Patrick Allies
@patrickallies.bsky.social
Musician. Visiting Artist and Researcher at KCL.
Artistic Director @SiglodeOroVocal.bsky.social
Musical Director @ICChamberChoir.bsky.social
Views my own.
mail[at]patrickallies.co.uk
Artistic Director @SiglodeOroVocal.bsky.social
Musical Director @ICChamberChoir.bsky.social
Views my own.
mail[at]patrickallies.co.uk
Always delighted when I check the Top 20 most popular pieces on CDPL and it's brilliantly esoteric, even by choral music standards.
November 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Always delighted when I check the Top 20 most popular pieces on CDPL and it's brilliantly esoteric, even by choral music standards.
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One thing to know about Magistrates is that the qualifications for becoming one are: 1) be aged between 18-74, 2) be literate, and 3) be ‘of good character’ (no previous convictions or bankruptcy)
If you’re up for it, you can help beat bias in the system by entering it
If you’re up for it, you can help beat bias in the system by entering it
Can't believe they're going to end trial by jury. It's one of our most fundamental rights. Literally Magna Carta stuff.
November 27, 2025 at 9:33 AM
One thing to know about Magistrates is that the qualifications for becoming one are: 1) be aged between 18-74, 2) be literate, and 3) be ‘of good character’ (no previous convictions or bankruptcy)
If you’re up for it, you can help beat bias in the system by entering it
If you’re up for it, you can help beat bias in the system by entering it
Embracing the spirit of the season (walking around the university library handing out packs of tissues to those who are sniffing)
November 27, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Embracing the spirit of the season (walking around the university library handing out packs of tissues to those who are sniffing)
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i’m so happy for him
November 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
i’m so happy for him
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At my waking, I found the tops of the houses covered with snow, which is a rare sight, that I have not seen these three years.
November 27, 2025 at 6:38 AM
At my waking, I found the tops of the houses covered with snow, which is a rare sight, that I have not seen these three years.
Living dangerously today (eating soup while already in my concert gear)
November 26, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Living dangerously today (eating soup while already in my concert gear)
Filing this under: Christmas carols that mention cheese
November 26, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Filing this under: Christmas carols that mention cheese
Office for Banter Responsibility, amirite?
November 26, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Office for Banter Responsibility, amirite?
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oh no did somebody undermine the grand theatre of the budget reveal
November 26, 2025 at 12:31 PM
oh no did somebody undermine the grand theatre of the budget reveal
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Suggs and the boys, great bunch of lads, always said so.
‘Madness’ to increase welfare spending in Budget, says AO World boss
‘Madness’ to increase welfare spending in Budget, says AO World boss
‘Madness’ to increase welfare spending in Budget, says AO World boss
www.independent.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Suggs and the boys, great bunch of lads, always said so.
Yep this is what held me back
November 25, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Yep this is what held me back
Blows my mind that “severe delays” on the Victoria line means trains are only every 4 minutes. We are ridiculously lucky to have the tube.
November 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Blows my mind that “severe delays” on the Victoria line means trains are only every 4 minutes. We are ridiculously lucky to have the tube.
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OH to 5yo this morning (warningly, as he refused to cooperate in getting dressed for school): “Do I need to tell Santa about you?”
8yo (deadpan, without looking up from her book): “I think he probably already knows.”
8yo (deadpan, without looking up from her book): “I think he probably already knows.”
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 PM
OH to 5yo this morning (warningly, as he refused to cooperate in getting dressed for school): “Do I need to tell Santa about you?”
8yo (deadpan, without looking up from her book): “I think he probably already knows.”
8yo (deadpan, without looking up from her book): “I think he probably already knows.”
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OMG. The Guardian have confused Kenneth Clark, presenter of the 1969 series 'Civilisation' with Tory ex-MP & former Chancellor Kenneth Clarke in their review of the new BBC series 'Civilisations:Rise & Fall'
November 25, 2025 at 12:29 AM
OMG. The Guardian have confused Kenneth Clark, presenter of the 1969 series 'Civilisation' with Tory ex-MP & former Chancellor Kenneth Clarke in their review of the new BBC series 'Civilisations:Rise & Fall'
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Come and apply to be the Professor of Bibliography & Modern Book History @engfacoutreach.bsky.social & @jesusoxford.bsky.social (and work closely with us @bodleian.ox.ac.uk). Following a long line of great scholars: Don McKenzie, Kathryn Sutherland, & Dirk van Hulle ... my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
my.corehr.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Come and apply to be the Professor of Bibliography & Modern Book History @engfacoutreach.bsky.social & @jesusoxford.bsky.social (and work closely with us @bodleian.ox.ac.uk). Following a long line of great scholars: Don McKenzie, Kathryn Sutherland, & Dirk van Hulle ... my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
Currently rethinking my life choices (Spurs fan living in Islington).
November 23, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Currently rethinking my life choices (Spurs fan living in Islington).
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Altos finally getting some celebrity acknowledgment @quiresandplaces.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Altos finally getting some celebrity acknowledgment @quiresandplaces.com
Altos finally getting some celebrity acknowledgment @quiresandplaces.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Altos finally getting some celebrity acknowledgment @quiresandplaces.com
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Remarkably simple solution. If you don't want the backing of the far-right for your immigration policy, or to have people point out that you have their backing, don't base your immigration policy on the far-right's rhetoric and ideology.
www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/shab...
www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/shab...
Shabana Mahmood hits out at Tommy Robinson’s backing of Labour’s migration policy
Shabana Mahmood has said she finds it “deeply offensive” when MPs quote Tommy Robinson at her in the Commons, after the far-right activist backed the government’s sweeping asylum reforms. Asked about ...
www.independent.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Remarkably simple solution. If you don't want the backing of the far-right for your immigration policy, or to have people point out that you have their backing, don't base your immigration policy on the far-right's rhetoric and ideology.
www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/shab...
www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/shab...
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Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Submit a Claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
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I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
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it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.
Oh
November 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
The M&S stands for Michelangelo and Sixtus
a visionary, touched by the muse, has created their Yorkshire Pudding Sistine Chapel
November 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
The M&S stands for Michelangelo and Sixtus
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Just to prove you are worth an 8p stamp.
November 18, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Just to prove you are worth an 8p stamp.
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We lived in a pub when I was growing up and when I was 3 (50 years ago!) we had someone in to draw the pub for a business card. I sat next to him and watched him draw every line. I was transfixed and it was a huge inspiration for me. I’ve dreamt about owning that drawing for years…
November 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
We lived in a pub when I was growing up and when I was 3 (50 years ago!) we had someone in to draw the pub for a business card. I sat next to him and watched him draw every line. I was transfixed and it was a huge inspiration for me. I’ve dreamt about owning that drawing for years…