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EU steel tariff hike threatens 'biggest crisis' for UK industry

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Stuart Walker @stuartwalker.bsky.social · 14d

Detail from 'The Massacre of the Innocents' by Léon Cogniet, 1824. Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.

Stuart Walker @stuartwalker.bsky.social · 18d

Another Farage-Johnson Brexit benefit?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The EU is the destination for 78% of steel products made in the UK for overseas markets.

Stuart Walker @stuartwalker.bsky.social · 19d

Picasso had many faults, but his art is timeless. Here, a poster for peace, love and solidarity between people in the face of fascism.

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

Stuart Walker @stuartwalker.bsky.social · 21d

This article explains how Amazon locked-in its customers and sellers and then reduced the quality of its services to maximize profits.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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 ...

Stuart Walker @stuartwalker.bsky.social · 24d

My new book, 'DESIGN SHIFT' will be available early 2026
Cover art not finalised but overview & chapter list on #Routledge website

www.routledge.com/Design-Shift...

@manmetuni.bsky.social @royalcollegeofart.bsky.social @designmuseum.bsky.social @designcouncil.bsky.social #design #sustainability

Matthew Rhys to play Richard Burton in return to Welsh stage

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David Owens @davidowensjourno.bsky.social · Sep 25

Hollywood star Matthew Rhys is returning to the Welsh stage this November for the first time in two decades in an acclaimed one-man play about Richard Burton to raise funds for Michael Sheen’s new Welsh National Theatre

Emmy Award-winner Matthew Rhys is set to return to the Welsh stage this November for the first time in 22 years in an acclaimed one-man play about Richard Burton to raise funds for Michael Sheen’s new...

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Stuart Walker @stuartwalker.bsky.social · Sep 25

I stopped using Amazon some time ago because of their methods, and I haven't missed it a bit. There are often better prices elsewhere, and its better to use local suppliers.

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Stuart Walker @stuartwalker.bsky.social · Sep 25

Some fine-grain carpark pricing here in central Spain

Stuart Walker @stuartwalker.bsky.social · Sep 17

Rivers more polluted inside our national parks. Where is this government?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Revealed: river pollution twice as bad inside national parks as outside them

Exclusive: Campaigners attack ‘outrageous’ situation, saying waters in protected areas of England and Wales should be cleanest

Life stories of killer doctor Buck Ruxton's victims revealed

Stuart Walker @stuartwalker.bsky.social · Sep 16

New Exhition at Lancaster Museum - The Dalton Square Murders - the stories of the victims of Buck Ruxton.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A new exhibition in Lancaster tells of the women murdered by a notorious doctor 90 years ago.

Classic Welsh response to flags appears on bridge and people are loving it

Stuart Walker @stuartwalker.bsky.social · Sep 14

Flags is it?
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...

"I've been feeling so downhearted but this is glorious"

www.walesonline.co.uk

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Stuart Walker @stuartwalker.bsky.social · Sep 10

Kate Raworth (left) at the World #Design Congress: Design for Planet talking about #DoughnutEconomics.

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Stuart Walker @stuartwalker.bsky.social · Sep 9

World Design Congress, London - Design for Planet - opening with children's choir - plea for planet.

Stuart Walker @stuartwalker.bsky.social · Sep 5

Today, I saw a very wonderful and very sad exhibition at The Whitworth - The Beginnings of Knowledge by Santiago Yahuarcani, a contemporary Indigenous artist from the Peruvian Amazon. Showing in Manchester, Mexico City and Sao Paulo. A must-see show.

Stuart Walker @stuartwalker.bsky.social · Aug 26

It was a brilliant day for a hike along the Lune today. In the hamlet of Aughton, came across the cottage of one of the authors in the British Library Crime Classics series.

Litter picking on Yr Wyddfa like 'sinking ship'

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Ceritheviking @ceritheviking.bsky.social · Aug 23

Not just mountain litter.
It’s not getting better anywhere.
We are a filthy nation really.

Paul Sandars🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @paulsandars.bsky.social · Aug 23

BBC News - Mountain litter keeps coming back, volunteers say
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Campaigners say a deposit scheme for plastic, glass and cans will make a big change to litter levels.

www.bbc.com

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Stuart Walker @stuartwalker.bsky.social · Aug 20

A quarter of a century later, and declining opportunities and prospects in Morcambe, despite the promise of Eden North.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘It has echoes of happiness’: life for gen Z in the seaside town I once called home

The Guardian’s former north of England editor returned to Morecambe after 25 years to discover the place where she grew up has even fewer amenities for young people – and the feeling of being ‘left be...

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Stuart Walker @stuartwalker.bsky.social · Aug 13

Morecambe's city of sandcastles - BBC Sounds

Meet the artists on Morecambe beach taking sandcastle building to a whole new level.

Stuart Walker @stuartwalker.bsky.social · Jul 29

The Gladstone Library, Hawarden, North Wales - this beautiful Grade I building is the only residential library in Europe.

UN human rights chief criticises 'disturbing' Palestine Action ban

Stuart Walker @stuartwalker.bsky.social · Jul 25

UK government's ban on Palestine Action is a "disturbing" misuse of counter-terrorism legislation, the United Nations' human rights chief has warned.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Volker Turk urges the UK government to lift the

Research Associate (Design for Sustainability) - (8474) | Manchester Metropolitan University Careers

Stuart Walker @stuartwalker.bsky.social · Jul 9

VACANCY - DESIGN FOR SUSTAINABILITY
We're looking for a Senior #Research Associate in #Design for #Sustainability to work alongside experienced professors with a well-established research portfolio.
Location: #Manchester All Saints Campus
More details here: manmetjobs.mmu.ac.uk/jobs/vacancy...

All about Manchester Metropolitan - an exciting, modern university in the heart of one of the UK's great student cities.

manmetjobs.mmu.ac.uk

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Stuart Walker @stuartwalker.bsky.social · Jul 6

Academics are leaving the US.
The president of Aix-Marseille University likens the programme to the US welcoming academics from France during WWII
www.theguardian.com/education/20...

‘The American system is being destroyed’: academics on leaving US for ‘scientific asylum’ in France

Almost 300 researchers have applied for positions at Aix-Marseille University after Trump unleashed his attack on academia