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I think the man on the right could be the former HMI for Art and Design in the EM region, David Lewis. I know he had a lot to do with DMU in its Leicester Poly days.

Mind you, I once thought ‘cyclonic’ meant of or pertaining to a cyclone. Rough weather in the Bristol Channel that night.

My late father in law, a marine pilot, particularly enjoyed one late night weather report when a novice broadcaster referred to ‘stabs head’…

My neuro surgery ward, where I await life changing decisions, has four other male patients in it. I have just noticed this football beside my bedside and realised I am a member of the shittest 5 a side team ever.

Regarding ashtrays on tables, there was a Deputy Director of LP, later Deputy VC, who would place an ashtray and ´Smoking Permitted’ sign in front of himself in meetings. Legislation got the better of him eventually.

Arts University Bournemouth @aub.ac.uk has successfully completed its Elective Quality Review by QAA 🎉

The review found AUB meets ESG standards, highlighting 7 areas of good practice 👏

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Arts University Bournemouth receives commendations in seven areas in… Arts University Bournemouth (AUB) has successfully completed its Elective Quality Review (EQR), receiving commendations in seven...

After recently completing our Elective Quality Review (EQR), we've received commendations in seven areas for good practice.

Thank you to all staff and professionals who make up our award-winning creative community!

Arts University Bournemouth ranked one of the top five universities… Arts University Bournemouth (AUB) has been announced as a ‘major advancer’ in this year’s Complete University Guide...

We’re excited to share that we’ve been listed by the Complete University Guide 2026 as a top five university in the South West alongside Bristol, Bath, Exeter and UWE. This also makes us the top specialist Art and Design university in the South West.

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That is a facile article in that it assumes central costs are never reduced.

An enjoyable event, thanks. The group is very welcoming and the discussion was really interesting, informative and inclusive.

Off to see a matinée of The Brutalist. I may be gone some time.

A rising star of street photography: Ethan Parker on recognition… Following graduation only this summer, there’ve been no lulls in business for BA (Hons) Commercial Photography alumnus Ethan Parker...

Ethan Parker only graduated last summer, but he's already seeing recognition for his street photography. Read more to find out about his process and essential advice for capturing the right moment.

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Looking at the full/wolf moon tonight through my binoculars and telescope (admittedly purposed for birding), I see redness in its glow. Is this because Mars is alongside, or just my imagination?

Just after dusk on this last day of the year, ten cranes landed in reeds to roost, after flying noisily over our heads as we took the path to leave Hickling Reserve, Norfolk. A perfect outdoors end to the year.

Emmanuel House is a great charity and your donation will, I’m sure, be put to good use. Well done on supporting all three causes. We are lucky to have you as our constituency MP.

Plus, a Peregrine Falcon flying west over the Queens Medical Centre.

Beautiful nacreous sunrise over the disused Basford Gasworks and Shipstones Brewery. Weltschmerz, what Weltschmerz?

From a constituent of yours who admires your integrity (sadly rare among MPs), thank you for the article and for the work you do for Nottingham East at what I now know is quite a personal cost.

Do you use the film in your teaching too?

We know of Common Threads, and have just re-ordered all their books... but does anyone know of other books on radical quilting, sewing, embroidery? UK or US publishers. No straightforward craft please.

Serendipity at the Oxfam bookshop. Toibin’s House of Names next to Miller’s Song of Achilles. Bought both and am now in a literary bloodbath.

I’m migrating. Neither fully in one place, nor the other, yet.