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New blog abt Winnie Atwell, on the occasion of the new blue plaque marking her achievements. georgemckay.org/winifred-atw...
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RIP Tony Harrison, who blew my mind when I read his work as a student in Hull. I took my mum (working class) to see him read @norwichartscentre.bsky.social in 1984 we were both v moved. I took my copy for him to sign & made notes on what he read. I still say “Ay ay stutterer Demosthenes” sometimes
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Always loved that Danny Thompson (RIP) played with free drummer John Stevens in a band too. One of those more surprising folk / jazz crossovers. Here’s a foto I found of Thompson from 1978, in Norwich! (That’s a cello not a bass tho)
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www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...
From Kate Bush to Pentangle to T-Rex, the late Danny Thompson’s musical brilliance knew no bounds
The bassist, who has died aged 86, was an extraordinary and wildly versatile presence in British music, bringing his personality into everything he played
www.theguardian.com
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by George McKay

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Tonight
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www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...
Carol Ann Duffy writes ‘bombsite’ poem about Trump’s UK state visit
Exclusive: Former poet laureate has reader contrasting pomp and ceremony of banquet with ruins left by war
www.theguardian.com

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I'm sorry, worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable permission to my voice and likeness? For what now? In any manner for any purpose???

This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.
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Great point and suggestion

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Always a pleasure to see some music at the Bim when in Amsterdam with my Rhythm Changes conference pals
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Love bass talk of all kinds

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Surely not, but… astonishingly: yes.
Can USS DB pension benefits decrease by paying more?
Surely not, but… astonishingly: yes. This is because when USS scheme members cease service on any day other than 31 March, USS applies an unusual and little-known mechanism of revaluation. Instead …
henrytapper.com
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MPs have launched a fan-led review of live music - with an online survey, which you will find via: committees.parliament.uk/committee/37...
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UK GRIM live on KEXP from The Triple Door. Recorded 19th April 2023. Still here, still GRIM.

Witness the fitness and check out the full performance: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE0k...
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The reality of claiming PIP: a 🧵

1) To claim PIP you have to describe in excruciating detail all the ways you cannot function. This means that you are forced to think in very detailed terms exactly how disabled you are, which often has a devastating effect on the mental health of the applicant 1/?
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Bradford Uni looking to cut Engineering, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Public Health, Biomedical Sciences and Forensics (among others). Not as if we need those is it. Britain - the stupid country. 🇬🇧 www.ucu.org.uk/article/1406...
University of Bradford staff to down tools for 10 days over £16m cuts programme
Staff at the University of Bradford will begin ten days of strike action next week over plans to make £16m of cuts, slash hundreds of jobs and close multiple courses.
www.ucu.org.uk
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From the deserts of Sudan
to the gardens of Japan.
From Milan to Yucatan,
or the wilds of Borneo
to the vineyards of Bordeaux.

Hit me with your library card. Hit me. Hit me.
A display of travel books for the deserts of Sudan, Japan, Yucatan, Milan, Bordeaux and Borneo
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Love the names
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The Old Vic seeks an Education & Community Intern. Funded by John Lyon's Charity Inclusive Internship fund to support young people with learning disabilities into the creative workforce

Closing - 29 Jul
Location - London
££ - £8.6K

disabilityarts.online/opportunity-...
The Old Vic in bold black text.
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by George McKay

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With Tangential Trio at the Rumsey Wells in Norwich on Thursday evening just in case you are in the area & fancy some ‘old jazz, new jazz, green jazz, blue jazz’ …
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Plans to cut mental health courses at the University of East Anglia have been criticised as “short-sighted” and a “dereliction of civic responsibility”.

