Tim J L

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Tim J L@amanoutoftim· 15d

Great Diocles the boar has kill'd, and I WILL sing very loudly at you about it

A selfie of me in blue red and gold priestly robes

Tim J L@amanoutoftim· 18d

We love a madrigal don't we folks

Me holding a copy of Monteverdi's Che dar piú vi poss'io? In a rehearsal around a harpsicord

Tim J L@amanoutoftim· 18d

Sound up for massive purrs

Tim J L@amanoutoftim· 18d

Learning to sing and dance Baroquely this week with Cambridge Early Music's Baroque Summer School (and petting the local cats)

A Baroque orchestra and choir in rehearsal

People hanging out on a lawn just before we all had a dance

Tim J L@amanoutoftim· 22d

His name is Tolstoy

A white samoyed by my legs looking up at me

The samoyed lying between bushes indomethacin pavement

Tim J L@amanoutoftim· 22d

horse

Tim J L@amanoutoftim· 22d

🌇

Tim J L@amanoutoftim· 23d

look on my culture industry, ye mighty, and despair

a still from the avengers doomsday trailer with people in stupid costumes in weirdly empty greenscreened scene

celebs singing on stage at the world cup final halftime show

Tim J L@amanoutoftim· 24d

Come hear me sing (and dance) in some Purcell in Cambridge on Saturday 1st August! Tickets: www.cambridgeearlymusic.org/event-listin...

Sheet music for a bass aria in Purcell's Diocleasian

Tim J L@amanoutoftim· 25d

:) :) :)

Under the proposals, continuing medical treatment or unavailability of care in a refused asylum seeker’s homeland would not be viewed as a “genuine obstacle” to deportation. This would mean families – including children – would lose accommodation and support as they wait to be removed.

They would only have access to support if they would otherwise be destitute or have accepted reasons for not leaving the UK. Mahmood has suggested family members could be offered up to £10,000 each – capped at four people – to leave if their asylum application is turned down.

Tim J L@amanoutoftim· 25d

feeling great about Burnham re-appointing Mahmood as home secretary :)

Rachel de Souza, the children’s commissioner for England, said the home secretary’s plan under consultation to push families to leave the UK – including those with children receiving medical treatment – should not be implemented as proposed.

She argues that the proposed changes could be in breach of the Children Act 1989, which says children’s best interests should always be at the centre of decisions about their lives.

Mahmood’s proposals were set out in a Home Office consultation in March which sought views on cutting support for families with a refused asylum application, cutting support for adult care leavers with a refused asylum claim, and legislating the use of physical interventions on children during enforced removals.

Tim J L@amanoutoftim· 25d

Doing a survey about arts and culture and there's some idéologie going on here... I think it's sad but indicative that we've flattened all notions of self-development, self-actualisation and understanding the world through artistic expression into 'wellbeing'

Which of the following, if any, do you think are the main benefits of arts and culture in Britain? (Select up to THREE)

Creating jobs

Creating memories with family and friends

Providing skills or education for children and young people

Improving life in local areas across the country

Keeping people entertained

Improving people's wellbeing

Providing distraction from everything else going on

Making people proud to be British

Preserving and protecting Britain’s past for future generations

Boosting the economy

Bringing communities together

Attracting tourists to the UK

I don’t think there are any benefits to the UK

Don’t know

Tim J L@amanoutoftim· 26d

The soft left when John Healey got picked over Ed Miliband as Chancellor

The 'I'll tell the children' Simpsons meme

Tim J L@amanoutoftim· 26d

love the Barbican

The central lake in the Barbican looking towards the east side with the waterfall.

Tim J L@amanoutoftim· 27d

Made a friend this evening 🦊

A close-up of the fox turning to face the camera

Tim J L@amanoutoftim· 28d

And I am topping it all off with a drag show in Waterloo's The Glitch called CVNTCLAVE

Tim J L@amanoutoftim· 28d

Ended up having an extremely busy Saturday; went to a cat cafe in the morning and then had some very good dumplings nearby in Archway, went to a community pottery exhibit in Muswell Hill, then had a freelance orchestra photography gig at St Giles Cripplegate. I am tired.

Two large cats on chairs and tables in a cafe

A line from a fortune cookie saying 'luck is on your side today'

Me holding a camera as an orchestra rehearses in a church

Tim J L@amanoutoftim· Jul 14

The St James Park pelicans (and a heron)

A couple of pelicans wandering around the pavement by the lake in St James Park

The pelicans standing around, one of them looking thoughtful

A heron walking in the greenery by a lakeside

Tim J L@amanoutoftim· Jul 14

🐥🐥🐥

Tim J L@amanoutoftim· Jul 13

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A sunset with long, thin and pink clouds

Tim J L@amanoutoftim· Jul 12

I have got my voice back and have been rehearsing my aria and duet that I'm singing in this performance of Purcell's opera Dioclesian in Cambridge on Saturday 1 August! Come along!! www.cambridgeearlymusic.org/event-listin...