Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Watching A Very Peculiar Practice again after many years, now my favourite is not Dr Rose Marie but Jock and his talk of the pissant swamp. 110
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I'm the only person in this pub interested in this game. I'm guessing there are several Arsenal, Spurs and Chelsea fans crying into their beers. 100
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Finished work in time for some cricket. My arrival is not helping Surrey. 110
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Finally home from Last Night of the Proms, and at last I get to sit down. 140
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I really didn't like tonight's Mahler. I wouldn't break the silence at the end though. 000
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Missed the first half of tonight's Prom because of the closure of South Kensington tube. I shouldn't have joked about Reggie Perrin yesterday. 000
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 06/09/2026"Meet me by the durians. Just follow the smell" 020
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Any performance by Martha Argerich is an occasion to be treasured, but tonight was really special. 0110
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I'm wearing long trousers for the first time since Glyndebourne. 000
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Even Albrecht Mayer gets a bit of last minute practice in before Tchaik 4. 120
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I was in Brixton this morning and there is a new tribute to Kevin Campbell. 010
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Albert listening to the beats wafting over from Notting Hill. 000
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Romeo and Juliet in the second half of tonight's Prom. I had feared that watching Forest earlier would be "a story of more woe", but they were good! 010
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Given the Strauss quote about beer, the pub seemed the best place to go after this magnificent Prom. 020
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 24/08/2026All the extra pockets on my new shorts are brilliant, until you forget to check one of them for tissues on laundry day. 140
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 23/08/2026The Living Daylights, but with Bond playing the cello himself. 000
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Same blue skies as in the Midlands, but definitely warmer down here. 020
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 22/08/2026If only Forest had played as well as the cricket team from over the road. 000
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 20/08/2026I'll be in Nottingham on Saturday, but today it's Notts at Surrey. 210
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 18/08/2026In this production I can see why Tosca is so jealous of a painting. That's not religious ecstasy on her face. 020
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 18/08/2026I'm about to record an accompaniment, so my expected delivery is bound to arrive during a good take. 110
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 16/08/2026The labelling of the first half of this morning's Prom shouldn't have been Baroque, it was Fröst! 000
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Berlioz Requiem as impressive as expected in the big moments, but those soft cymbals in the Sanctus were just divine. 240
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 15/08/2026I didn't realise that Beecham's "chuck in a couple of brass bands" re Belshazzar's Feast was because he already had the players on hand for a performance of Berlioz's Requiem. Looking forward to the Grand messe des mortes this evening. 140
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 11/08/2026At tonight's Prom I discovered I'm not the only one who thinks the opening number of Beauty and the Beast and the start of the Pastoral Symphony are closely related. 120
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 09/08/2026However much Mozart you think you know, there's always something new and beautiful to discover. 180
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Berlioz giving us drugged up music in Symphonie fantastique almost 200 years before Trainspotting The Musical was dreamt of. 000
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 08/08/2026On top of everything else, The Hundred don't treat their between match live musicians well. 010
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 07/08/2026I enjoyed Oberon last night, but can see why it is a rarity. It was such a committed performance from all involved that made it worthwhile. Another piece new to me this evening with the Respighi, but the Rossini I have very fond memories of singing in once. 020
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Routine bus journeys always better from this seat. 110
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 03/08/2026The British Army preparing for any eventuality. 000
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 02/08/2026I've come to The Hundred, which I welcome as much as hydration breaks and AI generated Rings. 110
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Staff in the coffee stall got their double espresso orders muddled up. It was quite funny when I got to the front and ordered a double espresso, but the chap behind me ordering 3 turned it Pythonesque! 010
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 28/07/2026www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... I'm seeing Billy Budd later.bbc.co.ukFrench patrol boat heard firing shots during BBC interview in Channel, MP saysShadow Home Secretary Chris Philp says the vessel fired 17 shots as he was giving a BBC interview. 010
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 27/07/2026A perfect Sunday yesterday at Glyndebourne for Ariadne auf Naxos. 050
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Very good of the Proms not to programme anything I wanted to hear tonight so I can tune in to Bayreuth instead. 020
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Two wonderful Proms, excellent noodles in between, and my late night journey home went like clockwork. 040
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 21/07/2026As I'm rereading The Odyssey I'm going to describe Sueye Park's beautifully rich tone as wine dark. 020
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 19/07/2026On my feet lots today. First of all the Black Dyke Band. 120
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Yunchan Lim at the Proms. It's like being able to watch Messi from the touchline. 050
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Beautiful day at The Oval but I've had enough of the awful music. It doesn't seem to be helping Surrey batters... 120
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 16/07/2026I liked this more than most new versions, but once again I left thinking I'd rather have the classic author than the updating. 000
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Probably just me who misread reports of Forest signing Schlager and thought we were getting a heldentenor. 010
