Anthony Friend

I’m now here mostly and may even actually post something eventually bsky.app/profile/antoin…

We’re going to hear lots of stories about which people, policies and rhetoric are to blame for the Democrats’ defeat. Some of those stories may even be true! But an underrated factor is that 2024 was an absolutely horrendous year for incumbents around the world 👇

Went to M&S to get flowers and someone knocked over their entire stock trolley of eggs and I can’t even explain the amount of egg. Maybe 1000 eggs.

Had a blast performing Finzi’s Clarinet Concerto and Stephen Dodgson’s Last of the Leaves on Sunday with @Lucy_Goddard1, her wonderful Concordium String Ensemble and baritone Jon Stainsby. Photos by my very supportive duo partner @Aoyarzabalpiano who came to watch!

Tomorrow 15th Oct, @AntoineAmi & I will be performing our programme of works for clarinet & 🎹 by all female composers at St John’s Peterborough, 1pm. Come along if you’re nearby!

@AntoineAmi and I had a lovely time performing our programme of works for clarinet & 🎹 by female composers at @ChiCathedral last Tuesday. People seemed to really enjoy learning about many composers they didn’t know & their great works. Next week we’ll be in Peterborough!

When you have a concert and your train is delayed. @AntoineAmi @SouthernRailUK

Come along to @ChiCathedral on Tuesday to hear this and other great pieces by women composers played by me and @Aoyarzabalpiano

Finzi Clarinet Concerto and Stephen Dodgson’s ‘Last of the Leaves’ coming up! Sunday 13th October, 4pm at @ststepdulwich with @Lucy_Goddard1, Jon Stainsby & Concordium String Ensemble. See you for an autumnal pint at the Wood House afterwards stephendodgson.com/event/last-of-…

@silverstrivers @leonbosch @Keir_Starmer @lisanandy @bbcproms ‘Normal people’ can queue and attend for £8, as tens of thousands do every summer.

@leonbosch @Keir_Starmer @lisanandy @bbcproms So infuriating hardly any “normal” ppl can get tickets but these champagne socialists can 😡😡😡

Great to see Prime Minister @Keir_Starmer and Culture Secretary @lisanandy at the last night of the @bbcproms this evening. It is one of the greatest national cultural events.

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Kudos to @WeAreTheMU for providing one-off grants to new parents. Every little helps in the UK, where self-employed fathers don’t get paternity leave at all; the UK ranks 40th/43 OECD countries on paternity pay overall. Just 2% of what the UK spends on parental leave goes to dads

Dads are for every day, not just #FathersDay. Join our supporter network to help us build a better deal for Britain's fathers fatherhoodinstitute.org/so/62O-iaqSz?l…

In the UK, self-employed fathers don’t get paternity leave at all, and the UK ranks 40th/43 OECD countries on paternity pay overall. Just 2% of what the UK spends on parental leave goes to dads. Read more here: fatherhoodinstitute.org/post/britain-s… 2/2

Ahead of Father’s Day: I spoke to @fatherhoodinst about my experience as a self-employed new father (soon to be for the second time) in the UK, where self-employed dads don’t get paternity leave at all. Read my interview here: …9-4749-9c70-3504f92c279b.filesusr.com/ugd/efff1d_03b… 1/2

Again - how dare a government that has cut funding for 16-19 education by 15%, cut youth services by 70%, whacked up student loan repayments, overseen record rises in rents, and cut unemployment/housing benefits say this stuff?

historically, men in this situation used a folding canopy called an umbrella

NEW 🧵: how Britain became gripped by the worst homelessness crisis in the developed world