Elizabeth McKay
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Looking for the silver lining. Director & CEO @ltmuseum , Dep Chair @kidsinmuseums , Londoner, cyclist, opera fan, ski nut, mum. ex @BBC & @hrp_learning
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❤️ 🎶 “You really can’t do better than English National Opera “ 🎶🎶🎶❤️❤️❤️
#ChooseOpera
#LoveENO
#LetsDoLondon
@E_N_O
Sound on! A special treat for the audience at
#ENOYeomen
Saturday night
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Very worried to hear Michael Mosely is still missing. I always loved my meetings with him at the BBC - back when he was a producer, before he switched to being on camera. Hope he’s ok
Greek police ‘baffled’ by TV doctor Michael Mosley’s disappearance
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Some news…
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Oh be still my heart.
I asked (begged? cajoled?) my two kids to do something productive today when I left to go to work.
They took themselves to a museum! 🦕 🎉
My work is done 😂
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My son & I were cycling in central London & enjoying the cycle lanes along Chelsea Embankment when the lane abruptly ended!
Yup. Welcome to
@RBKC
☠️
Honestly it’s so bad. It’s so dangerous compared to other boroughs.
Cllrs do any of you cycle?
@betterstreetskc
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Standing ovation for the sold-out
#ENOAkhnaten
tonight.
Absolutely mesmerising.
Bravo
@A_R_Costanzo
, Chrystal E Williams,
@philipglass
Karen Kamensek, the fabulous chorus, orchestra & jugglers!
@E_N_O
is excellent & a national treasure
#LetsDoLondon
@ace_national
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Happy birthday 🥳 to me
A day in Firenze - che bello ❤️
About to disappear into the Uffizzi for hours
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I heard the rumblings and knew , just knew, that
@jonstewart
didn’t throw JK under the bus. I’ve always been a huge fan of you both. Total integrity
So right from JS that there is something rotten in the state of
@Newsweek
#IStandWithJKRowling
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@caitlinmoran
Such a disappointment. Wollstonecraft is a feminist icon who called for gender equality a CENTURY before the suffragettes.
And this is what we come up with?
What a let down. Sigh
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@TheNewsAgents
@jonsopel
@LeeAndersonMP_
@GlobalPlayer
True - so much more scrutiny of this case at the BBC than many, many sordid and criminal scandals involving conservative MPs.
Ridiculous hyperbole from Lee Anderson
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@hugorifkind
She’s helpfully produced a video
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Please share your views - would you buy this table if you could? Genuinely interested!
@MrTimDunn
@MuseumoftheHome
@ltmuseumshop
@C20thPosters
Would you be interested to buy a roundel coffee table (as featured in London Transport Museum) for your home?
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Watching the
#SarahEverard
documentary and feeling sick all over again. Horrifying to relive this.
The scenes of police breaking up the vigil turn my stomach
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Just spotted in our shop ❤️ 🧵
So cool - almost enough to encourage me to take up embroidery
@ltmuseumshop
@ltmuseum
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Now this is exciting! It can’t get dark fast enough.
@ltmuseum
#CoventGarden
#LetsDoLondon
#Posters
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@ianvisits
@ltmuseum
Thanks for all your support, Ian, & helping us get the word out.
Obviously we’re devastated & the LTM team has been working all day to contact ticket holders & arrange refunds.
It’s such a selfish thing to do - ruining a fun day out for people & damaging a historic train
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Found my scrapbook from inter-railing the summer of 1986 & my last day in London:
The Marriage of Figaro at
@E_N_O
in the balcony for £4. The love affair began early
#LoveENO
#ChooseOpera
#LetsDoLondon
My one day off-peak travel card for £1.70
I also saved stamps…?! 26p 😂
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Ladies only!
Just spent a delightful hour whisking the incredible
@wmarybeard
around
@ltmuseum
(ending in the gift shop 😉)
I love sharing the joy of all things connected to transport & design in London past, present & future. Come again Mary!
