Whatever your politics this is what cultural democracy looks like. Opera, theatre, music & art shouldn’t be inherited privileges but part of our common life; doors through which anyone can walk, whatever their income, postcode or background. Access to culture is access to possibility, to imagination, confidence & belonging. We should be doing this here. 👇🏻

🇮🇹🎶Ambassador Fabio Cassese was delighted to meet @RobbieRinder – tv personality, writer and President of @OrionOrchestra , & CEO Jan Cassidy. A shared passion for Italy, its art and culture, and an engaging conversation on opportunities for future cultural collaborations. 🇮🇹🇬🇧

Next book: The Big Three JVS FDR WSC. A Three Way Biography.

Turkey's state has launched an assault on LGBTQ+ people. They need our solidarity. My interview with courageous Turkish LGBTQ+ activist @yildiz_tar 👇 piped.video/watch?v=azgBdjlq…

🎟️ NEW EVENT: The Piano Teach or Montparnasse with Heather Morris and Rob Rinder Join us for a compelling evening with internationally bestselling author Heather Morris, as she introduces her new novel, The Piano Teacher of Montparnasse, in conversation with our host for the evening, Rob Rinder. Set in Nazi-occupied Paris in 1942, it tells the story of an eleven-year-old Jewish girl, Josie, who flees her home when her family is arrested. With nowhere else to turn, she seeks refuge with her piano teacher, Andrée Levallois, a courageous member of the French Resistance who risks everything to protect her amid the brutal realities of occupation. Inspired by real events, The Piano Teacher of Montparnasse is a deeply moving story of survival, sacrifice and the extraordinary bravery of ordinary people. 🔗 Book your tickets now vist.ly/5jegc

If your voice is loud for human rights in one cause but silent when LGBT people are arrested in Turkey, ask yourself why. Lowering our expectations of equality in the name of cultural sensitivity is the soft bigotry of low expectations. If some injustices provoke outrage while others are explained away, that isn’t principle. It’s prejudice bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwg7…

Fundraiser for Martina Scanlon by Gillian Gibb : The sudden loss of Kyle Scanlon gofundme.com/f/the-sudden-lo…

Dementia teaches us that recognition can disappear without love disappearing with it & that dignity is so often kept alive by carers our society notices far too little. A road sadly familiar to many of us. And yet you never stop knowing when your dad was proud of you. Thinking of you and your family, @andyburnham

We’re sorry to hear that @andyburnham’s father, Roy, has died having lived with Alzheimer’s disease. Our thoughts are with Andy and his family during this difficult time. 💙 By speaking candidly about his family’s experience with #dementia, the Prime Minister has helped shine a light on the impact of dementia, as well as the urgent need to improve dementia care and support. If you have been affected by this news and need dementia support, including advice on coping with grief and bereavement, you can contact our Helpline by calling 0800 888 6678 or emailing helpline@dementiauk.org.

My condolences to Prime Minister Andy Burnham and all his family. No matter how old you are, or how much you try to prepare, losing your father is a profoundly painful experience. A part of your life that has always been there is suddenly gone forever and it can feel as though a part of you won’t ever be the same again. May Roy Burnham Rest In Peace.

New Worlds. The Oxford Chamber Music Festival returns 21–26 September 2026 — six days of music from the Americas, from Dvořák’s ‘American’ Quartet to Piazzolla’s tangos, across the new Sohmen Concert Hall, the Holywell Music Room, New College and Burford Church. Priya Mitchell, Artistic Director. Tickets: ocmf.net/tickets #OxfordChamberMusicFestival #OCMF2026 #NewWorlds #ChamberMusic #Oxford #HolywellMusicRoom

Would you like an example of where anti-Zionism is also anti-Semitism? The guy on Brighton beach this morning screaming “FREE PALESTINE” over and over at a group of normal Jewish families practising their religion by celebrating the new year together.

This year, more than most, I understand why Rosh Hashanah asks us to begin again. Rosh Hashanah is not only a celebration of a new year but an invitation to remember what we have lost, to mend what we can and to imagine what kind of world we might yet make together. This has been a year of private loss and public unease. For many Jews, wherever we call home, there has been a new and unsettling sense of what it means to be visibly, proudly Jewish and too often, when Jews have spoken of fear or grief, the response has come with conditions as though either must first pass some test before it is allowed to matter. Rosh Hashanah asks something more difficult of us: hope. The belief that the world is unfinished, that we are responsible for one another and that tomorrow can be kinder than today. So I begin this year proudly Jewish, bound in love to Jewish life everywhere and to the dignity of every human life. May we stand beside one another without first asking for an explanation and may the year ahead be sweeter, safer and gentler for us all. Shana Tova to you ALL

UJS Flash Fundraiser 2026 fundnation.org/ujsflashfundr…

. @RobbieRinder and @Rylan are back on BBC Two and iPlayer tonight at 9 with Rob and Rylan’s Passage to India.

Today is the 99th birthday of Holocaust Survivor Bronia Snow! Please #sendhersomelove for her special day!

The Hope of Love... a Poem by Andy Ford @BristolLive @BristolHipp @RobbieRinder @JoeSims10 @LesleyJosephTV @MikeDoyleComedy @ThePantoArchive @BBCBristol @CadellsOfficial @LesDennis @David_Suchet @LynnFranc65 @gynge @hwinkler4real @TheMattSlack @itvwestcountry

Simon Sebag Montefiore’s The Cauldron is magnificent: facts over slogans, history over propaganda, complexity without cowardice. Everyone should read it, especially now - mandatory before posting or speaking on the Middle East. No one is reduced to hero or villain: rare nuance in a world that prefers simple answers. @simonmontefiore

“Simon Sebag Montefiore’s The Cauldron is magnificent: facts over slogans, history over propaganda, complexity without cowardice. Everyone should read it, especially now - mandatory before posting or speaking on the Middle East. No one is reduced to hero or villain: rare nuance in a world that prefers simple answers.”” @RobbieRinder @wnbooks @AAKnopf