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Tacita Quinn @tacitaquinn.bsky.social · Apr 20

Four days into our Beijing/Chengdu/Chongqing excursion - this is a view from Mount Emei, the highest sacred Buddhist mountain in mainland China

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Mar 26

The Kennedy Center terminated at least five members of its small social impact team, including its artistic director Marc Bamuthi Joseph.

It marks the first major reduction in workforce since President Donald Trump’s takeover of the center.

Kennedy Center guts social impact team; more layoffs expected

It marks the first major reduction in workforce since President Donald Trump’s takeover of the center.

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Tacita Quinn @tacitaquinn.bsky.social · Mar 26

The sun is particularly glorious today so here is your reminder to 'book that summer event' asap.

From festivals to theatre, here is my own list of things to watch out for in London:

Summer in the City – The best outdoor arts events to book for this summer

f you find yourself spending summer in the city, there's no reason to despair, you'll find a plethora of fabulous events on hand to keep you amused. And, what could be better than watching your favou...

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Eric Goldman @theericgoldman.bsky.social · Mar 24

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · Mar 20

‘A young Austen, spirited, insubordinate in her imagination and awkward with strangers, would have had good cause to question her future as a married woman.’

Freya Johnston on Jane Austen, juvenilia and marriage: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Freya Johnston · Itch to Shine: Austen’s Suitors

The main business of almost all Jane Austen’s fiction is to portray that brief period in a young woman’s life...

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Tacita Quinn @tacitaquinn.bsky.social · Mar 4

My review of 'Alterations' at the @nationaltheatre.org.uk for @londonunattached.bsky.social: "As good a chance as any to introduce yourself to Abbensetts’s lightning-paced prose. This play has the power to give you stitches, but it will be the tears that get you in the end."

Alterations at the National Theatre

Although patchy in parts, this production of Alterations is as good a chance as any to introduce yourself to Abbensetts’s lightning-paced prose. This play has the power to give you stitches, but it wi...

www.london-unattached.com

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Tacita Quinn @tacitaquinn.bsky.social · Mar 3

Loved it too! Citra was wonderful to talk to about her work

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Tacita Quinn @tacitaquinn.bsky.social · Mar 3

My most recent piece for CNN! Citra Sasmita on @ The Barbican till April 21st.

CNN @cnn.com · Feb 18

At first glance, you would be forgiven for thinking that the work of contemporary Indonesian artist Citra Sasmita was made hundreds of years ago. From afar, her embroideries and paintings could easily be mistaken for ancient scrolls depicting a vibrant and fantastical myth or legend. cnn.it/42ZkDn2

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Tacita Quinn @tacitaquinn.bsky.social · Dec 5

Thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed the read!

I agree, the BM faces questions not only about what is on display, but how they display it too

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Tom Judge @judgethefuture.bsky.social · Dec 4

I wrote about 'Rewilding in London', speaking with @ldnwildlifetrust.bsky.social and Wildlife Gardeners of Haggerston about how the new concept not usually associated with urban spaces can implemented to boost wildlife:
swlondoner.shorthandstories.com/can-london-t...

Can London truly be wild?

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Tacita Quinn @tacitaquinn.bsky.social · Dec 5

How will "the villain of all museums" approach the future?

Check out my recent piece on whether the Hew Locke exhibition is a turning point for the British Museum and their collection.

Many thanks to @poisonchallis.bsky.social and Dr Eva Miller🗃️
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Is history catching up with The British Museum?

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · Dec 3

Not a good idea for the Tories to sound like Nigel Farage, to aerate the views of Nigel Farage, while not having a single available politician who could plausibly appeal as well to that group of the electorate as Nigel Farage does IMO.

Andrew Sparrow @andrewsparrowgdn.bsky.social · Dec 3

Tories accuse PM of caving in to 'radical left' over Parthenon marbles - even though 53% of voters back their return - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

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Cristina Delgado-García @cdelgadogarcia.bsky.social · Dec 2

I've been very quiet here, but here's a great thing that happened recently: Theatre Studies at the U. of Glasgow has launched a *free* online introduction to playwriting in partnership with Playwrights' Studio, Scotland! www.futurelearn.com/courses/an-i... Do pass on to anybody interested!

Introduction to Playwriting - Online Course

In this intro course, you'll generate ideas for a play and get to know genre, drama structure, exposition, dialogue, and drafting.

www.futurelearn.com

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Best of Dying Twitter @bestofdyingtwit.bsky.social · Nov 16

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Carve Her Name @carvehername.bsky.social · Nov 15

#OnThisDay, 15 Nov 1982, at least 11 women* from Greenham Common Peace Camp in the UK are sent to prison. They'd refused to be bound over to keep the peace after occupying a sentry box on the US base.

*some sources say 23, others 11.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #BritishHistory 🗃️
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Activist Rebecca Johnson being dragged from the Greenham site by two uniformed police men. They are all white.

Photo by Ed Barber.

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Tacita Quinn @tacitaquinn.bsky.social · Nov 15

There’s nothing like sweating over the difference between council capital spending and council revenue spending is there though?

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Susie Dent @susiedent.com · Nov 15

Word of the Day, should you need it, is ‘latibulate’, a 17th-century verb meaning to find a corner somewhere and hide in it.

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Tacita Quinn @tacitaquinn.bsky.social · Nov 14

Despite having a public affairs exam tomorrow I must insist that I’m too whimsical to know what an Integrated Care Board is

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Tacita Quinn @tacitaquinn.bsky.social · Nov 13

Inaugural BlueSky post here - take a look at my thoughts on the #Burtonesque prompted by 'The World of Tim Burton' exhibition currently at the Design Museum, for CNN
edition.cnn.com/2024/10/31/s...

The enduring allure of Tim Burton’s macabre world | CNN

An exhibition explores how Burton’s otherworldly drawings, paintings, animations and films have become so iconic.

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