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Dinah Winch @dinahw.bsky.social · Aug 13

Back at the Proms for an exciting programme: Varese's Intégrales, a world permiere of
Anna Thorvaldsdottir's Before we fall (Cello Concerto), Bolero, as fresh as the first time I heard it (it makes such a difference to see the instruments), and Rite of Spring.

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Dinah Winch @dinahw.bsky.social · Jul 21

Bayes has followed me around through my career but I don't think I'll find a Bevis Marks connection. Very interesting story if you don't know about the Somers Town estate. www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/2531696...

The little-known London 'fairy tale estate' that was decorated by a famous artist

Louise Choo from Camden Guides explores sculptor Gilbert Bayes and his links to Somers Town.

www.hamhigh.co.uk

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Dinah Winch @dinahw.bsky.social · Jun 17

This is cheering stuff, I think despite everything a lot of things do still work well. Our fantastic museums crop up regularly but of course to keep working they need ongoing investment.

Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · Jun 16

So,as a little thought-experiment, tell me something about the United Kingdom that works well and is actually quite impressive. I am not trying to sound like some boosterish politician. I just genuinely believe that making people believe that all is lost is a convenient pretext for shady characters.

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LivePaola @livepaola.bsky.social · Jun 5

Every time I hear “women are too emotional to be President/CEO/Commander-in-Chief/etc.” I’ll think of these guys and laugh to tears

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · Jun 5

I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · Jun 5

Breaking news: The sell-off erased $153bn from Tesla’s value, the biggest one-day drop in the electric-car company’s market capitalisation on record, and comes as Donald Trump threatens he will terminate US government contracts with Musk’s companies. www.ft.com/content/a14f...

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Dinah Winch @dinahw.bsky.social · Jun 3

@basbleu.bsky.social good to see Julie B's obit today Susan Brownmiller obituary www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

Susan Brownmiller obituary

Feminist writer and activist whose 1975 book Against Our Will revolutionised attitudes to rape

www.theguardian.com

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Dinah Winch @dinahw.bsky.social · Jun 2

Good piece from @sundersays.bsky.social

Indy Voices @independentvoices.bsky.social · May 30

Nobody understands what ‘global majority’ means – so let’s not use it, argues Sunder Katwala www.independent.co.uk/voices/globa...

Nobody understands what ‘global majority’ means – so let’s not use it

As a survey of ethnic minority Britons finds that the term, popular in progressive and academic circles, is used by just 7 per cent of the people it is meant to include, Sunder Katwala says it erases ...

www.independent.co.uk

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Dinah Winch @dinahw.bsky.social · Jun 2

1 June walk, felt like summer.

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Dinah Winch @dinahw.bsky.social · Jun 1

Susan Brownmiller, Who Reshaped Views About Rape, Dies at 90 www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/b... has no British paper published an obituary?!

Susan Brownmiller, Who Reshaped Views About Rape, Dies at 90

www.nytimes.com

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Yair Rosenberg @yair-rosenberg.bsky.social · May 22

I wrote about the shooting at the Jewish museum in DC, the stories people tell to justify anti-Semitism, and the choice that America faces in this moment. Gift link:

A Dangerous Disguise for Anti-Semitism

The suspect who allegedly shot and killed two Israeli-embassy aides invoked the Palestinian struggle as a pretext to harm Jews.

www.theatlantic.com

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Dinah Winch @dinahw.bsky.social · May 21

I'm hiring to join our fantastic new team at Bevis Marks Synagogue Heritage Foundation!

GEM (Group for Education in Museums) @gem.org.uk · May 21

New #job Community Engagement and Volunteer Coordinator at Bevis Marks Synagogue Heritage Foundation #London

Apply before Mon 16 June 2025. More details here: gem.org.uk/jobs/communi...

#GEMJobs #museumjobs #heritagejobs #museumlearning #communityengagement

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Dinah Winch @dinahw.bsky.social · May 17

Its diversity was so rooted in female experience (I didn't think the Ravilious works really added anything). Very enjoyable!

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Dinah Winch @dinahw.bsky.social · May 17

Have you seen it Barbara?

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Dinah Winch @dinahw.bsky.social · May 17

I caught the Tirzah Garwood show at Dulwich Picture Gallery which closes next weekend - as well as paintings, prints, embroidery & a patchwork quilt, there is a fabulous group of marbled papers that she made in the 30s & sold commercially for book binders, and interior design uses like lampshades.

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Dinah Winch @dinahw.bsky.social · May 16

Initially established by Lady Rothschild to support the children of Jewish refugees fleeing the Eastern European pogroms they grew to become central to Jewish life in the East End in the middle of the 20th century. At their peak 200 young people an evening went to their activities.

Dinah Winch @dinahw.bsky.social · May 16

I had never heard of Brady Clubs until I saw the fascinating film One Pair of Eyes in which Georgia Brown goes back to Whitechapel where she grew up. An exhibition of photographs, rescued from a skip, is now at Tower Hamlets archive www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p00t3mkz

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · May 9

#OnThisDay in 1785 Joseph Bramah invented the beer pump handle, cheers! 🍻

In Experience Barnsley you can see a couple of objects by Barnsley's most prolific inventor; a fire pump and one of his unpickable locks.

Joseph Bramah's fire engine in the entrance to the town hall

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Clay Harris 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 💉💉💉💉💉💉💉 😷 @mudlarklives.bsky.social · May 10

Via @thegentleauthor.bsky.social, @dinahw.bsky.social: Firefighter Artists Of The Blitz spitalfieldslife.com/2025/05/10/f...

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Dinah Winch @dinahw.bsky.social · May 8

Wonderful!

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Amos Schonfield @ajschonfield.bsky.social · May 2

The local authority that is responsible for caring for the highest number of unaccompanied asylum seeking children across England is now led by Reform.

Kent Current @kentcurrent.news · May 2

Final Kent County Council result:

Reform: 57 (+57)
Lib Dems: 12 (+6)
Conservative: 5 (-57)
Green: 5 (+1)
Labour: 2 (-5)

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Dinah Winch @dinahw.bsky.social · May 2

Don't know how I jumped the queue! I am enjoying it. Many congratulations!

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Dinah Winch @dinahw.bsky.social · May 1

Lovely delivery this morning, essays in honour of Bernard Capp, my D.Phil external examiner. Looking forward to reading it @angelamcshane.bsky.social

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Dinah Winch @dinahw.bsky.social · Apr 18

Love them! We used to have them for special occasions when I was a child, no idea why we don't make them any more.

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Dinah Winch @dinahw.bsky.social · Apr 16

Not sure I follow - I and all the Americans I know live here because we have commitments here (family/jobs) and generally love it. And we pay UK accountants handsomely to sort our tax returns.

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Dinah Winch @dinahw.bsky.social · Apr 13

That is wonderful.