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The Uffizi Madonna, c 1465, tempera on wood, Renaissance masterpiece by Fra Filippo Lippi, Florentine artist, teacher of Botticelli, patronised by Cosimo de’ Medici, died #OTD 1469; the tender intimacy & purity of Madonna & child, with rugged landscape of rocks & sea beyond.
Gallerie degli Uffizi
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Poster for 4th Alsatian Wine Fair in Colmar, Alsace, 1951
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Where not #OpenAccess the latest issue of the Journal of Policy History is free to read until the end of October 2025 -

Volume 37 - Issue 4 - https://cup.org/4mxcRaj

#jph
Promotional banner for JPH (Journal of Policy History ) featuring the text "Access the latest issue" in elegant typography on a cream background.
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“Une maison est une machine à habiter.”
Le Corbusier, Swiss-French pioneer of modern architecture, born #OTD 1887.
Villa Savoye à Poissy 1931
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”…that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.”
Ulysses 1833, by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate, died #OTD 1892.
Trinity College Cambridge Chapel
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Edward Hopper (American 1882-1967) Le soir bleu, 1914. Oil on canvas, 91.8 × 182.7 cm. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City
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#OpenAccess from the latest issue of @psrm.bsky.social -

Who decides who gets in? Diplomats, bureaucrats, and visa issuance - https://cup.org/4mAJ8gu

- David Lindsey
PSRM abstract discussing a study on the impact of resident diplomacy on visa issuance by UK diplomatic posts, emphasizing the change in adjudication processes and its effects on international relations.
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The Gleaners, 1857, realist masterpiece by Jean-François Millet, French artist, a founder of Barbizon school, born #OTD 1814.
Musée d’Orsay
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Sublime dreams: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian artist, architect & archaeologist, whose views of Rome & imaginary prisons influenced Neoclassicism & Romanticism; born #OTD 1720.
Colosseum, Vedute di Roma, etching 1757 | Plate III Carceri d’Invenzione,etching 1761
Princeton University Art Museum
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"Be careful not to look sad like gloomy hypocrites, but show yourselves as happy in the Lord; be cheerful and gracious." #SaintFrancisOfAssisi
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Self-Portrait, n.d., etched after #ÉlisabethSophieChéron (French, 1648-1711), who was born #otd, Oct 3. Held at the NYPL, digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1a249f... #artherstory #womenartists #ElisabethCheron
An etching portraying in half length a young woman with curly dark hair, seated, her bent right elbow resting on a stone pedestal. Her hands hold, in her lap, either end of a scroll of paper. Underneath the image is script with the name of the sitter, Elisabeth Sophie Cheron, Mme le Hay. In smaller script is a second line of text in French: "Poete, Paintre et Musicienne."
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My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
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Naked children torn from their mothers and tossed into vans.

U.S. citizens detained for hours in zip ties.

Doors kicked in and belongings stolen or destroyed.

This is the reality of Trump’s deportation agenda.

It was always about cruelty.
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
chicago.suntimes.com
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In 1930, RVW composed Job: A Masque for Dancing, a one-act ballet score inspired by William Blake's illustrations of the biblical Book of Job.
The score is a significant work featuring his characteristic pastoral melodies alongside passages anticipating his later style.
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John Huston’s directorial debut in the 🇺🇸American film noir “THE MALTESE FALCON” starring Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George and Peter Lorre premiered #OnThisDay in 1941 at The Strand Theatre, New York City

🎬 Warner Bros.
🎞 #FilmNoir
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The lost domain: Alain Fournier, French writer of Le Grand Meaulnes, poignant tale of adolescent love in rural pre-war France; born #OTD 1886.
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Master colourist, Pierre Bonnard, avant-garde French post-impressionist artist & printmaker, inspired by Japanese art, born #OTD 1867; member of Les Nabis, known for intimate views of domestic life.
Le Corsage à Carreaux 1892, Musée d’Orsay | La Salle à Manger 1913, ⁦‪Minneapolis Institute of Art
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St Jerome in his study 1474, by Italian Renaissance artist Antonello da Messina.
Doctor of Church, known for translation of Bible into Latin (Vulgate), St Jerome sits amidst books, birds & plants; his lion (right) & verdant views beyond. #FeastDay
#InternationalTranslationDay
National Gallery London
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François Boucher, influential French artist & designer, leading exponent of the Rococo style, born #OTD 1703; patronised by Madame de Pompadour, whom he portrayed in intimate, richly decorated & mirrored Louis XV interiors.
Alte Pinakothek, München
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“One sometimes finds what one is not looking for.”
Sir Alexander Fleming, Scottish physician & microbiologist, born in 1881, discovered penicillin #OTD 1928; commemorated in Fleming Research Centre for antimicrobial resistance at Imperial College.
National Portrait Gallery | Wellcome Library
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Bicentenary of the world’s first public railway to use steam locomotives: George Stephenson’s visionary project Stockton & Darlington opened #OTD 1825, with steam engine Locomotion No. 1 built by Robert Stephenson & Company. #rail200
National Railway Museum
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Landmark in knowledge: Jean-François Champollion, French philologist, founder of Egyptology, announced decipherment of Rosetta Stone hieroglyphs #OTD 1822. Discovered in 1799, the granodiorite Stele has been most popular display at British Museum from 1802.
Portrait by Cogniet 1831, Musée du Louvre
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Nathan Gill, Reform's leader in Wales at the last Welsh parliament election, has pled guilty to 8 bribery charges, taking Russian cash while he was one of Nigel Farage’s MEPs to speak in favour of Putin's Russia in that parliament
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Reform UK’s ex-leader in Wales Nathan Gill pleads guilty to bribery charges
Gill admits to eight counts of bribery relating to pro-Russia statements made in the European parliament and articles
www.theguardian.com
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The Vaughan Williams Foundation offers support for the work of professional composers.

Our next general funding application window opens on October 13 - details here: vaughanwilliamsfoundation.org/funding/
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wonder why Donald Trump would want the US justice department to prosecute the former FBI director who investigated contacts between the president’s 2016 campaign and Russia?

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US charges ex-FBI chief James Comey who investigated Donald Trump’s alleged Russia ties
Indictment comes just days after US president called for swift prosecution of his opponents
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How can the EU, faced by the likes of Putin & Trump, reconcile the demands for a more geopolitical union with its commitment to a constitutional one?

Join @laws.ucl.ac.uk in person or hybrid for Michael Dougan @livunislsj.bsky.social Current Legal Problems lecture.

www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/...
Hybrid | Membership of the EU in an Era of Geopolitical Disorder
This lecture will be delivered by Professor Michael Dougan, as part of the Current Legal Problems Lecture Series 2025-26
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“Let us go then, you and I,
When the evening is spread out across the sky...”
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (1915) by T.S. Eliot, most influential poet of 20th Century, born #OTD 1888.
⁦T.S. Eliot, 1920 (Lady Ottoline Morrell photo archive) National Portrait Gallery London
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Like the Truss story.
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Does economics use too much maths - or the wrong kind of maths? on.ft.com/3IqOgGb
The wrong kind of maths
[FREE TO READ] Why the mathematics used in economics for decades needs a rethink
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A note from Vaughan Williams showing a thoughtful and constructive approach to criticism.
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Women artists forgotten by art history
bt Paola Levy for Art Majeur Magazine
www.artmajeur.com/en/magazine/...
Women artists forgotten by art history
For centuries, art history has celebrated names like Michelangelo, Picasso, and Monet. Yet, behind these iconic figures, incredibly talented women have often been overlooked or wrongly attributed to m...
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