John Andrews

Website Updated for 2026 (and also a professional introduction for any new followers) www.johnkandrews.com

Have just realised that I'm going to be home alone for Halloween...

Our constitution (yes not written I know) is literally founded on the principle that no parliament can bind its successors.

Michael Atiyah 🇪🇬: Fields Medal 1966 (also Abel Prize 2004), for K-theory. Ahmed Zewail 🇪🇬: Nobel for Chemistry 1999, for his work on femtochemistry. Omar M. Yaghi 🇯🇴: Wolf Prize 2018, Nobel for Chemistry 2025, for his work on reticular chemistry Naguib Mahfouz 🇪🇬: Nobel for literature 1988

Oxford Street. Reimagined.

I don’t think we adequately remember the audacity of hope embodied by this man in his character of Chekov: at the height of the Cold War, a popular TV show said; one day this bit of politics will be over and we’ll be friends. Rest in Peace sir.

What my very clever wife made for me…

Happy World Opera Day from the cast of THE BEAR (2021); Live-filmed during the pandemic by the amazing team at Opera Holland Park.

In my lifetime (just): the Equal Pay Act; Gay Marriage; treatment for HIV; eradication (for now) of many serious childhood diseases, seatbelt laws, elimination of smoking in restaurants and cafes.

Social media loves talking about how everything is getting worse. But what’s something that you’ve seen get _better_ in your lifetime?

The King now generating electricity for the entire Royal Estate from the rotating grave of Thomas Cranmer.

“Free Speech” as code for “why can’t we be racist and pervy any more?” latest….

The people who tell actors, historians and sports presenters to stay within their fields of expertise.

Resplendent glorious catharsis, courtesy of @themountaingoats.bsky.social tonight. Thank you for the extra London show!

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DItto: MI5 keeping tabs on a prominent left-wing composer in the 1950s doesn't seem that newsworthy to me either....

That MI5 kept tabs on a leading left-wing politician in the 1950s but didn't find anything is hardly news is it?

Last night’s magnificence from the firstborn: Biscoff Brownie Cake. Probably too rich to have for breakfast…

And also a bit of Fairy Land....

‘We really need help’: RSPCA faces capacity crisis as cats arrive faster than they can be rehomed

Throw away your Complete Works of Shakespeare, folks:

The things we do for our children…

On my way to Wembley for the NFL game. Attempting to re-familiarise myself with the rules and realise it’s basically Rugby League reimagined by a D&D obsessive.

Summer 2027...🏴‍☠️

The (atheist) Protestant in me still screams at the inexcusable luxury of daytime pleasure…

Once Upon A Time…

Shocked to discover that I’ve become rather partial to my 0% Spirits. Makes the hard stuff feel like a more creative choice…

Man Cat Noir

Now I know Grainger has some exotic tastes, but I wasn't expecting this...

Rishi Sunak swore on the Bhagavad Gita. Suella Braverman used the Dhammapada. Forty per cent of MPs in 2024 chose to affirm rather than swear an oath on a religious text. It all counts. It is all part of the British political tradition.

Video of the Day from Gramophone Magazine for your delectation and enjoyment (using headphones where appropriate):

Video of the Day from Gramophone Magazine for your delectation and enjoyment (using headphones where appropriate):

Good night.

Currently on R3 @jkaconductor.bsky.social

The youth has been cooking.

Finalmente!

Dear tv and radio producers. Thankyou for the invitation. But, no, I do not want to appear on your show to defend the idea that I am English, after 50 years of living and working here, because the increasingly feral right want to turn this into a "debate" and you cannot see how you're being played

“Deliciously Listenable” “Webb has a fresh voice with a warm, Italianate edge and he’s fully inside Sullivan’s operatic idiom.” “Andrews, meanwhile, is a sympathetic and stylish accompanist.” Gramophone (November, 2026)

“Deliciously Listenable” “Webb has a fresh voice with a warm, Italianate edge and he’s fully inside Sullivan’s operatic idiom.” “Andrews, meanwhile, is a sympathetic and stylish accompanist.” Gramophone (November, 2026)

Good gig tonight in Malvern @jkaconductor.bsky.social conducting 20th century English works, some well known, some less so. For me the Warlock take on John Dowland was of particular note. John Andrews certainly knows how to get the best out of a band, in this case the Royal Ballet Sinfonia.

Hey folks. In total honesty my tour is NOT selling well. I’ve sold 30 tickets in a 400 seater in Birmingham, and not much more elsewhere. If you like musical comedy, if you like standup, then please come see my show! And spread the word! The Rachel Parris Songbook tour starts in Nov! Link in bio! 🎶

6 generations = 64 great, great, great great grandparents. How many need to be English? (Note: I have no clue in my own case)

In a senior moment I have mislaid a bag of scores; So now weighing up how reasonably/ethical it would be to demand the CCTV of me from my local tube to work out when I last had it…

I get the appeal of nostalgia, I really do, but I find it specifically funny to get a leaflet from Reform's candidate talking about how when he was in the Met 31 years ago, he would never have dreamed of lawlessness like the kind we now see in Kings Cross.

The firstborn is about to hit Etsy.

Slightly unexpected from @economist.com

For anybody who has voting rights at the Grammys; an album that has truly transformed the appreciation of an otherwise-neglected composer: