“Make sure it’s flameproof tinsel!”

Many medieval liturgical manuscripts open at the beginning of Advent, because it's the start of a new church year. Their images often make a big visual impact, marking the day when the book's cycle begins afresh. (BL Arundel 109; Bodleian Laud Misc. 188 & Bodl. 775)

'Uton awurpan þeostra weorc, and beon ymbscrydde mid leohtes wæpnum.' (Let us cast away the works of darkness, and be clothed with the weapons of light.) An Anglo-Saxon sermon for the First Sunday of Advent: https://t.co/tcBt7L0Y5m

#HistoryNotes 📜🪶📖 #OTD 1667 Born in Dublin, #JonathanSwift, writer, essayist, satirist & cleric. Prolific writer & noted as the greatest satirist of the #Georgian era, particularly famous for his satirical prose novel #GulliversTravels. He died in Dublin in 1745, aged 77.

Imagine you buy an electric car to save the planet and a tree kills it.

Contemporary Christmas carols from RSCM Publications. Composers include @BenPonniah @thewittjones & Joanna Forbes L’Estrange Find more Christmas music and gifts for music lovers in our Music Shop https://t.co/v8aOhlWAKN

Thanks @BBCRadio3 for playing my bonkers 8-part 'Once in Royal' (sung by @VOCES8 from when I was their composer in residence) as the first item in their Carols around the UK broadcast today!

The cultural brain-rot of what may be the worst-ever BBC history doc dissected by ⁦@HadleyFreeman⁩. https://t.co/n3WYZ5X56s

A day of carols on @BBCRadio3 must surely include Steeleye Span’s famously nasal rendition of Gaudete Here’s another version, plus other lovely contemporary carols from @RSCMCentre

This beautiful Carol by Elizabeth Poston #nowplaying on ⁦@BBCRadio3⁩ : Jesus Christ the Apple Tree ⁦@Multitudeofvoyc⁩

Beloved, irreplaceable pianist Radu Lupu would (should) have been 80 years old today! What a musician - the depth, the tenderness, the poetry, the profound strength of his playing spoke to his listeners with unforgettable, unique intimacy. And the music was a mirror of the man...

For the first day of Advent Advent "O" Carol by Joanna Forbes L'Estrange https://t.co/SOB3LuppIb via @YouTube

Advent calendars should look like this and have no chocolate in them.

Ever wondered what it’s like to be part of a live audience with no experience at all? 🎭 This could be your chance to step into the spotlight. https://t.co/eQPsJWatgE #LiveAudience #BePartOfIt #BehindTheScenes

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Warm thanks @VWFndn for their generous support of 2026 concerts of Ailsa Dixon's chamber music and quartet songs including this one 👇@stgeorgesbris @VilliersQuartet @LucyCoxSoprano Delighted and grateful for this share in RVW's wonderful legacy

Gershwin’s Concerto in F centenary performance: Reader Offer £10 off full price tickets for this special concert on 3 December ⁦@CoachHouseUK⁩

Suprised and delighted to wake to the news that 'Destination Christmas' has been placed into @Spotify's official 'Christmas Choir' playlist alongside some absolute classics! You can check it out on this link: https://t.co/2dAuVWh4kP

I’m a Christmas pudding convert | The Spectator

What have the Romans ever done for us? Cats became our companions way later than you think