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Albert Weale
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Emeritus Professor of Political Theory and Public Policy, UCL. Brighton born and bred. No longer resident, but still liberal. Expressed views mine only.

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 12h
Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, versatile French sculptor, born #OTD 1714; patronised by Louis XV, his more decorative early works such as Mercury (1753) contrast with the later compelling realism of Voltaire Nu (1776).
Musée du Louvre

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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 22h
We are pleased to announce that Democratic Theory is now on Bluesky -

@democratictheory.bsky.social

All articles accepted for publication from 2026 onwards in Democratic Theory will be #OpenAccess.
Banner for "Democratic Theory" featuring stylized arrows in orange, green and pink, with the hashtag #OpenAccess on a grey background.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 22h
First ladies of Ukraine, Lithuania and Poland today in Lithuania

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 23h
Former German chancellor Schröder urges Europe to stop “demonizing” Russia and resume buying its energy.

“Russia is not a country of barbarians, but a country with great culture and deep historical ties to Germany.”

Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry responds: “Are the rubles still dripping?”

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 1d
‘The Metropolitan Archbishop of Kraków decided that throughout the archdiocese, the church money collection from Sunday, February 1, would be allocated to aid for Ukraine. He has already purchased the first generator with his own funds.”

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 1d
”My heart's in the highlands, my heart is not here...”
Robert Burns, national poet of Scotland, born #OTD 1759.
‘Lost portrait’ by Sir Henry Raeburn, 1803, unveiled at National Galleries of Scotland #BurnsNight #AuldLangSyne
Blackie House Museum & Library | Dr Bendor Grosvenor

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 1d
The sceptical chemist: Robert Boyle, Anglo-Irish natural philosopher, a founder of modern chemistry & of the Royal Society, known for his landmark work of 1661, and Boyle's law; born at Lismore Castle, Cork #OTD 1627.
The Shannon Portrait by Johann Kerseboom 1689, Science History Institute

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 1d
Rembrandt as a Shepherd with Staff and Flute: portrait painted in 1636 by one of Rembrandt’s accomplished pupils, Govaert Flinck, Dutch artist, born #OTD 1615.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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American Association of Wine Economists AAWE @wineecon.bsky.social · 1d
Fidel Castro and Nikita Khrushchev drinking wine from a drinking horn in the Soviet Republic of Georgia, 1963.

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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 1d
The hope was that public video would make law enforcement think twice, resting on the naive idea that we're dealing with generally law-abiding officers. ICE beats people up and kills in full knowledge they're being filmed. They have lethal impunity.

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Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety.bsky.social · 2d
Rabbits gambol as symbols of fertility in this altarpiece by Giovanni de Paolo, depicting not only the carnal sinners Adam and Eve’s expulsion from Paradise but also the Annunciation, where the Virgin hears the news of her impending motherhood
(1435, NGA, Washington)

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 2d
Kharkiv 🇺🇦 endured nearly 2.5 hours of a massive attack with 25 Shahed 'suicide bombers'. The strikes hit residential and multi-story buildings, private sector, two hospitals. There are 25 injured people.

All services are working on the scene - rescuers, medics, police, utility workers, volunteers.

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 2d
Klimop / Ivy, 1665-1719, by #AlidaWithoos (Dutch, 1660/2-1730), who was married #otd, Jan 23. Held by Amsterdam Museum, am.adlibhosting.com/Details/muse... #womenartists #artherstory #hernaturalhistory
A drawing of a stalk of a plant with green leaves and orange, tubelike flowers. At the bottom left is the calligraphed label "Klimop"; in the bottom right corner is the name of the artist in calligraphy.

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 3d
Un bar aux Folies-Bergère: a young barmaid serves a customer at the brightly lit balcony bar, and is reflected in the mirrored space; last major work (1882), by Édouard Manet, born #OTD 1832; first modernist painter, who revolutionised art in technique and subject matter.
Courtauld Gallery London

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American Association of Wine Economists AAWE @wineecon.bsky.social · 3d
Albrecht Dürer (German 1471-1528) "The Great Piece of Turf" is a watercolor painting by Albrecht Dürer created at his Nuremberg workshop in 1503. It is a study of a seemingly unordered group of wild plants. The work is considered one of the masterpieces of Dürer's realistic nature studies.

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 4d
“She walks in beauty, like the night,
Of cloudless climes and starry skies,
And all that’s best of dark and bright,
Meet in her aspect and her eyes.”
Lord Byron, English Romantic poet, born #OTD 1788.
Portrait by Richard Westall 1813, National Portrait Gallery London

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 4d
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, influential German Enlightenment dramatist, critic & philosopher, born #OTD 1729; champion of Shakespeare, friend of Goethe, influenced development of German literature and drama.
Portrait 1768 by Anna Rosina de Gasc, Gleimhaus Halberstadt

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 4d
“No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent...And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.”
John Donne, English metaphysical poet, Dean of St Paul’s London; born #OTD 1572.
Portrait after Isaac Oliver, National Portrait Gallery London

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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 4d
As great powers abandon rules and values for their own interests, middle powers like Canada have a choice: compete with each other for favour or act together with impact.

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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 5d
They say time heals yet, every day, I become even angrier with the fools and liars who promoted Brexit. And not a word of contrition from them. And I’m even more angry with those who say we can make Brexit work. Either they are fools or they think I am
lewisgoodall.com Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 5d
Meanwhile, Britain finds itself lost between two worlds. We were told we didn’t need Europe, we could rely on the transatlantic relationship. They couldn’t have been more wrong.

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Vaughan Williams Foundation @vwfndn.bsky.social · 5d
A thought for composers from RVW! 🎼

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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 5d
A handful of billionaires have redesigned our politics for their own profit.

We keep watching, we keep scrolling, we keep fighting — and they keep getting richer.

Fight the system, not your neighbor.

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The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 7d
The Trump administration has discussed offering asylum to Britain’s Jewish population, a lawyer for the president has said.

Robert Garson, Trump’s personal lawyer, said that the UK was “no longer a safe place for Jews” ⬇️
Trump lawyer says US discussed offering asylum to British Jews
Trump lawyer says US discussed offering asylum to British Jews
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Vaughan Williams Foundation @vwfndn.bsky.social · 7d
The ashes of Ralph Vaughan Williams and his second wife Ursula, are buried in the north choir aisle of Westminster Abbey, near the graves of Herbert Howells and Charles Villiers Stanford. All the music played at his burial service was selected according to his known wish.

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 7d
"Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace".

It's not said often enough what a very small man Trump is.

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The Royal Institute of Philosophy @triphilosophy.bsky.social · 7d
How have ideas of relational equality developed in the past 100 years? ⚖️

Don't miss this forthcoming #London #Lecture by TRIP President @jowolff.bsky.social, Social Equality: Then and Now.

🎟️ Get tickets here: buff.ly/WQ4gFXS

#politicalphilosophy #socialequality #philosophy

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 7d
Focus at the moment is on the prospect of a trade war but the US's real leverage over Europe is security. Both in support for Ukraine but also in maintanence + support of militaries/intellingence.

This could spiral in very ugly ways.

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 7d
some background on Reform UK’s latest Tory defector

www.ft.com/content/e5cc...

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 7d
Father of modern art: Paul Cézanne, French post-impressionist artist, born #OTD 1839; influenced Matisse, Picasso, Les Nabis; his Still Life with Fruit bowl, 1879-80, owned by Gauguin, was featured in Hommage à Cézanne, by Maurice Denis 1901.
Museum of Modern Art New York | Musée d’Orsay

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 7d
James Watt, Scottish engineer & inventor, whose improved steam engine powered the Industrial Revolution, born in January 1736.
Portrait by James Eckford Lauder, 1855, National Galleries of Scotland