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Edward Philips Art @edwardphilips.co.uk · 22h

Morning all. I drew you a train for the weekend. Feel free to take it and go somewhere interesting. Toodle pip. Have a good one. xx

New poster of a Swiss train zooming into the foreground with some Swiss mountains and a bit of Swiss lake in the background. It says Lakes & Mountains on the Glacier Express. Switzerland 🇨🇭

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Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 18h

She asset-stripped an entire country and squandered the money to buy votes. Most of the problems with Britain today can be traced back to her disastrous social and economic experiment.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Thatcher was born 100 years ago and her reign feels a lifetime away. Why is her effect on the country still so huge? | Martin Kettle

Today’s politicians need to learn that she is not the answer to contemporary problems, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

www.theguardian.com

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Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 19h

“I believe this power of seeing the world as fresh and strange lies hidden in every
human being…”
Bill Brandt

I believe this power of seeing the world as
fresh and strange lies hidden in every
human being. In most of us it is dormant.
Yet it is there, even if it is no more than a
vague desire, an unsatisfied appetite that
cannot discover its own nourishment....
Vicariously, through another person's eyes,
men and women can see the world anew.
It is shown to them as something
interesting and exciting. There is given to
them again a sense of wonder.
This should be the photographer's aim, for
this is the purpose that pictures fulfill in
the world as it is to-day. To meet a need
that people cannot or will not meet for
themselves. We are most of us too busy,
too worried, too intent on proving
ourselves right, too obsessed with ideas,
to stand and stare.
- Bill Brandt'

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Edward Philips Art @edwardphilips.co.uk · 22h

Morning all. I drew you a train for the weekend. Feel free to take it and go somewhere interesting. Toodle pip. Have a good one. xx

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 2d

Jeff Bezos might have built a spaceship, but indie bookstores build and nurture whole communities and that is *way* more impressive and valuable.

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Edward Philips Art @edwardphilips.co.uk · 1d

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

László Krasznahorkai wins the Nobel prize in literature 2025

The Hungarian novelist whose books ‘reaffirm the power of art’ was announced as winner at a ceremony in Stockholm

www.theguardian.com

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Edward Philips Art @edwardphilips.co.uk · 1d

Now on BBC Sounds… xx

Edward Philips Art @edwardphilips.co.uk · 2d

Did you know that on BBC Radio3 at 7.30, live from the Barbican, you can hear a work by Anna Thorvalsdottir who happens to be number 85 on my Periodic Tablecof Female Classical Composers poster? I bet you didn’t. xx

A periodic table of female classical composers poster.

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 2d

The reason the Right are so invested in the myth that the arts have no value isn’t because the arts don’t generate wealth (they do); it’s that studying the arts teaches people to imagine better ways of judging the value of an idea than by counting how much money it makes…

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Lisa Holdsworth @lisaholdsworth.bsky.social · 2d

And if you can't make it, but want to contribute...

www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...

Help raise £5000 to Support The Christmas Dinner Leeds – JustGiving Crowdfunding

Iʼm raising money to Support The Christmas Dinner Leeds. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.

www.justgiving.com

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Edward Philips Art @edwardphilips.co.uk · 2d

Did you know that on BBC Radio3 at 7.30, live from the Barbican, you can hear a work by Anna Thorvalsdottir who happens to be number 85 on my Periodic Tablecof Female Classical Composers poster? I bet you didn’t. xx

Edward Philips Art @edwardphilips.co.uk · 2d

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Edward Philips Art @edwardphilips.co.uk · 2d

You are a star. Thank you. 🤩 xx

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Edward Philips Art @edwardphilips.co.uk · 2d

I’m getting sick to death of the relentless self-promotion of so-called ‘creatives’ on social media.

By the way you can buy my posters here:

www.edwardphilips.co.uk

Edward Philips - Posters, Prints, Wall Art - Vintage Bird & Rail Posters

Edward Philips Art for original posters and prints to brighten up your home or office.

www.edwardphilips.co.uk

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Kath @kathyburke.bsky.social · 3d

Yes, yes I know I keep banging on about my fucking book! However, if you want one repost this and I’ll do a random winner pick thing by the end of the week because I’m great like that. ♥️📚
#amindofmyown

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Edward Philips Art @edwardphilips.co.uk · 3d

www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...

‘Almost unheard of’: experts find more music by English composer Henry Purcell

Printed score and keyboard manuscript by Purcell, who died in 1695, unearthed in Worcestershire and Norfolk

www.theguardian.com

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 3d

I agree with every word Zelda Williams says. And this at the end from OpenAI makes me want to go full Ned Ludd. Creators can’t have a blanket opt-out on copyright infringement of their work and have to fill out a form appealing to OpenAI’s mercy every time? Fuck off into the sun

OpenAI told the Guardian that content owners can flag copyright infringement using a “copyright disputes form” but that individual artists or studios cannot have a blanket opt-out. Varun Shetty, OpenAI’s head of media partnerships, said: “We’ll work with rights holders to block characters from Sora at their request and respond to takedown requests.”

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Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social · 5d

Free stickers suitable for flag-bearing lampposts. Send a large A4 envelope with a 1st class large stamp to me at Bragg Office, PO Box 6830 Bridport DT6 9BH and I’ll send you a sheet. #ReclaimtheFlag 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧

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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · 4d

We have vacancies available on our committee! 🕊️👨‍👨‍👧👩‍👩‍👦

We are recruiting for 5 roles:

Secretary 👩‍🏫
Assistant Journal Editor 📉
Social Media Lead 🤳
Assistant Newsletter/ Social Media Support 🤝
Website Officer 🧑‍💻

Feel free to DM for details & email [email protected] to apply (deadline 31 Oct) 📥

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Edward Philips Art @edwardphilips.co.uk · 5d

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish?

Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products? The author and activist behind the term ‘enshittification’ explains what’s gone wrong with the internet – and ...

www.theguardian.com

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Tony Taylor @itstonyt10.bsky.social · 6d

Half Man Half Biscuit - 90 Bisodol (Crimond)

Obviously.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8B4k...

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Edward Philips Art @edwardphilips.co.uk · 7d

You're right. Sorted now. Ta. xx

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Edward Philips Art @edwardphilips.co.uk · 7d

After some rejigging - all sorted now. Many thanks. xx

Edward Philips Art @edwardphilips.co.uk · 7d

Good of you to be so pedantic 😁 With over 200 odd places bound to be one or two overlooked. I’ll see what I can do. And amend as required. Cheers. xx

Edward Philips Art @edwardphilips.co.uk · 7d

Happy Birthday Stephen Michael Reich. xx

Illustration of Steve Reich, my favourite living composer.

Original design inspired by Steve Reich's Eight Lines

Original design inspired by Steve Reich's Drumming

Original design inspired by Steve Reich's Electric Counterpoint

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 7d

Happy Birthday Steve Reich
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Birthday Steve Reich Happy
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rthday Steve Reich Happy Bi
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