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Last Seen Profiles
Today is my last day
@BBCNews
. After 28 years & 21 years as Arts Correspondent I’ve decided to leave. Thanks to my amazing & talented colleagues. You are the best. And thank you to everyone for listening, watching and reading my work. More to come … 📻📺🖋️
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It was great to talk to
@ruskin147
about his memoir
#RuskinPark
- at the launch of the
@EalingBkFest
- hats off to the organisers for getting this festival off the ground 📚And 👏👏👏Rory
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Amazing collection of UNOPENED letters - seized in their mailbags from ships captured by the British from 1652 - 1815. Now being digitised. Fascinating time
@UkNatArchives
Hear more
#Radio4six
@BBCNews
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Wow Wow Wow Jodie Comer is outstanding in
#PrimaFaciePlay
She commands the stage for 100 minutes. Amazing 👏
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EXCLUSIVE: Two “stolen” notebooks written by Charles Darwin have been returned to
@theUL
, 22 years after going missing. But who took them and where have they been? Coming up on
#r4today
#DarwinAppeal
#TreeofLife
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He’s here …
@tomhanks
is in the house.
I need to go and change before we take to the stage to talk about his debut novel and career
@LiverpoolEmpire
Looking forward …
#tomhanks
#Liverpool
@FaneProductions
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“Spoiler: I’m not on a dragon at any point during this play.” Post Game of Thrones
@emiliaclarke
on her UK stage debut
#SEAGULLWESTEND
More on
#r4today
📻
@JamieLloydCo
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#DanielRadcliffe
1st read
#Rosencrantz
&GuildensternAreDead on the
@HarryPotterFilm
set. More on
@BBCr4today
tomorrow
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EXCLUSIVE: Charles Darwin’s 2 “stolen” notebooks have been found and returned to
@theUL
But what a mystery … Find out more
#BBCBreakfast
#DarwinAppeal
#TreeofLife
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“We feel there should be more classical music aimed at children”. Hear the
@thekannehmasons
on their first album as a family
@BBCr4today
with
#michaelmorpurgo
@ShekuKM
@IsataKm
#r4today
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Really looking forward to talking to
@ruskin147
at the launch of
@EalingBkFest
this evening
@Pitzhanger
about his memoir
#RuskinPark
See you there ….📚
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Sublime and thrilling. Such a treat to be at the
#FirstNightOfTheProms
@RoyalAlbertHall
👏
@BBCSO
led brilliantly tonight by
@DaliaStasevska
plus the
@BBCSingers
. Worth watching the concert
@BBCiPlayer
🎶📺
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EXCLUSIVE: “Everybody thought they had been destroyed.” 422 highly explicit erotic drawings by Bloomsbury group artist Duncan Grant have been found - under a bed. Hear the extraordinary story at 8.20
@BBCr4today
#r4today
@CharlestonTrust
#MuseumPassion
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BREAKING NEWS: Maggie O’Farrell wins
@WomensPrize
for
#Hamnet
Strong shortlist and a worthy winner. Congratulations.
#WomensPrize
@TinderPress
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Coming up on
@BBCr4today
: 2 million people sing in
#choirs
in Britain. But they still can’t meet to rehearse even after
#COVID19
restrIctions have been lifted. Thanks
@WimbledonChoral
for highlighting this & listen out for
@Voicedoctor_uk
#r4today
at 8.50 🎶
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Definitely no dragons in
#SEAGULLWESTEND
An outstanding cast deliver a really fresh take on the play. Congratulations to all
@JamieLloydCo
In case you missed it, here was my interview with
#EmiliaClarke
&
@DanielMonks
#bbcnews
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A classy night of music
@bbcproms
I adore Mahler & the 1st symphony played by
@BBCPhilharmonic
was both dramatic & delicate. Plus gorgeous Rachmaninov played by
@houghhough
& a stirring debut written by
@G_E_Mason
- what a treat for everyone
@RoyalAlbertHall
Listen
#BBCsounds
🎶
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Wow -
#Macbeth
at
@DonmarWarehouse
is sensational. Always a joy to see
#DavidTennant
on stage -
#CushJumbo
is outstanding as Lady Macbeth. Loved the music and the headphones add to the light and shade of the production. It’s ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️from me. 🎭
#theatre
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Great to meet
@DameDeniseMina
who is a crime- writing goddess
@HarrogateFest
#TheakstonsCrime
Hear more from her on
#r4today
tomorrow morning
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I’m not going to lie - telling the story of 422 highly explicit erotic images that have been unearthed - posed an interesting challenge on the 📻 Hear how I got on at 8.20am
@BBCr4today
#r4today
@CharlestonTrust
#MuseumPassion
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A comic
#UncleVanya
- to be filed under “something you thought you’d never see.” Classy, quirky and beautifully acted.
