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Gary Browning @gary1234.bsky.social · Apr 20

THINK HUMAN FESTIVAL at Oxford Brookes, May 7th-10th- sign up on eventbrite for events that matter- Ukraine, New Labour Politics, Film Music, and if you can, do see the film on Olive Gibbs- A Remarkable Woman, on May 8th 6.00 pm, John Henry Brookes Building- she was on the right side of history.

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Gary Browning @gary1234.bsky.social · Apr 9

Fantastic event!

Think Human @thinkhumanfest.bsky.social · Apr 9

Discover the legacy of Olive Gibbs - peace campaigner, politician and education advocate - through a film screening of ‘Olive Gibbs: A Remarkable Woman’ followed by a panel discussion on her enduring legacy
📍Headington Campus
🗓️ Thursday 8 May ⏰6pm
Register here👇
bit.ly/4iSvx2Z
@gary1234.bsky.social

Olive Gibbs: A Remarkable Woman - Film screening and discussion

Film screening and discussion celebrating Olive Gibbs, twice lord mayor of Oxford, influential anti-nuclear and community campaigner.

bit.ly

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Think Human @thinkhumanfest.bsky.social · Apr 9

Discover the legacy of Olive Gibbs - peace campaigner, politician and education advocate - through a film screening of ‘Olive Gibbs: A Remarkable Woman’ followed by a panel discussion on her enduring legacy
📍Headington Campus
🗓️ Thursday 8 May ⏰6pm
Register here👇
bit.ly/4iSvx2Z
@gary1234.bsky.social

Olive Gibbs: A Remarkable Woman - Film screening and discussion

Film screening and discussion celebrating Olive Gibbs, twice lord mayor of Oxford, influential anti-nuclear and community campaigner.

bit.ly

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Gary Browning @gary1234.bsky.social · Apr 4

Fantastic Festival with lots of wonderful events. Check out events including a fabulous film of the great local Oxford persona, Olive Gibbs- May 8th!

Think Human @thinkhumanfest.bsky.social · Apr 1

@ThinkHumanFest
is coming to Oxford Brookes University, 7-10 May! 🎉
Highlights include explorations of War & Peace in Ukraine, New Labour in Power,
Navigating Hybrid Work & more!
brookes.ac.uk/about-brooke... #ThinkHumanFestival #OxfordBrookes #FreeEvents

Think Human Festival 2025: A celebration of ideas, creativity, and community - Oxford Brookes University

Oxford Brookes University will host the Think Human Festival 2025 from Wednesday 7 to Saturday 10 May, offering a four-day programme of free public events exploring contemporary social issues, creativ...

brookes.ac.uk

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Jeff Slate @jeffslate.bsky.social · Apr 4

Today is the anniversary of the writing and recording of “Handle With Care” by the Traveling Wilburys. Catch us at Cafe Wha? on Sunday, May 4th when we kick off Bob Dylan’s birthday month with a Wilbury-inspired set!

TICKETS: tinyurl.com/ZIMMY84

#travelingwilburys #handlewithcare #bobdylan

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Think Human @thinkhumanfest.bsky.social · Apr 1

@ThinkHumanFest
is coming to Oxford Brookes University, 7-10 May! 🎉
Highlights include explorations of War & Peace in Ukraine, New Labour in Power,
Navigating Hybrid Work & more!
brookes.ac.uk/about-brooke... #ThinkHumanFestival #OxfordBrookes #FreeEvents

Think Human Festival 2025: A celebration of ideas, creativity, and community - Oxford Brookes University

Oxford Brookes University will host the Think Human Festival 2025 from Wednesday 7 to Saturday 10 May, offering a four-day programme of free public events exploring contemporary social issues, creativ...

brookes.ac.uk

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Dr Elizabeth Mackintosh @drelizabethmac1.bsky.social · Mar 28

Theology, Philosophy and Religion Essay Competition from the isrsa.co.uk & academylearning.com
#TeamRE @alevelphilosophy.bsky.social #RSTeachers #PhilosophyTeachers #Enrichment #philsky #theosky

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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · Mar 16

Despite drawbacks, several good points here: (1) Dundee University is genuinely fighting for its life; (2) some uni management teams in some unis are out of control; (3) the multiple UK govts don't even have a clue what's going on, no controls and no plan... (1/2) www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...

