Kate Pullinger

Astonishing:

We want everyone to enjoy our new exhibition in Undershed with Air Giants, which is why we're introducing pay what you can ticket pricing...

@naomialderman.bsky.social @hollygramazio.bsky.social plus every other writer I’ve ever met:

lol. Me

OpenAI and UK sign ‘strategic partnership’ in investment push Co-operation pledge with Keir Starmer’s government could lead to AI-powered digital services

I find it very interesting that the govt is recruiting a panel of "responsible AI" advisors at the same time as doing a deal with OpenAI www.ft.com/content/5ef3... (afaik there are similar deals with Anthropic and Google)

Art Fund grants open for up to £50k to reimagine collections - apply by 12 August www.artfund.org/professional... @artfund.bsky.social

From the beginning of S1?

lol. Still pining?

We can't wait to welcome you to MIX 2025! Please arrive by 8:30am to collect your schedule, grab a tea or coffee, and enjoy a pastry or two. The welcome talk will begin at 9:00am in room LR.207. We strongly recommend using public transport to reach Locksbrook Campus.

#MIX2025 #CityofBath

Such an interesting initiative- looking forward to watching it unfold.

I’m hiring a reporter for London Centric, looking for someone smart who can use a phone, knock on doors and wants to cause trouble. Don’t care if you’ve got qualifications, just want evidence of caring about news. Initial six month contract, pay above national rates. www.londoncentric.media/p/jobs

Last few days to book a ticket to MIX 2025 - 2 July. Join us for a day on writing + tech!

Looking to incorporate AI into your creative process?

Explore the benefits, challenges, and practical applications of this exciting technology at MIX 2025.

www.ticketsource.co.uk/cccibathspa/...

#CreativeProcess #AI #DigitalTechnology #MIX2025

Yes.

Please no

Must rewatch. Sturges was a genius.

Grants for writers in need - The Society of Authors Taking the crisis out of life's ups and downs

There is a

"Grant for Writers in Need"

fund by the @societyofauthors.bsky.social

You do not need to be a member to apply.

Please RT.

societyofauthors.org/grants/grant...

#Writers
#Author

AHAHAHA THEY ARE PIVOTING TO AI look what I found in Sharma’s letter buried on page 47 of the liquidators proposal (sorry for no alt text, can’t do it on phone). Full proposal is here: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ozaa3...

There’s many of these terrible stories about Unbound:

🌟20 Years of Spoken Word at Bath Spa University 🎉The first university in the UK to run a specialist class in spoken word poetry sees its 20th anniversary with a showcase of talent from across the years 🎉🎉🎉Friday 6 June Waterstones Bristol
Tickets: www.lyrafest.com#e126671

12th May - Mass Observation Archive Our 12th May diary day is your chance to be part of recording everyday life. Sending us your dairy helps us record everyday life in the UK.

UK folk: Have you heard of the Mass Observation Archive? Remember the film Nella Last’s Diary? They’re creating an archive of ordinary people. 12 May every year is Mass Obs’ Diary Day. Write down what you do that day & upload it to their website #OnePlaceWednesday
massobs.org.uk/the-archive/...

Our CEO Clare Reddington has worked with trans activists to create an open letter to the Equality and Human Rights Commission from the Culture Sector, in solidarity with Trans, Nonbinary and Intersex communities.
(1/2)

Really proud about this initiative to support small orgs and businesses with funding bids in Bath:,

Have to admit that I was not expecting Vampire Ceilidh Song and Dance.
But I think it could catch on.

Good morning! Nearly 200 people have completed this survey so far. If you work in tech, no matter how loosely, and want to be part of a positive social movement, please take a look and share with your networks

Survey: Society for Hopeful Technologists — Careful Industries Are you a UK-based technologist interested in joining a body that acts in solidarity against the excesses of extractive platform capitalism? Complete this survey to help shape the Society for Hopef...

Are you a UK-based technologist interested in joining a body that acts in solidarity against the excesses of extractive platform capitalism? Fill out this survey, and help design the Society for Hopeful Technologists www.careful.industries/blog/2025-4-...

Good-bye to The Observer as we knew it, especially The New Review so ably helmed by Jane Ferguson.

Shades of the ‘fold into the batter’ debacle on Schitt’s Creek.

“We would be worse than we are without the good books we have read, more conformist, not as restless, more submissive, and the critical spirit, the engine of progress, would not even exist. Like writing, reading is a protest against the insufficiencies of life.”
Mario Vargas Llosa 1936-2025

Excellent words from an excellent woman: