A.M.J. Walker
@amjw.bsky.social
A dad learning to paint, 18 months in. Ex sound designer.
🇬🇧🇩🇪🇦🇹🇱🇰
London Vienna NYC Colombo
https://amjw.carrd.co
🇬🇧🇩🇪🇦🇹🇱🇰
London Vienna NYC Colombo
https://amjw.carrd.co
Bath time. Oil on canvas. 150x200cm.
October 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Bath time. Oil on canvas. 150x200cm.
Work in progress. ‘Bath time’. Oil on canvas. 200x150cm. Detail.
October 4, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Work in progress. ‘Bath time’. Oil on canvas. 200x150cm. Detail.
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Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
Anselm Kiefer in Kiefer / Van Gogh at the Royal Academy
September 16, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Anselm Kiefer in Kiefer / Van Gogh at the Royal Academy
Proud parenting moment: blasting Coltrane’s Giant Steps in the car, when it comes to an end my 2yo pipes up from the backseat “again!”
August 30, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Proud parenting moment: blasting Coltrane’s Giant Steps in the car, when it comes to an end my 2yo pipes up from the backseat “again!”
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About a sixth of the public endorse very extreme views on making legal/settled migrants leave & then follow up on the specifics. (This overlaps with the 8% who say they support violence in protests & liked the riots, so it should be challenged, not indulged)
August 5, 2025 at 9:25 AM
About a sixth of the public endorse very extreme views on making legal/settled migrants leave & then follow up on the specifics. (This overlaps with the 8% who say they support violence in protests & liked the riots, so it should be challenged, not indulged)
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Sunday Morning. Oil on linen. Private collection.
I think this is the only time I've had an image of how I wanted a painting to be in my imagination and managed to create it. Usually my paintings kind of find themselves. I love the sleepy smokiness of it.
I think this is the only time I've had an image of how I wanted a painting to be in my imagination and managed to create it. Usually my paintings kind of find themselves. I love the sleepy smokiness of it.
November 24, 2024 at 8:31 AM
Sunday Morning. Oil on linen. Private collection.
I think this is the only time I've had an image of how I wanted a painting to be in my imagination and managed to create it. Usually my paintings kind of find themselves. I love the sleepy smokiness of it.
I think this is the only time I've had an image of how I wanted a painting to be in my imagination and managed to create it. Usually my paintings kind of find themselves. I love the sleepy smokiness of it.
My latest painting. A study of childhood ephemera.
May 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
My latest painting. A study of childhood ephemera.
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"Migrants.... are overall more likely to be in work and have slightly higher wages. It follows almost automatically that their short-term impact is to boost, not reduce, GDP per capita. Indeed, that’s exactly what the ONS says.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There’s one slight issue with Labour’s immigration plans: they’re completely untethered from reality | Jonathan Portes
The government’s new policy will take us back to an uglier, more dangerous place – and it’s not even supported by the data, says professor of public policy Jonathan Portes
www.theguardian.com
May 14, 2025 at 7:00 AM
"Migrants.... are overall more likely to be in work and have slightly higher wages. It follows almost automatically that their short-term impact is to boost, not reduce, GDP per capita. Indeed, that’s exactly what the ONS says.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Extraordinary and chilling moment at the UN. Relief chief Tom Fletcher accuses Israel of using starvation “as a bargaining chip.” Urges the Security Council to act decisively to prevent genocide in Gaza.
May 14, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Extraordinary and chilling moment at the UN. Relief chief Tom Fletcher accuses Israel of using starvation “as a bargaining chip.” Urges the Security Council to act decisively to prevent genocide in Gaza.
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So tired of all this. There's zero evidence that more punishing terms of entry discourages entry. But it does hamper life chances, child poverty, productivity and integration.
May 8, 2025 at 8:17 AM
So tired of all this. There's zero evidence that more punishing terms of entry discourages entry. But it does hamper life chances, child poverty, productivity and integration.
Jenny Saville at the Albertina in Vienna
May 5, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Jenny Saville at the Albertina in Vienna
Celia Paul @ Victoria Miro
April 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Celia Paul @ Victoria Miro
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Russian internet users searched for “Michael Stürzenberger stabbed” before the knife attack on him in Mannheim, Germany, in May 2024. 1/5
April 8, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Russian internet users searched for “Michael Stürzenberger stabbed” before the knife attack on him in Mannheim, Germany, in May 2024. 1/5
Philosopher study. Karl Popper. Oil pastel on paper. Did this one last year.