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“If ever there was an example of levelling up it was done 45 years ago…” when Opera North was created from
@E_N_O
Great comments from Sir Richard Mantle 🙏
Let’s hope the next people in power can fix this mess
@RachelReevesMP
@HarrietHarman
@KeeleyMP
@ThangamMP
#LoveENO
Wise and brave words about ENO from Sir Richard Mantle at the end of tonight’s opening night of La rondine at Opera North. Take note
@DCMS
@ace_national
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Can’t think of a better day 1 in my new role
@ltmuseum
(& first day back from hols) than a press preview of our new
#HiddenLondon
tour of Baker Street with
@ChrisNixEsq
&
@siddyholloway
then lunch & handovers w/
@sam462
It’s almost like it was planned
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@fairplaywomen
@JessDeWahls
@royalacademy
@afneil
@andrewdoyle_com
@EHRC
I’d like to thank the RA for raising my awareness of
@JessDeWahls
‘s beautiful work.
I’ve bought several pieces directly from her website & I will be writing, as a long-term member
@royalacademy
, to question why it is censoring artists.
Beyond disappointed in the RA.
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To say we are absolutely delighted & relieved & ecstatic all at the same time would be an understatement of the century.
Hallelujah! 🎉
#HereForCulture
Amazing news… Our £1.75 million bid to the Culture Recovery Fund was successful! Our future was hanging in the balance, but this funding has given us hope. Thank you to
@ace_national
,
@DCMS
and
@hmtreasury
#HereForCulture
(1/2)
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It’s been nearly six years with the fabulous people, palaces and panache of
@hrp_palaces
. I’ve had a blast leading L&E. The astronomical clock says it’s time for my next adventure: trading Tudors for trains. I’m joining
@ltmuseum
as COO in September. Stay bold
@HRP_learning
👍🏻
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So delighted for everyone at LTM for winning the Temporary or Touring Exhibition of the Year for
#HiddenLondon
the Exhibition.
What a joy! We’re over the moon! 🥂👍🏻🎉🍸🥳 Woo hoo!!
@ltmuseum
#MandHAwards
Yay!!!
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Cycling through the back streets of
@RBKC
& traffic is insane. The air stinks w/ exhaust. It’s miserable & impossible for everyone.
So many cars w/one person only. These can’t all be essential journeys. It’s madness
@earlscourtdevco
@betterstreetskc
@FelicityBuchan
@lionhouse33
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Enjoying my time as a Customer Service Asst at today’s family experience at the
@ltmuseum
Depot. Boy it’s hard work (!!) - but really gratifying and great to speak to so many lovely visitors.
#open
#museum
#culturematters
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Message slipped under the door during my 10am zoom call. 😂
(Reader - I am feeding my children in case there is any doubt)
#WorkingFromHomeLife
#schoolholidays
#EasterHolidays
#priorities
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After a phenomenal
#nutcracker
@TheRoyalBallet
, my 11 yo son is reviewing his career aspirations. Historian or ballet dancer? I love that these are his current options. Both excellent!
#culturematters
@DarceyOfficial
@Lucy_Worsley
@TracyBorman
#london
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@suzanne_moore
And if you were in a position of responsibility at the liberal
@nytimes
would you commission an advert that erased JK Rowling as an author and creative genius? This isn’t an editorial or authored - it’s a considered, planned, funded group-think nasty attack
It's very hard to articulate the anger I feel about the appalling
@nytimes
subway video ad about
@jk_rowling
, but I'm going to try.
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@ElectoralCommUK
@jessphillips
‘Unpleasant?’ That’s an understatement. But good to see some positive engagement with this issue from
@ElectoralCommUK
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I cycled through
#Westminster
today and it was a dream. Dedicated
#cycle
lanes, lights, other cyclists (safety in numbers).
I’ve always avoided cycling in that area. Hallelujah & 🙏
@TfL
From West London to
@I_W_M
in LESS time than taking a tube or bus. 🚴 🍃 ☀️
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Still trying to wrap my head around the logic that I can get my hair cut and go to a gym or library on 12 April but must wait until 17 May to go to a Museum.... ?!
#lockdownroadmap
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What a start to
#Eurovision2024
I’m here for Graham Norton quips, the clothes, bonkersness and hopefully a good dose of ABBA
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@thequentinletts
@LondonPalladium
From these comments I think we can see the tide turning. I’m in the camp of complying and do whatever it takes to get theatres open and our cultural sector thriving.
Get a clue, Quentin
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Our first
#SLT
meeting
#MuseumsfromHome
and the Director has dressed for the occasion! Setting the standard 👌
@ltmuseum
@Sam462
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Everyone is very, very annoyed and grumpy in our house right now
England v France
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An absolute joy to see our 'Love London's Culture' initiative gather momentum & happen!
