Reposted by Hugh MorrisJessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I have separated the art from the artist and am now whipping the art to stiff peaks, after which I will gently fold it into the artist before baking at 350 til golden and puffed 3444811075
Reposted by Hugh Morrisclaire biddles @msclairebiddles.bsky.social · 29/09/2026third time this year that i have been denied a press ticket to review something for a major uk newspaper bc the pr is not allocating tickets for 'regional' dates.....music industry becoming more london-centric again in context of shuttering outlets/pr favouring influencers over critics feels bad! 1192
Hugh Morris @hwfmorris.bsky.social · 28/09/2026New Chris Morris just dropped www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comFive UK nationals arrested at RAF Fairford released on bailPolice say alleged offences could have been committed ‘knowingly or unknowingly’ on behalf of a foreign state 131
Reposted by Hugh MorrisMarcel Krueger @marcelkrueger.bsky.social · 26/09/2026First as tragedy, then as farce. Via @andrewgallix.bsky.social on Instagram. 093
Reposted by Hugh MorrisVAN Magazine @vanmusicmag.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The conductor Robert Ames's essay on the classical music industry's ignorance of class went viral for The Guardian recently. He spoke with @hwfmorris.bsky.social about his post-LCO plans and the occasions he had to sleep rough as a freelance musician in London. van-magazine.com/mag/robert-a...van-magazine.com"Like, What The Hell Are We Doing Here?"The conductor Robert Ames is departing from the LCO. He talks to Hugh Morris about sleeping rough in London and the need for a "mentality shift" around class. 042
Hugh Morris @hwfmorris.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Mamdani coming out and saying with his full chest that opera is great and should be for everyone as Lisa Nandy focus-groups herself to a post on X saying that, on balance, we should consider supporting the idea of rugby league 2124
Hugh Morris @hwfmorris.bsky.social · 23/09/2026profiled thea musgrave for the new york times. the "using a profanity for emphasis" Timesspeak was cut, unfortunately, but a lot of other stuff made it in. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/a...nytimes.comAt 98, the Composer Thea Musgrave Is Still Learning (Gift Article)Musgrave, whose 1977 opera “Mary, Queen of Scots” is opening at the San Francisco Opera, has spent a long career searching for the “dramatic abstract.” 170
Reposted by Hugh MorrisOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The RNLI rescued Luftwaffe pilots in WW2 because the organisation is there to 'save life at sea' - it's something to be immensely proud of. But as I've said many times before Farage and Co don't seem to have pride in Britain and its institutions beyond flags and crap Enoch Powell said 60 years ago. 681750592
Hugh Morris @hwfmorris.bsky.social · 17/09/2026and wrote about the new Sissi Rada album for this New York Times roundup www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/a...nytimes.com5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right NowVerdi’s Requiem out of Cleveland, Missy Mazzoli’s “Breaking the Waves” out of Houston and a fresh approach to art song are among our selections. 000
Hugh Morris @hwfmorris.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Website refresh! hughmorrismusic.co.ukhughmorrismusic.co.ukHugh Morris • WriterMusic journalist, critic, editor and copywriter based in London. 030
Reposted by Hugh MorrisHeather Burns @heatherburnstech.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Regular reminder that JG Ballard’s final novel, “Kingdom Come” (2006), is about a far-right English town which creates their own militarised breakaway state in a shopping mall, where they worship the gods of St George and consumerism. Old JG wrote it as tongue-in-cheek satire. At the time. 14775240
Hugh Morris @hwfmorris.bsky.social · 11/09/2026rip to an inspiration www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/w...nytimes.comToyohiro Akiyama, Japan’s Chain-Smoking ‘Space Antihero,’ Dies at 84A journalist, he was the first Japanese person to enter space, joining a Soviet crew as part of a spectacular $35 million ratings stunt in 1990. 011
Reposted by Hugh MorrisWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Surprising this story isn't getting more coverage...portsmouth.co.ukProtestors confuse Pakistan cricket team for migrants after gathering at hotelMisinformation caused groups of people to gather at The Marriott Hotel 921088480
Reposted by Hugh MorrisCharles Fourier @charlesfourier.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Bill Bryson’s words seem appropriate to post right now 5145111506
Hugh Morris @hwfmorris.bsky.social · 08/09/2026My interview with Kibo, a generational talent, is up on the Guardian this afternoon! www.theguardian.com/music/2026/s...theguardian.com‘Cantona’s a Kwengletarian!’ Inside the maximalist, magical mentality of rising London Irish rapper KiboThe masterful Harrow MC behind the year’s funniest, most inventive UK rap debut explains how his parents sparked his ravenous outlook – and why he’s wrestling his peers 010
