Monday, 1 January 2024

Starting the New Year with a bang

Happy 2024 from London!!

No tracklist this year, but the soundtrack marked the Coronation of our new monarch, 75 years of the NHS, 75 years since the arrival of Empire Windrush and 10 years since same-sex marriage became legalised. It features a recorded message from His Majesty King Charles III, as well as readings by Sadiq Khan, Dame Helen Mirren, Bella Ramsey, Stephen Fry, Joanna Lumley, George the Poet and Baroness Floella Benjamin - and an eclectic selection of music including bhangra, k-pop and reggaeton, alongside global and British pop classics including the Spice Girls, Calvin Harris featuring Tom Grennan, Rema & Selena Gomez, Lulu, Beyoncé, Louis Armstrong, Fifty Fifty, Jasmine Sandlas, Dua Lipa, The Kinks and Gala.

8 comments:

  1. ... ils ont toujours dit qu'on pouvait avoir plus de "BANG" à Londres,
    attention aux vilains garçons anglais. :)
    *d'Anjou

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  2. Happy New Year! Your blog continues to delight, eductate, and inspire.

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  3. I knew it! I knew it was Stephen Fry. Great to hear him. His alternative Christmas message for channel four was wonderful too

    Also I'd love to echo what the Mistress just said, I always look forward to reading your blog

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    1. Stephen Fry is more of a national treasure than King Charles is, tbh!

      Thank you. Jx

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  4. Oops !
    missed this one
    Happy new year dear xxx

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    1. Remarkably late, dear. But we were there for the bells and the fireworks! Jx

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