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trouteyes @trouteyes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

My old man's a forensic pathologist, he wears a forensic pathologist's hat, he determins the causes of deaths by examining corpses, and he lives in a council flat.

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Phil Norman @mrphilnorman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Dear sir, I have before me your pasty of the 4th Ginst.

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Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Eva, it's behind you.

Eva Longoria with caption "Searching for France" but she is walking away from the Eiffel Tower.

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Bernard Hughes @bernardhughes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Guardian being keen on a book by its own (rubbish) columnist. Fancy that!

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theartsdesk @theartsdesk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

★★★★ #Paraorchestra @southbankcentre.bsky.social - Lighting and dancers make a multi-media experience, but #SteveReich's @stevereich.bsky.social music is the star at this immersive presentation of a minimalist classic, says @bernardhughes.bsky.social www.theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...

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Ian Duhig @ianduhig.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Itō Jakuchū's 'Frog' of 1790 for me is the iconic image of numbed uncomfortable bafflement at the predicament of existence in the coming modern world, much as Munch's 'Scream' expressed it through horror.

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Bernard Hughes @bernardhughes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Paragraph 2 beginning with the biggest if in the history of ifs

A news report about President Trump's comment on the suspected terrorist attack on a US base

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theartsdesk @theartsdesk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Platform passion, backstage smiles at #BBCProms 2026: photographer #ChrisChristodoulou's annual gallery of #conductors is augmented by candid shots elsewhere @royalalberthall.bsky.social - and #theartsdesk reviewers remember some highpoints from the season www.theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...

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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Ah yes the circle of life

• Dispatched
Sep 25 23:03 pm
In Transit
Sep 26 09:52 am
Delayed
Sep 26 10:57 am
Held By Carrier
Sep 26 15:07 pm
Destroyed
Sep 26 15:08 pm

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trouteyes @trouteyes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

YOU HAVE NOT HEARD THE END OF THI

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theartsdesk @theartsdesk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

★★★★ #ThomasAdès @thomasades.bsky.social @wigmore-hall.org.uk - Clangorous #Bartók and visionary #Beethoven in a beautifully constructed programme that also included little-known #Stravinsky gem - review @bernardhughes.bsky.social www.theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...

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Bernard Hughes @bernardhughes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

London looking lovely today, the clouds suit it. Proud of my home town

A view of the Thames from the balcony of the Southbank Centre

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theartsdesk @theartsdesk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

★★★★ #JackLiebeck #Voces8 @kingsplacelondon.bsky.social - Violin and voices in sympathetic partnership, as this successful collaboration reimagines old pieces, and premieres a new one with #DeborahPritchard’s #Dante’sRose - review @bernardhughes.bsky.social www.theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...

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theartsdesk @theartsdesk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Postcards, sighs and tap dancing in a bumper new #ClassicalCDs from @grahamrickson.bsky.social @bernardhughes.bsky.social @seb-scotney.bsky.social, including an epic violin #concerto, plus a pair of song collections and a much-loved Czech symphony www.theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...

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ceej @ceej.online · 25/09/2026

Be serious. Bert and Ernie are not “in love.” Maybe they used to be, once

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Matt Owen @mjowen174.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I am a writer of the words & sentences (some funny). I’ve done most things: written gags, speeches, scripts, TV ads - if you require such an individual, then I am that person. Website (here) www.mathew-owen.co.uk any RTs (or whatever they’re called on here) gratefully received. Cheers👍👍

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Mathew Owen | Speech Writer | Manchester

Bespoke wedding speeches from a professional comedy writer.

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theartsdesk @theartsdesk.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

★★★★ Bass and sax in minimalist combination from #HanOh #Aldana @wigmore-hall.org.uk - Virtuosic bass playing in a programme of jazz standards pared down to their bare essentials - review @bernardhughes.bsky.social www.theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...

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Goldfinch liker @ruudboy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It was just down from Jimmy Tarbuck Medical School

Sigm on a building for Ted Rogers School of Management

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Bernard Hughes @bernardhughes.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Left my daughter at university yesterday (my second and youngest child) and - even though we left her happy - feeling very sad and heavy this morning. Don't know what to do with myself

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John Andrews @jkaconductor.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The lovely folk at Presto Music asked me to create a playlist for them… streaming.prestomusic.com/playlist/113

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Bernard Hughes @bernardhughes.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The most I’ve enjoyed a book for a long long time: my review for @theartsdesk.bsky.social of Matthew Sweet’s brilliant biography of Barbara Cartland

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theartsdesk @theartsdesk.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Bluejays, cornetts and crapshooters: @grahamrickson.bsky.social unmissable selection of musical treats, with Sebastian Scotney and @bernardhughes.bsky.social: a Broadway masterpiece gets a lavish new recording, plus neglected British repertoire and German romanticism theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...

