Jeremy Benson

@jembenson

Civil servant, MAT Trustee, classical music, Test Match Special, Leicester City FC, amateur, husband, father of two, generally curious.

Leicestershire
Joined May 2009
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  1. Retweeted
    Apr 1

    Hello Twitter. Here is a story about George Villiers (later Duke of Buckingham, famous for being James I boyfriend) and Charles (later Charles I, famous for being beheaded) going on a Super Secret Mission To Spain. This story is not an April Fool, Though it could be.

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  2. 18 hours ago

    This picture from is worth a second look. On the right, , Gray and Chilwell seem to be doing a carefully choreographed modern dance routine (crouching, standing, jumping), while on the left, Iborra gives a piggyback to both Vardy and Morgan.

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  3. Apr 2

    Inspired by , five pieces that have probably never been played on but should be: - Emily Howard's Magnetite - Rubbra's 7th Symphony - Biber's Missa Salisburgensis - Steve Elcock's Festive Overture - Louise Farrenc's 3rd Symphony

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    Apr 2

    Once, Leicester was forward looking. Aiming to be the Wuppertal of England, 1960s plan to build a 7.5 mile monorail through the city centre to speed passengers past traffic jams was unveiled. The £135m price tag (£2.745bn today) didn’t find favour with the council. Shame.

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  5. Apr 1

    Fascinating account from of the infamous early C17th composer Gesualdo, who wrote some of the strangest, most compelling music of his time, and also murdered his wife.

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    Mar 31

    Video: What advantage were Australia trying to gain by tampering with the ball? explains the difference between conventional and reverse swing

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    Apr 1

    Britten was involved in a car accident in 1937. Instead of a fine he was asked by the court to provide a piece of music for a short film about road safety: The Most Important Pedal. & discuss the background to the piece:

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  8. Mar 31

    Summer's not that far away. 13

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  9. Mar 31

    Tfw you're not quite sure how you won.

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  10. Mar 30

    Off to the south coast for tomorrow, hoping to see our first away victory & the start of a strong finish to the season. First football match I ever went to, aged 8, saw Brighton defeated 5-0 (by ). But I'd happily settle for 1-0 tomorrow.

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  11. Mar 30

    Looking forward to seeing 's new opera next week: Coraline review – creepy adaptation of Neil Gaiman's tale will turn kids on to opera

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    Mar 27

    Smart stuff by the ! 😎

    Vardy puts England ahead against Italy
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  13. Mar 25

    I don't understand: why only one of the stones?

    Putting the clock forward at Avebury Stone Circle. Stone Age man didn’t have daylight saving, so twice a year National Trust staff have to move one of the stones.
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    Mar 23

    Debussy, mon amour. 100 years since your death. I have loved Debussy since I was small, not least for the tale that as a starving musician living in a Montmartre garret, when he managed at last to sell some compositions, he rushed out & bought Japanese prints, lilies & cakes.

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    Mar 24

    I am away this weekend, but I have left to entertain you: Jokes

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  16. Mar 24

    This is a bit like a football match where one team scored five times in the first seven minutes, and the commentary team have to pretend there's still a contest to talk about.

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  17. Mar 24

    Son has decided that snakes are really cute, though slightly put off the ones you have to feed with frozen rabbits. Has decided he's willing to compromise with a gecko.

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  18. Mar 24

    Canal. 12

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  19. Mar 22

    Is it wrong for an England supporter to laugh? Asking for a friend.

    "In all of my time playing and watching cricket I've never quite witnessed anything like this morning." England all out for 58 New Zealand 128/3 Catch up on what you missed and follow the action LIVE here 👉
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    Mar 20

    Opera isn’t elitest. If I can learn to love it so can anybody | Chris Addison

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