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Jacky Tarleton @jackyct.bsky.social · Jul 28

Might you perhaps follow Hugh Canning and Philippa Perry and use Substack instead?

Jacky Tarleton @jackyct.bsky.social · Jul 10

@larkingrumple.bsky.social I thoroughly enjoyed reading your account of Turandot in Verona in August Gramophone magazine👏👏

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Jacky Tarleton @jackyct.bsky.social · Jul 9

I very much enjoyed your Semele review, but how frustrating that you had so little space to cover so much. Is this the new @theobserveruk.bsky.social reality? If so, I hope they think again🙏🏼.

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Jacky Tarleton @jackyct.bsky.social · Apr 29

I envy you seeing 2 Normas in Vienna but your fascinating detailed, perceptive reviews brought them to life. Having listened to the audio I completely agree with yr appreciation of JDF’s sensitive singing!

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Jacky Tarleton @jackyct.bsky.social · Apr 22

Oh, that’s wonderful news!👏👏 Thank you so much! I can continue to buy it without fear.

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Jacky Tarleton @jackyct.bsky.social · Apr 22

@fionahmaddocks.bsky.social Carole Cadwalladr in yesterday’s Observer New Review has me worried! Will it, and specifically your wonderful opera reviews, still be there in future?🙏🏼

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Jacky Tarleton @jackyct.bsky.social · Apr 4

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all the wonderful mornings. Your show has been a constant delight and you will be greatly missed. 💐💐

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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · Mar 17

My thanks to His Majesty King Charles III for his warm welcome and gracious hospitality today. Canada is fortunate to have a steadfast defender in our sovereign.

Prime Minister Mark Carney is received by His Majesty King Charles III in an audience at Buckingham Palace.

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · Mar 15

A lovely and brave message from VOA director Mike Abramowitz. Such a loss

Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · Mar 15

Statement from the director of the Voice of America (who has been placed on administrative leave).

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · Mar 15

Russia and China have e
been waging a propaganda war against democracy. Trump just surrendered www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · Mar 15

The world's richest man stole food from the world's poorest children. Now they are beginning to die
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Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True.

A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.

www.nytimes.com

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Fiona Maddocks @fionahmaddocks.bsky.social · Mar 9

The week in classical: The Makropulos Affair; Uprising – review
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/m...

The week in classical: The Makropulos Affair; Uprising – review

Orla Boylan captivates in Olivia Fuchs’s masterly Scottish Opera Janáček. And Jonathan Dove’s rousing new community opera puts down firm roots

www.theguardian.com

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Jacky Tarleton @jackyct.bsky.social · Mar 8

Please could you post on here the item on Today this morning about greedy labs, for those of us not on X? 🙏🏼

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Mar 7

Trump dreams of a Maga empire – but he’s more likely to leave us a nuclear hellscape | Alexander Hurst

The US president’s new imperialism could make real the apocalyptic world depicted by cold war filmmakers

www.theguardian.com

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Jacky Tarleton @jackyct.bsky.social · Mar 6

Thanks very much for this link. I’ve watched and shared.

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Neil Fisher @neilfisher81.bsky.social · Feb 27

btw, you can stream the production here - www.arte.tv/en/videos/12...

Vincenzo Bellini: Norma - Theater an der Wien, Vienna - Watch the full programme | ARTE Concert

The stage director Vasily Barkhatov is famous for his razor-sharp character analyses translated into powerful visuals. In his reading, Norma rides an emotional rollercoaster that takes her from love t...

www.arte.tv

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Jacky Tarleton @jackyct.bsky.social · Mar 6

You did well to get that far. I was unable to answer the first question!

Jacky Tarleton @jackyct.bsky.social · Mar 5

Winners of the 44th edition of the Franco Abbiati Music Critics\' Prize www.gramilano.com/2025/03/44th...

Winners of the 44th edition of the Franco Abbiati Music Critics' Prize

Winners of Italy's 44th edition of the Franco Abbiati Music Critics' Prize have been announced.

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Jacky Tarleton @jackyct.bsky.social · Mar 4

@empirepoduk.bsky.social Re your podcast about Cromwell in Ireland I remember a family holiday in Connemara in the ‘60s. Frequently lost we’d ask for directions to be instantly told of Cromwell’s destruction of the area until we were forced to explain that we were Royalists & on Charles I’s side.

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Jacky Tarleton @jackyct.bsky.social · Feb 28

I think our King should withdraw the invitation to Trump. Those scenes of 2 bullies rounding on a hero in the Oval Office were unbearable.

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22sophie.bsky.social @22sophie.bsky.social · Feb 28

Trump needed Vance there to be able to answer the tough questions that Trump doesn’t understand. Zelensky needs to walk away from the USA. The EU and Canada and the UK will do the right thing. Trump’s administration is despicable run by deplorables. Shameful.

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CBMnyc @cbmnyc.bsky.social · Feb 28

Zelensky held his own against both of them. I expected nothing less. He's been leading his nation for 3 years of war. He's been in it while Trump and Vance have lived their cushy ignorant lives.

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Point Blank Sandwich Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · Feb 28

Watching Putin’s little stooges try to bully Zelenskyy in our goddamned White House is pretty repulsive.

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Jacky Tarleton @jackyct.bsky.social · Feb 28

… and I have my copy at home, ready to read!👏🎶

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Jacky Tarleton @jackyct.bsky.social · Feb 28

Your 3 year old definitely takes precedence!💐🎂 There’s always March 23 on ORF if you should wish to see the other Norma. I’m already looking forward to it.

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