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Albert Weale
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Emeritus Professor of Political Theory and Public Policy, UCL. Brighton born and bred. No longer resident, but still liberal. Expressed views mine only.

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Vaughan Williams Foundation @vwfndn.bsky.social · 10h
Teaching resources relating to the work of Ralph Vaughan Williams are available free of charge to all schools and organisations running education projects.

Download via the Music Teachers' Association here: www.musicteachers.org/rvw150/

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Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety.bsky.social · 15h
18th-century Dutch naturalist/collector Albertus Seba’s detailed engravings of hedgehogs (Thesaurus, 1734)
Image of hedgehog from above and behind Image of hedgehog lying on its back like an upturned beetle

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American Association of Wine Economists AAWE @wineecon.bsky.social · 15h
1950 California Burgundy wine advertisement by the Wine Advisory Board

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 15h
”To a valiant heart, nothing is impossible.”
Palais Jacques Coeur, Bourges, 1443-1451, hôtel particulier in the Flamboyant Gothic style, built for one of France’s wealthiest merchants, Jacques Coeur. Master of Mint to Charles VII, he fell suddenly from royal favour & died in Chios #OTD 1456.

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 21h
As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111
www.nytimes.com

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 1d
‘We need to think about the value of arts, humanities & social sciences. Look at any of the successful companies & they are full of people with a mix of disciplines.’ Great to hear Lord Vallance the Science Minister talking about the importance of the full range of research for future UK prosperity
UKRI panel including Lord Vallance

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European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 1d
The same politicians that misled the public and championed Brexit are now calling on the UK to withdraw from the ECHR. They cannot be trusted.
Reform UK’s plan to withdraw from the ECHR is not about independence, it is about removing the very rights that define a democratic nation. The ECHR ensures justice for victims, from domestic abuse survivors to journalists and whistleblowers. Walking away from it would break international law, breach the Good Friday Agreement, and strip away the hard-won freedoms Britain helped to build.

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Vaughan Williams Foundation @vwfndn.bsky.social · 1d
Vaughan Williams lived at The White Gates in Dorking from 1929 until 1953, and composed many of his works there.

He was a key figure in the founding and building of Dorking Halls, which opened in 1931, and is where this statue stands.

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Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety.bsky.social · 1d
Fresco of elegant barefoot woman, possibly the nymph Flora, treading lightly, carrying basket & turning to gather spring flowers. Recovered from Villa Arianna in Stabiae, just outside Pompeii, buried in volcanic ash (79AD, National Archaeological Museum, Naples)

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 1d
Le Moulin Rouge: cabaret poster featuring cancan dancer La Goulue, colour lithograph of 1891 by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, born #OTD 1864, French post-impressionist painter & printmaker, inspired by Japanese woodblock prints. A pupil of Léon Bonnat; lived & worked in Montmartre.
Metropolitan Museum

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 1d
On the Origin of Species: landmark work published #OTD 1859 by Charles Darwin, influential English naturalist, geologist and pioneer of evolutionary theory.
Portrait 1830’s by George Richmond
Bodleian Library @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
@tomgauld.bsky.social | @newscientist.com

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 1d
“Digressions, incontestably...are the life, the soul of reading...”
Laurence Sterne, whimsical Irish clergyman & author of The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, born #OTD 1713.
Portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1760, National Portrait Gallery, London
Laurence Sterne Trust

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 1d
Baruch Spinoza, Dutch Jewish 'Prince of philosophers', whose rationalism influenced Western thought, born #OTD 1632; author of Ethica, landmark treatise written 1661-75, published posthumously 1677, first known English translation by George Eliot 1856.
Portrait Anon, c. 1665 Herzog August Bibliothek

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 1d
Russian Colonel Gen Makarevich, who blew up Nova Kakhovka dam in Ukraine in 2023, has been sent to Venezuela to lead Russia’s military advisory mission there.

By blowing up the dam, he killed around 200 civilians.

As I mentioned, Russia managed to use DJT to push Maduro closer to them.

