A real treat - a superb production yesterday of The Government Inspector led by the stellar #danskinner Martha Howe-Douglas and KSB. And what a wholesome venue in Marylebone Theatre - comfortable, spacious seats, excellent & informative printed programme, & outstanding FOH staff. Bravos to all.

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If you're planning for the new Year 7 intake in September, are you focusing on the right kind of knowledge? Being unable to verbally declare that 'there are two quavers in a crotchet' and that 'this is called a treble clef' does not define a new pupil's 'musical knowledge'.

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Wishing everyone a joyous Make Music Day UK. youtu.be/ZYBliPhLAE0?fe…

Saw this in Brussels today. Reminded that nearly 28% of those eligible didn't vote in the Brexit referendum. Don't leave it to other people to make a decision. Play your part in determining our country's future. Do your bit. Exercise your vote tomorrow.

As Starmer announces his first cabinet, confirmation of the one individual staying put:

Tidying up at the weekend - I found a new copy of my bestselling book Sticky Teaching & Learning. ⁦If you’ve yet to read it - I’m offering this 1 copy as a signed giveaway - please retweet and follow will draw it 10th Aug 🌞 📕 #stickyteaching #cpd #retrieval

A wave to all music teachers who, in the last week of term, are taking pupils abroad on tour, putting on end of term concerts and leavers' assemblies, setting up holiday courses and getting curriculum plans ready for next term. You make great memories for your pupils. Thank you.

I know how important the task of the Review will be - to improve educational experience and outcomes, without doing damage or precipitating unintended consequences. I'll be steered by the evidence, and consult widely.

Many wonderful performances by Team GB to be really proud of. But that arrangement of the Nationsl Anthem for the medal ceremonies - the interrupted cadence especially - is awful. The French anthem, by contrast, is a cracking arrangement. Are the arrangements credited? BBC Sport

Very much enjoying the Olympics Breaking, including the judging. Marks for vocabulary, technique & musicality. Vocabulary here is procedural, not verbal-declarative, so no partner talk or miniwhiteboards needed in order to demonstrate knowledge. Prof Martin Fautley Music Teachers Association

#nighttracks on BBC Radio 3 is always good, but tonight is absolutely perfect - total cool after the hottest day of the year. Mimimum talk and maximum music. All sonority without noise. Thank you Hannah Peel.

Keep Strictly live! 🪩 The MU is calling on all Strictly fans and everyone who loves live music to share a message in support using the hashtag #KeepStrictlyLive Get all the details at theMU.org/KeepStrictlyLi… #Strictly #WeAreTheMU

Wonderful tribute to the great Andrew Davis BBC Proms Royal Albert Hall last night. Beautiful Tippett & Elgar especially, and a new Steve Reich piece too. Bravo Martyn Brabbins and BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus

I don't think I have been in such a captivated Proms audience as during the Elgar. It was a wonderful evening. Great ensemble & astonishingly good solos from Principal viola, cello and horn. Marvellous percussion & keyboards. Bravo BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus and maestro Brabbins - you did AD proud.

Giveaway time!! 📚 Do you know a class of 30 children who would enjoy the #Skandar series by A.F. Steadman ? We’re giving away 30 copies of the first two books in the series ahead of the release of the fourth book, #SkandarandtheSkeletonCurse on 10th October!💚 To #Win Simply

Vale, Sergio Mendes. The Boss of Bossa Nova. youtu.be/-O-ZHufpcVI?fe…