Today we launched four reimagined vintage Tube posters with the support of poets, opera singers & ballet dancers at LTM in Covent Garden.
Thank you 🙏 ❤️ 🎶 🎭
#Tube160
#LetsDoLondon
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Very important to save some time to shop! Lovely to have the support of
@TfL
Commissioner Andy Byford at the reopening of the Museum
@ltmuseum
@ltmuseumshop
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Seemed like a good time to repost this…
#LoveENO
❤️ 🎶 “You really can’t do better than English National Opera “ 🎶🎶🎶❤️❤️❤️
#ChooseOpera
#LoveENO
#LetsDoLondon
@E_N_O
Sound on! A special treat for the audience at
#ENOYeomen
Saturday night
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If there were ever any doubt, it’s still all about the toilets.
@MuseumToilets
@Rowetull
@David_Hingley
@AileenPeirce
@rachmackay
@eviledna195
@paulgray71
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Very grateful for the cross party support to
@E_N_O
from
@HarrietHarman
&
@neill_bob
through thick and thin, standing up to the insanity of the ACE cuts last November.
Both at opening night of Grimes and the 23/24 season - the season that might not have been 🙏
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@transportgovuk
@LordPeterHendy
This is fantastic news!
Congratulations
@LordPeterHendy
on your appointment from all of us at
@ltmuseum
🎉🎉🎉
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Hi my name is Oliver and I’ve taken my mum’s iPhone hostage for
#TakeoverDay
for
@kidsinmuseums
Actually I’m hostage because she is making me do this ...
My favourite Museum is
@I_W_M
(sorry mum although your museum is cool 😎 too. (That’s
@ltmuseum
btw )
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What fun to host an exclusive ‘sneak peek’ screening in Covent Garden for the first episode of ‘Secrets of the Underground’
We even rolled out the red carpet! 🥤 🥂
Fab collaboration
@TfL
@UKTV
@YesterdayTweets
@MrTimDunn
@ltmuseum
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So pleased the
@nationaltrust
was recognised with a special achievement award at the
#MandHAwards
@MandHShow
‘We have to defend the right to tell the truth’ - Hilary McGrady 👏 👏
What a year. What a time we live in…
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First time back in St James Park in ages. So good to rediscover London
#LetsDoLondon
@theroyalparks
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@wmarybeard
@ltmuseum
Really enjoyed meeting you IRL & having a chance to share all our treats & treasures (like watching for the ‘British Museum’ station to disappear from the animated Tube map)
Our Retail team
@ltmuseumshop
thank you for clearing out the toy section!
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If a certain former Culture Minister didn’t like the ENO a year ago, she definitely shouldn’t see Iolanthe.
Took the kids to opening night & they absolutely loved it. 🧚♀️ 🐑 🦩 🎩
Absolutely hilarious
#LoveENO
@E_N_O
#LetsDoLondon
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Now that was exactly what I needed to see.
What a perfect Christmas show 😢 ❤️
#ENOWonderfulLife
#LoveENO
#ChooseOpera
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What an absolutely brilliant & bonkers day. Loved my first trip to Imber ❤️ ☀️
Such an excellent event!
@LordPeterHendy
@LeonDaniels
@Sam462
@EdwardAdoo
@ianvisits
@MrTimDunn
@ChrisNixEsq
@ltmuseum
@ImberbusUK
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And here’s a glimpse of what a socially distanced opera house looks like. Hallelujah at least it’s happening. Tonight’s 4/4
@RoyalOperaHouse
#OurHouseToYourHouse
#opera
#live
#london
#culturematters
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I’m taking part in some filming in the
@ltmuseum
Design Gallery later and, yes, I’m wearing my
#ElizabethLine
moquette socks!
You never know when the opportunity for flagrant product placement might arise. As we know from
@alva_uk
it’s important to
#BePrepared
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Absolutely fabulous & raucous applause for
#ENOFlute
We all need more wisdom & love!
@Complicite
production is such fun. Love seeing the brilliant
@E_N_O
orchestra front & centre.
Great cast
@LaTynan
@stoutbaritone
@RainelleSara
❤️🎶
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Another reminder of the brilliance of Shakespeare & the new (excellent) Donmar production does force a reappraisal of our views about conquest.
Kit Harrington as Henry V captured this ambivalence. Brilliant use of opera - Director Max Webster!