@unclevanyaplay
@SFP_London
@HPinterTheatre
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Well this was a thrill … Thanks to
@DUALIPA
for talking to
#bbcnews
about her love of reading ahead of the
@BookerPrizes
ceremony. The winner will be announced live on
@BBCFrontRow
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Third time lucky - finally made it to see
@sixthemusical
- So, so happy to be back in the theatre
@NimaxTheatres
This show was a jab of joy … and lovely to see on stage the three Queens I met in rehearsals
@DanielleSteers
@sophie_isaacs_
@nataliemayparis
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It’s been a while … but I’m back with
#bbcpapers
tonight
@BBCNewsChannel
And lucky me because
@jessicaelgot
from
@guardian
and
@katyballs
from
@spectator
will be looking at the front pages. Do join us at 22.30 and again at 23.30 📰🗞
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Early Christmas present … so looking forward to seeing
@RealSirTomJones
(again)
@TheO2
#AgesandStages
#Tour
🎟️🏴
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Listen out for my interview with
@CrawfordMichael
on
@BBCr4today
tomorrow. He actually made me cry with laughter
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EXCLUSIVE: News of a new musical memorial dedicated to the UK health & care workers who have died in the
#Covid19UK
pandemic. Written by
@Howard_Goodall
& commissioned by
@LSChorus
hear it 1st
@BBCr4today
#r4today
@londonsymphony
@simonhalsey
@fabermusic
@JoCarpenterPR
#covid19
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BREAKING: Shuggie Bain by
@Doug_D_Stuart
wins
#bookerprize2020
Huge congratulations. For me, a worthy winner.
@picadorbooks
@thebookerprizes
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Good to talk to
@tomhanks
in his only UK media interview about his 1st novel The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece. He writes, he says, as a “release from the never-ending pressure of making movies.” COMING UP on
#r4today
#bbcnews
@HutchHeinemann
@PenguinUKBooks
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The private passions of David Bowie
#bowiecollection
on
@BBCr4today
now
@DavidBowieReal
@hirst_official
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Wow. The
@bbcproms
is the gift that keeps on giving. A sensational performance of Beethoven’s 4th piano concerto by Alexandre Kantorow & then superlative playing by
@royalphilorch
of Shostakovich Symphony No 10 conducted with such skill by Vasily Petrenko
@RoyalAlbertHall
🎼👏
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Fascinating Day
@womenslibrary
with my fellow judges of
@artfund
#MuseumOfTheYear
prize. Thanks to everyone
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“I’m not going to believe it’s actually happening until it’s on stage and there are audiences watching it.” Hear what’s involved in getting
@sixthemusical
back up and running
@BBCr4today
#r4today
@MucyLoss
@AlexiaMcintos12
@DanielleSteers
@NimaxTheatres
#queendom
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For fans of
@BBCSimonMcCoy
- he is in Cardiff this afternoon. We thought about an
#icesculpture
in the studio, but you’ve got me instead. Hope you can join us from 2
#AfternoonLive
#BBCNews
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“I want everybody to be aware of the horror of war.” Privilege to meet Victor Gregg - a British soldier caught up in the coming of
#Dresden
in 1945. Hear his incredible story
@BBCr4today
#r4today
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@neilhimself
still smiling and still signing books with Chris Riddell
@hayfestival
They've been at it over 2 hours
http://t.co/0HzQVmiEHr
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Thanks to
@tomhanks
for such an entertaining evening talking about his debut novel and career
@LiverpoolEmpire
. I particularly loved his stories about the making of
#ForrestGump
. Thanks as well to the fantastic audience. 👏👏👏
#Liverpool
#tomhanks
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Tonight's the night .. This will be my 22nd
#bookerprize
ceremony - many highlights over the years including talking to
@DUALIPA
in 2022.. Good Luck to all the shortlisted authors. You can watch the official
#BookerPrize2023
livestream on YouTube from 9pm.
@TheBookerPrizes
🏆
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As postmasters win another significant victory in their fight to clear their names, I've been chatting to the freelance journalist
@nickwallis
who was crowdfunded to cover every day of the High Court litigation.
#BBCNewsChannel
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I’m not going to lie, I wasn’t sure I would like
@glyndebourne
’s monochrome, “strip it down” production of La Boheme. But I was captivated by it. Wonderful singing & a name to watch: the Chilean soprano
@AqueaVeliz
, playing Mimi, is sensational. A⭐️in the making.
#noordinaryopera
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Joyful & emotional being back in an auditorium for the 1st time since March for In the Market for Love
@glyndebourne
🎩 off to everyone on stage and off
@glassyben
#glyndebourne
#opera
#TheShowMustGoOn
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“Winning the Booker has changed everything for me.” Such a treat talking to
@Doug_D_Stuart
- about Shuggie Bain (he’s working on the tv adaptation), the last 12 months and his new novel Young Mungo. More
#bbcnews
tomorrow.