Reposted by Hugh MorrisDorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 07/09/2026If "legitimate concerns" were considered to excuse illegitimate methods, then nobody from Just Stop Oil or Palestine Action would have been arrested. So we know it doesn't. In fact that phrase is only ever used in one context. Only in that context is uniformed mob intimidation "peaceful protest" 211107401
Reposted by Hugh MorrisPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Nick Robinson on Today is literally talking about ‘legitimate concerns’ after second night of organised men dressed in black - sorry ‘protesters’ - mobilising en masse in another littoral town. This is how street fascism is normalised 19835351084
Reposted by Hugh MorrisAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 04/09/2026The Nigel Farage and Reform foreign donations scandal excluded from all but one national newspaper front page this morning. No sign of it at all on the front pages of the two papers which splashed the polls secretly funded by a Reform donor earlier this year 13024141023
Reposted by Hugh MorrisCarole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Stop whatever you’re doing & watch this now! Reform’s magic money tree has been bust wide open. Huge kudos to undercover reporters Verbatim via @channel4news.bsky.social youtu.be/aXut3s90rUI?... hugeyoutu.beUndercover: Exposing Reform's secret donations plotYouTube video by Channel 4 News 802530933
Reposted by Hugh MorrisCarmen CP @carmenchloie.bsky.social · 03/09/2026since this is literally my job, I have to share this excellent article with a hearty "hell yes" @vanmusicmag.bsky.social van-magazine.com/mag/defense-...van-magazine.comIn Defense of the Program NoteOn his first visit to London in 1851, Hector Berlioz attended several chamber music concerts at The Musical Union, a subscription series run by impresario John Ella. His dispatches from the city were ... 042
Reposted by Hugh MorrisHugh Morris @hwfmorris.bsky.social · 30/08/2026New writing on Sarah davachi www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/a...nytimes.comSarah Davachi’s Music: A Manifesto for Listening CloselySarah Davachi’s “The Will of Tongues” is a collection of music that refuses extremes and requires undivided attention. 0147
Reposted by Hugh MorrisRachel Rees @rachel-rees.bsky.social · 31/08/2026As honoured as I am to see that The Times has picked up my Chagos article practically *word for word*, including my hard-gotten quotes, I’d prefer some credit — or for everyone to read my original FT piece! free link to read the evidently enviable article below (cheaper than a Times sub!) 🌴 752698760
Hugh Morris @hwfmorris.bsky.social · 30/08/2026New writing on Sarah davachi www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/a...nytimes.comSarah Davachi’s Music: A Manifesto for Listening CloselySarah Davachi’s “The Will of Tongues” is a collection of music that refuses extremes and requires undivided attention. 0147
Hugh Morris @hwfmorris.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Profiled floating points for the New York Times it’s out now in print in the Sunday paper www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/a...nytimes.comHe Is Making Music for the Dance Floor, and the Ballet Stage 050
Reposted by Hugh MorrisJoel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 25/08/2026This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry. 7253894811276
Reposted by Hugh MorrisPeter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 23/08/2026“if we don’t stand up for the free speech of racists, it puts everyone’s free speech in danger.” - guy who only ever talks about free speech when it’s racism 7280491680
Hugh Morris @hwfmorris.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Sure, the sex scenes line steals the show, but out of context it misses the extremely brutal lead-up to it… devastating paragraph 010
Reposted by Hugh MorrisLeah Broad @leahbroad.bsky.social · 23/08/2026I get so sick of being told that there has been no gender-based prejudice against women musicians. So here are some genuine reviews written about women, between 1893 & 2021, with a couple words/letters changed to make them about men. 810745
Hugh Morris @hwfmorris.bsky.social · 15/08/2026marvellous work from @katewagner.wehwalt.net with a proper and detailed critical appraisal here. Good stuff too on “slop” as a means of avoiding critiquing / historicising AI 0133
Reposted by Hugh MorrisKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 14/08/2026This is the coverage of Arday **just in the Telegraph** in the UK. This is only the first four pages of results, just in one outlet. 17455962065
Hugh Morris @hwfmorris.bsky.social · 15/08/2026many stories at the moment showing just how dangerous this new flat, combustible media landscape is. clicky ponting was a local news story, that turned into the daily mail doorstopping the man's mother-in-law. arday, while clearly needing to answer questions, became global news, and now he is dead. 240
