Leonora
@toomuchsinging.bsky.social
Expert procrastinator with a tendency to think about music rather than work. Often found humming random bits of Bach or Purcell while walking down the street.
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November 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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For those of you in the UK, especially if you are a UK citizen, can you please take part in the consultation on changes to Indefinite Leave to Remain (Settlement) that were just proposed by the UK government. We need as many people as possible to reject these proposals. www.gov.uk/government/c...
Earned settlement
The government is consulting on how the current settlement system should be reformed and how those reforms should be implemented.
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November 21, 2025 at 11:13 AM
For those of you in the UK, especially if you are a UK citizen, can you please take part in the consultation on changes to Indefinite Leave to Remain (Settlement) that were just proposed by the UK government. We need as many people as possible to reject these proposals. www.gov.uk/government/c...
You’ve seen Stir-up Sunday - now let me introduce Whirr-up Wednesday.
November 19, 2025 at 11:18 PM
You’ve seen Stir-up Sunday - now let me introduce Whirr-up Wednesday.
Genuinely affordable housing?
Following the news that amphibious 'Duck' tours will return to London - which other lost experiences would you like to see resurrected?
November 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Genuinely affordable housing?
They could market a gluten-free version under the tagline 'Pleni sunt coeliac et terra gloria tua'.
a visionary, touched by the muse, has created their Yorkshire Pudding Sistine Chapel
November 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
They could market a gluten-free version under the tagline 'Pleni sunt coeliac et terra gloria tua'.
Good to see there are still some decent Labour MPs out there. I just hope voices like Creasy's can prevail.
Plans to leave refugees in a state of perpetual uncertainty about where and if they can rebuild their lives are not just performative cruelty, they are counterproductive to integration and the economy. It doesn’t have to be like this - 1/2
November 17, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Good to see there are still some decent Labour MPs out there. I just hope voices like Creasy's can prevail.
@patrickallies.bsky.social Apologies if I turn up tomorrow with a slightly hairy copy of the Manchicourt!
November 9, 2025 at 11:10 PM
@patrickallies.bsky.social Apologies if I turn up tomorrow with a slightly hairy copy of the Manchicourt!
My mum (who, bless her, is well known for her malapropisms) yesterday kept referring to the Ministry of Sound (large nightclub in Elephant & Castle) as 'The Sound of Music', and I'm still silently laughing.
November 9, 2025 at 1:34 PM
My mum (who, bless her, is well known for her malapropisms) yesterday kept referring to the Ministry of Sound (large nightclub in Elephant & Castle) as 'The Sound of Music', and I'm still silently laughing.
Very much a 'there but for the grace of god' moment reading this. My incredible daughter is thriving now, and training to be a doctor, but she's said that she's alive despite the system, not because of it.
‘The ward felt like a prison. What had I let them do?’: how my daughter was crushed by a health service meant to help her
‘The ward felt like a prison. What had I let them do?’: how my daughter was crushed by a health service meant to help her
Ruth was 14 years old and being treated for an eating disorder when she died after being detained under the Mental Health Act. She wasn’t allowed to see her family for more than a few hours a week. How did the system we trusted – and I worked for as a GP – fail us so tragically?
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Very much a 'there but for the grace of god' moment reading this. My incredible daughter is thriving now, and training to be a doctor, but she's said that she's alive despite the system, not because of it.
So relieved to have bought a non-tickling teapot.
November 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
So relieved to have bought a non-tickling teapot.
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This week I'm tackling why creative women need to be allowed to fail.
Women composers have been judged as women first and artists second for too long. It hampers creativity, and does nobody any credit to make gender such an important part of listening.
leahbroad.substack.com/p/why-creati...
Women composers have been judged as women first and artists second for too long. It hampers creativity, and does nobody any credit to make gender such an important part of listening.
leahbroad.substack.com/p/why-creati...
Why creative women need to fail
Hear me out here.
leahbroad.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:04 PM
This week I'm tackling why creative women need to be allowed to fail.
Women composers have been judged as women first and artists second for too long. It hampers creativity, and does nobody any credit to make gender such an important part of listening.
leahbroad.substack.com/p/why-creati...
Women composers have been judged as women first and artists second for too long. It hampers creativity, and does nobody any credit to make gender such an important part of listening.
leahbroad.substack.com/p/why-creati...