Nigeria currency crisis leaves Dundee University fighting to survive

Profuse spending left the institution ill-prepared for a sharp drop in foreign students after Nigeria, a fertile recruiting ground, devalued its currency

www.thetimes.com

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Gary Browning @gary1234.bsky.social · Mar 15

Wonderful event, with the legendary Scarlet Rivera and the fabulous Jan Butler and Constantine Sandis

Constantine Sandis @csandis.bsky.social · Mar 15

Video recording of the A Complete Unknown @thinkhumanfest.bsky.social webinar on the #BobDylan biopic.

With Scarlet Rivera, @gary1234.bsky.social, Jan Butler, and Hugo Boss Baby (who makes prolonged appearances around the 14.45, 33.40, and 1.18.30 marks).

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPTj...

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Constantine Sandis @csandis.bsky.social · Mar 15

Video recording of the A Complete Unknown @thinkhumanfest.bsky.social webinar on the #BobDylan biopic.

With Scarlet Rivera, @gary1234.bsky.social, Jan Butler, and Hugo Boss Baby (who makes prolonged appearances around the 14.45, 33.40, and 1.18.30 marks).

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPTj...

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Gary Browning @gary1234.bsky.social · Mar 1

Still time to sign up for this brilliant event

Gary Browning @gary1234.bsky.social · Feb 20

Looking forward to this event. The discussants know lots about Dylan, music, film and what people do. I’m there to listen and to ask questions

Gary Browning @gary1234.bsky.social · Feb 14

Coming up is a discussion of A Complete Unknown, the Bob Dylan biopic, on March 3rd, 5.00 pm UK time. Wonderful participants and terrific event.
Do sign up to the Webinar www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1237147103...

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Gary Browning @gary1234.bsky.social · Feb 20

Looking forward to this event. The discussants know lots about Dylan, music, film and what people do. I’m there to listen and to ask questions

Gary Browning @gary1234.bsky.social · Feb 14

Coming up is a discussion of A Complete Unknown, the Bob Dylan biopic, on March 3rd, 5.00 pm UK time. Wonderful participants and terrific event.
Do sign up to the Webinar www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1237147103...

A Complete Unknown - a webinar discussion.

An opportunity to hear a range of experts reflect on the Oscar nominated Bob Dylan biopic and have your questions answered.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Gary Browning @gary1234.bsky.social · Jan 31

and yet I don't quite believe in the night, While I do believe in bringing that bottle over here

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Gary Browning @gary1234.bsky.social · Jan 31

There's more than one way to tell

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Gary Browning @gary1234.bsky.social · Jan 31

Are there ideas without people and events, and can events exists without people and ideas? And we need to think about people and what they do. We need a dialectical approach

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Gary Browning @gary1234.bsky.social · Jan 31

Great voice and songs too

Nicholas Pegg @nicholaspegg.bsky.social · Jan 30

Another great artist has left us. Among many remarkable accomplishments in an often wayward but always luminous career, Marianne Faithfull gave us one of the finest, cleverest, brightest, darkest, most heartbreaking Ophelias of her generation. Sweets to the sweet. Farewell.

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Nicholas Pegg @nicholaspegg.bsky.social · Jan 30

Another great artist has left us. Among many remarkable accomplishments in an often wayward but always luminous career, Marianne Faithfull gave us one of the finest, cleverest, brightest, darkest, most heartbreaking Ophelias of her generation. Sweets to the sweet. Farewell.

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Gary Browning @gary1234.bsky.social · Jan 29

Being truthful about thigs matters, and when the dust settles, and there will be a lot of dust, what you have said will continue to matter

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Gary Browning @gary1234.bsky.social · Jan 28

Gramsci's always worth reading, and now, more than ever!

