@markesutherland

I like opera, beer, wine, travel and the songs of Jackie Trent & Tony Hatch. Civil Servant by day. Trustee @BuxtonFestival & @musicintheround.

 Sheffield/London, UK
instagram.com/markesutherland/
Joined October 2011
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Congratulations to the brilliant @BuxtonFestival team for putting on an amazing 2024 festival. Well done to all the staff, interns, volunteers, performers, speakers and production team for all their efforts. Great feedback from our loyal audience. Take a bow everyone! @BifJazz
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The end of an era today @BuxtonFestival as we say goodbye to our brilliant Chair Felicity Goodey after 12 years dedicated service. Welcome to our new Chair Simon Haslam.
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Congratulations to the brilliant @BuxtonFestival team for putting on an amazing 2026 festival. Well done to all the staff, interns, volunteers, performers, speakers and production team for all their efforts. Great feedback from our loyal audience. Take a bow everyone!
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Excellent @BuxtonFestival talk yesterday on Margaret Thatcher & Tony Blair from @IainDale & @steverichards14
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A lovely evening last night at Downing Street for the London launch of the 2026 @BuxtonFestival
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Sad to hear death of Lord Roy Hattersley. In addition to his political career, a great Chair of @BuxtonFestival. Met him number of times after I joined the Board. Condolences to his wife Maggie. (Blurry photo taken during the 2015 festival with the late Sir Gerald Kaufman)
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“Unforgettable” from Chester Harriott. No wonder Rosemary shot David Hunter at the end of the episode 🤣🤣
Crossroads Fan Club@motelcrossroadsJun 7
Sticking with a musical theme, here is Ainsley Harriott's father Chester, tinkling in the motel function room at David and Barbara's engagement party. Chester also performed 'Unforgettable' as an instrumental live over the closing captions.
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This week is Volunteers Week, an annual UK-wide campaign to celebrate and recognise the contributions of volunteers. Proud to have volunteered as a trustee of the @BuxtonFestival since 2018 and @MusicintheRound since 2021. Congratulations to all the volunteers out there.
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Very sad to hear the death of Dame Felicity Lott. One of our greatest sopranos, I had the pleasure of seeing her perform a number of times. It was a great pleasure to meet her in 2019 at the @BuxtonFestival Autumn Weekend where she performed Poulenc’s La Voix Humaine. RIP Flott.
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Great to see 2 features in today’s @yorkshirepost promoting the @MusicintheRound Sheffield Chamber Music Festival. #scmf2026
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“Keep the D-G in for Christ’s sake.” 😂
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@philmcraigApr 7
I give you the golden age of UK telly. There were quite a few blokes like this around when @StephenMoss_TV and I joined the BBC in 1982. And some similar women too to be fair. I well remember the truly formidable Biddy Baxter yelling on network talkback when I worked the live Look North gallery in Newcastle. God help you if you snipped ten seconds off the end of her Blue Peter!
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Did You See?@TvDidYouSeeMar 18
#OnThisDay 18 March 1983 Ailing breakfast TV station TV-am is front page news, as chairman Peter Jay is forced out. Presenter Angela Rippon is not happy and Anna Ford famously speaks of "treachery" inside the company.
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Did You See?@TvDidYouSeeMar 18
#OnThisDay 18 March 1983 There's "high drama" and "treachery" at TV-am when chairman and chief executive Peter Jay is forced to resign. #AnnaFord and #AngelaRippon come out fighting on his behalf.
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Did You See?@TvDidYouSeeMar 7
#OnThisDay 7 March 1983 #NoeleGordon joins #AngelaRippon on the TV-am sofa to talk about bringing Call Me Madam to the West End stage.
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Did You See?@TvDidYouSeeFeb 1
#OnThisDay 1 February 1983 TV-am, ITV's first breakfast television franchise, begins broadcasting at 6:00am with original hosts David Frost, Angela Rippon, Anna Ford, Michael Parkinson and Robert Kee.
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TV-am@TV_amFeb 1
1st February 1983
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Truly dreadful customer service from @EE Sheffield The Moor. Been a customer since 1999 (when it was One-2-One). No more! Clearly EE don’t care about customer loyalty. I will take my money elsewhere. #EpicFail #Disgrace
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The saddest day in ITV’s history when the greatest ITV company Thames Television was replaced by Carlton, the worst company ever in the history of ITV.
Did You See?@TvDidYouSee31 Dec 2025
#OnThisDay 31 December 1992 On the stroke of midnight, Thames Television pass on their ITV franchise to Carlton.
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TV Football 1968-92
@1968Tv18 Dec 2025
It’s 35 years since the great Saint & Greavsie gave us their Christmas special, and it was one of their all-time classic episodes. With Jimmy Greaves suffering from flu, they brought the Spitting Image Greavsie puppet into the studio, with Peter Brackley doing the Greavsie voice. With loads of laughs and gags, it was an all-time classic. RIP Lads.
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The revelation of who shot JR was made today in 1980, shown on BBC1 the day after CBS. Angela Rippon editorialises.
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Great to meet the legend that is Petula Clark today. @Hatchards
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