Robert Rotifer
@robertrotifer.bsky.social
Still the same one I was over there and there and there. (It’s not my bike!)
Posting mainly from Canterbury.
Posting mainly from Canterbury.
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I wrote this for the Guardian about the Otto Neurath / Isotype exhibition at Wien Museum.
(feat. Neurath fan Andy McCluskey of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark)
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
(feat. Neurath fan Andy McCluskey of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark)
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
‘Pictures unite!’: how pop music fell in love with socialist infographics
When Austrian philosopher Otto Neurath invented the visual language of Isotypes, it was to democratise education. As a new exhibition shows, it ended up influencing pop art, graphic design and electro...
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I wrote this for the Guardian about the Otto Neurath / Isotype exhibition at Wien Museum.
(feat. Neurath fan Andy McCluskey of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark)
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
(feat. Neurath fan Andy McCluskey of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark)
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
I wrote this for the Guardian about the Otto Neurath / Isotype exhibition at Wien Museum.
(feat. Neurath fan Andy McCluskey of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark)
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
(feat. Neurath fan Andy McCluskey of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark)
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
‘Pictures unite!’: how pop music fell in love with socialist infographics
When Austrian philosopher Otto Neurath invented the visual language of Isotypes, it was to democratise education. As a new exhibition shows, it ended up influencing pop art, graphic design and electro...
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I wrote this for the Guardian about the Otto Neurath / Isotype exhibition at Wien Museum.
(feat. Neurath fan Andy McCluskey of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark)
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
(feat. Neurath fan Andy McCluskey of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark)
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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A new exhibition shows how Austrian philosopher Otto Neurath's visual language of isotypes ended up influencing pop art, graphic design and electronic musicians from Kraftwerk to OMD www.theguardian.com/artanddesign... via @theguardian.com @robertrotifer.bsky.social
‘Pictures unite!’: how pop music fell in love with socialist infographics
When Austrian philosopher Otto Neurath invented the visual language of Isotypes, it was to democratise education. As a new exhibition shows, it ended up influencing pop art, graphic design and electro...
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:19 PM
A new exhibition shows how Austrian philosopher Otto Neurath's visual language of isotypes ended up influencing pop art, graphic design and electronic musicians from Kraftwerk to OMD www.theguardian.com/artanddesign... via @theguardian.com @robertrotifer.bsky.social
I wrote this for @fm4.orf.at about Labour’s borrowing policies from a worn-out Danish playbook.
Auf deutsch.
fm4.orf.at/stories/3050...
Auf deutsch.
fm4.orf.at/stories/3050...
Dark Forces - fm4.ORF.at
Geflüchtete Kinder zurückschicken, den Schmuck Asylsuchender beschlagnahmen und zwanzig Jahre Mitbürger:innenschaft auf Bewährung: Die britische Labour-Regierung will wieder einmal die Rechten mit rec...
fm4.orf.at
November 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I wrote this for @fm4.orf.at about Labour’s borrowing policies from a worn-out Danish playbook.
Auf deutsch.
fm4.orf.at/stories/3050...
Auf deutsch.
fm4.orf.at/stories/3050...
Note how the BBC article fails to give any hint of the fact that EU citizens in the UK (as well as Brits in the EU), entitled or not to citizenship, are paying tax and NI contributions same as everybody else, thus legitimising Farage's argument, making it sound as if the UK was giving something away
Fantasy numbers.
Many of those "EU nationals" claims he can cut benefits to *are already UK citizens*.
Almost all the rest are entitled to UK citizenship.
Idea this will save any significant sum is simply absurd.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Many of those "EU nationals" claims he can cut benefits to *are already UK citizens*.
Almost all the rest are entitled to UK citizenship.
Idea this will save any significant sum is simply absurd.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reform plans to strip EU citizens of benefit rights, says Farage
Leader Nigel Farage says his party would renegotiate the Brexit deal struck by the Tory government.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Note how the BBC article fails to give any hint of the fact that EU citizens in the UK (as well as Brits in the EU), entitled or not to citizenship, are paying tax and NI contributions same as everybody else, thus legitimising Farage's argument, making it sound as if the UK was giving something away
What happens when you click on the link to check…
November 18, 2025 at 12:07 PM
What happens when you click on the link to check…
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Outstanding @robertrotifer.bsky.social show feat. Steve Gunn, Bill Callahan, Sabine McCalla, @themountaingoats.bsky.social, The Wave Pictures, Son of the Velvet Rat, Snakkerdu Densk, James Kirk & Warren McIntyre, John Southworth, The Roches, Sigrid Horn & Ernst Molden.
fm4.orf.at/player/20251...
fm4.orf.at/player/20251...
Heartbeat vom 17.11.
Neues und Spannendes aus den Weiten des Indie Pop mit Eva Umbauer und Robert Rotifer
fm4.orf.at
November 17, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Outstanding @robertrotifer.bsky.social show feat. Steve Gunn, Bill Callahan, Sabine McCalla, @themountaingoats.bsky.social, The Wave Pictures, Son of the Velvet Rat, Snakkerdu Densk, James Kirk & Warren McIntyre, John Southworth, The Roches, Sigrid Horn & Ernst Molden.
fm4.orf.at/player/20251...
fm4.orf.at/player/20251...
