Dr Susan Jones
@susandrjonesarts.bsky.social
Independent arts researcher and commentator on artists’ livelihoods and arts policy interrelations www.padwickjonesarts.co.uk
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I was honoured to have Owen Kelly's consideration of my research 'Artists' lives: ecologies for resilience' as a MIAAW podcast. He describes the research's value as 'a detailed analysis of the lives #artists lead when #culture is seen as an industry".
Listen at podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...
Listen at podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...
On 3 Nov @starandshadow.bsky.social I'm contributing insight from my independent longitudinal, qualitative study of artists' lives to Artists' Graft. Other speakers are Kat Bevan, Theresa Easton, Dr Ewan McKenzie and Dr Tom Hopkin. Part of ESRC's Festival of Social Science 'Our working lives'.
October 20, 2025 at 3:48 PM
On 3 Nov @starandshadow.bsky.social I'm contributing insight from my independent longitudinal, qualitative study of artists' lives to Artists' Graft. Other speakers are Kat Bevan, Theresa Easton, Dr Ewan McKenzie and Dr Tom Hopkin. Part of ESRC's Festival of Social Science 'Our working lives'.
I was honoured to have Owen Kelly's consideration of my research 'Artists' lives: ecologies for resilience' as a MIAAW podcast. He describes the research's value as 'a detailed analysis of the lives #artists lead when #culture is seen as an industry".
Listen at podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...
Listen at podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...
October 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I was honoured to have Owen Kelly's consideration of my research 'Artists' lives: ecologies for resilience' as a MIAAW podcast. He describes the research's value as 'a detailed analysis of the lives #artists lead when #culture is seen as an industry".
Listen at podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...
Listen at podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...
Heads up for #Word365 users working independently! Here's how to avoid Word365 Microsoft increased subs for (the pretty irritating and largely unnecessary I've found) #Copilot #AI tool, follow instructions in this link to revert to cheaper Classic version.
www.itregulators.com/blog/microso...
www.itregulators.com/blog/microso...
Microsoft 365 charges for AI: Here’s how to opt out for Microsoft 365 Classic
Learn how to avoid the extra charges from Microsoft 365's Copilot feature and switch to Microsoft 365 Classic. Save money with this easy guide to opt-out of Copilot and continue with a traditional Mic...
www.itregulators.com
September 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Heads up for #Word365 users working independently! Here's how to avoid Word365 Microsoft increased subs for (the pretty irritating and largely unnecessary I've found) #Copilot #AI tool, follow instructions in this link to revert to cheaper Classic version.
www.itregulators.com/blog/microso...
www.itregulators.com/blog/microso...
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Starmer has always been better in opposition than when leading. Now that it *feels* like he’s opposition again maybe that’s the trick to keep him saying the right thing?
NEW - A punchy Keir Starmer at cabinet condemns the violence at Saturday's march "led by a convicted criminal" saying they had "sent a chill through the spines of people around the country, and particularly many ethnic minority Britons."
September 16, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Starmer has always been better in opposition than when leading. Now that it *feels* like he’s opposition again maybe that’s the trick to keep him saying the right thing?
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💶 Shape the future look of the euro!
The European Central Bank has launched a design contest for new euro banknotes with two themes:
🖼️ European Culture
🐦 R️ivers & Birds
Open to designers across the EU, submit your ideas by 18 August 12:00 CET
→ europa.eu/!cWfmdT
The European Central Bank has launched a design contest for new euro banknotes with two themes:
🖼️ European Culture
🐦 R️ivers & Birds
Open to designers across the EU, submit your ideas by 18 August 12:00 CET
→ europa.eu/!cWfmdT
August 6, 2025 at 7:03 AM
💶 Shape the future look of the euro!
The European Central Bank has launched a design contest for new euro banknotes with two themes:
🖼️ European Culture
🐦 R️ivers & Birds
Open to designers across the EU, submit your ideas by 18 August 12:00 CET
→ europa.eu/!cWfmdT
The European Central Bank has launched a design contest for new euro banknotes with two themes:
🖼️ European Culture
🐦 R️ivers & Birds
Open to designers across the EU, submit your ideas by 18 August 12:00 CET
→ europa.eu/!cWfmdT
Artists' lives: ecologies for resilience 2025 is now completed.
33,440 words
84pp
14 #artists' stories
If #artistslivelihoods is a research topic close to your own heart I'd be delighted to send you a personal copy. Just send me a DM.
33,440 words
84pp
14 #artists' stories
If #artistslivelihoods is a research topic close to your own heart I'd be delighted to send you a personal copy. Just send me a DM.
July 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Artists' lives: ecologies for resilience 2025 is now completed.
33,440 words
84pp
14 #artists' stories
If #artistslivelihoods is a research topic close to your own heart I'd be delighted to send you a personal copy. Just send me a DM.
33,440 words
84pp
14 #artists' stories
If #artistslivelihoods is a research topic close to your own heart I'd be delighted to send you a personal copy. Just send me a DM.
