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Frank Finlay

@frankjf.bsky.social

Emeritus Professor of German, University of Leeds. Former Executive Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures. Chair/Trustee Yorkshire Contemporary, Word Up North, Skipton Music

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"Money is round and can roll away, but education is
forever." Heinrich Heine

03.12.2025 11:18 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Great culture can save lives. Literally.

Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

02.12.2025 08:48 β€” πŸ‘ 11755    πŸ” 4047    πŸ’¬ 146    πŸ“Œ 452

🎨 Creativity isn’t a luxury - it’s a lifeline.
The final #ChildrenFirst report calls for arts and culture to be embedded in every school, for every child.
Because talent is everywhere, but opportunity isn’t.
Read the evidence and join the movement.
#ChildOfTheNorth #Health #Inequality #Creativity

02.12.2025 10:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Nuremberg - Explore the Nuremberg Trials!

Documents of the Nuremberg Trials can now be accessed online via:

nuremberg.law.harvard.edu

30.11.2025 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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savenottinghamlanguages The University of Nottingham has suspended applications to all languages degree programmes, with a view to permanent closure of all of its undergraduate languages degrees. Under the proposals, it…

Colleagues and UCU members from UoN's Department of Modern Languages have put together this wonderful guide on supporting their programmes. A lot of what they suggest is also helpful in challenging the 48 courses at risk across the university

www.savemlcatnotts.org.uk

21.11.2025 15:34 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 4
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Do you want to have a look at the talks available this week? For more info visit our website leedscityoflanguages.leeds.ac.uk @lcsleeds.bsky.social

17.11.2025 08:59 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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I think you can get the measure of the deadness of someone's soul from the fact they kick up a stink about [checks notes] autistic kids wearing ear defenders

17.11.2025 15:12 β€” πŸ‘ 276    πŸ” 68    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 16
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Sign the Petition Stop the removal of Modern Languages courses at the University of Nottingham!

Please consider signing against this nonsensical absurdity! c.org/vGgNqmXhNx

07.11.2025 21:37 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Canβ€˜t recommend this book by highly enough - and for friends in the Calder Valley and beyond there’s a great opportunity to listen to @johnharris1969.bsky.social coming up.

06.11.2025 19:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Before, during and after: an absolutely sensational concert last evening by Junyan Chen for Skipton Music

05.11.2025 22:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

GlΓΌckwunsch!

05.11.2025 14:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The value of public R&D

Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that Β£1 of public R&D investment generates Β£8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term
www.gov.uk/government/p...

30.10.2025 13:28 β€” πŸ‘ 628    πŸ” 354    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 18
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Made the most of some late afternoon light before the clocks go back tonight.

25.10.2025 21:15 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Multilingual, Transnational and Translational: Rethinking the Medical Humanities Charles Forsdick concludes the Reading Bodies takeover and discusses how this project on historical discourses of illness in European literatures and cultures contributes to rethinking the medical …

Multilingual, Transnational and Translational: Rethinking the Medical Humanities

thepolyphony.org/2025/10/24/m...

24.10.2025 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A pity, still you could always start a campaign to call it the Ozymandias Wing

24.10.2025 12:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Such an interesting and enjoyable time interviewing and presenting an eclectic mix of authors and their fascinating books @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social. And a magnificent effort by the team @thewordupnorth.bsky.social to produce the festival back-to-back with #ContainsStrongLanguage

24.10.2025 11:52 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Delighted for Eric Lu, 2018 winner of the Leeds International Piano Competition, on his latest great success.

23.10.2025 08:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I blame those zebra crossings!

15.10.2025 10:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Lecturer/Associate Professor in Philosophy Are you an experienced academic in Philosophy with the ambition to carry out world-leading research and deliver an exceptional student experience in a research-intensive Russell Group University? Woul...

@leedsprhs.bsky.social
Our vacancy for a Lecturer or Associate Professor in Social Philosophy has now been advertised: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx.... Please spread the word! The closing date for applications is 5 Nov 2025.

14.10.2025 15:36 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Decidedly on the chillier side β€œup North”

14.10.2025 20:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My colleagues & I have taken a huge gamble to set up @thenerve.news We’re trying to build a new independent publication from the ground up. Social media is our only distribution for now.

Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! πŸ™πŸ™πŸ™

13.10.2025 09:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1279    πŸ” 1036    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 27

β€œEvery Little Helps” (Tesco, 2025)

13.10.2025 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The queue for the post-event book signing is generally a reliable indicator of how well an author has been received, and it was through the door for @johnharris1969.bsky.social yesterday @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social

13.10.2025 13:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A great PhD opportunity here:

13.10.2025 10:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@ilkleylitfest.bsky.social

12.10.2025 21:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks, John, for being such an insightful, engaging and generous guest speaker @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social . A great pleasure to meet you! Hope your long trip home is going smoothly.

12.10.2025 21:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thrilled to be interviewing the multiple-award winning @johnharris1969.bsky.social this afternoon for @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social about his fascinating, deeply moving and richly informative new book.

12.10.2025 09:04 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fortunately this was the mantra of my A-Level economics teacher!

12.10.2025 08:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I attended the opening of #TurnerPrize2025 but returned to get a a less crowded view of the exhibition, beautifully curated by @Yorkshire Contemporary Contemporary and Bradford Museums @Cartwright Hall Art Gallery Congratulations to the four artists #NnenaKalu #MohammedSami #ReneMatic and #ZadieXa

09.10.2025 12:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You’ll probably be inundated with comments, so I’ll get mine in early: Bowie, Newcastle City Hall 1978 for a fiver in row 4 β€” Β£27.50 in today’s prices according to the Bank of England!

08.10.2025 18:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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