drandrewmcniven.bsky.social
Artist. Itinerant doctor philosophiae; Senior Lecturer in Visual Culture, Zeppelin University; Trustee: Stills, Edinburgh; former chair, WHALE Arts, Wester Hailes, Edinburgh
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Worth considering likely beneficiaries: the populist right/Reform; financial de-regulationsists; Europhobes; isolationists; nativisists; the Putin regime; the Trump regime; China; etc., etc. Brexit has made things much better for all of these...
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Wasn’t this co-written by Terry Venables?
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And don't forget the thousands of Canadians, British, Australians, Polish, Free French South Africans, Indians etc. D-Day was an Allied operation.
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...and thousands of brave Canadians, British, Australians, Polish, Free French South Africans, Indians etc., including my dad, at Sword Beach. D-Day was an Allied operation.
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I'm sure you mean brave Allied heroes; it wasn't just the US that took part in D-Day...
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I think you mean Allied forces; my dad was there in the first wave at Sword Beach, along with many others from the UK, Canada and the other Allied nations that took part in the invasion.
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Academic writing is not for seven-year-olds. It deals with complexity and is directed towards often very small and specialised audiences, where precision is essential. All fields of activity have jargon; it’s a way of communicating concisely within these using understood terminology.
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How do these things work? Do authors get paid a fee and/or expenses by the festival for gigs like Hay? Or do their publishers pay for them to participate/promote? What are the mechanisms - which include stocking of relevant publications - involved?
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...and Robert Adamson. Alternative title 'His Faither's Breeks'.
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“national security threat”…
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Ah, OK. It’d be interesting to see if the reminders make any difference to turnout…
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The BBC has a politics-free news policy on voting days. How the BBC reports polling day: www.bbc.com/news/uk-poli...
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My sister’s father-in-law (who was in Bonn with you dad) spent part of his adolescence in Munich in the early 30s and used to show us how they mimicked Hitler there then, as a figure of ridicule - bonkers. Then look what happened…
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Make sure you see the Ghent Altarpiece! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghent_A...
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Harvard should just decamp to Canada for the duration…
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Ignore pointless curatorial interference and enjoy daily incidents of luscious painting: @waynethiebaud.bsky.social
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That way madness lies…
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(Old git warning) A lot seemed to happen in the extended decade between punk & the internet (1977-1994), and the last thirty years or so have felt more constrained/tentative. I saw the Fall/Michael Clark show live, and observed Leigh Bowery from a safe distance in that period, and tend to agree...
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Rigatoniphobia…
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Hard to understand how it might work. If a UK-based gallery sells to a US collector a work made in the US by a US artist but on consignment to the UK gallery (this happens) is there a tariff?
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“…fear the food…”.
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As any fule kno …
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Perhaps ‘critical national infrastructure’ being in the hands of private equity and run for shareholder value rather than the public good might be worth a look?
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Hmm. In a city where over-tourism is a factor in making the city increasingly unaffordable for artists to live and work, Virgin Hotels seek to “nurture creativity”… (and it seems that this is yet another unpaid ‘opportunity’ with ‘exposure’).
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Cover more cultural activity beyond the city centre: WHALE Arts in Wester Hailes, or North Edinburgh Arts in Pilton, for example, both do a lot of amazing work for their communities. Make more of the city's wider cultures...
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Coincidentally, an unearned title, (‘Duke’, for example), can be used on one’s passport. However, a title earned, (‘Doctor’, for example), cannot…
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“exceptional achievements and acumen…”
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Entirely unrelated:
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And nothing to do with this:
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‘Shareholder value’ seems to be prioritised over ‘critical national infrastructure’…
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‘Shareholder value’ seems to be prioritised over ‘critical national infrastructure’…
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Might be a bit yet; we haven't got to the 'Reichstag Fire' moment yet...
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Dieter Haselbach's (& others') 2012 book 'Der Kulturinfarkt' created a lot of debate in Germany about the role of the state in the organisation of culture & proposed a more stakeholder-led approach (i.e. a shift away from the state). But this approach would also mean the loss of many institutions...
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Whilst ACE is not ideal, handing its responsibilities & direct control of statutory arts funding & policy over to the capriciousness of direct political control would be highly regressive (imagine it in the hands of a Gove or a Hancock...). Better reformed or reconfigured than subsumed.
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Let's just surrender the city centre for use as a theme park; there's certainly room for a rollercoaster in Princes Street gardens...
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My old Bosch washing machine joining-in on David Bowie's V2 Schneider:
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If you need a masterclass or mentoring, I'm sure the ne plus ultra of audiobook accents @rory-stewart.bsky.social is your man...
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I've been a Today programme listener for 45 years... my 'fuck off' count is through the roof since Emma Barnett became involved; the cackles, the matey asides and morning greetings, the abysmal interviews, & even (EVEN!) during an interview with the ghastly Jenrick, and he wasn't the cause...
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I suspect chapterised books - or books of any kind - might be a bit of a stretch...
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I suspect we're getting close to the 'Reichstag fire' moment...
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We're closing in on the 'Reichstag fire' moment...
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Sad news. Beyond his Clash-related activities, his book on the Tour de France is quite wonderful. RIP
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That's good - if the Bylines network is to flourish and maintain credibility it's important that any factual errors are either not made (ideally...) or corrected. Keep up the good work!
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Any word on this?
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I suspect it's one of many fake quotes which circulate in the 'post-truth' era, and are often difficult to spot, and gain traction (and credibility) through use and repetition. But I can't find that exact form of works anywhere online. Interesting paper here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The use of tense ("was born") suggest that the quote dates from after the Declaration of Independence (04.07.1776); given the speed of communication at the time, and Hume's death just over seven weeks later, this seems a stretch...
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Do you have a source for this quote? I've been through Hume's Complete Works and am unable to find it. It would have been made very late in his life, as there is no recorded use of the term 'The United States' before 6 April 1776 (Virginia Gazette, Williamsburg) and Hume died on 25th August 1776.