Neil Tòmas Smith

Next time ur in london, by Neil Tòmas Smith 8 track album

Hmmm, maybe a bad time to have released this...

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On the suspension of Music courses at University of Nottingham I’m not in the habit of lengthy posts to LinkedIn, but this week’s events at the University of Nottingham (my former workplace) demand some words. The acute financial crisis facing the HE sector is re...

Some thoughts on the University of Nottingham’s suspension of all courses in the Department of Music (my workplace for over 17 years) www.linkedin.com/pulse/suspen...

Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham In a statement the institution also says it is

This is awful news to come out of Nottingham. MedRen-ers will be aware that Nottingham has hosted three MedRens in 2012, 1985, and the first ever MedRen in 1972.

Do consider signing the petition in the next post.

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Seems pretty optimistic that the purported advantages of AI are going to be spread evenly.

Some sense of the politics of the situation also plays on the 'pessimists' minds I imagine.

Prepping up the first batch of books for Next time ur in london listeners.

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Next time ur in london, by Neil Tòmas Smith 8 track album

OUT TODAY!

New album 'Next time ur in london'

With a BEAUTIFUL accompanying book made with Desmond Clarke and Cassandra Barron.

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Campaign to rename mixed nuts 'stratified nuts'.

Next time ur in london, by Neil Tòmas Smith 8 track album

New tunez out 1 week today! Some available now IF you would like:

- Scotrail announcements + saxophones
- a surreal podcast using AI trained on me doing a middling/poor impression of an American podcaster
- an archived John Maynard Keynes speech

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Great (paid) PhD opportunity. Excellent environment, conditions, and supervisors. And a topic close to my heart. (Selfish reason for promoting this: I fear there won't be enough concerts for retired me to go to. Geen dag zonder Bach.) vacatures.knaw.nl/job/The-Hagu...

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Next time ur in london, by Neil Tòmas Smith 8 track album

Trained a podcasting software on me doing a (middling to poor*) impression of an American podcaster. The results will ASTONISH** you.

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*In my defence, I had to do it for ca 15 mins
**May not astonish you. Potentially will ASTOUND.

Universal Opportunity, by Neil Tòmas Smith from the album Next time ur in london

Arts Council: ORIGINS.

My contribution to the as-yet-non-existent Arts Council Cinematic Universe

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Next time ur in london releases in 1 month!

Thoughts on London's place in British cultural life from someone who has taken many trains to the capital.

Sound art meets contemporary composition meets experimental EP.

3 tracks available for prelistening:
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Did read a very entertaining Da Ponte biog at some point.

Opera glasses with which to impress their friends?

HUUUGE turnout this morning to demand protection for our jobs and our students' learning conditions. There is no deficit!!!

I am fascinated by this guy who was a Higher Ed administrator and has now moved into teaching classes as a faculty member. He is documenting his whole journey on TikTok. Over the summer, he had so much excitement 🧵

This, from Scotland’s first minister @johnswinney.bsky.social, is the most powerful statement that I have yet read on Israel & Palestine from the leader of a western nation. It calls for respect of the 1967 borders and a 2-state future. Read the full statement at: www.gov.scot/publications...

A Big Guy in the C19.

My dad is a rarity in that, I believe, he has really his entire oeuvre.

'the protests will continue until the PM stops treating migrants as a burden' - Dani Garavelli

Buttplug Unplugged

Calls for a "huge nationwide wave" of protests in last 48 hours saw about 300 people attend one locally-organised protest in Nuneaton (serious charges in local case) + 19 protests range from 6 peoole (Wolverhampton) with about four more reaching 100-200 people (Altrincham,Canary Wharf)

Total < 2000

“hit by gunfire”

This is amongst the most impactful two minutes of broadcasting I’ve ever seen.

By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza

I don't know if better or worse that it would be body volume rather than weight...

Slightly better??

#Gaza:
People are being starved, while a few kilometers away supermarkets are loaded with food.

UNRWA has thousands of trucks in neighbouring countries, loaded with food and medicines.

We are just waiting for the green light.

Lift the siege and let aid in at scale.

La portada de Libération, edición jueves 24 de julio.

“Gaza. El hambre”

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Stephen Flynn, "On Brexit, everyone across the UK right now feels that Britain is broken"

"And the guy who orchestrated Brexit, Nigel Farage, doesn't have to face the consequences of the economic damage that Brexit has done to the UK"