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Est. 2020. quiresandplaces.com Posts by @voxpopple.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/quiresandplaces.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/quiresandplaces.com/post/3mm7kflfsuc2tThe current speaker at the National Cathedrals Conference is giving an excellent talk on youth engagement, but keeps quoting a Philip Larkin poem about how a church is 'a serious house on serious earth' and I'm sitting here like19 May 2026 13:59 +0000at://did:plc:emgtiesvsl4kudoqx27s6pyf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm7kflfsuc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/quiresandplaces.com/post/3mlxk6pqr4k2tOh Herberts, that triplet.16 May 2026 09:34 +0000at://did:plc:emgtiesvsl4kudoqx27s6pyf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlxk6pqr4k2thttps://bsky.app/profile/quiresandplaces.com/post/3mlssfhn4qk2zwhen the DJ cues the Finzi and the room ascends14 May 2026 12:18 +0000at://did:plc:emgtiesvsl4kudoqx27s6pyf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlssfhn4qk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/quiresandplaces.com/post/3mlsqftoamk2zOne year ago today at the Evensong - Notes from the Choir book launch a friend asked, "What's next?" Nearly 2,500 copies later with a book tour underway, I'm working behind the scenes on not one but TWO other very different (and yet very familiar) books.14 May 2026 11:42 +0000at://did:plc:emgtiesvsl4kudoqx27s6pyf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlsqftoamk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/quiresandplaces.com/post/3mlskwpy7uc2yHappy Ascension Day to all who celebrate.14 May 2026 10:04 +0000at://did:plc:emgtiesvsl4kudoqx27s6pyf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlskwpy7uc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/quiresandplaces.com/post/3mlnxvt4ckk2pYou spoke; we listened. V-neck tees now available in a host of our most popular designs. https://quiresandplaces.com/collections/v-necks12 May 2026 14:13 +0000at://did:plc:emgtiesvsl4kudoqx27s6pyf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnxvt4ckk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/quiresandplaces.com/post/3mlnjg5oq3s2pSince Fauré's birthday falls on #NationalLimerickDay...12 May 2026 09:54 +0000at://did:plc:emgtiesvsl4kudoqx27s6pyf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnjg5oq3s2phttps://bsky.app/profile/quiresandplaces.com/post/3mlnillewa22pGabriel Fauré, born on this day in 1845. (The altos will keep a movement's silence in his memory.)12 May 2026 09:39 +0000at://did:plc:emgtiesvsl4kudoqx27s6pyf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnillewa22phttps://bsky.app/profile/quiresandplaces.com/post/3mlm3schqck2pFor #NationalLimerickDay (12 May), we offer our new limerick: Herberts.11 May 2026 20:17 +0000at://did:plc:emgtiesvsl4kudoqx27s6pyf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlm3schqck2phttps://bsky.app/profile/quiresandplaces.com/post/3mlbdlosjlk2mSomeone made a Burger King logo generator...07 May 2026 13:37 +0000at://did:plc:emgtiesvsl4kudoqx27s6pyf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbdlosjlk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/quiresandplaces.com/post/3ml3psdp5sk2hAnother Met Gala, another year with not one single person daring to wear a cassock.05 May 2026 08:00 +0000at://did:plc:emgtiesvsl4kudoqx27s6pyf/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml3psdp5sk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/quiresandplaces.com/post/3mkzjyqebr22fYou've heard of Sermon Cricket. Now, in honour of today's World Championship Final, we offer... SERMON SNOOKER. a) it means you actually have to listen to the sermon, so it might never get played, but; b) have ... have we inadvertently created quite a good formula for a decent sermon?04 May 2026 11:11 +0000at://did:plc:emgtiesvsl4kudoqx27s6pyf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkzjyqebr22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/quiresandplaces.com/post/3mkyayt3aqs2fJust checking everyone has the right finals for 4 May.03 May 2026 22:57 +0000at://did:plc:emgtiesvsl4kudoqx27s6pyf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkyayt3aqs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/quiresandplaces.com/post/3mkq4zhx7yc25"Hey, Q&P, when are you getting more of those cute little Magnifi Cat pins? They've not been available for ages!" "You mean these cute little Magnifi Cat pins?" *gestures at the picture below* "Yeah, those ones!" "Glad you asked. They're back in stock today." https://quiresandplaces.com/products/magnifi-cat-enamel-pin30 Apr 2026 17:25 +0000at://did:plc:emgtiesvsl4kudoqx27s6pyf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkq4zhx7yc25https://bsky.app/profile/quiresandplaces.com/post/3mkkdfmhdfc25Quires and Places. (A happy #EdBallsDay to all