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Notes from a small flat - curator, writer, Bradfordian, person of faith.
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“These are despicable people, lacking even the morality of the hoodlum – and now they run the country we have regarded as our closest friend since the Edwardian age. Given all that, of course British politics should be contemplating a radical new direction…” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Sharing a moment here - first posted letter to the future just landed. Details here for those who may want to do likewise. bradford2025.co.uk/event/we-wil...

“We nosed our way ponderously through Bradford-on-Avon, which is very different from Bradford where I was born and nurtured. Bradford-on-Avon is all quaint, whereas in the other Bradford there is nothing quaint, except perhaps the whole population.” English Journey, 1933 JB Priestley

Currently listening to this on repeat youtu.be/Vw2MavnTeTA?...

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NEW: Last week’s newsletter had ‘IT’S A COUP’ in big red letters on front page of NYT. Well, guess what? It still is. We have to stop framing what’s happening as in any way normal. It’s a coup & a collapse in the international order & none of this is ‘normal’ broligarchy.substack.com/p/us-coup-ga...

Well worth a read (or listen) onbeing.org/programs/kat...

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“To have the ­opportunity to rescue this literary masterpiece from being entirely lost is an immense privilege. As the lessons history has taught us seem worryingly close to being forgotten, now feels like the right time to share it with the world.” www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f...

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Just gone live- write soon! We’d love to hear from you. bradford2025.co.uk/opportunity/...

They’ve a fab little mill shop too… www.theguardian.com/music/2025/f...

Reform UK is growing faster than anyone expected. We are building a movement of thousands to bring people together, expose Reform UK’s tactics and push back in communities across the country. But we need you! ✍️ Sign up today and join the campaign: hopenothate.org.uk/stop-reform/

“It’s that universal human experience you have as a kid, when you find a stick and it just becomes something else,” says Jugler. “And the idea that you can find magic anywhere,” says Hogg. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Look what we have here…

Handy tips or W1A? www.404media.co/declassified...

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

“As our world becomes ever more saturated with images and virtualisations, we shouldn’t let our desire for alluring technologies eclipse the human need to see, touch and make things with our hands.” www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ja...

Okay, I’m biased but who wouldn’t love this… www.williamhalstead.co.uk/bradford-cit...

Sounds fab www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

“We are under attack…we can’t pretend any more…the best time to have had an inquiry was five years ago. The 2nd best time is today. Follow Cristo’s example: write a letter, tell your MP, demand answers. We are not safe. This is hybrid warfare and we’re living it.” www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Thursday quote: “It is the task of the artist to make material form, to give it presence, to make it social; it is the task of the artist to lead the leaders by staying at the threshold; to be an unsettler…” Ann Hamilton www.themarginalian.org/2016/12/12/m...

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Excited to be able to share this bradford2025.co.uk/event/we-wil...

Wrapping up warm for this tomorrow… www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

Elon Musk is amplifying far-right figures, spreading harmful disinformation, and meddling in UK politics. Let’s stop billionaire interference—join me and sign this @hopenothate.org.uk petition today: secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/163807/...

Thursday quote: “Stay the course. When thwarted try again:harder, smarter. Persevere relentlessly.” John Wooden

Happy 2025! Been waiting for this for a while… www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOM6...

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Happy Christmas one and all

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Highly recommend #DuvetKnowItsChristmas - today is the day to follow - a real treat. Even made the press this year… www.thecut.com/article/broo...

Just started this Christmas #Fridayreads as recommended last year by Helene von Bismarck

“Sometimes you feel, not as a film-maker but as a person, any person in Iran, you feel helpless. But there is always hope. And that’s why we want to stay here and make movies. Because there is hope to make change.” www.theguardian.com/film/2024/de...

“The thing that ties all creativity together is not something that universities should analyse, but people should just accept as wonder.” www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...

Good to see this is happening - www.ditchlingmuseumartcraft.org.uk/event/tadek-...

Worth setting aside 19 minutes for this performance youtu.be/rI15W-BBhrw?...

Thursday quote:

Contribute to the debate on political funding. Only takes 5 minutes to complete. democracyforsale.co.uk/safeguard

‘All flourishing is mutual.’ #Fridayreads

Thursday quote: “You are never stronger...than when you land on the other side of despair.” Zadie Smith, ‘White Teeth’ (2000)

I’ll take that… www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

Big Give Christmas Challenge - chance to double up donations to charity of your choice - live until midday Tuesday December 10th donate.biggive.org/christmas-ch...

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Support the Book Trust here and share the magic of reading www.booktrust.org.uk

“Being read to, and then becoming a reader, shaped my understanding of the world so profoundly that I don’t know who I would be without it.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...