John Shea

Let’s hear it for 25 years of @BBCRadio3 Through the Night! We’re a quarter of a century old on 5th May. Thank you @radiotimes for publishing my account of the programme I’ve co-presented for 19 of those years. And if you haven’t already discovered us... bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00…

Russia has also declared war on literature. Look at what’s happening and be warned | Anna Aslanyan theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

.@BBCRadio3 Through the Night: six hours of @EBU_HQ concerts & recordings, starting tonight with Elgar & Tchaikovsky from Transylvania 🇷🇴 Listen at 00.30 or here @BBCSounds (UK) any time for 30 days afterwards. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

If you head to Barnes railway bridge in southwest London at the moment, you’ll see a bale of hay hanging from it — because an ancient law requires that to happen. ianvisits.co.uk/articles/a-bal…

We are deeply sad to announce the death of our beloved Artistic Director Amelia Freedman. She had been ill for some time yet continued to lead the Nash and Bath Mozartfest & Bachfest to the end. Our thoughts are with her family. Full tribute to Amelia here nashensemble.org.uk

In tribute to the genius of the late, great Tom Lehrer: here are the two #OED entries which quote from his brilliant, evergreen songs.

Just got to the Pearly Gates. There were three angels standing there not speaking English. I said to them what language is that? They said we are singing the ineffable orisons of God. I recorded them and took their names. We must confront them. Every time.

I was nearly suspended from school when for the Sixth Form Concert a group of us performed The Vatican Rag dressed as choirboys Being a Catholic school the front row was loaded with priests, nuns and an absolutely livid Headmaster RIP Tom Lehrer m.youtube.com/watch?v=pvhYqe…

.@BBCRadio3 Through the Night: six hours of @EBU_HQ concerts & recordings, starting tonight with Webern, Britten & Mahler from St Gallen 🇨🇭 Listen at 00.30 or here @BBCSounds any time for 30 days afterwards. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

📻 Celebrate 100 years since BBC’s first longwave broadcast! Visit ‘Echoes of Daventry Calling’ at Daventry Museum. 🎟️ Free entry | Family-friendly 📍 3 New Street 🕤 Tues-Fri 9:30am–1:30pm, 1st Sat monthly 10am–4pm

“Daventry calling…” Happy centenary day to the world’s first national transmitter! bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

#OTD 80 years ago the results of the 1945 General Election were announced, with a Labour government, led by Clement Attlee, coming into power - Manchester Evening News, 26 July 1945 bit.ly/4faXjqD #PoliticalHistory

26 July 1945. The results of the General Election, held on 5 July 1945, were finally declared. They revealed that the Labour Party led by Clement Attlee had won a landslide victory over Winston Churchill’s Conservative Party.

"A weekly programme of music for everybody." Friday night has been music night since 1953. My August 2015 blog post on the Light Programme show that continues on BBC Radio 3 bit.ly/4kA4Tgx

80 years ago this coming Tuesday the BBC started a new radio service, the Light Programme. My latest blog post with audio of the 2017 series The Story of the Light introduced by Paul O'Grady bit.ly/4f7U3w9

25th June 2025 City of Cambridge Rowing Club W1 chase down Cantabs W1 for the headship at tonight's City Bumps.

Thanks @duolingo. It’s kind of you to say so… 🤔

Repeat this week on BBC Radio 4 Extra of the 2008 documentary about pre-war commercial radio rivals to the BBC including Radio Luxembourg and Radio Normandy as told by Sean Street bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00…