Fair play to the Quakers for being seen as a threat to the English state for a solid 375 years.
Fair play to the Quakers for being seen as a threat to the English state for a solid 375 years.
I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to
News | London Museum workers begin industrial action - union warns pay dispute could affect timetable to open museumβs new Smithfield site.
London Museum workers and a pigeon are striking for fair pay
Fair pay for museum workers! #prospect #strike #solidarity #pigeon
News | London Museum workers vote to strike over pay β but Tate dispute is resolved after staff accept improved offer
Brilliant !
A billboard showing in colourful text the words βTRUE LOVEβ. In the bottom corner someone has graffitied the text βEAT BUMβ, with two figures demonstrating just that.
Words by which to live
Today, on Transgender Day of Remembrance, we remember the transgender lives lost to violence. The Green Party stands shoulder to shoulder with transgender people in the face of increasing transphobic rhetoric in our society and politics.
Today, on Transgender Day of Remembrance, we remember the transgender lives lost to violence.
The Green Party stands shoulder to shoulder with transgender people in the face of increasing transphobic rhetoric in our society and politics.
A magazine spread on a table. The left-hand page has the headline and two columns of text; the headline and sub reads: Material forces The captivating, revelatory world of Christopher Williams On the right hand page is a womanβs hand reaching down to pull on a red sock. It is an artwork by Christopher Williams.
Iβm very happy to have a profile on one of my favourite artists, Christopher Williams, in this weekendβs FT Magazine. Thanks to Griselda Murray Brown for commissioning and editing it. @financialtimes.com
Japan's "Mundane Halloween" costume contest is back!
Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.
Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!
#MundaneHalloween
The quiet part spoken out loud β¦
This is amongst the most impactful two minutes of broadcasting Iβve ever seen.
By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza
They are now playing Queenβs We are the Champions and it made me think of you.
PALACE
Feminist Surrealist Easter c/o -
Leonora Carrington, Ab Eo Quod (1956).
Leonor Fini, The Guardian of the Black Egg (1955).
Kaye Sage, My Room Has Two Doors (1939).
Ithell Colquhoun, Sardine and Eggs (c. 1941).
A black-and-white photograph of a painting on a wooden panel, Maerten van Heemskerck, Man of Sorrows, c. 1550, showing a resurrected Christ with an erection hidden by his loincloth. This is an example of Ostentatio genitalium (Latin for "display of the genitals"), a term coined by the art critic Leo Steinberg.
He is Risen!
Boadicea and Her Daughters. Victoria Embankment, London SW1A 2JH 4.6 Sculpture g.co URGENT: Join Us in Parliament Square This Saturday 1pm- Stand for Trans Rights Dear Friends, We need your support now more than ever. This Saturday at 1:00 p.m. in Parliament Square, there will be a critical protest in support of trans rights, following the recent Supreme Court decision that threatens the recognition and dignity of trans people across the UK.
sure no one misses it!!! SHARE SHARE SHARE!!! I'll share some social media graphics soon for you to post. By 6pm Let's show up and show out for trans lives. See you in Parliament Square this Saturday.
Meeting Point: Boadicea and Her Daughters Statue - https://g.co/kgs /pkDwGp3 Trans women are women Trans men are men Non-binary people exist and deserve rights too UNISON branches are supporting this protest, and we are calling on every member, friend, and ally to join us in solidarity. We need a huge turnout to show that we will not stand by while rights are taken from our family. Please reach out to everyone you know- colleagues, friends, family, union members - and ask them to come along. Bring signs, bring energy, and most importantly, bring your voice. This is very last minute, so we need everyone to shout about this protest as loudly and widely as possible. Share it with your networks, post it online, tell your friends. let's make sure no one misses it!!! SHARE SHARE SHARE!!!
Planned action!
Protest planned at parliament square on Saturday at 1pm to protest supreme court ruling.
Solidarity with trans people everywhere and especially, today, in the UK
Sent my 14 and 16 year old to the supermarket to buy sour cream, Worcestershire sauce and kidney beans. They canβt find any of them, wonβt ask anyone for help, and are having some kind of meltdown in the condiment aisle.
What an event! Crip Climates: A Collaborative Syllabus for Disabled Ecologies at the Garden Museum with the Architecture Foundation. Wow. gardenmuseum.org.uk/events/talk-...
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Happy #twinpeaksday to all that celebrate
People explore an exhibition space in a museum. Text reads: Show Time: Designing Great Exhibitions 2025. 12 March 2025.
Just under two months to go until we gather at the Barbican for Show Time: Designing Great Exhibitions 2025 π‘
We'll be exploring all things exhibitions β from sustainability and decolonisation to co-production and community engagement.
Book now π ow.ly/Co0r50UHONr
I thought David Lynch would be with us forever
I loved this film.
Barbara Hepworth, 'Winter Solstice' (1970)
(And for sale)
Anyway, here's my starter pack go.bsky.app/VFxSES6 (and like I said, I felt π¬ making it, because all lists and categorisations of people are political and I think we should act as if lists don't matter and work to rethink taxonomic power, but that's another thread)