Reposted by Hugh MorrisDara O'Reilly @daraor.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Toby Young, a man whose academic credentials relied entirely on nepotism, described Arday as "the gift that keeps on giving," which should haunt him to the end of his days. But, obviously, it won't. Because he's a ghoul. 527162
Reposted by Hugh MorrisNadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I feared this would happen. His story was troubling but the wave of hatred and obsession in the media when he was clearly someone who was vulnerable - whatever you thought of him - was entirely disproportionate and in my view fuelled by racists. My thoughts are with his loved ones tonight. 25788194
Hugh Morris @hwfmorris.bsky.social · 13/08/2026VAN back after the break with two excellent pieces -- get amongst it van-magazine.com/subscribe/ 030
Hugh Morris @hwfmorris.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Music critic pivot - went longer on Finnissy miller Schumann - you can listen along thanks to the NYT multimedia team - forces me to listen harder which is never a bad thing :) www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/a...nytimes.comJoseph Havlat Stacks Up Variations on ‘Sinner, Don’t Let This Harvest Pass’ (Gift Article)Joseph Havlat’s thoughtfully programmed “Sinner, Don’t Let This Harvest Pass” spirals out from Schumann’s enigmatic “Ghost Variations.” 171
Reposted by Hugh Morrisjj skolnik @supremenothing.myatproto.social · 11/08/2026what if i do not want to be optimized. what if i want to make mistakes because that’s how you learn; what if i want to do nothing sometimes, what if i want a world that is weird and challenging and has mysteries left to reveal. what if i like taking the long way 3333561008
Hugh Morris @hwfmorris.bsky.social · 11/08/2026🤮 www.newstatesman.com/diary/2026/0...newstatesman.comMy Arts Council farewell tourNow, more than ever, we need to back our nation’s outstanding creativity and culture 220
Reposted by Hugh MorrisDarcy James Argue @darcyjamesargue.com · 10/08/2026This is a big deal. The owner of a boat that refuses to respond to a maritime distress call should lose their effing boat. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comZuckerberg faces questions over why superyacht reportedly declined to help stranded boatSmall cruise ship rescued skiff in south-east Alaska even though Meta billionaire’s $300m megayacht was closer 35686173
Hugh Morris @hwfmorris.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Interviewed Sullivan fortner for the guardian www.theguardian.com/music/2026/a...theguardian.com‘For this record, I took an edible and said, screw it’: jazz pianist Sullivan Fortner on confronting the trauma of Hurricane KatrinaThe New Orleans native is a three-time Grammy winner at the top of his game – and is now using his instinctive style to celebrate the resilience and clarity of Katrina survivors 020
Hugh Morris @hwfmorris.bsky.social · 07/08/2026mad to see how much the Arday saga has emboldened the most terminally online, conspiratorially minded in our field (it's ian pace) 1160
Hugh Morris @hwfmorris.bsky.social · 07/08/2026this looks dreadful, i can't wait www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Bhe...youtube.comThe Yellow Tie Trailer (2026) | In Cinemas 9 October | Ben Schnetzer, John Malkovich, Sean BeanYouTube video by Icon Film Distribution 120
Reposted by Hugh MorrisKatelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 06/08/2026Every single Republican and gender critical person, including JK Rowling, supports this happening to you. They brag about building a future in which this type of humilating incident is common. 2360282194
Reposted by Hugh MorrisProf Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social · 06/08/2026This is hands down the best opinion piece you will read on the Arday case. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comThe takedown of Jason Arday has overjoyed the right, and must be a wake-up call for the left | Jason OkundayeThe Cambridge academic has rightly now resigned. But that won’t end the targeting of senior black figures or the lazy way institutions promote faux equality, says Guardian columnist Jason Okundaye 26837281
Reposted by Hugh MorrisSarah Hennies @sarahhennies.bsky.social · 05/08/2026this fucking rocks! lol www.goodtimes.sc/sarah-hennie...goodtimes.scSarah Hennies’ ‘The Grain House’ Review | Cabrillo FestivalChristina Waters delivers a blistering review of Sarah Hennies’ The Grain House, premiered at the 2026 Cabrillo Festival’s Defiant Dreams concert. 2813014
Reposted by Hugh MorrisLeor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 05/08/2026“Music publications BrooklynVegan, Alternative Press, Revolver, and Goldmine have been gutted by parent company Veeps... Nearly all the staff at each publication appear to have been laid off yesterday. Veeps, which is now owned by Live Nation, acquired the publications in 2024 or 2025”pitchfork.comBrooklynVegan, Alt Press Hit With Mass LayoffsMusic publications Revolver and Goldmine have also been gutted by owners Veeps and Live Nation 18270140