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Ian Mason | @thedimpause

๐ŸŽต My top weekly artists as logged byย last.fm: The Unthanks (10 plays)

A bit of a lack of scrobbled music ๐Ÿ˜„

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Watched: Troy, 2004 - โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜… ๐ŸŽฅ

The Directorโ€™s Cut ๐ŸŽฌ

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๐ŸŽต My top weekly artists as logged byย last.fm: Big Special (76 plays), clipping. (31), Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Josรฉ Carreras, Tatiana Troyanos, Kurt Ollmann & Marilyn Horne (26), Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds (18), mitropoulos (14)

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BBC Hoddinott Hall ๐ŸŽต

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Jaime Martรญn, BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Elizaveta Ivanova, flute

Greig Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
Nielsen Flute Concertoย โ€จ
Tchaikovsky Swan Lake (selections from)

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Watching my nephew (red skull cap) playing rugby in the Principality Stadium - Road to Principality: Schools and Dewar Shield Finals Day ๐Ÿ‰

Unfortunately we had tickets to a concert in the Wales Millennium Centre tonight so couldnโ€™t attend - reduced to watching the match on a phone in the bar ๐Ÿท

๐Ÿ“† | ๐Ÿท Photography ๐Ÿท Wine ๐Ÿท Rugby

Watched: The Roses, 2025 - โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…ยฝ ๐ŸŽฅ

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Watched: West Side Story, 2021 - โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜… ๐ŸŽฅ

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Jalfrezi ๐ŸŒถ๏ธ

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Ashes ๐Ÿ breakfast, with hash browns

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๐ŸŽต My top weekly artists as logged byย last.fm: Big Special (29 plays), The Utopia Strong (14), Yannick Nรฉzet-Sรฉguin, PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA (12), Petrenko, Vasily (3)

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Now going to listen to a couple of cricket podcasts, which is going to depress the mood. The episode title of the first is Darkness Descends ๐Ÿ™‰

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Great pressure, great goal from Villa to take the last minute win. Fantastic game ๐Ÿ‘โšฝ๏ธ

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Watching the second half after catching up with an hourโ€™s sleep. At least Villa v Arsenal is a good, competitive game. A goal apiece at the moment โšฝ๏ธ

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Disappointing Ashes ๐Ÿ viewing this morning, dare I watch Aston Villa v Arsenal โšฝ๏ธ ?

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The football World Cup 2026 Draw is on TV now for 2 hours ๐Ÿ˜ฎ๐Ÿ“บโšฝ๏ธ

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๐Ÿ”— Three-year-old chess prodigy becomes youngest player to earn official rating โ™Ÿ๏ธ

Kushwaha defeated three rated players in events across his state and other parts of the country to secure his record-breaking status.

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