@TheBookerPrizes
@CamillaElworthy
@picadorbooks
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Calling all
#photography
fans. You might be interested in
#ThroughTheLens
at 20.30 this evening and tomorrow at 10.30 & 21.30
@BBCNewsChannel
Really interesting interviews with amazing photographers from
@MagnumPhotos
inc
@ErwittElliott
&
@StuartAFranklin
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“It doesn’t have to be fun, to be fun.” Advice from
#stephensondheim
for artists everywhere — and why retirement is not an option for him
#BBCToday
tomorrow morning
#CompanyWestEnd
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Great news for fans of
#HilaryMantel
- she tells me the final book in her Thomas Cromwell trilogy will be ready next year. That and more on
#TalkingBooks
#bbcnews
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“People will be listening to the Today programme and hear someone being interviewed and it will give them a murderous rage and you think well, ok, that’s the start of a book.”
@richardosman
on why “inventing murders is easy” coming up on
@BBCr4today
#r4today
#TheakstonsCrime
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A pleasure to meet
#zuzanaruzickova
. Holocaust survivor and leading harpsichordist who told
@BBCr4today
"I'm not proud of anything."
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“I would like to teach the people not to hate, teach them to be friendly, accept the other.” Now 90, Dita Kraus reflect on her life as the Librarian at Auschwitz
#r4Today
@BBCr4today
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The shortlist for the
#womensprize
:
The Idiot by Elif Batuman, The Mermaid & Mrs Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar, Sight by Jessie Greengrass, When I Hit You by Meena Kandasamy, Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie, Sing,Unburied,Sing by Jesmyn Ward
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Think it might have been
@j_amesmarriott
in
@thetimes
who recommended Michael Frayn’s Towards the End of the Morning as one of the funniest books to read. Can it be true that print journalists want to be on 📺?!Anyway v. funny, especially the Magic Carpet section ...
#goodreads
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Believe the hype. Demon Copperhead is brilliant. I didn’t get round to it when
@FaberBooks
initially sent me a proof copy because it sounded so bleak. It isn’t. If you’re able to have a holiday, take this book and you won’t be disappointed. Worthy
@WomensPrize
winner too. 🙌
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Very sad news about
#ASByatt
- such a gifted, thoughtful and erudite writer. She was fun too. I was lucky to interview her on several occasions - the last time, champagne was offered after we’d finished chatting and we talked fashion …
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“I’ve always felt a little bit of an imposter my whole life.” Startling admission from
@TheBookerPrizes
winner
@Doug_D_Stuart
Hear more about his new novel
#YoungMungo
, his childhood and what comes next on
#r4today
@BBCr4today
#bbcnews
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Excited to be in Liverpool talking to
@tomhanks
about his 1st novel and career
@LiverpoolEmpire
tonight.
The event is SOLD OUT but looking forward to seeing those who have 🎟️
@faneproductions
#tomhanks
#Liverpool
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Congratulations 👏 to the 5 Museums shortlisted for
@artfund
#museumoftheyear
@BrooklandsMuseu
@HullFerens
@womenslibrary
@thepostalmuseum
@Tate_StIves
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Glued to the tennis …but could this be the great Larry David in the crowd?
#NYC
#USOpen
Go
@EmmaRaducanu
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Thank you for all the lovely messages. I really am so grateful. There are far more than I ever anticipated so I’m working my way through them all and will reply soon. 🙏
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It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas … one of the most joyous nights out of the year.
#carols
at
@RoyalAlbertHall
🤶🎶
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Coming up on
@BBCr4today
: “I’ve not written a whole stage play by myself. I felt my inexperience.” Hear Hilary Mantel on why she worked with actor Ben Miles on adapting
#TheMirrorAndTheLight
for the stage.
@TheRSC
#r4today
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“I don't think there's ever been anybody ever born who could paint a pint of beer quite as well as my father did." John Cornish on his father
#NormanCornish
on
#r4today
@TheBowesMuseum
@BBCRadio4
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“A book helps to forget reality.” Hear the incredible story of Dita Kraus,
#librarianofAuschwitz
@BBCr4today
#r4Today
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Really interesting chat with Jesse Eisenberg about
@thespoilsshow
, Woody Allen & The Office on
@BBCr4today
tomorrow
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It brought tears to my eyes seeing everyone in the audience
@LondonColiseum
on their feet for
@mrmichaelball
@LizzieBea3
and the rest of the cast in
@HairsprayLondon
. Absolutely joyful evening.
