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In Quires and Places where they meme @quiresandplaces.com · 04/10/2026

This morning's Sunday Worship on BBC Radio 4 is well worth catching up with on BBC Sounds. An absolute privilege to be asked to chat all things Evensong alongside such luminaries as Roderick Williams, Sarah MacDonald, Harry Christophers, and Katherine Dienes-Williams. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Sunday Worship - Open thou our lips - A Celebration of Choral Evensong - BBC Sounds

A celebration of Choral Evensong.

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In Quires and Places where they meme @quiresandplaces.com · 01/10/2026

head chorister medals have many unexpected benefits

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In Quires and Places where they meme @quiresandplaces.com · 01/10/2026

Now on sale on quiresandplaces.com and, for international customers, available at amazon.com, amazon.com.au, etc. (As well as amazon.co.uk, of course.) www.amazon.co.uk/Collect-Rail...

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In Quires and Places where they meme @quiresandplaces.com · 01/10/2026

For those seeking strength, you can now intone the Collect for the Rail Replacement Service as you make your way to the bus stop. www.amazon.co.uk/Collect-Rail...

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In Quires and Places where they meme @quiresandplaces.com · 01/10/2026

BING BONG The train due to leave Platform 1 is the Rail Replacement Service, departing from the road round the corner that's awkward to get to and really not very obvious. www.amazon.co.uk/Collect-Rail...

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In Quires and Places where they meme @quiresandplaces.com · 29/09/2026

Maybe one day we'll release a book of Psalmemes, with a meme for every verse of the psalm. That's a bit much, even for us, but in any case, here's Psalm 40, verse 10.

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In Quires and Places where they meme @quiresandplaces.com · 29/09/2026

Weird name for a church, but ok. Do you reckon they do Evensong? "And O, what transport of delight..."

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In Quires and Places where they meme @quiresandplaces.com · 29/09/2026

Pre-order copies of The Collect for the Rail Replacement Service have arrived. Just over a dozen copies left for pre-orders: they'll be posted out on Thursday. quiresandplaces.com/products/the...

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In Quires and Places where they meme @quiresandplaces.com · 27/09/2026

That being said you can't have too many, tbh.

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In Quires and Places where they meme @quiresandplaces.com · 24/09/2026

If you subscribe to our *very* sporadic emails and THEN pre-order, you can get 10% off this AND all other books we publish (whether physical or electronic), available exclusively to subscribers before the end of the month. (Subscription button is at the bottom of the main page.)

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The Collect for the Rail Replacement Service

From the author of Evensong - Notes from the Choir comes a collection of prayers for occasions which nobody thought would need prayer but definitely, 100% do. And if you can chant them with a fancy Am...

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In Quires and Places where they meme @quiresandplaces.com · 24/09/2026

We're sorry to make this particular observation but...it's officially three months until Christmas. As such, may we present the perfect stocking filler gift... THE COLLECT FOR THE RAIL REPLACEMENT SERVICE Now available to pre-order before it's release on Thursday 1 October.

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The Collect for the Rail Replacement Service

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In Quires and Places where they meme @quiresandplaces.com · 24/09/2026

(Based on this numerical trend, we can only assume we'll be getting a call from BBC Radio 2 any day now...)

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In Quires and Places where they meme @quiresandplaces.com · 24/09/2026

Not content with appearing on BBC Radio 4 on Sunday 4 October (8.10am) we're also catching the night owls over on Radio 3 on Tuesday 6 October at 9.45pm, as part of a series each evening next week on Evensong. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, Towards Evensong, 06/10/2026

Celebrating a hundred years of the BBC’s broadcasting of Evensong.

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In Quires and Places where they meme @quiresandplaces.com · 24/09/2026

This is an excellent initiative, highlighting important work, but when I saw a photo of a cathedral and the word "organ", I did not immediately think of the sort of organ the post intended me to bring to mind.

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In Quires and Places where they meme @quiresandplaces.com · 22/09/2026

Imagine you start a new choir and they open the robe cupboard and start putting on their jassocks.

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In Quires and Places where they meme @quiresandplaces.com · 22/09/2026

It's a little book destined for that shelf of little books that everyone has. Usually in the bathroom. You don't have to chant the Collects, but it might help. Published on 1 October.

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In Quires and Places where they meme @quiresandplaces.com · 22/09/2026

It's an extension of the appendix at the back of Evensong - Notes from the Choir and is very much intended as a light-hearted, if still a little prayerful, look at modern life through the lens of the daily Collects intoned each day at Evensong.

