I feel like I've got more energy just looking at the pictures of this building. What a fantastic innovation. theguardian.com/global-develop…

It appears that there are even birds who are better at sewing than I am...

Very excited to reveal our shortlist which includes the man who took extraordinary images of polar bears hunting reindeer for the BBC's 'Mammals', a leading Sámi film actor and campaigner, and a pioneering scientist who analyses ice through its colours.

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Will never forget going to Vienna with my then ten-year-old to see this man. Love his tireless inventiveness in exploring what he can do with his music.

Found myself on an unexpected tour of the lions at the V&A after taking part in a panel on the 21st anniversary of TheatreVoice, inspirationally founded at the dawn of podcasting by Dominic Cavendish

If you can't get tickets for the boat, it may even worth swimming up the Thames to catch this dark twist on Handel's Aci, Galatea e Polifemo - heightened by remarkable singing. thetimes.co.uk/article/aci-by…

Every single person on this longlist has a fascinating story. Really looking forward to hearing the judges debate who should make the shortlist next week.

Could be massive. The law is there to protect us, and the future: “European court rules human rights violated by climate inaction” bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…

Nominations for the Shackleton Medal for the Protection of the Polar Regions 2024 close in just under two days.

If you know someone striving to the utmost to protect these delicate ecosystems, please consider making a nomination: bit.ly/49sVfqr

A nonchalant tortoise was just one of the surprises at Renzo Piano's gleaming cultural centre in Athens - dazzling home to Greece's National Opera and Library.

Bonkers graffiti, an Orthodox priest in every other cafe, rude Aristophanes-worthy bottle openers, and, oh yes, those skylines. Enjoying this brief flit to Athens…

How travel broadens the mind. Overheard in an Athenian café. Woman - world wearily. ‘I didn’t even get off the bus for the second monastery’.

Not sure whether the issue here is grammar or polytheism…

So you book into apartment from where you can see the Acropolis (well, just about, if you lean at the right angle) and guess which cultural icon they’re celebrating. Elvis cushions everywhere. Fearing I’ve brought the wrong coloured footwear…

Quite the most extraordinary thing I've discovered this week is that Handel and Telemann used to send each other flower bulbs for the hell of it. Just one reason I was so entertained by Ensemble Augelletti at Charterhouse for the LondonHandelFestival theartsdesk.com/classical-musi…

What a grim, glum day for my free slot at Horizon 22 to come up. I almost cancelled, but given the two month waiting list I thought what the hell. When I got upstairs I was overwhelmed by the sea of grey. Then I started looking at the silhouettes and it got more interesting...

A blast for all the senses on Friday night with the UK premier of James MacMillan's 'Fiat Lux'. 'Bevan, Williams, BBCSO, MacMillan, Barbican review' theartsdesk.com/classical-musi…

A new musical based on David Nicholls' first novel sounds like a great proposition, but I wasn't won over. Despite a couple of similarities in the storyline I also don't think it will necessarily appeal to fans of Netflix's 'One Day'. thetimes.co.uk/article/starte…

Synapse-tingling performance of a new arrangement of Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast for choir and organ tonight. Went to support a friend. Also to hear Willard White’s thrillingly elemental voice. V pleasant added bonus to meet him afterwards. And no, I didn’t suggest a duet.

When the dedication on this bench first caught my eye I thought, 'Hmm, so it's dedicated to some obscure Greek composer guy.' Then my eyes reached the brackets and I realised he wasn't so obscure after all.