Angela Dickson is on Bluesky

@CeliaRichards0n Looking through the election booklet, there don't seem to be the contentious member motions there have been in the past - are Restore Trust giving up? I note some of the candidates do appear influenced by RT's agenda.

It’s also important to note that the National Trust’s management has no say in who is recommended for Council elections. That is done by elected members. Every year this wrong claim is printed, rebutted, repeated and printed again, by the same papers.

@sovietvisuals My son loves both chess and cats so this would be perfect for him, but unfortunately the shipping costs are prohibitive! I didn't realise you weren't in Europe.

Just some Soviet kittens playing chess in 1955. Now on a shirt. 🐈 stratonaut.shop/products/chess…

@RestIsPolitics @RoryStewartUK @campbellclaret Maybe too late but possibly one for next week - how might it be possible to place greater levels of constraint on US presidential executive power in future? I'm aghast that he can just DO all this in the way a British monarch or prime minister couldn't.

🚨 QUESTIONS REQUEST 🚨 What would you like to ask @RoryStewartUK + @campbellclaret for this week's Question Time? UK or international, timely or timeless - reply with your questions below 👇

Re Squid Game etc, there are great translators out there and surely poor subtitling doesn't help a show's international reputation (though plenty still watch, clearly). But the budget for good subtitling often seems not to be there, even for very expensive programmes.

@restisents enjoying your New Year's Eve episode. I'd love to hear you two do a deep dive into subtitles, both translated and otherwise - currently viewers are poorly served at times. Currently watching All Creatures Great & Small on channel 5 app and the subs are terrible...

@isabeltransl8s Missed this at the time - I am a fan, to the point that I immediately know at what point this song was sung, and has indeed wondered! What a beautiful voice she has.

Turning to @BBCRadio3 for a while. Having hugely scaled back my presence I now don't think I can in all conscience remain on this platform under current ownership. Shame the alternatives are so fragmented. Cat is blissfully oblivious of human politics.

@maitlis Absolutely not interested in Johnson's view of all this, so I'm not tempted to stick with you guys, sorry. Your earrings are magnificent, though.

Oh come with us !- we will tell you the story of the night with some of the best voices in the business. It will be fun. And it will be brilliant

@LevParikian Lovely. My childhood cat (who had little brain and was also a bit mean, but we didn't know that when we got him) was called Huckle, because of our Scarry books.

I’m on my nonsense again. In this week’s Six Things I ponder porcine cannibalism, say Happy Birthday to a road, and share the best ransom note ever written. open.substack.com/pub/levparikia…

@Rosenkrantz Oh bugger, hope you feel better soon. I have had something that certainly felt like COVID, though a test early on was negative (then I ran out of tests). It's dragged on, more or less better now though.

@timothymachin @RhonddaBryant @britishmuseum @NationalGallery I went for free courtesy of the French government (either as an educator or under-26, I forget which) when I was on the British Council assistantship scheme.

Hi there France. Fully understand the problem with financing cultural heritage but I hear you’re thinking of premium charging non-EU visitors to the Louvre. UK national galleries and museums like @britishmuseum @NationalGallery are FREE to all. You’re welcome. Je vous en prie.

@covparkranger @coventrycc Nice work! The swans seem to be doing really well this year - last time I looked there were ten, including last year's two cygnets I think.

In Nauls Mill Park after reports of a swan trapped behind some fencing and unable to get back into the park. We got the swan back into the park with little fuss and it's back with the rest of the family @coventrycc

@nickrosenthal Similar findings in Germany earlier this year - a different experience from a few years ago when things seemed more expensive in the euro zone.

One of the things that really struck me during my short break in France over the weekend was the cost of a coffee, or a round of drinks in a bar. The prices I paid in France were roughly half the price of the equivalent drinks in the UK.

@Franco830531811 @VoteHarrisOut @KamalaHarris @mcuban I'm saying there has been inflation in lots of places. Did the current US administration cause all of it? How would Trump's tariffs help?

Thanks for breaking it down, @mcuban: I have a plan to actually grow our economy. Trump has a plan to raise costs for working and middle-class Americans.

@the_germanist @wrongsreversed Ooh, I have long done that minus the peanut butter - I'll try your version next time!

I have 2 proofs of MAY YOU HAVE DELICIOUS MEALS by Junko Takase to give away! In honor of a character's awful eating habits, to enter, reply w/ a pic/description of your go-to struggle slop. What do you eat when no one's looking? The 2 that make me laugh most win. Deadline Oct 24

@RestIsPolitics @campbellclaret @RoryStewartUK Sound quality isn't great today (I don't think it's my equipment)

Labour’s first 100 days, the Tory leadership race, and Japan This week on The Rest Is Politics, @campbellclaret and @RoryStewartUK discuss: 🌹Can Labour recover from their faltering start? 🌳Why the Tories eliminated their best leadership candidate 🇯🇵 Elections in Japan

@seatsixtyone Nice to see Euston on a good day!

So I find myself here, in the Signal Box…

@agbtm @operalastnight @ClassicalMusic_ Whatever the reasons for the assault, it definitely happened (he has apologised) and he is now undermining the organisation he founded. That is as worthy of comment as any performance.

@operalastnight @ClassicalMusic_ You do not seem to know what happened on and off stage before this incident, nor what triggered it. Please, refrain from judging, just review concerts, as is your job!😜

Sir John Eliot Gardiner's farcical comeback is a damning indictment of our industry's unwillingness to change. It shames us, even more than him. My October Long View for @ClassicalMusic_ classical-music.uk/opinion/articl… #ClassicalMusic

@ArmandDAngour You seem to be down to 998 now...