Christoph Schuringa @schuringa.bsky.social · Jan 28

Gramsci’s first sentence here, heard in our time, is bound to seem extremely demanding but it’s also, I think, highly apt

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Gary Browning @gary1234.bsky.social · Jan 28

We really enjoyed editing this book. A wonderful set of contributors, all with something to say. Some know Bob some know the songs, some know this and that along the way. Well worth reading, buying or stealing

Imprint Academic @imprintacademic.bsky.social · Jan 17

As 'A Complete Unknown' is out in UK cinemas today, why not further your Bob Dylan knowledge by getting a copy of 'Dylan at 80' by Gary Browning and Constantine Sandis?

Buy your copy here: www.imprint.co.uk/product/dylan/

Dylan at 80

2021 marks Bob Dylan's 80th birthday and his 60th year in the music world. It invites us to look back on his career and the multitudes that it contains. The essays in this book explore the Nobel laure...

www.imprint.co.uk

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Gary Browning @gary1234.bsky.social · Jan 28

Terrific that Chalamet went for offbeat songs of Dylan, Really great to hear 3 Angels sounding interesting. Let's hear, Something's Burning' next

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Christoph Schuringa @schuringa.bsky.social · Jan 28

Gramsci’s first sentence here, heard in our time, is bound to seem extremely demanding but it’s also, I think, highly apt

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Gary Browning @gary1234.bsky.social · Jan 18

No way.Jose

Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · Jan 17

Absolutely no chance of any of this happening while universities are on their knees.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

Lisa Nandy vows to bulldoze barriers in arts and turbocharge growth

Culture secretary announces investment in arts at Gateshead summit and accuses Tories of stifling creative industries

www.theguardian.com

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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · Jan 17

Absolutely no chance of any of this happening while universities are on their knees.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

Lisa Nandy vows to bulldoze barriers in arts and turbocharge growth

Culture secretary announces investment in arts at Gateshead summit and accuses Tories of stifling creative industries

www.theguardian.com

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Phil Edwards - Live for Films @liveforfilms.bsky.social · Jan 17

I did a drawing of David Lynch

#davidlynch

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Imprint Academic @imprintacademic.bsky.social · Jan 17

As 'A Complete Unknown' is out in UK cinemas today, why not further your Bob Dylan knowledge by getting a copy of 'Dylan at 80' by Gary Browning and Constantine Sandis?

Buy your copy here: www.imprint.co.uk/product/dylan/

Dylan at 80

2021 marks Bob Dylan's 80th birthday and his 60th year in the music world. It invites us to look back on his career and the multitudes that it contains. The essays in this book explore the Nobel laure...

www.imprint.co.uk

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Gary Browning @gary1234.bsky.social · Jan 3

I take my cap off to him

Gary Browning @gary1234.bsky.social · Jan 3

Why ironic? It’s wonderful. Letters mean a lot

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Gary Browning @gary1234.bsky.social · Dec 31

Thanks for sharing. Always difficult to know how to respond to problematic criticism

Alicia Andrzejewski (she/her) @aliciaandrz.bsky.social · Dec 30

I was giving my daughter a bath & she asked why I seemed sad. I told her I published a piece of writing & people were reaching out to me with notes about it & some were nice but some were really mean.

she paused & then responded, “can’t you just keep the nice notes & throw the rest away?”

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Gary Browning @gary1234.bsky.social · Dec 31

You never know whom you have in your class, so let's all try as hard as we can

dylyricus @dylyricus.com · Dec 31

Wonderful recollection of Bob Dylan learning folk music in a group class. Plus really great photo!

PaulDu @pauldu.bsky.social · Dec 31

‘A Complete Unknown': USF professor recalls introducing folk music to a young Bob Dylan, as an undergrad giving folk music lessons in Minnesota

www.wtsp.com/article/feat...

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