Nice high rounded numbers for the headlines often are bollocks. A leak to BMJ suggests that it is weapons grade bollocks. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54097050 (View Post)

@Andy_JS It does look rather like a case of rounding up one of the usual suspects. (View Post)

On one evening I went to hear The Vienna Philharmonic play in London at The Proms. I joined an enormous queue about 3 hours before kick off, and was one of the last ten to get in. This was in the day… (View Post)

Combination of Beethoven's 200th anniversary and Rule Britannia, the introduction to Wellington's Victory. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_ibES7i-HU (View Post)

A few years ago there were clips of a performance from Berlin of the last night of the Proms, with a soprano singing Rule Britannia whilst dressed in a Union Jack corset. I have so far only found thi… (View Post)