There has been a lot to despair of in the world recently, but a Christmas tree at the start of November in my local supermarket has clinched it for me. Complete abomination.
November 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
There has been a lot to despair of in the world recently, but a Christmas tree at the start of November in my local supermarket has clinched it for me. Complete abomination.
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The Telegraph with its finger on the pulse of the nation once more.
November 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The Telegraph with its finger on the pulse of the nation once more.
This is excellent news! Armand is my cousin’s lad, and definitely one to watch.
Askonas Holt is pleased to welcome baritone Armand Rabot to the roster for worldwide management.
Read the full story here: buff.ly/lZPAdmN
Read the full story here: buff.ly/lZPAdmN
October 31, 2025 at 1:44 PM
This is excellent news! Armand is my cousin’s lad, and definitely one to watch.
Catching up with today's Early Music Show from @hannahcfrench.bsky.social while chopping up quinces, which seems a suitably 16th century pastime.
October 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Catching up with today's Early Music Show from @hannahcfrench.bsky.social while chopping up quinces, which seems a suitably 16th century pastime.
Local fox posing for his autumnal portrait.
October 18, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Local fox posing for his autumnal portrait.
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While the perpetrators of Gaza’s genocide pose as its saviours, survivors return home – to a wasteland | Nesrine Malik
While the perpetrators of Gaza’s genocide pose as its saviours, survivors return home – to a wasteland | Nesrine Malik
Western leaders attending the Sharm el-Sheikh summit have enabled and sponsored this slaughter. They are in no position to build a Palestinian future, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
October 13, 2025 at 5:38 AM
While the perpetrators of Gaza’s genocide pose as its saviours, survivors return home – to a wasteland | Nesrine Malik
My second-year uni accommodation is number five on this list! Not the most beautiful building in Cambridge, but I loved living there. My ground floor room was surrounded by garden (or the 'Deer Park' as it was known, despite its complete lack of deer). www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Thumping ambition – and demolition: 10 high-rises that changed modern Britain
Eyesores and scandalously unsafe? Or utopian housing for the working classes? Here are the stories and scandals behind some of the UK’s most revolutionary homes
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 10:22 PM
My second-year uni accommodation is number five on this list! Not the most beautiful building in Cambridge, but I loved living there. My ground floor room was surrounded by garden (or the 'Deer Park' as it was known, despite its complete lack of deer). www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Wonderful to switch on the radio a few minutes ago and hear @musicasecreta.bsky.social singing as I was cooking tea.
October 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Wonderful to switch on the radio a few minutes ago and hear @musicasecreta.bsky.social singing as I was cooking tea.
A brilliant piece about autism from Rhiannon Lucy Coslett, to counter all the negative coverage the condition is getting. As the mother of two autistic children (one only recently diagnosed), their wonderful autistic quirks are what I love most about them. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Autistic people could teach Donald Trump a thing or two about focus, facts and empathy | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
While not without its challenges, autism isn’t a curse to be cured of, as the likes of the President and RFK Jr want us to believe, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
www.theguardian.com
September 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM
A brilliant piece about autism from Rhiannon Lucy Coslett, to counter all the negative coverage the condition is getting. As the mother of two autistic children (one only recently diagnosed), their wonderful autistic quirks are what I love most about them. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I have just been to see @ifagiolini.bsky.social perform Monteverdi's Vespers, and it was complete and utter musical perfection.
September 26, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I have just been to see @ifagiolini.bsky.social perform Monteverdi's Vespers, and it was complete and utter musical perfection.
Off to the march (ok, so it looks like an owl. But I had all of 5 minutes to make this, and I don’t suppose owls like him either).
September 17, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Off to the march (ok, so it looks like an owl. But I had all of 5 minutes to make this, and I don’t suppose owls like him either).
Sign the open letter: Women against the far right
The far right is using women's safety as a weapon to spread racism and division. They are not defenders of women—they exploit violence against women and children to push hate. Together we can stand wi...
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September 13, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Add your message and we will deliver it to Number 10 to show the strength of feeling in our communities. ✍️
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Urge the PM: Defend our Communities from Hate
We’re gathering messages for the Prime Minister to show him Britain stands for unity, fairness and safe communities. Add yours today.
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September 13, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Add your message and we will deliver it to Number 10 to show the strength of feeling in our communities. ✍️
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