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 2d
Embarkation of Queen of Sheba, 1648, by Claude Lorrain, French Baroque artist known for ideal landscapes inspired by Roman campagna, and seaports suffused with golden light, which influenced work of Constable & Turner; died #OTD 1682.
National Gallery London

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 2d
Portrait of Eleanora of Toledo & her son, c. 1545, by Bronzino, leading Florentine mannerist painter died #OTD 1572; pupil of Pontormo, working under the patronage of Cosimo I de’ Medici, his polished style influenced development of European court portraiture.
Uffizi Galleries

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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 2d
NEW: Russian officials and state media continue to set information conditions to reject the US-proposed 28-point peace plan, indicating that the Kremlin is actively conditioning the Russian people to not accept anything less than a full victory in Ukraine. 🧵(1/8)

Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar112225

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Cambridge for Europe @cambsforeurope.bsky.social · 3d
Standing for Ukraine today in Cambridge despite the rain, remembering the genocide of the Holodomor, and calling for solidarity with Ukraine against the Trump regime's betrayal.

We must not fail Ukraine now, we must not fail democracy now.

#StandWithUkraine

Photos: Peter Nixon
30 demonstrators standing outside King's College in Cambridge on Saturday 21st November 2025 with umbrellas, Ukrainian flags, and placards. Two female demonstrators in Cambridge with a sign saying: Do not surrender Ukraine, her people, her territories, her my, defence. Demonstrator in raincoat with Ukraine flag. Sign commemorating the Holodomor, with the words "We will never forget".

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3d
Chomsky had deeper ties with Epstein than previously known, documents reveal
Chomsky had deeper ties with Epstein than previously known, documents reveal
The philosopher and the sex trafficker were in contact long after Epstein was convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor, documents reveal The prominent linguist and philosopher Noam Chomsky called it a “most valuable experience” to have maintained “regular contact” with Jeffrey Epstein, who by then had long been convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor, according to emails released earlier in November this month by US lawmakers. Such comments from Chomsky, or attributed to him, suggest his association with Epstein – who officials concluded killed himself in jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal sex-trafficking charges – went deeper than the occasional political and academic discussions the former had previously claimed to have with the latter. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 3d
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 3d
“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.”
Aldous Huxley, English writer, author of Brave New World, died #OTD 1963.
Photo by Charles Sheeler, Michener Art Museum

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 3d
Middlemarch, published 1871-2, by George Eliot, born #OTD 1819; described by Virginia Woolf as “one of the few English novels written for grown-up people”.
Portrait by François D’Albert Durade c 1850, National Portrait Gallery London | MS British Library

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Vaughan Williams Foundation @vwfndn.bsky.social · 4d
Explore the work and life of Ralph Vaughan Williams in more detail...

We have compiled some useful links to help visitors to our website explore the life and works of the composer.

💻 Find them here ⬇️
Useful Links - Vaughan Williams Foundation
Research tools, teaching resources and fascinating insights into the music and life of Ralph Vaughan Williams.
vaughanwilliamsfoundation.org

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 4d
Ceci n’est pas une pipe: René Magritte, influential Belgian surrealist painter, born #OTD 1898; commemorated in Brussels by the comprehensive Magritte Museum, and a street “Ceci n’est pas une rue”.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art | Magritte Museum Brussels | Grant Snider cartoon

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 4d
“Cela est bien dit…mais il faut cultiver notre jardin.”
The smile of reason: Voltaire, influential French Enlightenment writer, philosopher, crusader for freedom, tolerance & truth; born #OTD 1694; author of Candide (1759).
Portrait by Nicolas de Largillière, c. 1718, Musée Carnavalet, Paris

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 4d
”Bad money drives out good.”
Sir Thomas Gresham, English merchant & financier, adviser to Tudor monarchs, founded London’s Royal Exchange in 1565; died #OTD 1571, left bequest to found Gresham College, London’s first higher education institution est.1597.
Portrait by Anthonis Mor c 1560 Rijksmuseum

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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 4d
NEW: All available reporting continues to indicate that the stipulations of the reported 28-point Russia-US peace plan amount to Ukraine’s full capitulation to Russia’s original war demands. 🧵(1/6)

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, Nov. 20, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar112025

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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 5d
Also Zbig on The Economist’s books of 2025 in good company

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 5d
The young bull, 1647, monumental painting by Paulus Potter, Dutch Golden Age artist specialising in animals, born #OTD 1625; known for his detailed portrayals of sturdy cattle against low horizons.
⁦‪Mauritshuis, Den Haag

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American Association of Wine Economists AAWE @wineecon.bsky.social · 5d
1930s Art-Deco style Croatian wine poster, Demand the Best Dalmatian Wine Everywhere, lithograph, 95 × 63 cm, by designer Otto Antonini (Croatian, 1892–1959). Collection of the Museum of Arts and Crafts, Zagreb.