Dr John Wright
@johnwrightart.bsky.social
Lecturer in Cultural and Creative Industries at the University of Leeds (he/him). Interested in place, culture, policy and ecological thinking.
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What do we know about the relationship between cultural heritage, environments and place?
Our latest research digest explores the current evidence base and recent research from two emerging fields: cultural ecosystems services and green heritage.
www.culturehive.co.uk/CVIresources...
Our latest research digest explores the current evidence base and recent research from two emerging fields: cultural ecosystems services and green heritage.
www.culturehive.co.uk/CVIresources...
Research Digest: Environmental Heritage and Place - CultureHive
This research digest draws together the current research on the relationship between cultural heritage, environments and place.
www.culturehive.co.uk
It was a great privilege to work with Dr Nina White on this digest and everyone @valuingculture.bsky.social There is vital work to be done in this space not just from researchers but from policymakers, heritage orgs and all those involved in ecological approaches to sustainable development.
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This week on Wonkhe: Cutting student immigration won't win votes and won't improve the economy. James Coe urges the government to learn the right lessons from May's local elections and he thinks universities can help.
Labour is learning the wrong lessons from Reform on immigration
Cutting student immigration won't win votes and won't improve the economy. James Coe urges the government to learn the right lessons from May's local elections and he thinks universities can help.
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May 10, 2025 at 9:00 AM
This week on Wonkhe: Cutting student immigration won't win votes and won't improve the economy. James Coe urges the government to learn the right lessons from May's local elections and he thinks universities can help.
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Trump’s attack on the film industry is a sign of xenophobic contempt | Jesse Hassenger
Trump’s attack on the film industry is a sign of xenophobic contempt | Jesse Hassenger
By insisting tariffs on films at least partly produced outside the US, the president is trying to limit the important worldview of cinema
www.theguardian.com
May 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Trump’s attack on the film industry is a sign of xenophobic contempt | Jesse Hassenger
This is an excellent crowdfunding project by my friend and long term collaborator John Ledger. His work is highly considered and empathetic. To make it happen he needs collective support! www.indiegogo.com/projects/str...
'Straight A's' exhibition book and album launch
Support the publication of a book and cassette for a milestone exhibition! | Check out ''Straight A's' exhibition book and album launch' on Indiegogo.
www.indiegogo.com
April 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
This is an excellent crowdfunding project by my friend and long term collaborator John Ledger. His work is highly considered and empathetic. To make it happen he needs collective support! www.indiegogo.com/projects/str...
Great to participate in the Midlands Conference in Critical Thought so good to meet up snd collaborate with Experimental Space Collective and Q_plus_I mcct.margins.org.uk
MCCT – Midlands Conference in Critical Thought
mcct.margins.org.uk
April 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Great to participate in the Midlands Conference in Critical Thought so good to meet up snd collaborate with Experimental Space Collective and Q_plus_I mcct.margins.org.uk
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📆What policy interventions will the Industrial Strategy need to take to meet the different needs of places around the country?
Six months on from the Industrial Strategy Green Paper, join us to discuss the external factors shaping the strategy in 2025👇
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Six months on from the Industrial Strategy Green Paper, join us to discuss the external factors shaping the strategy in 2025👇
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April 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
📆What policy interventions will the Industrial Strategy need to take to meet the different needs of places around the country?
Six months on from the Industrial Strategy Green Paper, join us to discuss the external factors shaping the strategy in 2025👇
buff.ly/HgSFb1V
Six months on from the Industrial Strategy Green Paper, join us to discuss the external factors shaping the strategy in 2025👇
buff.ly/HgSFb1V
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Gary Lineker’s critics have got it wrong. It’s reasonable to talk about more than sport | Max Rushden
Gary Lineker’s critics have got it wrong. It’s reasonable to talk about more than sport | Max Rushden
The Match of the Day presenter has been challenged again on his views on Gaza and Israel. But can we really expect him to have no opinions about the outside world?
www.theguardian.com
April 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Gary Lineker’s critics have got it wrong. It’s reasonable to talk about more than sport | Max Rushden
Ingenious protest about the ongoing decimation of HE teaching and research funding in Madrid. Speaks to the public good that universities bring! ¡Solidaridad con mis camarades!
Un mural gigante cosido con dos décadas de investigaciones lanza la protesta en la Complutense contra el “recorte” de Ayuso www.eldiario.es/madrid/somos...
April 24, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Ingenious protest about the ongoing decimation of HE teaching and research funding in Madrid. Speaks to the public good that universities bring! ¡Solidaridad con mis camarades!
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UK charities warn of record high child poverty if two-child benefit cap not scrapped.
£3.6bn would lift 350,000 children out of poverty, reduce poverty for another 700,000.
Govts that bail out & subsidise corporations can eradicate poverty.
Ditch the Tory policy. Tax the rich. Save the future.
£3.6bn would lift 350,000 children out of poverty, reduce poverty for another 700,000.
Govts that bail out & subsidise corporations can eradicate poverty.
