Great job for an early music person!!

Mozart Revealed - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Get under the skin of Mozart’s last symphony, as the RPO retells the story of a masterwork.

I'm really thrilled to be joining with the @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social for their new 'Revealed' series, unwrapping pieces by Mozart and Tchaikovsky for the 26-27 season. Mozart first, at Cadogan Hall on 1st October - come join us! Tix on sale next Tuesday www.rpo.co.uk/tickets-memb...

If @leahbroad.bsky.social recommends something to listen to, I trust her judgement utterly. So this is very nice news indeed.

Ah thank you Justin!!

I'm in. How about you?

So many important points about our current condition and the power of slow listening!

Come offline, and listen slowly with me Come offline, and listen slowly with me

**NEW POST**

I'm starting a slow listening club on my Substack. It's an invitation to come offline & listen instead.

To explain why, this is why classical music is so important to me, and why I think slow, deep, engaged listening is such a powerful thing.

leahbroad.substack.com/p/im-startin...

Some of London's best ☕

Up bright and early with obligatory coffee for a WORLD PREMIERE recording of Ina Boyle choral works with St Martin's Voices & @resonus.bsky.social!! Paired with Maconchy and sounding incredible so far - stay tuned...

‘This was literature as gelignite’: writers on life-chang... Ahead of the Women’s Prize for nonfiction 2026 shortlist, we asked some of our favourite writers to share the books that shaped their writing lives

Thank you so much @tomgatti.bsky.social & @theobserveruk.bsky.social for showcasing the richness of non-fiction by women & the vitally important work of @womensprize.bsky.social in championing women's voices in literature. (1/2)

observer.co.uk/culture/book...

No, misogyny isn't a thing of the past If it feels like feminism has achieved its goals, you’re not paying enough attention.

No, misogyny isn't a thing of the past

If it feels like feminism has achieved its goals, you’re not paying enough attention

via @leahbroad.bsky.social

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Fabulous! Those are the changes we need

Thank you so much!

Thank you Justin!

No, misogyny isn't a thing of the past If it feels like feminism has achieved its goals, you’re not paying enough attention.

‘The lives of women musicians are inseparable from the politics of their times. Progress isn’t linear.’
Another excellent piece from @leahbroad.bsky.social:
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No, misogyny isn't a thing of the past If it feels like feminism has achieved its goals, you’re not paying enough attention.

*NEW POST*

This week on rising misogyny & classical music

"Not taking active steps to redress historical imbalance sends a message ... that classical music is a space where varying degrees of sexism and misogyny are tolerated."

open.substack.com/pub/leahbroa...

The Essay - Music Rediscovered - A composer's South African journey - BBC Sounds Leah Broad explains why composer Avril Coleridge-Taylor emigrated to 50s South Africa.

Avril Coleridge-Taylor on the radio! 🥳

Great to hear @leahbroad.bsky.social discussing Coleridge-Taylor's move to South Africa and the historic first flight of the Comet jet airliner, as well as her subsequent Comet Prelude!

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

‘I wish I could push ChatGPT off a cliff’: professors scramble to save critical thinking in an age of AI As AI has upended the way students learn, academics worry about the future of the humanities – and society at large

"In fields most explicitly associated with the production of critical thought...most scholars see AI as a unique threat, one that extends far beyond cheating on homework and casts doubt on the future of higher education itself."

www.theguardian.com/technology/n...

The Essay - Music Rediscovered - A composer's South African journey - BBC Sounds Leah Broad explains why composer Avril Coleridge-Taylor emigrated to 50s South Africa.

Fascinating, intriguing little essay this evening on BBC R3, by @leahbroad.bsky.social on Avril Coleridge-Taylor's journey to, and time in, South Africa.

With a burst of @jkaconductor.bsky.social conducting the BBC Phil at the beginning.

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Songs of Sunrise | Leah Broad | Substack Music, history, and some things inbetween. Click to read Songs of Sunrise, by Leah Broad, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

Hello! Yes I have written about Coleridge-Taylor on my Substack (leahbroad.substack.com), I've got a book about her coming out next year, and all her manuscripts are at the Royal College of Music in London :)

Do writers have to be 'relatable'? In 2018, I remember being in a marketing meeting about the second book I was about to release.

Why do writers have to be "relatable"? A problem that especially hits women writers... open.substack.com/pub/thehyphe...

This one's for the @wigmore-hall.org.uk podcast - I'm chatting with Katy Hamilton about the way women are presented in classical music, and how far behind it is compared to other art forms www.podbean.com/ew/pb-cfc4n-...

The Mass Grooming of Gen Y shut up and smize

On being a woman growing up in the noughties, and coming to terms with the way culture casually sexualised girls: open.substack.com/pub/taratyrr...

Revealing the 2026 Women's Prize for Non-Fiction longlist - Women's Prize

This year's women's prize for non fiction longlist. When women are consistently undervalued as experts, this prize raising the profile of brilliant non fiction by women is vital. There are some stellar books on this year's list
womensprize.com/revealing-th...

Why we should care about ChatGPT's accuracy gap I tested ChatGPT on my area of expertise. The results are a problem for future knowledge

Happy #IWD2026 everyone! Here are pieces I've been reading/writing recently on women's lives and histories:

Why ChatGPTs and LLMs are dangerous for women's history. I tested ChatGPT on cultural history, & it consistently hallucinates more about women's history:

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Why we should care about ChatGPT's accuracy gap I tested ChatGPT on my area of expertise. The results are a problem for future knowledge

ChatGPT’s accuracy gap is dangerous for women's history #IWD #InternationalWomensDay

'I tested ChatGPT on my area of expertise. The results are a problem for future knowledge'

via @leahbroad.bsky.social

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A must read for music students and teachers, or anyone who uses LLM for research. I was aware of its hallucinations, but the distortions in the "analysis" it provides are quite chilling. Leah's answers in the comments about why that is are also worth checking out.

What a fantastic programme! Especially delighted to see Sussex Landscape on there. So sorry I won't be able to come as I'm doing an event myself, but I hope it goes very well. Happy IWD!

@leahbroad.bsky.social On International Women’s Day Sunday 8 March join Worthing Symphony Orchestra & John Gibbons - 'Women of Note': CARWITHEN ODTAA; LŪCIJA GARŪTA Piano Concerto (Arta Arnicane); A.COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Sussex Landscape; DRING Festival Scherzo; GIPPS Symphony No.2 wtm.uk/events/women...

Thank you!