who celebrate.)28 Apr 2026 10:03 +0000at://did:plc:emgtiesvsl4kudoqx27s6pyf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkdfmhdfc25https://bsky.app/profile/quiresandplaces.com/post/3mkhor7hvck2fOur occasional foray into market research... What are we missing on the website (design, colourway, product, etc) that you really want to see? Maybe you want Q&P branded bear slippers so you can have a bear's toe... (Sorry.) Let us know in the comments. As Dr Frasier Crane said. I'm listening.27 Apr 2026 08:48 +0000at://did:plc:emgtiesvsl4kudoqx27s6pyf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkhor7hvck2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/quiresandplaces.com/post/3mkhoakb4jc2fWe've a few items back in stock that have been showing as out of stock for a little while. (Look, we know it's April, but it's never too early to get ahead of the rush. And we're just telling you they're available...) quiresandplaces.com27 Apr 2026 08:39 +0000at://did:plc:emgtiesvsl4kudoqx27s6pyf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkhoakb4jc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/quiresandplaces.com/post/3mkdyoqhzwk2aToday is #InternationalOrganDay, so what better way to have spent it than at the RSCM Conference in Salisbury, followed by Evensong at @salisburycathedral.bsky.social (Stanford in C and Monteverdi Cantate Domino) and pub. Great to meet so many people enthused and inspired by choral music.25 Apr 2026 21:35 +0000at://did:plc:emgtiesvsl4kudoqx27s6pyf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkdyoqhzwk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/quiresandplaces.com/post/3mk5wfipjjs2fA secular hymn, for St George's Day. (For the Shakespearean scholars among you, yes, there's a bit missing so it fitted to four lines a verse so it would finish properly. Just chalk it up to the 'cursed' element, if you like.) #CursedCarols23 Apr 2026 11:38 +0000at://did:plc:emgtiesvsl4kudoqx27s6pyf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk5wfipjjs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/quiresandplaces.com/post/3mjzv6aojac27One year and 2,300 copies later. ❤ https://quiresandplaces.com/products/evensong-notes-from-the-choir [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Apr 2026 21:06 +0000at://did:plc:emgtiesvsl4kudoqx27s6pyf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzv6aojac27https://bsky.app/profile/quiresandplaces.com/post/3mjwbjsdebc27Honestly, it's pretty great just going and sitting and listening.20 Apr 2026 10:36 +0000at://did:plc:emgtiesvsl4kudoqx27s6pyf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwbjsdebc27https://bsky.app/profile/quiresandplaces.com/post/3mjp6veiyuc2awhen one of the sops hangs out with the altos17 Apr 2026 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:emgtiesvsl4kudoqx27s6pyf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjp6veiyuc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/quiresandplaces.com/post/3mjoyt7rrsk27This conductor has little or no scrap value, but is now available on a T-shirt. https://quiresandplaces.com/collections/conductor17 Apr 2026 13:12 +0000at://did:plc:emgtiesvsl4kudoqx27s6pyf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjoyt7rrsk27https://bsky.app/profile/quiresandplaces.com/post/3mjjm7wrg7c22Thanks, Clippy!15 Apr 2026 09:43 +0000at://did:plc:emgtiesvsl4kudoqx27s6pyf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjjm7wrg7c22https://bsky.app/profile/quiresandplaces.com/post/3mjfofdfjjc2eOverly enthusiastic thurifer: *censes the quire* Cantor:13 Apr 2026 20:11 +0000at://did:plc:emgtiesvsl4kudoqx27s6pyf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjfofdfjjc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/quiresandplaces.com/post/3mjc7zxdw2k2yThese citizenship tests get really specific at the end.12 Apr 2026 11:16 +0000at://did:plc:emgtiesvsl4kudoqx27s6pyf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjc7zxdw2k2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/quiresandplaces.com/post/3mjap576bu224The normal tune everyone sings: Boring, overly-familiar, predictable. Laudate Dominum: Fresh, exciting. Has harmony, a fun organ part, a weirdly familiar line at the end, and an Amen. #CursedCarols11 Apr 2026 20:41 +0000at://did:plc:emgtiesvsl4kudoqx27s6pyf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjap576bu224https://bsky.app/profile/quiresandplaces.com/post/3mj6etvymb224Tim Peake says - of this new wave of moon missions - we're, "keeping the cadence up". Nobody knows cadences like Rutter.10 Apr 2026 22:32 +0000at://did:plc:emgtiesvsl4kudoqx27s6pyf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj6etvymb224https://bsky.app/profile/quiresandplaces.com/post/3mj6ecfbeo224ok, wait, is that a quaver, crochet, or minim10 Apr 2026 22:22 +0000at://did:plc:emgtiesvsl4kudoqx27s6pyf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj6ecfbeo224