Great! Blog on this from a while back. longandvariable.substack.com/p/the-elgin-...
So this is happening - Iām off to Athens to help demonstrate cross party support for reuniting the Parthenon Sculptures. Today interview published in Greek national newspaper Ta Nea. www.linkedin.com/pulse/former...
Thangam Debbonaire Reveals PM Keir Starmer āWants Solutionā, Calls Sculptures' Removal āTheftā Īy Yannis Andritsopoulos, London Correspondent for the Greek daily newspaper Ta Nea (iandritsopoulos@gmai...
In New York! Here all week for Goals House UNGA, working on the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Meanwhile my morning sunny run took me down Broadway and round a bit of Central Park. I think I can safely say Iām rounding the cornerā¦
I will be on BBC Newsnight panel, tonight at 22.30, discussing Huw Edwards sentence. Iāll be raising the issue of misuse of power and of workplace and sector cultures in which powerful men in particular misuse that power. And how we can tackle that culture of power imbalances.
Is Labour's real mission higher economic growth or lower government borrowing? My column on why Keir Starmer has a month to decide. www.newstatesman.com/politics/lab...
Keir Starmer must choose whether to prioritise economic growth or lower borrowing.
Quote: At the Boston Ballet, DePrince told reporters about how Black dancers who came before her helped motivate her despite experiencing racism and xenophobia. āIām very lucky,ā DePrince said at the time. āThere was Lauren Anderson ā I had somebody to look up to.
āThereās not a lot of us. But what I always try to think about, and what my passion is, is spreading more poppies in a field of daffodils, so to have more Black and brown dancers.ā Trailblazing ballerina Michaela Mabinty DePrince dies at 29 www.theguardian.com/stage/2024/s...
Sierra Leone-born DePrince, who moved to US as a child, danced with Boston Ballet and performed with BeyoncƩ
It works!
Iām actually now experimenting with playing the James Bond theme tune on the cello in the style of Dvorakā¦
Truly wonderful. You give us Scooby Doo in the style of Rachmaninov, I raise you Happy Birthday in the style of lots of composers, and the inimitable Victor Borge! youtu.be/deSwTyEOTqc?...
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The Ancient Egyptians added various pieces of information to amphorae containing wine, creating what are considered to be the oldest known wine labels. www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2024/01/h...