🎵 My top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Cardiacs (54 plays), Dervaux, Choeurs et Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra, Paris, Duval, Crespin, Scharley, Berton (54), Devendra Banhart (30), Cate Le Bon (10), Bashy (2)

Espresso martini time 🍸

I don’t usually enjoy espresso martinis. They’re often too sweet. I love the cans of MOTH margarita. So I thought I’d try their take. It’s pretty good.

England beat France in the Women’s Rugby World Cup to reach the final next Saturday, where they will face Canada 🏉

France 🇫🇷 v 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England in the second Women’s Rugby World Cup semi-final 🏉

Canada knock out six-time champions New Zealand to reach the Women’s Rugby World Cup Final. The best match of the tournament so far, outstanding performance 👏 🏉

25 minutes gone and Canada seem to be dominating New Zealand in the Women’s Rugby World Cup semi-final. Very impressive 🏉

… but 26 minutes and New Zealand score!

Released today, LSD is the sixth and final studio album by Cardiacs

Also available as double LP, double CD and on Bandcamp

🔗 Posthumous LP of the Week: Cardiacs’ LSD - review on The Quietus 🎵

Glamorgan are promoted to Division One of the County Championship 👏

🔗 Glamorgan Cricket 🌼 🏏

Glamorgan secured promotion this afternoon into Division One of the Rothesay County Championship for 2026 as they claimed enough bonus points in their rain-ravaged draw at Derby to give them a sufficiently large cushion ahead of the teams in third, fourth and fifth place in the Division Two table. As such, the teams below them cannot leapfrog above the Welsh county during the final round of matches next week.

Welsh National Opera: Tosca

Tosca review – Natalya Romaniw is riveting in WNO’s season-opener

This was emphatically Romaniw’s night, every inch the absolute diva, in ravishing voice and investing her characterisation with such fine nuances of gesture and colouring of the words as to hold one riveted. It was certainly worthy of Sarah Bernhardt, for whom Victorien Sardou wrote his original play and whose performance inspired Puccini to compose his opera.

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Film log - watched: The Godfather Part III, 1990 - ★★★★ - Letterboxd link 🎥