Slightly disconcerted that the main theme reminds me of the opening theme to Hitchcock's 39 Steps.

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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Hearing Thomas Ades' Dante was a revelation. What a beautiful piece of music. Here's a snippet youtu.be/FqpaIG0U37k?...

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Adès: Dante, Pt. II "Purgatorio": III. The Valley of Flowers—

YouTube video by Los Angeles Philharmonic - Topic

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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Lightborne by Hesse Phillips about the last days of Christopher Marlowe. What a novel.

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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Love the story of Joshua Bell's violin's life in the 20th century. Start watching at 15mins 50 youtu.be/yEQhfHaueEo?...

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Joshua Bell on why we still need classical music

YouTube video by Q with Tom Power

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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Strange asthma check up on the phone. Had problems persuading the nurse to come near enough to phone so I could hear her. She then read from a prepared script and sounded so bored she was virtually horizontal. She did cheer up when talking about the dangers of thrush though. Yeek!

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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Slightly comical end to Mahler 9 at the Proms, with an Are they or aren't they finished response from the audience.

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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Listening to the legend of Ceridwen, who had to keep a potion on the boil constantly for a year and a day. Thinks to self - Gosh, her energy bill must have been high.

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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Today's book coincidence. Previous read by Joseph O'Connor. Start current read and then realise that the first endorsement on the back is by...Joseph O'Connor.

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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Read round the world challenge. Location: Holy See / Vatican City State completed. My father's house by Joseph O'Connor. Gripping fictionalisation of the story of the Rome escape line and Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty.

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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

:-( As far as the wildlife is concerned, this is mad. BBC News - Fenland councillor predicts reservoir surveys will cause chaos - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

Fenland councillor predicts reservoir surveys will cause chaos

Charles Marks says infrastructure will not cope with traffic during construction of a new reservoir.

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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

In other exciting news Bashed Bridge nearly claimed another victim. High van with horsebox attached racing at bridge. Only stopped because car behind went into an absolute carillon of hooting. I gave a thumbs up to the car as van very reluctantly decided not to chance it.

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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Oh well done, Berlin Phil. That was an absolutely beautiful performance of Enigma Variations. It was like hearing it afresh.

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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Aw, bless him. Feel so sorry for his family, and everyone who tried so hard to find him. Was hoping for better news. BBC News - Body found in search for missing Noah Woods, 3 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

Body found in search for missing Suffolk boy Noah Woods, 3

Police divers discover child's body in a pond after Noah went missing from a playground on Tuesday.

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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Wonderful performance of the Elgar cello concerto from young Spanish cellist Pablo Ferrandez at the Proms. Very touched that his encore (also beautifully played) was arranged and made famous by Pablo Casals

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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The reading room where I work made the local news tonight. I suspect anyone watching it might be baffled by the inordinate number of music related books, but it is a music reading room after all. Watch from 21 mins on. Look East, Evening News: 15/09/2026: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0031nwp

bbc.co.uk

Look East - Evening News: 15/09/2026

The latest news, sport and weather for the East of England.

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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

That was a good music day. Enjoyed listening to Sueye Park's performance of the Sibelius violin concerto at the Proms and then (very different) the Oasis film - nice shots of Cardiff in the latter.

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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Enjoyed Pressure despite the odd inaccuracy, and an unintentional comic moment when a one manual 4 or 5 stop organ suddenly turned into the sound of something much bigger.

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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Chuckling at ancient joke: Solomon is with a friend when the Angel of death strolls by, and stares. Friend (on realising he'd just seen Death): He had a nasty look in his eye. I'll escape to India. Off he hops Death to Solomon: Sorry I was staring, but thought I was meant to pick him up in India....

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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The secret history by Donna Tartt. What an absolute cracker of a book. So glad it's finally made it off my TBR shelves

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