Ditch the Tory policy. Tax the rich. Save the future.
Charities warn of record high child poverty if two-child benefit cap not scrapped
Failing to scrap the limit could put child poverty at its highest level since records began by the end of this parliament, charities have warned
www.independent.co.uk
April 22, 2025 at 6:49 AM
UK charities warn of record high child poverty if two-child benefit cap not scrapped.
£3.6bn would lift 350,000 children out of poverty, reduce poverty for another 700,000.
Govts that bail out & subsidise corporations can eradicate poverty.
Ditch the Tory policy. Tax the rich. Save the future.
£3.6bn would lift 350,000 children out of poverty, reduce poverty for another 700,000.
Govts that bail out & subsidise corporations can eradicate poverty.
Ditch the Tory policy. Tax the rich. Save the future.
Looking forward to getting stuck into this over the Easter break! We need a new political imaginary more than ever! Hoping Leela Gandhi’s politics of friendship will help focus my thoughts for some new trajectories that I am working on.
April 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Looking forward to getting stuck into this over the Easter break! We need a new political imaginary more than ever! Hoping Leela Gandhi’s politics of friendship will help focus my thoughts for some new trajectories that I am working on.
We have started work on our allotment! Feels really good to dig the land and start to grow/nurture things. This is about regenerative practice and quiet activism.
April 15, 2025 at 2:16 PM
We have started work on our allotment! Feels really good to dig the land and start to grow/nurture things. This is about regenerative practice and quiet activism.
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The Center for Art and Advocacy, a nonprofit supporting artists affected by incarceration, entered its new home in Brooklyn with an inaugural exhibition of visual artworks, written projects, and films by its Right of Return fellows.
Brooklyn Welcomes a New Center for Formerly Incarcerated Artists
Founded by formerly incarcerated artist Jesse Krimes, the Center for Art and Advocacy will host exhibitions and programs in a 2,600-square-foot space in Bed-Stuy.
hyperallergic.com
April 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The Center for Art and Advocacy, a nonprofit supporting artists affected by incarceration, entered its new home in Brooklyn with an inaugural exhibition of visual artworks, written projects, and films by its Right of Return fellows.
“Tolerance dies when it’s performative” - Nothing but thieves
April 1, 2025 at 12:52 PM
“Tolerance dies when it’s performative” - Nothing but thieves
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A headline Alexander Fleming would have been proud of!
@nature.com #AMR #IDSky #ClinMicro
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@nature.com #AMR #IDSky #ClinMicro
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
New antibiotic that kills drug-resistant bacteria discovered in technician’s garden
The molecule targets bacteria in a way that other drugs don’t.
www.nature.com
March 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A headline Alexander Fleming would have been proud of!
@nature.com #AMR #IDSky #ClinMicro
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@nature.com #AMR #IDSky #ClinMicro
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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UK law denies the full minimum wage rate to workers below the age of 21.
They pay full price for housing, food, shoes, clothes, transport, medicines and other essentials.
Output of their labour is not sold at lower price.
Legalised age discrimination, exploitation of young workers.
They pay full price for housing, food, shoes, clothes, transport, medicines and other essentials.
Output of their labour is not sold at lower price.
Legalised age discrimination, exploitation of young workers.
Prem Sikka: A boost in the minimum wage is welcome, but more must be done to improve people’s material conditions
'Despite the increase, the minimum wage will still be comparatively low, and millions will live below the minimum acceptable standard of living.'
leftfootforward.org
March 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
UK law denies the full minimum wage rate to workers below the age of 21.
They pay full price for housing, food, shoes, clothes, transport, medicines and other essentials.
Output of their labour is not sold at lower price.
Legalised age discrimination, exploitation of young workers.
They pay full price for housing, food, shoes, clothes, transport, medicines and other essentials.
Output of their labour is not sold at lower price.
Legalised age discrimination, exploitation of young workers.
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Shân Edwards is the founder and director of the Scottish charity Outdoor Spaces, helping to forge new ways for artists to make work using affordable spaces. She thinks this model forms a vital component of the wider arts ecology.
New model for Scottish artists - Arts Professional
Shân Edwards is the founder and director of the Scottish charity Outdoor Spaces, helping to forge new ways for artists to make work using affordable spaces. She thinks this model forms a vital component...
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March 21, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Shân Edwards is the founder and director of the Scottish charity Outdoor Spaces, helping to forge new ways for artists to make work using affordable spaces. She thinks this model forms a vital component of the wider arts ecology.
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"I don’t believe in healthcare, labor, and human rights because I’m a Marxist… I believe it because I was a waitress."
We need real people to govern us, not billionaires. 💙💯
@aoc.bsky.social @sanders.senate.gov
#HumanRights
We need real people to govern us, not billionaires. 💙💯
@aoc.bsky.social @sanders.senate.gov
#HumanRights
March 20, 2025 at 11:49 PM
"I don’t believe in healthcare, labor, and human rights because I’m a Marxist… I believe it because I was a waitress."