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Bernard Hughes @bernardhughes.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Three reviews from me in this latest classical albums column for @theartsdesk.bsky.social

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Bernard Hughes @bernardhughes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This website could not have been better precision-engineered for me

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theartsdesk @theartsdesk.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

THE DAY HAS COME #theartsdesk turns 17🎂, bringing readers the best independent arts & cultural coverage since 09/09/09. Huge thanks to all supporters! SUBSCRIBE before midnight today for our “Founders’ Rate” £40/year *in perpetuity*. There will never be a better deal! theartsdesk.com/subscription...

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Bernard Hughes @bernardhughes.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I am proud to have written for @theartsdesk.bsky.social for the last 13 years - it's a brilliant site full of great writing about culture. Tomorrow is our 17th birthday, and your last chance to sign up to the frankly ridiculous subscriber offer of £40 a year FOREVER. Please share!

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Bernard Hughes @bernardhughes.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

So Andy Burnham is happy to go on the Gram and tell us all what he thinks about bar snacks but not about masked vigilantes blocking roads

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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The cats graciously put on a magic show for us last night. I figured out how they did most of the tricks, but I didn’t say anything, because that would have been rude.

Two cats on a platformed tower. One is on the lower level, head hidden behind the middle section. The second is on the top tier with only their head showing.

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Bernard Hughes @bernardhughes.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

My review of last night's Prom, with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra playing Vaughan Williams, Britten and Smickersgill

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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Well, happy 29th anniversary to the greatest ‘reverse ferret’ ever issued by a media outlet

“We apologise for the Princess Diana page one headline DI GOES SEX MAD, which is still on the stands at some locations. It is currently being replaced with a special 72-page tribute issue: A FAREWELL TO THE PRINCESS WE ALL LOVED.”
Statement published by the National Enquirer, August 31, 1997

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theartsdesk @theartsdesk.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

★★★★ Whimsical irony meets balletic tragedy at the BBC Proms: Kopatchinskaja, Oslo Philharmonic, Gražinytė-Tyla play Stravinsky, Prokofiev and Øyvind Torvund @bernardhughes.bsky.social reviews theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...

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Bernard Hughes @bernardhughes.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Love this series so much and always have. Probably my favourite Iannucci thing (apart from On The Hour, obvs).

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theartsdesk @theartsdesk.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

★★★★ #BBCProms #ElzaVandenHeever #TheMetOrchestra #YannickNézetSéguin - A Strauss goddess descends as stupendous #Salome flames to the back of the hall - accolades from @davidnice.bsky.social www.theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...

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Bernard Hughes @bernardhughes.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Saw Coyote vs. Acme. Loved Coyote vs. Acme

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theartsdesk @theartsdesk.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Pigeons, pennies and Piaf: @grahamrickson.bsky.social picks his classical CD choices of the moment, with Sebastian Scotney and @bernardhughes.bsky.social - this week's highlights include new choral music, French piano miniatures and a phalanx of bassoons theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...

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Graham Rickson 🇮🇪 @grahamrickson.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

This Saturday's typically eclectic selection, expertly curated. www.theartsdesk.com/classical-mu... @bernardhughes.bsky.social @seb-scotney.bsky.social #cpebach #poulenc #schubert #juliuseastman @stevereich.bsky.social #pigeons

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Bernard Hughes @bernardhughes.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

It's a niche one for me: the news that Ronnie Biggs *wasn't* going to be extradited from Brazil to face trial in Britain

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Bernard Hughes @bernardhughes.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

This track from Vikingur Ólafsson's brilliant Bach album just gets me every time. Authenticity in music is great and all, but transcriptions like this show Bach's universality and infinite malleability

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Víkingur Ólafsson - J.S. Bach: Organ Sonata No. 4, BWV 528: II. Andante [Adagio] (Transcr. by August Stradal)

Listen to J.S. Bach: Organ Sonata No. 4, BWV 528: II. Andante [Adagio] (Transcr. by August Stradal) on TIDAL

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Graham Rickson 🇮🇪 @grahamrickson.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Newcastle - surely the UK's most photogenic city centre? Pics taken last week on 400ASA film with a Pen EE3. @ilfordphoto.com @halfframephotoday.bsky.social #halfframe @filmphotography.bsky.social

New castle City Centre and the Tyne Bridge

Old Tyne-Tees Steam Shipping Company sign

View of Newcastle from the Tyne Bridge, looking west

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Bernard Hughes @bernardhughes.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

It was time for some new promo pictures so I hied me to the studio of the brilliant @davidshoukry.bsky.social and he did some astonishing work making me look presentable. Even my daughter approves, and she's no pushover

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