Location check in โ ๐บ๏ธ The Bunch Of Grapes
Pints of Cwrw Otley Oxymoron and Druid’s Circle ๐บ
Great meal, then an espresso martini ๐ธ
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The T20 World Cup has started. Some early listening to Pakistan ๐ต๐ฐ v ๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands ๐
๐ต Music for 06 February 2026
"Shostakovich: Symphony No.11 In G Minor, Op. 103, "The Year 1905" - 1. The Palace Square" by Stokowski, Houston Symphony Orchestra
Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 11 In G Minor, Op. 103, "The Year 1905"
This is one of the first recordings of Shostakovich's music I owned on CD, along with Bernstein versions of Symphonies 5, 6 and 9. I still have the CDs and still listen to all of them, although usually in digitised form ๐ฟ
๐ต Music for 05 February 2026
"Symphony No. 1, 'The Gothic': I. Allegro assai" by Ole Schmidt, LSO, Manning, Minty, Mitchinson, Thomas
Havergal Brian - Symphony No. 1, 'The Gothicโ
Oma, Borough Market. Wonderful meal here Sunday evening, just found Grace Dentโs review in The Guardian ๐ฌ๐ท๐
Six Nations fare ๐
Need some rationing ๐๐โท๏ธโฝ๏ธ
Six Nations starts tonight with France ๐ซ๐ท v ๐ฎ๐ช Ireland. Then England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ v ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ Wales on Saturday ๐
ICC Under-19 Menโs Cricket World Cup Final is tomorrow - England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ v ๐ฎ๐ณ India in Harare ๐
The Winter Olympics has started - but the opening ceremony in Milan is tomorrow evening.
ICC Menโs T20 World Cup starts in India and Sri Lanka early Saturday ๐
Plus Premier League โฝ๏ธ
๐ The Fire Doors, The Dublin Castle review - Field Music assume the role of Jim Morrison and Co ๐ต
Unaffected Doors homage from the most unlikely band
๐บ Keats Bar at The Globe
Timothy Taylorโs Landlord ๐บ
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Barbican Library. ๐บ
Blondie in Camera 1978 Exhibition ๐ต
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