We need real people to govern us, not billionaires. 💙💯
@aoc.bsky.social @sanders.senate.gov
#HumanRights
We need real people to govern us, not billionaires. 💙💯
@aoc.bsky.social @sanders.senate.gov
#HumanRights
As we reach the end of another week, I wanted to briefly reflect on two highly interesting events that I attended this week. Collaboration and connection seems to be in the ether!
March 21, 2025 at 10:26 AM
As we reach the end of another week, I wanted to briefly reflect on two highly interesting events that I attended this week. Collaboration and connection seems to be in the ether!
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Plastic and climate change are interfering with how plants make food. It will blow back on us.
Earth’s lungs are choking on plastic and smoke – scientists hope to unblock them
Plastic and climate change are interfering with how plants make food. It will blow back on us.
tcnv.link
March 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Plastic and climate change are interfering with how plants make food. It will blow back on us.
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A government-backed initiative to regenerate high streets through community engagement and cultural events provided an economic boost of nearly a quarter of a billion pounds, a study has found.
Heritage-led regeneration ‘can revitalise high streets’ - Arts Professional
A government-backed initiative to regenerate high streets through community engagement and cultural events provided an economic boost of nearly a quarter of a billion pounds, a study has found. An evaluation...
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March 17, 2025 at 12:06 PM
A government-backed initiative to regenerate high streets through community engagement and cultural events provided an economic boost of nearly a quarter of a billion pounds, a study has found.
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A new arts venue has opened in a converted storage depot in Bradford city centre.
Bradford 2025: ‘Pop-up’ arts venue opens in former warehouse - Arts Professional
A new arts venue has opened in a converted storage depot in Bradford city centre. The Loading Bay on the city's Duke Street has been converted by Bradford 2025 to host events throughout the year. The...
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March 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
A new arts venue has opened in a converted storage depot in Bradford city centre.
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What is the role of art in a community, and who really benefits from cultural placemaking?
@rob-eagle.bsky.social reflects on their own experiences of creating a four-week art installation with and for their local community in the market town of Shipley.
www.culturalvalue.org.uk/art-communit...
@rob-eagle.bsky.social reflects on their own experiences of creating a four-week art installation with and for their local community in the market town of Shipley.
www.culturalvalue.org.uk/art-communit...
“What’s the point of it?” Art, community, and the challenges of cultural value - Centre for Cultural Value
Rob Eagle reflects on their experiences of creating a four-week art installation with and for their local community.
www.culturalvalue.org.uk
March 12, 2025 at 11:38 AM
What is the role of art in a community, and who really benefits from cultural placemaking?
@rob-eagle.bsky.social reflects on their own experiences of creating a four-week art installation with and for their local community in the market town of Shipley.
www.culturalvalue.org.uk/art-communit...
@rob-eagle.bsky.social reflects on their own experiences of creating a four-week art installation with and for their local community in the market town of Shipley.
www.culturalvalue.org.uk/art-communit...
Some great moments this week. A brilliant online discussion led by Sophie Hope on sharing power with some fascinating discussion on #Friendship.
Then a deep dive into #Midjourney #AI experimental workshop by Martine Neang ‘Home, Nowhere and Everywhere’.
Then a deep dive into #Midjourney #AI experimental workshop by Martine Neang ‘Home, Nowhere and Everywhere’.
March 8, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Some great moments this week. A brilliant online discussion led by Sophie Hope on sharing power with some fascinating discussion on #Friendship.
Then a deep dive into #Midjourney #AI experimental workshop by Martine Neang ‘Home, Nowhere and Everywhere’.
Then a deep dive into #Midjourney #AI experimental workshop by Martine Neang ‘Home, Nowhere and Everywhere’.
When a book just hits right for your #research and your world view! Highly recommend Matt Hern and Am Johal’s book on the potential of friendship for thinking about a future that is, currently, very unthinkable!
March 6, 2025 at 10:31 AM
When a book just hits right for your #research and your world view! Highly recommend Matt Hern and Am Johal’s book on the potential of friendship for thinking about a future that is, currently, very unthinkable!
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Today, we share news about the future of the Centre for Cultural Value and the funders who will be supporting our work as we take a deliberate and strategic pause to reflect, innovate and prioritise our long-term sustainability.
Read more: www.culturalvalue.org.uk/what-happens...
Read more: www.culturalvalue.org.uk/what-happens...
What happens next? Taking time to reflect, learn and move forward - Centre for Cultural Value
As the Centre for Cultural Value's initial five-year funding period ends, we share our plans to take a deliberate and strategic pause to reflect, innovate and prioritise the Centre’s long-term sustain...
www.culturalvalue.org.uk
March 4, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Today, we share news about the future of the Centre for Cultural Value and the funders who will be supporting our work as we take a deliberate and strategic pause to reflect, innovate and prioritise our long-term sustainability.
Read more: www.culturalvalue.org.uk/what-happens...
Read more: www.culturalvalue.org.uk/what-happens...