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Writer | Editor | Art Criticism | Exhibition Interpretation | Science Fiction | Class | Popular Culture | PhD student | Visiting Lecturer | Lapsed runner πŸ‰ https://mikepinnington.cargo.site/ https://www.thedoublenegative.co.uk/

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BBC Radio 3 - Night Tracks An adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.

Some shortly before bedtime listening ▢️ BBC Radio 3 - Night Tracks share.google/Q18KKxmZtMCO...

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BBC Reith Lectures 2025 | Shows and tours This year'sΒ BBC Radio 4Β Reith lecturer will be historian and best-selling authorΒ Rutger Bregman. TitledΒ Moral Revolution, the lectures will delve into the current 'age of immorality', explore a growin...

Went to the Liverpool leg of the Reith lectures tonight. Author Rutger Bergman on the idea of Moral Revolution. Interesting stuff. I have some thoughts. Should probably listen to the bookending lectures.

BBC Reith Lectures 2025 | Shows and tours share.google/t0MnexPnGdoV...

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Alarming how quickly we got here. On the other hand, it's pretty easy to argue that we haven't actually played well in the prem since we battered spurs to win the league.

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I think we're in real trouble.

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Plausible that Slot won't see out the season.

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They're interested in the Mabinogion, language and visual cultures - historical and contemporary.

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Welsh academia: who's good on cultural erasure, please? I have a student writing their dissertation on this and I'd love some insights to pass on beyond my own suggestions if poss. Thanks πŸ‘πŸ΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ

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Mueller-Brockmann_Josef_Grid_Systems_in_Graphic_Design_Raster_Systeme_fuer_die_Visuele_Gestaltung_English_German_no_OCR.pdf share.google/Y3aFQX2CfLKi...

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The Grid as a Checkpoint of Modernity – Tate Papers | Tate Margarita Tupitsyn; The Grid as a Checkpoint of Modernity Tate Papers no.12 autumn 2009

The Grid as a Checkpoint of Modernity – Tate Papers | Tate share.google/t4nsC2EbjoOA...

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Gorgeous exhibition of abstract paintings, open from today at the Bridewell, Liverpool 🟦🎨✍️
Words coming soon >>>

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Opens today πŸ‚πŸŒˆ

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Turner is the kind of big name show Liverpool has lacked of late and includes some really great work from others. Pictured here: Maggi Hambling; Bridget Riley; Emma Stibbon; Wilhelmina Barns Graham

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Exhibition Opening: Bassam Issa Al-Sabah & Nina Davies Join us after-hours to celebrate the opening of the new exhibitions by artists Nina Davies and Bassam Issa Al-Sabah.

And a new pair of shows @factliverpool.bsky.social: Nina Davies and Bassam Issa Al-Sabah -- each sees digital world building to the fore: share.google/xH2h6wmaaiUy...

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Turner: Always Contemporary This exhibition will mark 250 years since the birth of JMW Turner, exploring both the artist’s own work and his enduring impact on later generations of artists. Turner: Always Contemporary will includ...

Love autumn/winter, not just for the cosy clothes factor, but it's also time for a new season of exhibitions. Two press previews today: the Walker's Turner: Always Contemporary, which - as the name suggests - puts Britain's greatest painter in conversation with others: share.google/soVRL1uDFGv2...

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To be clear: deportations to increase cultural homogeneity is the text book definition of ethnic cleansing. Demands that come even close to this are so far outside any democratic norm and the rule of law. What has happened to a country when this is not condemned in the strongest possible terms?

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BBC One - Leonard and Hungry Paul A gentle, meandering tale of friendship, board games and finding your way in the world.

This was promising BBC One - Leonard and Hungry Paul share.google/Z213Mw2z4f15...

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Watching Leonard and Hungry Paul. That it stars Alex Lawther as a gentle, humdrum soul, is really throwing me given I just watched him in Alien: Earth!

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BBC Radio 4 - All About Yves James Fox looks back at the short life and revolutionary art of Yves Klein.

BBC Radio 4 - All About Yves share.google/N6xPeTtSlxgz...

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SCI-FI SHORT STORY COURSE
W/ @oliverklangmead.bsky.social πŸš€βœ

πŸ“ Online Via Zoom
πŸ“… Dec 15 - Feb 23
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Explore the farthest reaches of your imagination & get published in a Comma eBook on this Sci-Fi course lead by renowned author & poet Oliver K. Langmead.

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BHM25: L8 Activism Walking Tour - Writing on the Wall The L8 Activism Walking Tour invites you to explore the history of Liverpool 8, the home of the black community since the mid 20th century

writingonthewall.org.uk/myevents/bhm...

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Anime is the philosophical medium of our time Explore how anime embodies philosophical concepts through its unique visual style and narrative, inviting deep reflection on identity and memory in modern culture.

iai.tv/articles/ani...

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For God’s sake let us sit upon the ground
And tell sad stories of the death of kings

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Beloe Street, Dingle, Liverpool, painting by Doug Kewley (b.1938). #NorthernArt

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Live nearby Dingle. This painting is almost like experiencing a time slip.

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Our friends at WoW are kicking off Black History Month 2025 with their celebrated walking tours & events!

Explore Liverpool’s powerful history, stories of resistance, and legacies of activism.

For more information & tickets, please visit WoW's website:
writingonthewall.org.uk

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INDIKA festival kicks off today … and we’re delighted to be involved.

Our collab with @milappresents.bsky.social is on Weds 22nd October @liveveryplay.bsky.social

Join us …

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The D.A.M Trilogy - A Tour Honouring David Bowie & Dennis Davis

www.liverpoolphil.com/whats-on/con...

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#OtD 16 Oct 1968 African-American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their gloved fists in a Black power salute as they won medals. Peter Norman showed solidarity by wearing a badge protesting the white Australia policy stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8831...

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