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BBC News: "the government believe refugees are deliberately bringing their children to avoid deportation"
As opposed to doing what with their children??
As opposed to doing what with their children??
November 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
BBC News: "the government believe refugees are deliberately bringing their children to avoid deportation"
As opposed to doing what with their children??
As opposed to doing what with their children??
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Anyone upset by people making the link between the jewellery policy and Nazis need to ask themselves one question: why has the government mentioned this plan?
It won’t provide much money. It won’t be a deterrent. So why?
The only reason can be to send a message. What do you think that message is?
It won’t provide much money. It won’t be a deterrent. So why?
The only reason can be to send a message. What do you think that message is?
November 17, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Anyone upset by people making the link between the jewellery policy and Nazis need to ask themselves one question: why has the government mentioned this plan?
It won’t provide much money. It won’t be a deterrent. So why?
The only reason can be to send a message. What do you think that message is?
It won’t provide much money. It won’t be a deterrent. So why?
The only reason can be to send a message. What do you think that message is?
The thing about the “taking jewellery from refugees” idea which already wound me up back when Danish “Social Democrats” came up with it is its redolence of Nazi authorities plundering Jews which is so obvious you think it MUST be on purpose.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum seekers’ jewellery could be seized to pay for processing costs, says Home Office minister
Idea borrowed from Denmark is latest attempt to reduce number of people seeking asylum in UK
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The thing about the “taking jewellery from refugees” idea which already wound me up back when Danish “Social Democrats” came up with it is its redolence of Nazi authorities plundering Jews which is so obvious you think it MUST be on purpose.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Tonight's @fm4.orf.at Heartbeat from 22:00 CET/9pm GMT is another multinational mess of my liking. Some call them loons, some call them divers, some call them Seetaucher, all the same bird in the end.
Link to the list:
www.instagram.com/p/DRKFEyoDOJ...
(found a very good excuse to play the Roches)
Link to the list:
www.instagram.com/p/DRKFEyoDOJ...
(found a very good excuse to play the Roches)
November 17, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Tonight's @fm4.orf.at Heartbeat from 22:00 CET/9pm GMT is another multinational mess of my liking. Some call them loons, some call them divers, some call them Seetaucher, all the same bird in the end.
Link to the list:
www.instagram.com/p/DRKFEyoDOJ...
(found a very good excuse to play the Roches)
Link to the list:
www.instagram.com/p/DRKFEyoDOJ...
(found a very good excuse to play the Roches)
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I can’t see any other outcome than a President Kast in Chile 🇨🇱 and that is very bad news.
- Kast is NOT “just a conservative”. He is far right with ideological and personal ties to the Pinochet regime.
- Kast is NOT a Chilean Trump. He is much more capable and a professional politicians.
- Kast is NOT “just a conservative”. He is far right with ideological and personal ties to the Pinochet regime.
- Kast is NOT a Chilean Trump. He is much more capable and a professional politicians.
November 17, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I can’t see any other outcome than a President Kast in Chile 🇨🇱 and that is very bad news.
- Kast is NOT “just a conservative”. He is far right with ideological and personal ties to the Pinochet regime.
- Kast is NOT a Chilean Trump. He is much more capable and a professional politicians.
- Kast is NOT “just a conservative”. He is far right with ideological and personal ties to the Pinochet regime.
- Kast is NOT a Chilean Trump. He is much more capable and a professional politicians.
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The remarkable story we discussed this morning. (No paywall but do consider subscribing.) www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
EXCLUSIVE: Michael Prescott himself doctored Trump quote in his anti-BBC report
A report alleging Panorama broadcast misleading Trump quotes contains misleading quotes itself
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The remarkable story we discussed this morning. (No paywall but do consider subscribing.) www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
Using genetic determinism to prove a natural propensity for fascism is so 2020s (as in many layers of stupid)
I wrote something about Channel 4's Hitler's DNA: Blueprint of a Dictator, and why I found it deeply troubling www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Did Hitler really have a ‘micropenis’? The dubious documentary analysing the dictator’s DNA
Was the wartime chant about his solitary testicle correct? Did he have Jewish ancestry? New documentary Hitler’s DNA is trying to answer these, and more contentious, questions – but should it have gon...
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Using genetic determinism to prove a natural propensity for fascism is so 2020s (as in many layers of stupid)
Incredibly happy to reveal this year’s two Popfest Wien curators Sofie Royer and Wolfgang Lehmann, two people I hugely respect as musicians and producers. Can’t wait to see what they’re going to come up with.
November 12, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Incredibly happy to reveal this year’s two Popfest Wien curators Sofie Royer and Wolfgang Lehmann, two people I hugely respect as musicians and producers. Can’t wait to see what they’re going to come up with.