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Very essential reading.
'Too often, government is looking for one answer to a problem that it can scale; the perfect pilot that can make a difference everywhere. It still sees change as an industrial process.' Electric blog from Vidhya Alakeson, Deputy Chief of Staff to the PM www.powertochange.org.uk/evidence-and...
The leaders who make things happen: lessons in governing from community business - Power to Change
Community businesses drive change where it matters most—locally. From leading Power to Change to advising Number 10, Vidhya Alakeson knows more than most th ...
www.powertochange.org.uk
July 24, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Very essential reading.
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Trump’s birthright citizenship order struck down again in new legal challenge
Trump’s birthright citizenship order struck down again in new legal challenge
www.independent.co.uk
July 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Trump’s birthright citizenship order struck down again in new legal challenge
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Has anyone senior in Labour considered telling people Reform is wrong? And why they are wrong. And what a threat they are to the NHS, to national security? That Farage seeks divide us, *he* is the threat to our institutions? Anyone? Anyone got *any confidence* in who they are at all? It's pathetic
May 11, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Has anyone senior in Labour considered telling people Reform is wrong? And why they are wrong. And what a threat they are to the NHS, to national security? That Farage seeks divide us, *he* is the threat to our institutions? Anyone? Anyone got *any confidence* in who they are at all? It's pathetic
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Todays doodle is a bit dark, stop chasing reform & back to pledges!!
The lowest turnout of voters 30% reform 777 out of 18,645 2nd lowest of any party.
The reason they won anything is apathy for the current parties
opencouncildata.co.uk
#art #oc #traditionalart #sketch #reform #politics #starmer
The lowest turnout of voters 30% reform 777 out of 18,645 2nd lowest of any party.
The reason they won anything is apathy for the current parties
opencouncildata.co.uk
#art #oc #traditionalart #sketch #reform #politics #starmer
May 4, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Todays doodle is a bit dark, stop chasing reform & back to pledges!!
The lowest turnout of voters 30% reform 777 out of 18,645 2nd lowest of any party.
The reason they won anything is apathy for the current parties
opencouncildata.co.uk
#art #oc #traditionalart #sketch #reform #politics #starmer
The lowest turnout of voters 30% reform 777 out of 18,645 2nd lowest of any party.
The reason they won anything is apathy for the current parties
opencouncildata.co.uk
#art #oc #traditionalart #sketch #reform #politics #starmer
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Dear YouTube,
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May 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Dear YouTube,
🗣️ Share, comment, and let us know: How do we protect cultural work in a system that can’t always recognise its value? Also, feel free to tag @youtube
✍️ See more information here: buff.ly/rlSpiS7, or read the open letter here: buff.ly/dSVlpb0
🗣️ Share, comment, and let us know: How do we protect cultural work in a system that can’t always recognise its value? Also, feel free to tag @youtube
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This was stunningly worrying to hear - as was the real possibility of losing democracy in the US. The consequences are unimaginable
US historian Stephen Hahn tells Matt Frei that Donald Trump is "hoping to have a real confrontation which might allow him to declare a national emergency and then rule truly as an autocrat."
Read and watch:
Read and watch:
‘Illiberalism is part of American tradition,’ says US historian
The Trump administration's deportation of citizens with a legal right to be in the US, defiance of federal law and campaign against the universities may have shocked many.
www.channel4.com
April 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
This was stunningly worrying to hear - as was the real possibility of losing democracy in the US. The consequences are unimaginable
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I was one of the first founders of the Culture Declares Emergency, which over 6 years has grown to c.2000 organisations & individuals committed to addressing the Earth Crisis through Culture. In that time, we've never asked individuals to donate. Until now! donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
Arts and Culture for a just & flourishing Earth – Big Give
Culture has the power to reach hearts, change minds and drive action. Culture Declares Emergency (CDE UK) - hosted by The Movements Trust - supports the cultural sector in inspiring and mobilising co...
donate.biggive.org
April 23, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I was one of the first founders of the Culture Declares Emergency, which over 6 years has grown to c.2000 organisations & individuals committed to addressing the Earth Crisis through Culture. In that time, we've never asked individuals to donate. Until now! donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
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Please sign this.
April 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Please sign this.
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A must-watch from the great @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
— the Trump-broligarchy are staging a global coup, and they have more information on more of us than the Stasi ever did.
But we can fight back. We must.
youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE
— the Trump-broligarchy are staging a global coup, and they have more information on more of us than the Stasi ever did.
But we can fight back. We must.
youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE
This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like | Carole Cadwalladr | TED
YouTube video by TED
youtu.be
April 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
A must-watch from the great @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
— the Trump-broligarchy are staging a global coup, and they have more information on more of us than the Stasi ever did.
But we can fight back. We must.
youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE
— the Trump-broligarchy are staging a global coup, and they have more information on more of us than the Stasi ever did.
But we can fight back. We must.
youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE
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Arts Council England DYCP access requests open today, can take 5 working days to sign off.