April 7, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Philosopher study. Karl Popper. Oil pastel on paper. Did this one last year.
Noah Davis @ the Barbican. Wonderful exhibition. Catch it if you can.
April 5, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Noah Davis @ the Barbican. Wonderful exhibition. Catch it if you can.
Brasil! Brasil! @ the RA
April 5, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Brasil! Brasil! @ the RA
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There's absolutely no evidence to support Starmer's claim. Overall immigration increases wages. Where there are negative impacts it tends to be on lowest paid 5%, overwhelmingly existing migrants. In terms of undocumented migrants there is no evidence of impact wages due to nature of employment. 1/
I have not seen such a blatant anti-immigrant statement based on falsehoods, pitting people against people, in some time. Statement made by Keir Starmer at today’s immigration summit.
April 1, 2025 at 8:47 PM
There's absolutely no evidence to support Starmer's claim. Overall immigration increases wages. Where there are negative impacts it tends to be on lowest paid 5%, overwhelmingly existing migrants. In terms of undocumented migrants there is no evidence of impact wages due to nature of employment. 1/
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*head desk*
*endless screaming*
*Gen X face*
*endless screaming*
*Gen X face*
February 5, 2025 at 9:34 AM
*head desk*
*endless screaming*
*Gen X face*
*endless screaming*
*Gen X face*
I started teaching myself to paint about ten months ago. This is my latest. Self portrait, oil on wooden panel.
January 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I started teaching myself to paint about ten months ago. This is my latest. Self portrait, oil on wooden panel.
Last week of the Van Gogh exhibition at the National Gallery.
January 17, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Last week of the Van Gogh exhibition at the National Gallery.
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The fact that we appear to treat Russian attempts at sabotage, assassination and murder as somehow less significant than other forms of terror is baffling to me.
Attempting to blow a plane up in mid-air is bad regardless of whether the ones responsible are doing it for Putinism or Wahhabism.
Attempting to blow a plane up in mid-air is bad regardless of whether the ones responsible are doing it for Putinism or Wahhabism.
This is one of those stories that I keep thinking will get bigger and bigger but which no-one outside of small security circles is talking about much...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
Photos of Birmingham DHL fire suggest device could have downed plane
Images consistent with fire from magnesium-based device, suspected to be part of Russian sabotage plot
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2024 at 11:27 AM
The fact that we appear to treat Russian attempts at sabotage, assassination and murder as somehow less significant than other forms of terror is baffling to me.
Attempting to blow a plane up in mid-air is bad regardless of whether the ones responsible are doing it for Putinism or Wahhabism.
Attempting to blow a plane up in mid-air is bad regardless of whether the ones responsible are doing it for Putinism or Wahhabism.
David Hockney lithographs at Halcyon Gallery, New Bond Street
November 19, 2024 at 5:25 PM
David Hockney lithographs at Halcyon Gallery, New Bond Street
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Russia officially started massively conscripting 🇺🇦youth on territories occupied after 2022. Young men from occupied part of Zaporizhzhya region were officially sent to serve in 🇷🇺Armed Forces. This is what the West underestimates: occupation of 🇺🇦land will add mobilization resources for RU
November 19, 2024 at 8:04 AM
Russia officially started massively conscripting 🇺🇦youth on territories occupied after 2022. Young men from occupied part of Zaporizhzhya region were officially sent to serve in 🇷🇺Armed Forces. This is what the West underestimates: occupation of 🇺🇦land will add mobilization resources for RU
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#r4today already getting it wrong in its coverage from Turkey:
1) Turkey has never been "welcoming" to refugees. The EU paid it, a lot, to prevent people reaching its borders, and Turkey has been shown to repeatedly abuse them.
2) Refugees are not "illegal". Nothing about what they do is illegal.
1) Turkey has never been "welcoming" to refugees. The EU paid it, a lot, to prevent people reaching its borders, and Turkey has been shown to repeatedly abuse them.
2) Refugees are not "illegal". Nothing about what they do is illegal.
November 18, 2024 at 6:14 AM
#r4today already getting it wrong in its coverage from Turkey:
1) Turkey has never been "welcoming" to refugees. The EU paid it, a lot, to prevent people reaching its borders, and Turkey has been shown to repeatedly abuse them.
2) Refugees are not "illegal". Nothing about what they do is illegal.
1) Turkey has never been "welcoming" to refugees. The EU paid it, a lot, to prevent people reaching its borders, and Turkey has been shown to repeatedly abuse them.
2) Refugees are not "illegal". Nothing about what they do is illegal.