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Simon Brackenborough

@sbrackenborough.bsky.social
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Londoner and writer on classical music. Interested in the arts, history, nature, reading, coffee, vegetarian food, and active travel infrastructure. mosaicoftheair.substack.com

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Emily Rowe @emilyrowe1.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Enjoyed chatting with @sbrackenborough.bsky.social in July about my recent chapter on early modern metallic music. Check out the interview and Simon’s other posts on music history here — mosaicoftheair.substack.com/p/a-smithes-...
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'A Smithes Best Chyme'
I chat with Dr. Emily Rowe about music and metal in early modern London.
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Nigel Wallis @mole9.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Aged like fine milk.
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Simon Brackenborough @sbrackenborough.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Poch's new hairstyle as US manager just makes me think of
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Simon Brackenborough @sbrackenborough.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
She loves to lie on the TV controls for some reason
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Simon Brackenborough @sbrackenborough.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Early plane home for Ronaldo…you love to see it
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Simon Brackenborough @sbrackenborough.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Solution: first half of the concert, then massive projector screen descends for fan experience live albert hall WC final, followed by second half, I see no major issues
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Simon Brackenborough @sbrackenborough.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
100% - TVs are one technology that have got harder, not easier to use, and it sucks
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Ulla Rajala @ullamr.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
A bird, probably a partridge (Alectoris barbara. A mosaic depicting birds in the Villa of the Aviary. In a peristilium (courtyard) at Carthage Tunisia. Dated to the 3rd century AD.Photo: David Tipling. #MosaicMonday
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Simon Brackenborough @sbrackenborough.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
The question I want to know: if we have an England vs Spain WC final, which is possible under the current knock-out path, will the scheduled Prom by the Spanish National Orchestra (begins 1 hour before kick off) still go ahead as planned??? www.bbc.co.uk/events/eqdhj5
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Boléro: Rhythms of Spain
The Spanish National Orchestra makes its Proms debut with a set of heat-soaked musical postcards that includes Ravel’s hypnotic Boléro and Rodrigo’s much-loved Concierto de Aranjuez with guitar phenom...
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Simon Brackenborough @sbrackenborough.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
I went through an airships phase as a kid and once got to have a short flight in one at Cardington in Bedforshire, bit of Simon lore there for you
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Simon Brackenborough @sbrackenborough.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
The countdowns to kick offs at this WC are a truly abysmal innovation
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Simon Brackenborough @sbrackenborough.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Oh my god
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Jefferson-Pilot Pickles @jeffersonpilot.org · 03/07/2026
39yo Messi vs 40yo Vozinha, it’s like a bluesky fight made it to the real world
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Simon Brackenborough @sbrackenborough.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
For a team from down under they sure do like to hit it up and over
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Simon Brackenborough @sbrackenborough.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
'Video of the single decker bus showed it encroaching on the property's frontage' well that seems an understatement www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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London bus crashes into North Kensington home
The single decker bus crashes into the property's frontage on St Quintin Avenue in North Kensington.
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Dr Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Reading a very excellent yeoman will with so many rich details: - all timber sawn and piled in the faggot pile 🪵 - my last wives apron 🧑‍🍳 - 'one Fleshooke'🪝 - my cheese wring in Kenns house 🧀 - one pin cushion 🪡 - the Practice of Piety 📖 - Galens works 📙 - my virginals 🎵
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Simon Brackenborough @sbrackenborough.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
anyone else finding pics are slow to load here tooday?
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Simon Brackenborough @sbrackenborough.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Love how quickly he goes from Destroy Mode to Potato Mode
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Simon Brackenborough @sbrackenborough.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Can I have my years of 30 min+ walks a day back-dated please? I think I’d be owed the voucher equivalent of a house www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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NHS to reward people who walk 30 minutes a day
The "marathon a month" scheme, developed with former Olympic medallist Sir Brendan Foster, will launch early next year.
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Simon Brackenborough @sbrackenborough.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
so much discourse lost like tears in the rain...
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Simon Brackenborough @sbrackenborough.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Had a horrible flashback to peak Brexit chaos-era Twitter character dubbed ‘Sensible Brexiter’ guy. Whatever happened to him
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Simon Brackenborough @sbrackenborough.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
if you wanna stay up to 5am on a Monday morning to watch england quite possibly lose a penalty shoot out then good luck to you is all I can say
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Simon Brackenborough @sbrackenborough.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
some of you need to get a hobby that isn’t posting screenshots of the telegraph
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Simon Brackenborough @sbrackenborough.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Just Stop Oil had a point
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Fionn Pooler @thepourover.coffee · 02/07/2026
Currently slightly obsessed with David Hockney's portraits of his dachshunds.
David Hockney portrait of his two dachshunds asleep on a dog bed Another David Hockney portrait of his two dachshunds asleep on a dog bed, one is sprawled on its backDavid Hockney close up portrait of one of his dachshunds lying on a dog bed looking at the viewerDavid Hockney portrait of one of his dachshunds sitting upright like a person with its little front paws hanging down. It's adorable.
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Simon Brackenborough @sbrackenborough.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Hell yeah there’s a BBC2 documentary at 10 about the Blenheim Palace golden toilet heist, possibly the funniest British crime of the century so far
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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 01/07/2026
People here like to rag on Threads, but this is CONTENT
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issyliving

