Josh Spero
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I’m not here now. Associate arts editor @FT . Pictures/personal stuff on IG @joshspero . Things formerly known as tweets on Bluesky @joshspero .bsky.social
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The nastiest thing happened
@RoyalOperaHouse
tonight during Alcina: a ~12yo boy was sweetly singing his lines when a man in the audience yelled “rubbish!” and booed him. Who would do that to a child? Once the boy was done, the audience responded with wild applause and cheering.
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What I love about this pic of Joni Mitchell and David Hockney by
@jacobsousa92
is that they both look like they were painted by Hockney 🤣
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For some reason, I find both of these Royal Opera House donation options incredibly funny. I think it's the RSPCA tone and the ROH content
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Gin and tonic in a can
What are the three greatest British contributions to railway technology?
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My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I would like to add you to my network.
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This was the chap — he did brilliantly
Wishing all the best to our Malakai who this evening makes his debut as Oberta at the
@RoyalOperaHouse
in their new production of Handel’s Alcina.
#rohalcina
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“some AIs were found to be picking up on the text font that certain hospitals used to label the scans. As a result, fonts from hospitals with more serious caseloads became predictors of covid risk” 😬
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I did something small (but big for me) today. I was nervous - not because the FT isn’t welcoming but because it feels almost like coming out again. I hope, immodestly, it might even make some space for others to see they can be themselves too.
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We asked whether we should use swearing in the paper and one reader really went for it
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The main reason we’ve moved from m to mn for “million” is because screen-readers for the visually impaired read out m as “metre” (so “3m people” would be “three metre people”)
Big moment for FT: after a million years using 'm' as a symbol for millions, we have decided to use 'mn'. Did our eagle-eyed readers notice, the bell wonders?! Keep consuming your
@FT
in print and digitally and stay ahead of the pack.
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Since it's now been announced internally I can say I'm thrilled to start as acting associate editor
@FTMag
from Monday. It's such an important part of the FT's journalism and it's long been my ambition to work on it.
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As someone who lives abroad, can I say: never take Boots for granted.
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A little news: from January I’ll be associate arts editor
@ftweekend
, working on the best desk in the business. Update your Filofaxes!
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I just swam here (Stadtbad Mitte) and it’s as glorious as it looks
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Fortnums has Mr & Mr and Mrs & Mrs among its extensive delivery salutations
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Strong oped --> Police report on Hong Kong protests is a shameful whitewash
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This is amazing: after a thread about
@GeoffreyRainbo
,
#BTSARMY
are giving so generously to the fundraiser to help queer refugees in Kenya
This urgency is why I’m posting this TODAY.
But also because Jimin’s art boosted our commitment to openly declare Bangtan Library a House of Queer, where we honor the BTS members’ devotion to human rights and equality 💜🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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I can see why a certain Daily Mail columnist - who felt me up at a party - is getting quite so uppity about charges of sexual harassment.
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🚨 For the past year,
@AnjliRaval
and I have been investigating allegations of serious sexual and emotional abuse against the globally renowned architect David Adjaye. Today the
@FT
publishes our 4,000-word article on what we found
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Eurostar announcer just said, “We are arriving into London where the time is 1947,” and she’s right in so many ways.
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If you want to know what’s fashionable in Tokyo right now, this is in a vintage shop
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Queen
@sasha_velour
: “We love the ideas of masculinity and femininity but only as ideas, not imperatives.”
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She got her grades! She’s going to Oxford! 😭😭😭😭
@artsemergency
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Cotton on my parents’ seder plate, where all the items are symbolic of slavery, to think of the Uyghurs
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You remember when the Delphic oracle told Croesus by attacking a weak enemy he'd destroy a great empire & it turned out to be his own? That.
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"Taiwan, let's go! Hong Kong, let's go!" --> Taiwan-Hong Kong solidarity will be a thorn in China's side
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Happy birthday to me! 37... Even in the past grim year I’ve managed to make (and keep) friends, learn things (🇩🇪), love, dance (on my own), do work I’m proud of, consume litres of ice cream... and survive, mind and body. Reasons to celebrate 🎂
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I wanted to replace a lightbulb so went to the fusebox and, being Japan, accidentally turned my toilet off. It had to reboot.
