Tim Pitt-Payne
@magpiemixture
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UK lawyer: commercial, public and information law. See https://t.co/Nah5Dznr3h for latest Substack post
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Joined June 2021
I've bought this on Kindle, and have got the hardback on order. I think this is going to be really interesting.
Available to pre-order! My new book, "Someone Else's Music: Opera and the British" traces attitudes towards opera, 1920-2020. It reveals a forgotten history of popular opera-going, which challenges the elitism stereotype. It also examines when and why that stereotype arose. /
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RT @amwilson_opera: My new book comes out in print in the USA later this month and in the UK in October, but if you want to read it on Kind….
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The decision by Catholic authorities in England and Wales to close down the Anscombe Centre is a good example of Robert Conquest's well-known dictum that the behavior of an organization can best be predicted by assuming it to be controlled by a secret cabal of its enemies.
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RT @DrFrancisYoung: I hope everyone realises that *all* copyright will expire in 2042, as that will be 75 years after Barthes announced The….
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RT @HistorianZhang: Since this is in the news, the definitive book on the creation of the golden urn system in late 18th century that produ….
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RT @Accipitrium: ‘Placetne Magistra?’ -- Latin in Dorothy L. Sayers’ Gaudy Night | International Journal of the Classical Tradition https:/….
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Here is a post that packs one hell of a punch.
When I was 14 and starting high school, my dad told me that no matter what stupid shit I did, if I ever called him at 2 or 3 o'clock in the morning, in a bind, and needed him to come pick me up, that i shouldn't hesitate to call—because, he promised me, we wouldn't talk about it.
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RT @MarkStephens64: @_Chris_Coghlan This position is incomprehensible - at least if one has regard to principle. If you discard your religi….
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RT @HettrickMichael: @_Chris_Coghlan Why Chris, it profit a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world. but for Dorking & Horley!.
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If your religion is a purely private matter with no influence on your political practice, then what moral principles guide your politics and where do you derive them from?.
This was utterly disrespectful to my family, my constituents including the congregation, and the democratic process. My private religion will continue to have zero direct relevance to my work as an MP representing all my constituents without fear or favour. 3/3.
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If I had the choice between Glastonbury or Mars it would be pretty close run thing.
The Block9 area of @glastonbury thinks we should “send them to Mars” including @jk_rowling for feminism or something.
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I remember behaving like this at a family wedding. I was six years old at the time.
Another wave of very loud protesters at UCL tonight. Not at all happy with lesbians who say ‘no’ to men who declare themselves to be lesbians. 3/
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RG's advice about friendship (and Friendship) is good advice generally, not just for conservatives.
From an interview with @McCormickProf & @CollegeFix:. TCF: What is your advice for young conservatives specifically?. RG: My advice is do not censor yourself. Do not pander to those who, for the most part, are on the liberal side … who would make the price of friendship be.
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RT @LGBAllies_Cymru: Delighted to hear @JoPhoenix1 @bindelj & Naomi Cunningham speak about implications of SC Judgment for lesbians, diolch….
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RT @kiritunks: Brilliant, articulate speeches from Naomi Cunningham @JoPhoenix1 @bindelj at @UCLwomenslib meeting on What does the Supreme….
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RT @DSinck: A lovely piece by @amwilson_opera, as usual, in @TheCriticMag. What a shame the book under review is so expensive and probably….
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Falconer is wrong about the role of the HL. See the thread below, and see also this excellent post
This morning Lord Falconer, assisted dying bill sponsor, told BBC R4 it was "correct" that the role of the Lords was to "ultimately uphold something that the directly elected members of the Commons have decided to go ahead with" (in the presenter's words). That's not right. 1/-.
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