Carole Solazzo

This is a lie.

There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.

But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.

Painting featuring two white women in the act of beheading a white man with a sword as he lies in his bed

Artemesia Gentileschi,
Judith Beheading Holofernes, 1620 #womensart

Yep 👇👇👇

Yeah, but, the culture warriors want to defend culture that has never actually existed - not actual culture that you can study.
Best not, therefore, to have people who know too much about actual real life culture.

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Badenoch: Curb students taking 'rip-off' degrees such as English The performing arts, sociology and anthropology are among the subjects the Conservatives would like to cut

So, the plan is to cut English, the arts, and sociology - the degrees that actually study culture - while on another part of your platform claiming to “defend” British culture.

It’s performance nationalism with a reading age of seven.

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In a woodcut released today the Guild of Thieves and Cutpurses declared that enforcement of regulations against Thieving and Pursecutting would ‘devastate a growth industry’ and damage the economy.

Love this 👇👇👇

I'm a big fan of octopus in a garage stories.

Yellow and blue graphic with title page - BEAU solidarity statement with Reach Journalists

The Broadcasting, Entertainment and Arts Unions send a message of solidarity to journalists across Reach plc in the face of cuts announced by the publisher in September. Journalists at the company have proven their dedication, talent and passion time and time again, yet have been informed that across Reach, over 300 jobs will be cut with 600 journalists at risk.

BEAU recognises the immense contribution of journalists and journalism in upholding democracy and is gravely concerned by recent proposals, even with plans to create some new posts. Journalists’ role in holding our politicians to account and scrutinising policies to ensure the public can make informed decisions whilst exercising their right to democratic participation must never be understated. As our unions stand in full solidarity with NUJ members at this time, we urge Reach to lead with greater transparency on its use of artificial intelligence both now and in the future, recognising that AI can never be a substitute for journalism.

WGGB, as part of the Broadcasting, Entertainment and Arts Unions, stands in solidarity with journalists across Reach PLC facing redundancies announced by the publisher in September

Read the full solidarity statement 🔽

Kemi Badenoch's leader's speech quoted Martin Luther King. MLK was a socialist, of course.

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Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

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Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

Okay, but are there any downsides?
www.theverge.com/news/674366/...

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Charlotte Riddell now has a blue plaque in Carrickfergus!

Seeing Silence: The Paintings of Helene Schjerfbeck - The Metropolitan Museum of Art This is the first major U.S. exhibition of Helene Schjerfbeck, featuring 60 works that highlight her unique voice in modernism.

Just learned through @artherstory.bsky.social that the Met will exhibit "Seeing Silence: The Paintings of Helene Schjerfbeck". I have recently seen a few of her works in Finland, and am quite certain that this will be a treat for many of you. Great artist! www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/...

Fue profesora de arte en varios centros públicos de Nueva York y, durante su época como docente, realizó una serie de pinturas titulada Personas Americanas (American People, en inglés), una de sus obras más conocidas, que representa la defensa de los derechos civiles desde un punto de vista feminista.

Street Story Quilt, 1985 Como ferviente activista por los derechos civiles y la igualdad de género, Faith Ringgold ha producido una obra intrínsecamente política. A principios de la década de 1970, abandonó los óleos tradicionales para pintar en acrílico sobre lienzos sin estirar con bordes de tela, una técnica que imita los thangkas tibetanos (pinturas de seda con bordados).

The United States of Attica, 1972 Paralelamente empezó a trabajar en la colección Black America, también llamada Black Light Series, en la que experimentó con colores más oscuros. Esta idea nació tras la observación de que “el arte occidental blanco estaba centrado en el color blanco y en el juego de luz, contraste y claroscuro, mientras que en las culturas africanas, en general, se usaban colores más oscuros, enfatizando más en la tonalidad para crear contraste”.

Freedom of Speech, 1990 Hizo una serie de multipaneles donde trató las verdades y los mitos de modernismo. Como Francia era el núcleo del arte moderno en ese momento, también se convirtió en la fuente principal de inspiración para que artistas de origen afroamericano encontraran su propia identidad "moderna". Falleció 13 de abril de 2024 a los 93 años.

Tal día como hoy 8 de octubre de 1930 nació la artista, escritora y activista estadounidense Faith Ringgold

One of the many budgies of Putney, coming to wish me, "Who's a pretty boy then?"

👇👇👇Spot on 👏👏👏

And. We have all yet to see a man (who identifies as a woman, and goes to work dressed as woman, wants to be referred to as “her”, uses the women’s lav), who demands a salary cut for doing the same job as a man in order to be just like women. Strange that, nn’t it?

Bookmarked. Thanks Mark

Gorgona Medusa and her son Chrysaor flanked by two lionesses or panthers. Dated 580 BC, the pediment is from the temple of Artemis on the island of Corfu. I’m curios whether her other son, the winged horse Pegasus, was also depicted originally.

Archaeological Museum of Corfu 🇬🇷

#archaeohistories

Had the worst day ever. I paid a joiner to build me a double bed and he's done a bunk.

It's just one thing on top of another.
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👍Rob

Macedonian warrior's helmet and burial mask, 520 BC, were discovered in Tomb 115 in Sindos, currently housed in Thessaloniki Archaeological Museum.

This remarkable artifact consists of gold sheet that was carefully placed over warrior's face, preserving imprint of his features.

#archaeohistories

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A photo of Venezuelan poodle moths on the tips of some vegetation, looking like a ball of fluff with ears.

Found on Facebook today: some Venezuelan poodle moths. To me, they look more like bunnies on sticks. Yes, they're real.