Insight from Zoe Svendsen 👏 👏
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Delighted
@ltmuseum
is in such good company working on making museums & culture affordable & accessible. ❤️
I’m also delighted we are bucking the trend with our visitor numbers up +29% v last year and up a robust +10% v 2019
🚆 🚌 🎭🖼️
Delighted to use media interviews today to highlight some of the great work that
@alva_uk
members are doing to make themselves accessible & affordable in a cost of living crisis inc.
@ltmuseum
@nationaltrust
@zsllondonzoo
@HRP_palaces
@kewgardens
@MaryRoseMuseum
@NatMuseumRN
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Nemanja Radulovic was absolutely electric performing Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in tonight’s
@bbcproms
- wonderful with The BBC National Orchestra of Wales
@RoyalAlbertHall
🎶🎻
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Brilliant that the entire cast & orchestra appeared in
#LoveENO
t-shirts for the
#ENOYeomen
curtain call 💪
The petition has over 50,000 signatures & growing.
Spotted a few genuine
@TowerOfLondon
peeps in the audience tonight too
@E_N_O
#ChooseOpera
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First live theatre 🎭 in nearly 5 months. And what a location to break lockdown.
@minacktheatre
#culturematters
#Cornwall
#theatreArts
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Hear hear.
There is nothing ruder to everyone - performers & fellow audience members - than someone pulling out their phone during a performance.
There is nothing wrong with rules | Alexandra Wilson | The Critic Magazine
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So excited about our upcoming new brand & vision reveal
As part of the roll-out we’re updating the Museum Guide & one of the additions is this photo showcasing the projection mapping when we opened our new Global Poster Gallery in Oct 2023
Art & architecture are celebrated…
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What a week! Our first
#AfterDark
a roaring success and sold out!
#BackToMuseums
@ltmuseum
#LetsDoLondon
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Mary Beard: ‘The National Trust succeeds when people get cross’
Such a great interview. Started reading sentences aloud to my kids. Ended up being the entire piece. Museums, women, US, Gen Z…
Love
@wmarybeard
🤩
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@Calyss11
@YasMohammedxx
@TheLancet
@WHO
Yes you’re right that the Lancet uses ‘men’ but somehow has forgotten the word for the other half of the human population.
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Thrilled to be part of the positive energy to reignite the culture sector London.
Love this poster from Ernest Dinkel, 1931, that’s going up in zone 1 tube stations. Hope is in our DNA in London: The West-End is awakening.
#LetsDoLondon
@ltmuseum
@alva_uk
@TfL
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A plea - will we listen to the true experts now, eg Gardner, Elder & Pappano…
@thetimes
“The
@ace_national
and the industry need to be honest about the effect of these cuts”
Stop the madness
#ChooseOpera
A letter in
@thetimes
from Edward Gardner, Sir Mark Elder & Sir Antonio Pappano: “if these plans go through, it will lead to the demise of this great company. An opera co is defined by its chorus and orchestra - their passion, expertise and knowledge among the best in the world.”
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A wonderful evening celebrating 160 years of the Underground at
@ltmuseum
A night of poetry and fun celebrating innovation with colleagues and all who love transport, design, excellence and London ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
#LoveTheTube
@TfL
#LetsDoLondon
#London
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Well didn’t expect this latest twist in the saga:
‘Nadine Dorries claims ENO funding cut was politically motivated stunt’
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I’m so delighted we’re bringing this play 🎭 to the Cubic Theatre at
@ltmuseum
in Covent Garden this autumn. It’s warm, funny & fascinating.
Tube map designer Harry Beck to be remembered in stage show 50 years after his death | Evening Standard
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Just a few of the super
@ltmuseum
@ltmuseumyouth
@LTMuseumFriends
who make heritage rail events happen.
Fabulous weekend with the 38 stock from Amersham
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Appreciative whoops & applause for
@neill_bob
@HarrietHarman
and
@margarethodge
for all their support of
@E_N_O
as part of CEO
@stuartmurphy100
‘s welcome opening
#ENOCarmen
I had the opportunity to meet & thank Sir Bob - he spoke about how opera & culture changed his life 🙏
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‘Symphony of Sorrowful Songs’
@E_N_O
was beautiful & haunting
So moved by soprano Nicole Chevalier,
@LidiyaConductor
& the ENO orchestra
#ENOSymphony
#LoveENO
A beautiful end to an amazing season 🙏
@annileseopera
@stuartmurphy100
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