Citizen Prain

@lottebettsdean Didn't realise immediately - was off to Marios (as you do). Have a good trip back 🤗

@PrainF Yes you did!!! Shoulda yelled out!! flying home tonight sorry…

Did I just see @lottebettsdean in Brunswick Street?

@arthistorynews Quick question: in your wonderful book, there is a portrait on page 373 which is uncaptioned. Is this a Joseph Wright self-portrait? Btw my friend, to whom I gave this book, really enjoyed it.

@lottebettsdean Alas, I can't access this from Australia

little did I know that in addition to many truly wonderful works, Sofia Gubaidulina (rest in peace❤️) also wrote one of the worst pieces of music I have ever heard bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

@DuskaSulicich Bloody voters, ruin it every time 😉

“Rinehart … published a lengthy statement on Monday lamenting that Australians were ‘very short on understanding’ of the need to revitalise the economy with sweeping changes to drive investment.” (“Very. Short. On. Understanding.” 🧐)

Voters and ‘left media’ to blame for Coalition wipeout: Rinehart (Well, half of that is correct.) theage.com.au/politics/feder…

@operamagazine So funny in Cendrillon at CG

Remembering the late, great Polish contralto Ewa Podleś, who should have been turning 73 today.

@lottebettsdean @joseph_havlat @NNFest @isabellagellis I remember hearing you sing this in Melbourne. Extraordinary music

Next gig is in London this Thursday! Messiaen’s HARAWI with @joseph_havlat, in preparation for our performance at @NNFest next month. 6.30pm at Jo & @isabellagellis’ series at the gorgeous St Jude’s Balham. Tix are pay what u want at the door!

@arthistorynews I'm looking forward to reading it after him. Was introduced to Joseph Wright on a visit to my cousin in Derby.

@PrainF Oh, great, thanks!

I’m strangely fascinated by the blinginginess of Trump’s Oval Office. What does it mean? Here’s an art historical take. 🧵 1/

@operamagazine I saw him as Loge in Rheingold at Covent Garden in 1976

The great, barrier-breaking American tenor George Shirley is 91 today — happy birthday!

@arthistorynews Copy bought and given to a friend for his birthday 🤗

I explore all this, and other political uses of art, in my book The Invention of British Art, available below. Yes, this is a plug - thank you for your attention! 15/End amazon.co.uk/Invention-Brit…

@YarraCouncil Abbotsford Panel Beaters are at it again. Bad luck if you're blind or physically disabled

@JamieVersey @qikipedia Me too

@qikipedia Who, What, Why, Where, When for me

OK, we need your help to settle a debate in the QI office. Do you say... 1. Who, What, Where, When, Why OR 2. Who, What, When, Where, Why

@jackrooke Thank you for a beautiful end to a beautiful series. Great television.

@KathyBurke Best wishes to you for the future 🤗

🥹Yes, it’s a sad but happy farewell from me. Said I’d do 20 eps ended up doing over 100 because it was a really wonderful time. Thank you to our amazing #WTAWTAW team but mostly thanks to you, our brilliant listeners. Our live show is released tomorrow. Enjoy!♥️🎧⚰️😘

@MrTimDunn You must visit Melbourne, we've got lots of them 😊

I am in Nottingham. Hotel checkin and dinner have had to wait: a ding and a whirr caused me, instinctively, to chase this tram gliding down the street. A city with trams feels a civilised city: one that seems further along an urban evolutionary path. I bloody love trams. #trams

@RevRichardColes It was Russ Tamblyn's 90th birthday yesterday

@Thomashornall I like that, it means I'm only 51 😊

4) The Birth Year Age Code Norwegians give the year of their birth not their age. Instead of saying "I'm 31" ... Norwegians say "'93". Took a while to get used to this. Led to some unintended hilarity. Politely nodding along as someone tells me their girlfriend is 97.

I'm Scottish. Living in Norway keeps surprising me. 9 Norwegian peculiarities that caught me off guard.

@DrDavidVernon @LoveInner No "L'enfant et les sortilèges"?

“Music, I believe, must be emotional first and intellectual second.” In memory of Maurice Ravel, who passed away on December 28, 1937. His enchanting melodies and masterful orchestrations transcend time, speaking profoundly to the human experience. Do you love Ravel’s Music?

@NatalieKelda Both make perfect sense to this Melbournian

Does anybody outside of Yorkshire know what "have a gander" or "fancy a mooch down town" means? I'm trying to determine how much context to add 🙈 (I'm avoiding written accents in my cosy historical—the Lilje Damselfly novel—to keep it "mainstream" but dialect is sneaking in)

@lottebettsdean @sydney_festival @lukeabbottmusic @isabellagellis @A_C_O Fascinating program 🤗

finally sharing the programme for my @sydney_festival headline show next month!! join me + v good pianist Ronan Apcar for 75 fairly unhinged minutes, feat. WP’s by @lukeabbottmusic @isabellagellis + lots of new arrangements by us. Jan 16 @A_C_O Pier2/3.