Tacita Quinn
@tacitaquinn.bsky.social
Journalist, mainly culture and entertainment
NCTJ Gold Standard
Work found in CNN, City AM, and more
Alumni of Oxford, UCL, and News Associates
NCTJ Gold Standard
Work found in CNN, City AM, and more
Alumni of Oxford, UCL, and News Associates
Four days into our Beijing/Chengdu/Chongqing excursion - this is a view from Mount Emei, the highest sacred Buddhist mountain in mainland China
April 20, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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 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.
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.
wapo.st
March 26, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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.
It marks the first major reduction in workforce since President Donald Trump’s takeover of the center.
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:
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...
www.london-unattached.com
March 26, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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:
From festivals to theatre, here is my own list of things to watch out for in London:
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‘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 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...
www.lrb.co.uk
March 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
‘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 on Jane Austen, juvenilia and marriage: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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
March 4, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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."
My most recent piece for CNN! Citra Sasmita on @ The Barbican till April 21st.
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
March 3, 2025 at 11:10 AM
My most recent piece for CNN! Citra Sasmita on @ The Barbican till April 21st.
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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...
swlondoner.shorthandstories.com/can-london-t...
Can London truly be wild?
swlondoner.shorthandstories.com
December 4, 2024 at 8:08 PM
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...
swlondoner.shorthandstories.com/can-london-t...
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🗃️
swlondoner.shorthandstories.com/is-history-c...
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🗃️
swlondoner.shorthandstories.com/is-history-c...
Is history catching up with The British Museum?
Tacita Quinn
swlondoner.shorthandstories.com
December 5, 2024 at 12:22 PM
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🗃️
swlondoner.shorthandstories.com/is-history-c...
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🗃️
swlondoner.shorthandstories.com/is-history-c...
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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.
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...
December 3, 2024 at 1:52 PM
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.
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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
December 2, 2024 at 11:32 AM
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!
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#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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*some sources say 23, others 11.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #BritishHistory 🗃️
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November 15, 2024 at 9:00 AM
#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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*some sources say 23, others 11.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #BritishHistory 🗃️
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Word of the Day, should you need it, is ‘latibulate’, a 17th-century verb meaning to find a corner somewhere and hide in it.
November 15, 2024 at 8:16 AM
Word of the Day, should you need it, is ‘latibulate’, a 17th-century verb meaning to find a corner somewhere and hide in it.
Despite having a public affairs exam tomorrow I must insist that I’m too whimsical to know what an Integrated Care Board is
November 14, 2024 at 6:57 PM
Despite having a public affairs exam tomorrow I must insist that I’m too whimsical to know what an Integrated Care Board is
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
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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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November 13, 2024 at 12:20 PM
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...
edition.cnn.com/2024/10/31/s...