Lizzie Speller
@l1zz1e.bsky.social
Tutor CW Cambridge. Ex Classicist.
Love poetry, water, ruins, churchyards.
Author,The Return of Captain John Emmett; At Break of Day, memoir, lyrics. Short-listed Forward Prize. Judge London Hellenic Prize.
Live Suffolk & Greek island.
Love poetry, water, ruins, churchyards.
Author,The Return of Captain John Emmett; At Break of Day, memoir, lyrics. Short-listed Forward Prize. Judge London Hellenic Prize.
Live Suffolk & Greek island.
It is those brief moments when ordinary things surprise with peace and wonder.
November 16, 2025 at 6:57 AM
It is those brief moments when ordinary things surprise with peace and wonder.
Now that could be a winner.The problem might be encouraging them to thong-up. December LED lit one, Jan thong, snow and skis. All more for politics than aesthetics. Thiel, Farage of course, Musk in bejewelled (if uncomfortable) one. But in fairness some women could qualify.
November 15, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Now that could be a winner.The problem might be encouraging them to thong-up. December LED lit one, Jan thong, snow and skis. All more for politics than aesthetics. Thiel, Farage of course, Musk in bejewelled (if uncomfortable) one. But in fairness some women could qualify.
I dreamed it so that you don’t have to…..
November 15, 2025 at 10:42 AM
I dreamed it so that you don’t have to…..
In my dream not long ago I went to Mar el Lago and DT was in swimming red thong.
November 14, 2025 at 11:03 PM
In my dream not long ago I went to Mar el Lago and DT was in swimming red thong.
It’s the coordination of hands and feet and complexity of the instrument that makes it so compelling to watch as well as hear.
November 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
It’s the coordination of hands and feet and complexity of the instrument that makes it so compelling to watch as well as hear.
Coincidence! My partner was an organist and harpsichordist. Only yesterday I was wondering what to do with his Willner Chromatic Tuner!
November 11, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Coincidence! My partner was an organist and harpsichordist. Only yesterday I was wondering what to do with his Willner Chromatic Tuner!
Any lumps in throat?? @derekniemann.bsky.social saw it too and I think music also made it for him. I’m extra interested as my last novel was about music (an organist with synaesthesia) and WWI.
One reviewer objected to depiction of Elgar as pompous.
Still, on Friday I shall see it!
One reviewer objected to depiction of Elgar as pompous.
Still, on Friday I shall see it!
Derek Niemann (@derekniemann.bsky.social)
Loves both writing (nature and life writing) and teaching CW (mostly for Cam U). Loves parentheses too. Publications inc Guardian country diary, also books such as Birds in a Cage and some others. Enj...
derekniemann.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Any lumps in throat?? @derekniemann.bsky.social saw it too and I think music also made it for him. I’m extra interested as my last novel was about music (an organist with synaesthesia) and WWI.
One reviewer objected to depiction of Elgar as pompous.
Still, on Friday I shall see it!
One reviewer objected to depiction of Elgar as pompous.
Still, on Friday I shall see it!
Me too! Though given I had lump in throat with one line ( Softly and Gently etc) I feel the film may well have tears among the pleasure and wit.
November 8, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Me too! Though given I had lump in throat with one line ( Softly and Gently etc) I feel the film may well have tears among the pleasure and wit.