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British livestock welfare vs the rest of the world: Growth hormones in beef: UK - Illegal USA - Legal and routine Brazil - Banned on paper, compliance varies Routine antibiotic use for growth promotion: UK - Illegal since 1999 USA - Legal until 2017, still loosely regulated Majority of global producers - Ongoing Slaughterhouse CCTV: UK - Mandatory USA - No federal requirement EU - Not mandatory Sow stalls (gestation crates for pigs): UK - Banned since 1999 USA - Legal in most states China - Standard practice Live export for slaughter: UK - Banned 2024 EU - Still permitted to non-EU countries Britain is not perfect. But the gap between British welfare standards and global welfare standards is not a small gap. When you buy British, you are buying inside a legal framework that most of the world has not yet built. That's worth something.

Un extrait par semaine pour nos 20 ans : 12/52 NOUVEAU FILM ! Ave Maria de Gustav Holst youtu.be/OT2-xkh1njM?si…

Critique de nos concerts de la Passion selon Saint Jean de Bach : classictoulouse.fr/concerts/une-m…

Dedicated to #WomansHour 's tribute to #JenniMurray

@MaitriseTlse @Toulouse Bravi, tutti, bravo Mark!

Quel weekend ! Magnifique fête des 20 ans de la Maîtrise. Des retrouvailles avec les anciens élèves émouvantes, un moment de partage de la musique inoubliable avec un orchestre magnifique, des solistes exceptionnels. Et le choeur.... Un très grand moment @Toulouse

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Répétition générale pour les concerts des 20 ans de la Maîtrise : BACH Passion selon Saint Jean aujourd'hui et demain !

Dear #University challenge I am of course a big fan of the 3 Choirs Festival. But if you’re going to have Elijah as a Starter for 10, the supplementary questions really should be on the Birmingham Triennial Festival (who commissioned it) not 3 Choirs. #smallesthilltodieon

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Always good to see audience space filling up for a concert we're about to do. And what a concert it was! @PaulSpicer6 had put together a very imaginative programme, with readings from Archbishop Bernard Longley. When official reviews appear on website a link will appear here.

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Greatly touched that @PaulSpicer6 's new book on choral conducting is dedicated to me! Available to buy now.

"Very honoured to have received the Medal of the Royal College of Organists at @Southwarkcathed yesterday. A great occasion and lovely, too, to reconnect with people I haven't seen for a long time." @PaulSpicer6 writing on Facebook earlier today." Congratulations, Maestro!

‘By removing trial by jury, Keir Starmer and David Lammy are abolishing the ultimate guarantee of independence in our criminal justice system, and are placing extraordinary, unprecedented and untrammelled power into the hands of whichever politicians come after them.’ 👇

Have you booked your tickets yet for our upcoming concert, 'Sacred Music', in @StChadsBirm, 14 March 7 PM? Ghislaine's recent visit has filled us with renewed enthusiasm and we can't wait to sing this glorious music for you. Do come! birmingham.bachchoir.com/concerts---tic…

It's a similar story with music and it is utterly heart breaking.

I had a lovely time at the BBC on Monday contributing to Donal Macleod's Composer of the Week for Radio 3 on Sir Arthur Bliss. A happy couple of of hours thanks to producer Luke Whitlock and Donald, of course. Broadcast early June.

🎶 HM King Charles III has approved the award of the 2025 King’s Gold Medal for Music to James MacMillan. ➡ Read more here: bit.ly/4aXQ9nN