Simon Brackenborough

Simon Brackenborough

@sbrackenborough.bsky.social

Londoner and writer on classical music. Interested in the arts, history, nature, reading, coffee, vegetarian food, and active travel infrastructure. Blog: corymbus.co.uk

1,509 Followers 1,093 Following 4,118 Posts Joined Sep 2023
4 hours ago

nothing demeaning in these extraordinary true facts

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4 hours ago

there's much to give pause here, but mostly I want to know how does one 'dabble in architecture'?

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4 hours ago

JEROME 👏 JEROME

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4 hours ago
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was just thinking: I wonder what Jerome K. Jerome's real name was, surely that's a pseudonym? and...

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5 hours ago

This was a lot of fun, the costume department certainly had a good time

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8 hours ago
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The Importance Of Being Earnest (Full Show) | Take Your Seats | National Theatre at Home YouTube video by National Theatre

Watching this tonight. Free to view until 18th March! m.youtube.com/watch?v=obX-...

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14 hours ago

It’s accurate with the follower number on their profile page so I guess yes

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14 hours ago

Would be a good problem to have, probably not one they’re likely to encounter soon

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15 hours ago
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This plant shop/cafe has the most delightfully silly piece of analogue-digital tech I’ve ever seen. I test-followed them on insta and the number rolled over within about 30 seconds. Just brilliant

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16 hours ago

It rises and begins to round…

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18 hours ago
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Team crying child

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17 hours ago

it's only an escroquerie if it's from the Escroquer region of France, otherwise it's just a sparkling scam

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1 day ago

Thank you for coming, Simon!
Any South Londoners fancy coming to see us do a community theatre production of Enron in Theatre Peckham, there are definitely still tickets available for Saturday night, perhaps the odd one for Friday eve and Saturday matinee. Ticket link below

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23 hours ago

I teach an entire ten week graduate seminar on how money is political and they just ... minted it out.

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19 hours ago
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SUV drivers could face extra charges for driving in London TfL are also poised to increase 20mph zones and cut speed limits on the capital’s fastest roads later this year

This can’t come soon enough. 👏

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

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1 day ago

Me heading to folklore society with a tailwind : it was a dark and stormy night haha yes, how appropriate, this rules

Me riding home with a headwind: well this fucking sucks, what the fuck

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1 day ago

Absolutely fucked by that headwind on the ride home tonight, Jesus Christ

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1 day ago
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going to go with "no thank you" on this one, cheers

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1 day ago

Captures a feeling we all know too well

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1 day ago

Great profile pic btw

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1 day ago
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This might be the greatest split-screen ever broadcast.

They’ll play this in museums in future.

(🎥 LCI 🇫🇷)

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1 day ago

King Gorm the Old, destroyer of the Fabulous Age

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1 day ago

these need a montage with a gentle synthesised soundtrack

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1 day ago

Yeah it’s odd. Not seen anybody do that myself and not sure if it could be plausibly accidental since the default setting is yellow

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1 day ago

Louisa Munch sounds like a tribute act for Louise Mensch

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1 day ago

Are they even available for face emojis? Don’t think my phone has them

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1 day ago

Re-upping this, in case anyone has other suggestions. European/non-spicy cuisines preferred

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1 day ago
The manuscript score of Mozart's Piano Concerto No 24, resting on a wooden table

Been hanging out with a Mozart manuscript again lads

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1 day ago
An owl sitting on a book. Next to the owl is printed: CONSILIUM. The book is hold by a human hand.

Need advice (in Latin: consilium)? Why not ask this owl, sitting on a yet empty book, and symbolising wisdom since the goddess Athena had an owl by her side.

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2 days ago
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In gaps in the cloud I managed to grab another half hour or so on the Rosette nebula tonight

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