David Cloke
@DavidCloke
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Lover of classical music and opera (Handel, Schubert, Schumann, Verdi, Elgar). Enjoy cities, their buildings, art and culture, good food, most drink and chat
Transpontine London
Joined April 2011
Little did we know that our pre-Christmas visit to @LocultoSe4 was going to be a farewell to lovely Ana and Theresa, who have decided to close the business, from next week! 😭 At least we got to have that delicious caramel flan with Pedro Ximenez and cream, one last time!
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Ravishing @wigmore_hall recital by Christiane Karg and Gerold Huber of Christmas lieder and songs from Spain and France. Karg was in exquisite voice performing the songs with charm, sensitivity and just the right amount of sentimentality. Also lovely to hear so many rare songs
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Songs by Alma and Gustav Mahler, Strauss, Korngold, Zemlinsky and more? Count me in! A fascinating programme, performed beautifully by Claire Barnett-Jones and Rebecca Cohen at @wigmore_hall . Lush lieder, sung by a luscious voice.
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British Man linked to The £40million holiday sickness scam has been named by Police He is Ryan Bridge and is the man behind 'Raise the Colours' who organised putting flags up all over England Police say he conned people making bogus holiday sickness claims https://t.co/I3KwQyybJp
mirror.co.uk
Ryan Bridge, 36, is at the centre of a probe into allegations that British tourists were encouraged to make bogus compensation claims
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I remember Stoppard, for the New York Times. https://t.co/tQqVbHtmSW
nytimes.com
In works like “Travesties” and “Arcadia,” the playwright embraced the really big questions and wrestled words into coherent, exhilarating shape.
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Quite incredible that at a time Trump is blowing up boats off Venezuela as part of his “war on narco terrorism” he is pardoning former Honduras president serving 45 years for flooding US with drugs, while interfering directly in upcoming election. Rule of law relentlessly
Todos los hondureños tenemos claro que no volveremos al narco-régimen de las 10 familias y sus dos partidos políticos Nacional y Liberal. Junto al pueblo, unidos, sacamos del poder al hombre que fue sentenciado culpable por una corte federal de Estados Unidos de conspirar para
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This is seismic. When the Telegraph - the house paper of Brexit - publishes a 2,000-word obituary admitting: 📉 Brexit has cut UK GDP by up to 8% 📉 Investment down 18% 📉 Productivity down 4% 📉 Employment down 4% 📉 No trade benefits 📉 No regulatory freedom 📉 No immigration
🚩😮 Peak F*CK ME Brexit moment When the Telegraph - THE BREXITGRAPH - publishes a full-blown obituary for Brexit, admitting: 📉 GDP down up to 8% 📉 Investment down 18% 📉 Productivity down 4% 📉 Employment down 4% ❌ No trade benefits ❌ No control of immigration ❌ No
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At the Coli for ENO’s 2nd revival of Christopher Alden’s production of Handel’s Partenope (the first pic is of the programme we bought in 2008!). William Cole conducts a strong cast: Nardus Williams, Hugh Cutting, Ru Charlesworth, Katie Bray, Jake Ingbar and William Thomas.
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold died on 29 November 1957, aged 60. Heads-up to planners: he has two big round number anniversaries in '27. https://t.co/hi8yenT2ES
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"Reform UK's barrister tried to scare us. Our advice to other news sites: don't play the bullies game." @ShiptonMartin on being bullied by Reform's lawyers: https://t.co/YhLXEvGSmv
thenerve.news
Our news site, Nation.Cymru, was threatened with legal action over a story involving Farage’s party in the Senedd. Instead of hiring our own lawyer, we simply told them to go away, writes Martin...
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Somehow @E_N_O setting Handel’s Partenope as a surreal 1920s sex comedy rather works, especially headed by Nardus Williams’ vocally and physically glamorous Partenope. Well sung and played throughout my only cavil being that it might have benefited from a more intimate venue
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Insightful article from six years ago: “North to south, the seeds of division in Brexit Britain were sown long ago” | Ian Jack | The Guardian
theguardian.com
Industrial decline began in the 19th century, but the delusion of greatness continues, says Guardian columnist Ian Jack
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NEW from the @LibDems Brexit costing the UK £250m a day in lost tax revenue The UK is losing £250m a day in lost tax revenue due to the economic impact of Brexit, House of Commons Library analysis commissioned by the Liberal Democrats has revealed. The analysis suggests
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New analysis by the politically neutral House of Commons library says that Brexit cost the average Briton between £2,700 and £3,700, and lost the Treasury up to £90bn a year tax revenue. Rachel Reeves’ budget options could have been very different! https://t.co/qlaRPiUgDW
independent.co.uk
Exclusive: Britons also up to £3,700 worse off, leading to calls for the Labour government to improve relations with the EU
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This was the Daily Mail’s 2016 take on Britain trapped in the EU and gazing at the freedom and prosperity outside.
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Ooh! According to @operamagazine , Lise Davidsen will sing Lady Macbeth in a new Macbeth at the Royal Opera House , directed by Ted Huffman - this is scheduled for 27/28 season.
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I was honoured to unveil a plaque for Sam Green, the first openly gay politician to be elected in the UK. He did so much for his community and his courage and dedication remind us to keep championing equality, respect and the rights of everybody. https://t.co/0jytlvOIAm
libdems.org.uk
Sam Green was the first openly gay politician ever elected in the UK – and possibly the world.
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“This is a new and dire development in the ongoing American constitutional crisis. The voters, Congress, and, yes, the U.S. military must all now be more vigilant than at any time in our modern history”
theatlantic.com
Donald Trump’s outbursts on social media this week were different than usual.
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‘Luxmuralis’ and ‘Connection and Identity’ light exhibitions, in Greenwich
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