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Chris Astles @castles73.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Today also reminds us that, if Liz Truss lives to be in her mid-90s, she will have spent more days standing at the Cenotaph than she did as Prime Minister. Heard on HIGNFY.

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Chris Astles @castles73.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Off to country no 87: 🇹🇳. First stop: Paris.

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Chris Astles @castles73.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Unless you live in a hotel, it is not possible to have a staycation in a hotel. This is a hill on which I will die.

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Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 26/03/2025

🪐 With Nasa's stranded astronauts back on Earth, it's KSO's turn to launch into space, as we perform Holst's masterpiece at Fairfield Halls on Saturday

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Kensington Symphony Orchestra @kso.org.uk · 25/03/2025

We are excited to announce the KSO Scholars programme which launches this Saturday at Fairfield Halls. 7 talented young players from nearby Wilson's School will join us for the rehearsal of Mars and Jupiter from Holst's The Planets. Read more on our website kso.org.uk/about-us/

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About us - Kensington Symphony Orchestra

About KSO In almost 70 years of music-making, Kensington Symphony Orchestra has built an enviable reputation as one of the UK’s most accomplished and adventurous non-professional orchestras. Establis...

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Chris Astles @castles73.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

I’m clearly pleased with my bass.

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Chris Astles @castles73.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Wish me luck! 414 steps to go.

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Chris Astles @castles73.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

“I have a view, I have a view. “This is my son,” said the old man; “his name’s George. He has a view too.” “Ah,” said Miss Bartlett #Florence #Firenze. With @guyraybould.bsky.social

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Chris Astles @castles73.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

I spend time and effort looking after my teeth: my father went for the first time today in 60 - yup 60 - years and all he needs is one filling. One.

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Guy Raybould @guyraybould.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

31 January over the past decade with @castles73.bsky.social: 1. Bocas del Toro, Panama 🇵🇦 2015 2. Eating fat-bottomed ants in Barichara, Colombia 🇨🇴 2017 3. At Rihanna’s house, Barbados 🇧🇧 2019 4. Being in Paris as the UK left the EU 🇪🇺 😢 2020

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Chris Astles @castles73.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Atmospheric evening at the Tower of London yesterday for the Ceremony of the Keys.

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Chris Astles @castles73.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Well Painter Hall at Greenwich, that is one well-placed mirror.

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Graham Elliott @grenadilladaddy.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Question: how does clarinettist Julian Bliss interpret Lindberg’s Clarinet Concerto? Answer: find out on 25 January: www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/kso...

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KSO: Lindberg, Prokofiev and Ravel | Southbank Centre

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Guy Raybould @guyraybould.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Hello from Saint Lucia 🇱🇨, the 85th country I’ve visited (and 86th for @castles73.bsky.social)

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Chris Astles @castles73.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Happy new year: a year of travel starts today. Terrible time to have to get up on New Year’s Day. But, St Lucia later.

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Chris Astles @castles73.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

2024 travel highlights no 3. The road trips from #Riga to the castles and palaces of #Rundale #Cesis, #Turaida and #Sigulda With guyraybould.bsky.social

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Chris Astles @castles73.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

2024 travel highlights no 2. The final European capital we had not visited. The wonderful #Sarajevo, #Bosnia, the east meets west melting pot where WWI kicked off and where war raged in my living memory. With guyraybould.bsky.social

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Chris Astles @castles73.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

London on 23 December looking particularly fine. A cold and bright day to walk along the riverside to the office.

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Chris Astles @castles73.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Tonight at the Invention of Love at the Hampstead Theatre, not sure if I left feeling a lot cleverer or a lot more stupid.

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Chris Astles @castles73.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Those sodding rickshaws in the West End. Whamageddon.

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Chris Astles @castles73.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Whamageddon on the sodding 16th of sodding November.

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Chris Astles @castles73.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

2024 travel highlights no 1. Escaping a London winter to spend my birthday exploring #Asuncion, #Paraguay. Country no 84. With @guyraybould.bsky.social

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