Wrote this for @fm4.orf.at about the suspicious Tory-on-Tory weirdness of the BBC “scandal”
fm4.orf.at/stories/3050...
fm4.orf.at/stories/3050...
"Nichts weniger als ein Putsch" - fm4.ORF.at
Eine feindliche Zeitungskampagne und ein ehemaliger Premierminister haben zum Sturz des Director General der BBC geführt. Aber die Gegner der weltgrößten öffentlichen Rundfunkanstalt kommen nicht nur ...
fm4.orf.at
November 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Wrote this for @fm4.orf.at about the suspicious Tory-on-Tory weirdness of the BBC “scandal”
fm4.orf.at/stories/3050...
fm4.orf.at/stories/3050...
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Beyond Man City, other clubs which profit directly from emirati patronage should ask themselves some inconvenient questions; and if they do not of their own accord, we fans should be pressuring them into doing so. These other clubs very much include Arsenal FC.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Silence over Sudan: why do Manchester City’s owners get away with so much?
Two midweek matches in England had a backdrop of war and geopolitics, but only one drew large protests
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Beyond Man City, other clubs which profit directly from emirati patronage should ask themselves some inconvenient questions; and if they do not of their own accord, we fans should be pressuring them into doing so. These other clubs very much include Arsenal FC.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Continental arte watchers, I was going to tell you that Die Super-Küche, a 1/2hr doc about the Frankfurt kitchen also featuring myself and my 2008 tribute song to Grete Schütte-Lihotzky, is on today, but seems they already played it this morning. Anyway, it streams here: www.arte.tv/de/videos/11...
100 Jahre Neues Bauen - Die Super-Küche - Die ganze Doku | ARTE
Die vor 100 Jahren von einem Architektenteam um Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky gestaltete Design-Ikone "Frankfurter Küche" ist das Vorbild aller späteren Einbauküchen. Exemplare werden in großen Museen de...
www.arte.tv
November 9, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Continental arte watchers, I was going to tell you that Die Super-Küche, a 1/2hr doc about the Frankfurt kitchen also featuring myself and my 2008 tribute song to Grete Schütte-Lihotzky, is on today, but seems they already played it this morning. Anyway, it streams here: www.arte.tv/de/videos/11...
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60 London Underground staff some who have worked on tube for years could face deportation under tightened visa rules bit.ly/3XpfRuZ
Dozens of TfL staff to lose right to remain in visa rule change
‘Rail travel assistants’ were removed from a list of ‘shortage occupation’ exceptions in July, but the London mayor’s office condemns the move
bit.ly
November 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
60 London Underground staff some who have worked on tube for years could face deportation under tightened visa rules bit.ly/3XpfRuZ
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Nipped over to Vienna this week, went to the opening of the Isotype/Otto Neurath exhibition at Wien Museum, highly recommend for a dose of socialist optimism (even if it’s from 100 years ago). One thing to see reprints of those pictorial statistics, quite another to see the originals in the flesh.
November 8, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Nipped over to Vienna this week, went to the opening of the Isotype/Otto Neurath exhibition at Wien Museum, highly recommend for a dose of socialist optimism (even if it’s from 100 years ago). One thing to see reprints of those pictorial statistics, quite another to see the originals in the flesh.
Bought the cut & paste Wings book for light relief from the state of the world, and before you know it 63 pages in Sean Ono Lennon drops the pub bore’s Never-heard-of-Oskar-Schlemmer bomb…
![PAUL McCARTNEY: I did get depressed. I was getting slagged off by everyone and that does make you question if you've still got it. It makes you think, 'Can I still do this? Can I make a decent record?' I did seriously consider packing it all in on a number of occasions.
SEAN ONO LENNON: I always return to [that quote]: Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:g4mvqk2lwudnqtwnfs32slfq/bafkreiae7tvhydlgp37sukifgm2ctd4d3rifzpeszf2av232c7jdy7r3ge@jpeg)
November 7, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Bought the cut & paste Wings book for light relief from the state of the world, and before you know it 63 pages in Sean Ono Lennon drops the pub bore’s Never-heard-of-Oskar-Schlemmer bomb…
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Our favourite radio show w @robertrotifer.bsky.social and Monsterheart, Soft Cell (RIP Dave Ball), Mozart Estate, @annacalvi.bsky.social, Lemonheads, Stella Donnelly, @chrissiehynde.com, Simon Joyner, The Barr Brothers feat. Land of Talk, doppelfinger, Stefan Geissler.
fm4.orf.at/player/20251...
fm4.orf.at/player/20251...
Heartbeat vom 3.11.
Neues und Spannendes aus den Weiten des Indie Pop mit Eva Umbauer und Robert Rotifer
fm4.orf.at
November 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Our favourite radio show w @robertrotifer.bsky.social and Monsterheart, Soft Cell (RIP Dave Ball), Mozart Estate, @annacalvi.bsky.social, Lemonheads, Stella Donnelly, @chrissiehynde.com, Simon Joyner, The Barr Brothers feat. Land of Talk, doppelfinger, Stefan Geissler.
fm4.orf.at/player/20251...
fm4.orf.at/player/20251...