What really irks me abt this is that it is so EASY to say instead 'any plans for X?' and then invite people over if not. Or just don't ask, if having someone over isn't what you want out of that conversation!

This is so much better even than my finding Alistair McGrath's old Shakespeare in OxFam for £2

Do you know how hard it is to read Vatican docs on your phone without becoming a hazard on the streets of Oxford

Me: DOES IT SAY ANYTHING BAD ABOUT DE MONTFORT

This, for instance, is high camp.

"Not only is Camp not necessarily bad art, but some art which can be approached as Camp (example: the major films of Louis Feuillade) merits the most serious admiration and study." — Susan Sontag, Notes on Camp

The Demidenko recording of no. 2 is terrifying and haunting.

Listened on a flight and whooooboyyyy I had feels

'And all shall be well
All shall be well
Miracles are often inconvenient
And a prayer is a spell'

😭

Well, 7 is extraordinary. Like a spring that is winter? A sunset that is sunrise?

Which rec did you go with?

For the Time Being hits so hard rn.

Wait, it isn't two hours, but DO you know Sibelius 7?