But wow look at that Project Grants lead-in time now 😵💫 Factor this in if you’re hoping to apply any time soon!
But wow look at that Project Grants lead-in time now 😵💫 Factor this in if you’re hoping to apply any time soon!
April 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Arts Council England DYCP access requests open today, can take 5 working days to sign off.
But wow look at that Project Grants lead-in time now 😵💫 Factor this in if you’re hoping to apply any time soon!
But wow look at that Project Grants lead-in time now 😵💫 Factor this in if you’re hoping to apply any time soon!
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**SIGNED COPIES** of Who Wants Normal? are now available to pre-order online from @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social as a limited edition.
If you’re on a low income or housebound, you’ll also get free postage nationwide.
Get yours here: fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/product/who-...
If you’re on a low income or housebound, you’ll also get free postage nationwide.
Get yours here: fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/product/who-...
April 14, 2025 at 11:36 AM
**SIGNED COPIES** of Who Wants Normal? are now available to pre-order online from @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social as a limited edition.
If you’re on a low income or housebound, you’ll also get free postage nationwide.
Get yours here: fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/product/who-...
If you’re on a low income or housebound, you’ll also get free postage nationwide.
Get yours here: fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/product/who-...
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I just attended a conference in the US. We had one speaker detained and two others turned away at the border.
There are great conferences and science in the US, but with the way things are right now, it’s too risky to attend.
Australian academics refuse to attend US conferences for fear of being detained
‘When academics fear travelling or partnering with US institutions, the impacts ripple through the entire global knowledge ecosystem,’ one says
www.theguardian.com
April 13, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I just attended a conference in the US. We had one speaker detained and two others turned away at the border.
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Could you do with £10k for some humanities or social science research? We’ve opened the call for our small grants. These are assessed using partial randomisation - after applications meet our quality threshold awards are allocated at random, reducing bias
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/ba-l...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/ba-l...
British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants
The BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants are available to support primary research in the humanities and social sciences. These awards, up to £10,000 in value and tenable for up to 24 months, are provi...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
April 11, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Could you do with £10k for some humanities or social science research? We’ve opened the call for our small grants. These are assessed using partial randomisation - after applications meet our quality threshold awards are allocated at random, reducing bias
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/ba-l...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/ba-l...
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In an infringement of copyright & total disregard for my livelihood, many of my academic publications have been taken without my consent to train AI. I stand with the @Soc_of_Authors Action.
Pls sign & share this petition to protect authors' rights: www.change.org/p/protect-au...
Pls sign & share this petition to protect authors' rights: www.change.org/p/protect-au...
Sign the Petition
Protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training
www.change.org
April 4, 2025 at 7:37 PM
In an infringement of copyright & total disregard for my livelihood, many of my academic publications have been taken without my consent to train AI. I stand with the @Soc_of_Authors Action.
Pls sign & share this petition to protect authors' rights: www.change.org/p/protect-au...
Pls sign & share this petition to protect authors' rights: www.change.org/p/protect-au...
Take note then @artscouncilengland.bsky.social when fixing yr #dycp budget allocation as % of Grant in aid to give many more low income #artists at #grassroots a genuine chance to dream #ecologiesforartistsresilience @lisanandymp.bsky.social
Our latest analysis projects that the disposable income of a working-age household on a typical income will fall by 1 per cent – or £400 – in real-terms this financial year, while households across the poorest half of the country are set for an even sharper 2 per cent fall (equivalent to £300).
April 4, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Take note then @artscouncilengland.bsky.social when fixing yr #dycp budget allocation as % of Grant in aid to give many more low income #artists at #grassroots a genuine chance to dream #ecologiesforartistsresilience @lisanandymp.bsky.social
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The memes have been great.
April 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The memes have been great.
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In common with basically every other author, my work has been stolen by Meta and fed - against my will, and without compensation - into its AI monstrosity.
I'm asking Meta: Do the Write Thing. Make it Fair.
Join the @societyofauthors.bsky.social's campaign, and stand with human creativity.
I'm asking Meta: Do the Write Thing. Make it Fair.
Join the @societyofauthors.bsky.social's campaign, and stand with human creativity.
April 3, 2025 at 9:20 AM
In common with basically every other author, my work has been stolen by Meta and fed - against my will, and without compensation - into its AI monstrosity.
I'm asking Meta: Do the Write Thing. Make it Fair.
Join the @societyofauthors.bsky.social's campaign, and stand with human creativity.
I'm asking Meta: Do the Write Thing. Make it Fair.
Join the @societyofauthors.bsky.social's campaign, and stand with human creativity.
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“It is much more satisfactory to give a child real hammers, nails, pincers, screwdrivers, saws and gimlets” (1971)
Artist: Harry Wingfield
Artist: Harry Wingfield
March 31, 2025 at 7:13 PM
“It is much more satisfactory to give a child real hammers, nails, pincers, screwdrivers, saws and gimlets” (1971)
Artist: Harry Wingfield
Artist: Harry Wingfield