More on the proposed Clinical Psychology course closures at UEA via @timeshighered.bsky.social - www.timeshighereducation.com/news/closure...
Closure of UEA mental health courses ‘deeply concerning’
University says NHS and apprenticeship changes make programmes ‘no longer viable’ but union calls move a ‘dereliction of civic responsibility’
www.timeshighereducation.com
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The UK did have one standout product that was considered globally valuable- universities- and unilaterally decided to stop providing the product because it was more important to be xenophobic than successful
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Andrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social · Jul 21
The UK’s economic problems are quite deep-rooted. The best summary I can offer is “we don’t make enough valuable, productive stuff and sell it to the world any more”.
Things like planning and energy no doubt play a role in that - but I don’t think they’re enough to fix it on their own
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'The report estimates that while 8,900 people are being, or have recently been, affected by compulsory redundancies across the sector’s 165 institutions, a further 11,500 people have been affected by “back-door” redundancies, such as voluntary severance'. zenodo.org/records/1563... 3/3
Universities Degraded: Staff Experiences & Employer Practices of Redundancies in UK Higher Education
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Conducted between August and October 2024 and publicised mainly by members of the University and College Union (UCU), the ‘Survey for UCU Members on HE Redundancies’ invited response...
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Good to see the government is drawing up the terms of reference for the Battle of Orgreave public inquiry - but this wasn’t an isolated event. Let’s not forget the grossly excessive police violence used against Travellers at the Battle of the Beanfield in 1985 www.gypsy-traveller.org/news/40-year...
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Jane Mathison Haining, a Church of Scotland missionary worker who was killed in Auschwitz #OTD 17 July 1944. Her story deserves to be better known, I think.

www.yadvashem.org/righteous/st...

Photo: Yad Vashem
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disrightsuk.bsky.social
We are right outside Parliament, alongside WinVisible and other Disabled campaigners, having our voices heard as the debate goes on in the chamber.

Who opposes this bill?
➡️Disabled people
➡️The general public
➡️The United Nations

It's time to #BinUCBill
Four Disabled protestors outside Parliament. They have placards that read: Stop all benefits cuts and sanctions, Winvisible Charities don't collaborate with cuts, Winvisible Benefit cuts are killing us! Remembered: Elaine Morrall Single Mum of 4 killed by UC sanction, November 2017 Winvisible
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by Glen O’Hara — Reposted by: George McKay, Gráinne McKeever

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New redundancies in Higher Education at:
*Anglia Ruskin
*Birmingham City
*Bristol
*De Montfort
*Derby
*Goldsmiths (yet again)
*Greenwich
*Hertfordshire
*Lancaster
*Leicester
Every single day in HE is like this. Nothing will be done.
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“My tears were actually tears of joy at our stable financial position”, claims Director of Finance during hastily arranged all-staff webinar, flanked by VC and DVC.
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by George McKay

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Peace Studies staff too. Am thinking we could do with more of those right now
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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · Jun 25
Bradford Uni looking to cut Engineering, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Public Health, Biomedical Sciences and Forensics (among others). Not as if we need those is it. Britain - the stupid country. 🇬🇧 www.ucu.org.uk/article/1406...
University of Bradford staff to down tools for 10 days over £16m cuts programme
Staff at the University of Bradford will begin ten days of strike action next week over plans to make £16m of cuts, slash hundreds of jobs and close multiple courses.
www.ucu.org.uk
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by Trade — Reposted by: George McKay, Justin H. Kirkland, Kate Bradley

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What we're doing in the uni sector is shutting off routes for kids with Bs and Cs to do key (and prestigious) subjects, and closing down the ability of young people to go to the local uni just when it becomes ruinous expensive to go way. Will have incalculable consequences for social mobility.
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The government’s disability cuts will have a “devastating” impact on women’s health and dignity and could breach equality law, experts warn.

The new rules won’t take into account menstruation or some women’s extra toilet requirements.

My exclusive: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Labour’s benefit cuts will have ‘devastating’ impact on disabled women, say charities
Organisations say planned four-point rule will not properly take into account menstruation and other hygiene needs
www.theguardian.com
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