@21oconnor

Music lover. Avid reader. Traveller. Retired(ish) railway inspector. Proud lesbian. Horseracing enthusiast. Passionate about landscape and wildlife.

 Glossop, England
Joined February 2018
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We took Jackie's niece Hannah to her first opera today! 🥰 Rigoletto at Opera North in Leeds. She loved it 😁Strangely, this revival had nowhere near the same impact on me as it did when I saw it first...🤔 Still had a lovely time. It's an intelligent production.
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Bravi all at @Opera_North . Thoroughly enjoyable Eugene Onegin at Leeds tonight. I was a bit iffy about the Soviet setting at first - but it grew on me. Great singing and playing. Good choreography - well executed by the Chorus. Splendid evening all round 👏👏👏
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@Rainmaker1973Oct 22
Grave of Tiddles, the church cat. St. Mary's Church, Fairford, Gloucestershire, England.
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Historygirl
@janeyelleneOct 22
Lets go back to 1960 and remember when Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester was a beautiful place. #1960s #SocialHistory
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A fantastic start to @CarlisleRaces Shared Ownership Day, with Old Gold Racing landing the first with Watery Borren! A great advert for the fun and excitement of shared ownership. Congratulations to all @OldGoldRacing owners! 💛🐎 @lucindavrussell @RSAsyndicates
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Perfect start to his career 😍🏇 Ownership is going to be a thrill...
Old Gold Racing
@OldGoldRacingOct 22
Some debut from Watery Borren🤩🤩 We'll never get tired of having winners with @lucindavrussell, @MichaelScu & @petescu 💛🤍
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Old Gold Racing
@OldGoldRacingOct 22
Just one or two happy owners at @CarlisleRaces today😅 You can join them next time out when you get your shares in Watery Borren! oldgoldracing.com/horses/wat…
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Bad news: the BBC is set to scrap Radio 4 Extra. 📻 Losing this treasure trove of classic comedy, archive drama, and timeless storytelling would be a huge blow for millions of us. Sign the petition to help save it 👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitio… via @38degrees

Save Radio 4 Extra

Radio 4 Extra is a fabulous showcase of the BBC's phenomenal archive of radio comedy and drama, fields in which the Corporation is an undoubted pioneer, with a reputation for quality rivals woud...

you.38degrees.org.uk
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FPL Corey 🌋@coreyzinhoOct 21
Replying to @JeffreyGoldberg @helenlewis
@JeffreyGoldberg @helenlewis
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BETH TAYLOR@bethtaylormezzoOct 21
armoryonpark.org/season-even… US RECITAL DEBUT COMING UP IN 2027 AT PARK AVENUE ARMORY, NYC! <

Recital Series: Beth Taylor & Hamish Brown | Feb 4 & 6, 2027 | Park Avenue Armory

Glaswegian mezzo-soprano Beth Taylor showcases her beautifully clear and haunting coloratura with a program of art song and lieder in her US recital debut.

armoryonpark.org
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Last night's Scipione at SMITF was the amuse-bouche 😁 Now for the full-blooded 3 course meal...Parsifal at ROH, here we come!
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Chris Ogilvie@OgilvieCJOct 13
🇪🇸 Yesterday’s loco fire on a Madrid-Barcelona AVE train has created staggering photos today. The undamaged part will be towed to Zaragoza. Technicians are assessing how to remove the tail loco, whose chassis has been deformed. The line has reopened on a single track.
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Mark Malone@soundmigrationOct 12
Mark Zuckerberg pretending to enjoy Guinness is my new favourite thing.
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Chris Ogilvie@OgilvieCJOct 10
Italy's only 'every weekend' heritage railway suffers serious incident today. The heritage train on the 50km Sulmona-Roccaraso line, Abruzzo collided with the cradle of a road crane working on a bridge. Injuries to bridge workers. 400 passengers trapped for many hours.
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Really encouraging observations from Hugh about the potential of the young artists he heard at this event- and why they give us reasons to be optimistic about the future of the art form we love ❤️
Hugh Canning’s Operalogue@hugh_canningOct 10
My report on the National Opers Studio’s Class of 2026, presentation - Overture - is now online: operalogue.substack.com/p/sh…
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Two little girls save their Teddy Bear during the blitz of Liverpool (1941)
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Gramophone@GramophoneMagOct 7
🏆 The Gramophone Lifetime Achievement award goes to Dame Imogen Cooper! #GramoAwards @PrestoMusicCom Head to our website for more!
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Gramophone@GramophoneMagOct 7
🏆The winner of the Voice & Ensemble Award is the Signum Classics album of Gluck Arias sung by Ann Hallenberg with The Mozartists! #GramoAwards @PrestoMusicCom @TheMozartists @SignumRecords Head to our website for more
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My free review of @BlackheathHalls Opera’s Carmen is surging ahead of my free @wexfordopera feature but both doing quite nicely 😈 Thanks for reading everyone, especially my £€$ subscribers! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
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Stephen Pollard
@stephenpollardOct 4
Typically unmissable by Howard Jacobson .telegraph.co.uk/gift/42a65ab…

I am obsessed with the ignorance of the Jew-haters

Anti-Semitism finds its fiercest home on university campuses, where students might be expected to understand history

telegraph.co.uk
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