#hairspray
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“Every murdererer is probably somebody’s old friend.” With thanks to
#AgathaChristie
. Thrilled to be joining the crime fans for the opening session
@HarrogateFest
#TheakstonsCrime
#bbcnews
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Who will soon be dealing with the hazards of the icy roads of Doncaster alongside Gritney Spears and Usain Salt? We'll be finding out the names of
@MyDoncaster
new gritters at 16.50
@BBCNews
Send me your gritty suggestions
#AfternoonLive
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Birthday in lockdown. And I completely agree
@VictoriaPeckham
The sun is shining and I too am finding many reasons to celebrate ...
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Smiles all round … I loved talking to
@Doug_D_Stuart
about his new book
#YoungMungo
, his childhood & what comes next. He is a terrific writer with his own inspirational story. More tomorrow on
#r4today
@picadorbooks
@CamillaElworthy
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5
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If you’re interested in Welsh Language Music Day
#DyddMiwsigCymru
there’s a
#bbcsounds
podcast The Story of Miwsig
#miwsig
@Miwsig_
and thanks to actor Rhys Ifans for talking to me about his love for Welsh language music on
#r4today
📻
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Great to talk to Lennie James & Paapa Essiedu about working together for the first time in A Number
@oldvictheatre
, human cloning and authentic casting. More on
#r4today
@RealLennieJames
@PaapaEssiedu
#OVNumber
#bbcnews
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Expect "groove & funk" in the music
@lauramvula
has written for
#antonyandcleopatra
@TheRSC
Listen to some of it
@BBCr4today
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Lucky me .... always such a treat to talk to
#HilaryMantel
. And yes I’ve read
#TheMirrorandthelight
If you loved
#wolf
hall &
#bringupthebodies
you’re in for a treat. More
@BBCNews
next week ...
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Alan Ayckbourn & his wife Heather Stoney - on stage in 1964 & now working together for the 1st time since on Anno Domino
@Ayckbourn
’s new play produced in lockdown for
@thesjt
Hear them both
@BBCr4today
#r4today
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Outstanding
#NTOthello
@NationalTheatre
Wonderful performances from Paul Hilton and
@GilesTerera
But a strong ensemble and great direction from
@Clint_Dyer_
Definitely one of the best productions of this play that I’ve seen.
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Happy to be keeping the seat warm for
@MartineBBC
while she is outside in the cold at
#BAFTA
Awards. Special programme on all the winners at 9.30 pm
@BBCNewsChannel
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Great to chat to
@jginorton
about his “disturbing” role in
#alittlifeplay
, how he “needed” an intimacy co-ordinator and how, as a diabetic, he’ll handle being on stage for nearly 4 hours. Oh & stuff about
#HappyValley
&
#Jamesbond
too. More on
#r4today
#jamesnorton
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Sorry all
@BBCSimonMcCoy
fans- I'm standing in for him today on
#AfternoonLive
Looking forward to it
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Finally made it to see The
#rakesprogress
@glyndebourne
and what a super stylish production it is. Stunning set designs by David Hockney, fabulously sung and wonderful music from
@LPOrchestra
🎶
#glyndebourne
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Who is going to win
@artfund
#MuseumOfTheYear
...?
Next stop with my fellow judges
@HullFerens
Thanks to all for a very interesting day
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Come to work with FOUR pairs of glasses AND I am wearing contact lenses. How is that even possible...?
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Exciting news for Stephen Sondheim fans. A live recording has been found of one of his earliest musicals, written when he was 18. Hear it FIRST coming up on
#r4today
@BBCr4today
#sondheim
📻🎵
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Blimey it’s been quite a week. Interviewing
#margaretatwood
on Monday and now Dame Harriet Walter. She’s just back from filming the third series of
#KillingEve
....
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“We ...all applauded ourselves which was really .. sweet”
@ShekuKM
on his 1st performance with an orchestra since February Hear him on
#r4today
@BBCr4today
NOW and some gorgeous music
@philharmonia
#philharmoniasessions
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Live opera - in front of a live audience - is returning to the UK for the first time since lockdown at
@glyndebourne
#glyndebourne
in August. Mesdames de la Halle will be staged outside,
#LondonPhilharmonic
orchestra reduced from 40 to 13. Max audience 200
#opera
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A new work by Little Women author Louisa May Alcott, written when she was 17 and left unfinished, is being published for the 1st time.
The story, called Aunt Nellie's Diary, is told from the perspective of a single, 40 year old woman.
#goodreads
#LittleWomen
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I finished Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet last night. Wow it’s good. The chapter on the plague-carrying flea is brilliant. Deserved
@WomensPrize
shortlist
#WomensPrize
@TinderPress
@PublicityBooks
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“I didn’t get where I’m at being walked over. I’ve got a temper. I don’t lose it that often but I use it.” More from
@DollyParton
who has written her first novel
#RunRoseRun
in collaboration with
@JP_Books
.
@BBCBreakfast
@centurybooksuk
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