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Remember when I said I thought Japan had agreed with me? This is why — on fashion, freedom, Tokyo, London, homophobia and finally being myself
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In FT news, we're dropping honorifics from all our copy: on second mention, almost everyone is now just their surname. No more Mr/Mrs/Mx, Dr and all! (I saw The Times did this earlier this week, the winds of changes are blowing in the same direction.)
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It is sad, alarming & problematic that we are developing a post-terror grammar: a significant cartoon, colouring the lights, common hashtags
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After George Michael was arrested in an LA loo, he refused to be shamed. It was such a powerful message to young gays like me.
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This is my grandmother in 1956 in a Balenciaga dress - possibly by Balenciaga himself
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A lot of people are assuming this is about the Germans and not this: “The original broadcast also included a scene in which Major Gowen...uses very strong racist language in relation to an anecdote about the West Indies cricket team.” Read the story, not the headline!
Fawlty Towers 'Don't mention the war' episode removed from UKTV
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Fruit sandwiches (white bread + whipped cream + fruit) are an underrated aspect of Japanese cuisine
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This is nice: someone has left a copy of
@BernardineEvari
’s Girl, Woman, Other at Schiphol with a note inside to pass it on. I’ll take it to Tokyo.
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Had lunch at the Science Museum earlier — on show are the syringe and vial with which Margaret Keenan became the first person outside of a trial to receive the BioNTech/Pfizer jab
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I saw Cézanne at Tate Modern on Sunday and I already have a ticket to see it again. I almost cried in front of this late woodlandscape: practically abstract, all dissolves as he reaches reconciliation with what lies beyond sense and thought and life
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“Do you have an operatic emergency? Is someone about to throw your baby on a fire? Has a dwarf stolen your gold? Call
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Just saw Spencer. Kristen Stewart is winning Best Actress, no doubt about it.
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How long before we have English curry?
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I have had some tabs open so long I feel protective about them now
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Pesach is a festival of liberation, commemorating the Jews leaving Egypt, and the seder plate we have is full of symbolic foods. This year, we’ve added flour to make us think of Ukraine, today’s most urgent liberatory struggle
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@willieckerslike
@alanbeattie
@krishgm
I think one can be both outraged by this and outraged by history.
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In fairness this is what I’d do
French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe defeats children in a game of dominos during a visit to a school, July 2020.
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Mooooooood
Oh, to be a cow floating peacefully along an irrigation canal
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I’m sure this is a nice restaurant but for god’s sake leave your daughters at home
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@NathalieThomas3
@RoyalOperaHouse
And he got a massive cheer after his aria in act three and at the end. Poor kid tho.
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Good morning, I walked past a restaurant in Mayfair where a club sandwich is £28
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Russell Crowe, who is having an auction on the occasion of his divorce, has written for the FT about his films and the watches he associates with them, and he’s got a nice turn of phrase via
@financialtimes
@russellcrowe
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I'm not even pretending my M&S foodhall habit is under control any more
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Beethoven would have taken an axe to this
Steinway & Sons has unveiled a limited edition instrument to mark Beethoven’s 250th birthday year. Dubbed 'APPASSIONATA', the piano carries excerpts of Beethoven's Op 57 sonata across its case and lid. Ten of the handmade B-211 models are available worldwide
@SteinwayAndSons
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This is wonderful!
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I’m not saying it’s the summer news slump but The Times’ p3 is about a man whose fiancée and dog both appeared in magazines in the same week
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It’s my leaving party tonight and the theme is FULL. ON. GLAMORE. (which is like glamour but more)
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I mean, Bob Geldof, Ed Sheeran and Rita Ora saying Brexit will hurt their careers might make even the most ardent Remainers pause for thought
Musicians warn industry 'could lose voice' after Brexit
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The One Show just showed Hillary Clinton a compilation of Donald Trump’s worst moments 🙄🙄
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I am very, very grateful to the NHS and all the people who made this possible (I got it because I’m immunosuppressed)
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@HannahAlOthman
My only caveat, or rather practical step, is to make sure I have evening plans - see friends, go to the theatre/opera etc - because you can't be in museums all night.
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Why? He’s already very good at it.
Momentum founder suggests Jeremy Corbyn could undergo antisemitism training
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38 today! It’s been… quite the year, but — as the song almost says — I got by with a little help from my friends (and the city of Leipzig).
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No it isn’t
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Writing to me and stressing you went to Harvard and Oxford is not the best way to get a commission
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