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Two days after I met my soulmate, I experienced a past-life regression in which I witnessed what caused the fall of Atlantis. It completely changed my spiritual path

(TW: SA, womb trauma & Mermaid trauma) 1/12
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Simon Brackenborough @sbrackenborough.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
a lot of my TL today...
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I think you all should sing "Smooth Operator" after matches instead
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 01/07/2026
TfL Cycle Sundays are bringing unlimited free 60-minute rides back this July with Santander Cycles. Cycling is a great way to explore London. I’d encourage everyone to take up these free Sunday bike rides, with more than 50 beginner-friendly routes available. tfl.gov.uk/modes/cyclin...
Four people smile and chat while standing with Santander rental bikes on a wooden boardwalk beside a lake in a green park.
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Simon Brackenborough @sbrackenborough.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Turns out a couple of bags on the back of your bike is a very efficient for taking two stacks of books to the charity shop…though it very much helps that I started from the uphill position
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Simon Brackenborough @sbrackenborough.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I refuse to jump on the Sew-asis Reunion bandwagon
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Adam Koszary @adamkoszary.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
now's the time for Reading Museum's full-scale replica of the Bayeux Tapestry to shine
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Simon Brackenborough @sbrackenborough.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
if the mayor is smart he'll put together a signposted walking and cycling route which joins up the increasing number of vehicle-free bridges in West London, and let tourists zig-zag between the opposing banks and enjoy the river views without traffic fumes www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Hammersmith Bridge vehicle plans axed over £300m cost
Hammersmith and Fulham Council now plans to focus on repairs to maintain walking and cycling access.
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Simon Brackenborough @sbrackenborough.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I'm going to try doing some writing on substack - once I figure out how it works! - you can find me here substack.com/@mosaicofthe... First up will be an interview with @drshirleybell.bsky.social on her research into the music of Caroline Drama
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Simon Brackenborough | Substack
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Simon Brackenborough @sbrackenborough.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
'the only healthy beverage that can be taken safely after cycling' (!)
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Simon Brackenborough @sbrackenborough.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
this rules, wish I'd been there
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Simon Brackenborough @sbrackenborough.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Burnham does at least sound like he believes in what he’s selling, which is a start
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Patrick Kapty @patrickkapty.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Mixtec pectoral of Mictlantecuhtli, the Mesoamerican god of death and ruler of the underworld. Gold c. 1300-1450 CE Mixtec culture Mexico #handmade #gold #pectoral #mixtecculture #montealban #oaxaca #mexico #mesoamerica #mictlantechuhtly #godofdeath #precolumbian #prehispanic #ancientart #art
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Simon Brackenborough @sbrackenborough.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Love a petty side-swipe. Tolstoy: not a fisherman’s friend
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Simon Brackenborough @sbrackenborough.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
and what rough beast, it’s hour come round at last, slouches towards Whitstable to be bathed?
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Simon Brackenborough @sbrackenborough.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Obvs I listen to Radio3 in the morning, but the idea that the BBC should prioritise content for private social media firms who do not share the BBC’s aims and objectives is mad
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Simon Brackenborough @sbrackenborough.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Another 4am thunderstorm? Oh go on then
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Simon Brackenborough @sbrackenborough.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Got a touch of the Chafe Vaughan Williams tonight lads
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Simon Brackenborough @sbrackenborough.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Midsummer Music in Amersham, surely one of the prettiest walks from station to venue. And not a bad line-up either…
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Simon Brackenborough @sbrackenborough.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
I rode into town and now I am a baked potato 🥔
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Simon Brackenborough @sbrackenborough.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Marylebone: the Waitrose of London terminals
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Simon Brackenborough @sbrackenborough.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
'Picky Bits' 'Wet Bulb' disgusting hot weather phrases that I never want to hear
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David Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
“Criiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiime!”
Singer Aled Jones
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