@john__eldon

Pianist, teacher, cook, Methodist. I like intelligence, quirky humour, gin, musicals, modern art, queer theology.

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John Eldon 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇪🇺 retweeted
Susie Dent
@susie_dent6 Nov 2024
Word of the day is ‘recrudescence’ (17th century): the return of something terrible after a time of reprieve.
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Icons? What icons?? Where's John the Baptist? Where's the Assumption of Our Lady? #StrictlyComeDancing
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Get in the queue, girl! 😍😛❤️ #StrictlyComeDancing
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@Wandoful2 Nov 2024
I’m free if Vito needs any assistance removing a wedgie 🫦 #Strictly #StrictlyComeDancing
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My life is complete! Take me now Jesus! 😍🤣 #StrictlyComeDancing
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On my musical travels I trip over great but unknown songs fairly regularly, but I'm absolutely jaw on the floor about this one, "Where Heaven Is" by Geoffrey O'Hara. Sublime would be an understatement. You ARE going to be hearing this!
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When you're flicking through clothing ads and catch yourself thinking "Ooh, that cardigan looks lovely and cosy!"... I can feel my style icon crown slipping... #im61youknow #lacroixsweetie
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This came today. I may be some time.
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Guardian culture@guardianculture29 Oct 2024
Unknown waltz by Chopin found in library vault after nearly 200 years theguardian.com/music/2024/o…

Unknown waltz by Chopin found in library vault after nearly 200 years

The score, on a card bearing Frédéric Chopin’s hand-written name, was discovered by a curator at the Morgan Library and Museum in New York

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Why on earth does Amazon think I'd be tempted by 43% off a polyester wig? #Amazon #discount #wigs
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Busby Berkeley was a total genius. There was no CGI in the 1930s. The dancers are actually doing this, plus the way he thinks about the camera and the mirrors as part of the choreography. Jaw dropped. youtu.be/wAeMDwgFUeU?si=_s-Z…
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Tom and Jerry in 'The Cat Concerto'. I'm screaming. They used to be on television all the time when I was a lad. #TomAndJerry #cartoons #animation #comedy youtu.be/-pWOlXpR_lI?si=vqgn…
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Look at Princess Anne's lovely suede boots. #Royalty #RoyalFamily #royal #fashion #suede #boots hellomagazine.com/fashion/ro…

Princess Anne delights in suede boots and luxe scarf alongside husband Sir Timothy Laurence

Princess Anne nailed autumnal style at the weekend dressed in a pair of suede boots and a luxe, silk scarf. See photos with husband Sir Timothy Laurence...

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Interesting. I love the music of all 8 but don't see/hear it as colour myself.
BBC Music Magazine@MusicMagazine20 Oct 2024
🟪 🎶 🟧 From Scriabin to Sibelius, here are eight composers who claimed to see music as colour classical-music.com/features…

Synaesthesia: eight composers who saw vivid colours in music | Classical Music

From Scriabin to Sibelius, here are eight composers who claimed to see music as colour. Introducing... composers with synaesthesia

classical-music.com
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Why is Sarah wearing a wig that makes her look like Toyah? #StrictlyComeDancing #Strictly
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The song explains the wig. #RafaellaCarra
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That may be the campest thing I've ever seen! Wonderful!! #VitoAndSarah #StrictlyComeDancing #Strictly #RafaellaCarra
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Oasis on Strictly? What the eff is going on? #StrictlyComeDancing #Strictly
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Sam and Nikita were undermined by the song choice. #StrictlyComeDancing #Strictly
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Dianne and Chris were amazing, but I cannot STAND hearing "You'll Never Walk Alone" done that way. #StrictlyComeDancing #Strictly
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Mitzi Gaynor, dancer and actor from South Pacific, dies aged 93

One of the few survivors of the golden age of the Hollywood musical also appeared in We’re Not Married and There’s No Business Like Show Business

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