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In Quires and Places where they meme @quiresandplaces.com · 22/09/2026

From rail replacement services to self-service checkouts, and from parish magazines to password expiry notices, this collection offers prayers for the many minor trials, mysteries, frustrations and absurdities of modern life.

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In Quires and Places where they meme @quiresandplaces.com · 22/09/2026

***NEW PUBLICATION*** If you've had a browse round the new website as well as spotting some new music you may have seen this little number coming soon... Introducing The Collect for the Rail Replacement Service.

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In Quires and Places where they meme @quiresandplaces.com · 18/09/2026

It's no secret that I've got a soft spot for Kelly in C. So much so that I've dedicated numerous memes to Bryan's masterpiece. The campaign to get as many choirs to sing it this term starts now. Can we all agree on a date and synchronise the music lists? Requiescat in Pace, Bryan Kelly. 1934-2026

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In Quires and Places where they meme @quiresandplaces.com · 18/09/2026

A regular performer as well, Barnabas is a tenor/baritone singer who is part of many choirs across Oxford, some of whom have premiered their choral compositions. Outside of their musical activities, they are a regular cinema-goer, a teacher, and an unapologetic fan of Doctor Who.

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In Quires and Places where they meme @quiresandplaces.com · 18/09/2026

Welcome to the Quires and Places family, Barnabas Sharp. Barnabas is a graduate musician with a Masters degree in Composition; they have composed classical and film music in multiple varieties of style, tone and colour ranging from the traditional neo-romantic to the dissonantly experimental.

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In Quires and Places where they meme @quiresandplaces.com · 17/09/2026

It's new brand day! We've been working behind the scenes on a new brand identity. Same great products; new brand. We've refreshed our website too. Take a look at our new look, as well as a few new products now, and to come.. quiresandplaces.com

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In Quires and Places where they meme @quiresandplaces.com · 17/09/2026

(There's a special broadcast of Evensong the following Wednesday on the centenary itself, live from Wabbey, but I'm not involved in that.) Look out on our socials later this evening for more updates...

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In Quires and Places where they meme @quiresandplaces.com · 17/09/2026

The service is part of a number of broadcasts across Radios 3 and 4 marking the Centenary of the first broadcast of Choral Evensong, on 7 October 1926, and includes a number of luminaries from the choral world. And me.

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In Quires and Places where they meme @quiresandplaces.com · 17/09/2026

This morning I was in the BBC studios in Bristol to record an interview for BBC Radio 4's Sunday Worship on Sunday 4 October (8.10am).

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In Quires and Places where they meme @quiresandplaces.com · 16/09/2026

Huge kudos to David Whitworth for coding this majestic timesuck. Enjoy. www.davidwhitworth.co.uk/app-developm...

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App development | David Whitworth

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In Quires and Places where they meme @quiresandplaces.com · 16/09/2026

PROTECT THE CHAMBER ORGAN. l1nk.dev/chamberorgan The priceless chamber organ is under threat. Tourists are approaching with cameras, sticky fingers, and an insatiable desire to touch things they have been specifically asked not to touch. As the Lay Clerk on duty, you must defend the organ.

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In Quires and Places where they meme @quiresandplaces.com · 15/09/2026

Who's singing the full 15th Evening psalms tonight?

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In Quires and Places where they meme @quiresandplaces.com · 14/09/2026

Holy Cross Day? Must be time to crack open an Arbor Ales.

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In Quires and Places where they meme @quiresandplaces.com · 13/09/2026

Alas, no. But thank you for bringing it to our attention.

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In Quires and Places where they meme @quiresandplaces.com · 13/09/2026

This is incredible. What an offer. We *usually limit our imbibing of mind-altering substances to after the service, but I'd want to see what Kelly in C sounds in this state. *usually

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In Quires and Places where they meme @quiresandplaces.com · 07/09/2026

Rewriting The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark, but it's The Howells who was afraid of the Alto. All the same words work, too. Altos are exciting. Altos are kind. Altos are fun. Altos are necessary. Altos are fascinating. Altos are wonderful. Altos are beautiful.

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In Quires and Places where they meme @quiresandplaces.com · 01/09/2026

This forgotten manuscript has come across our desk today, at some point between the hours of 9 and 5. Thanks to Simon Niemiński for bringing this to our attention.