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Albert Weale

@albertpweale.bsky.social
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Emeritus Professor of Political Theory and Public Policy, UCL. Brighton born and bred. No longer resident, but still liberal. Expressed views mine only.

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Vaughan Williams Foundation @vwfndn.bsky.social · 6h
📣 Applications for general funding are now open! See our website for guidelines on how to register, how much you can apply for, and what to include in support of your application.
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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 9h
#SaintJerome in the Wilderness, before 1700, #waxrelief by #CaterinaDeJulianis (Italian, active 1695-1742). Held by Harvard Art Museums, harvardartmuseums.org/collections/... #FeastOfStJerome #artherstory #womenartists #StJerome
A framed wax relief of a half-naked man with a bald head and a long beard, draped in a red cloak, sitting at the entrance of a cave, poring over a book with his head propped up on his left fist. A lion rests near him on the ground at lower left. In the background is a mountainous landscape.
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Vaughan Williams Foundation @vwfndn.bsky.social · 8h
Looking for more information about Ralph Vaughan Williams? We have curated a collection of research tools and teaching resources to help you explore RVW's life and music in more detail. Find it here 👇
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Useful Links - Vaughan Williams Foundation
Research tools, teaching resources and fascinating insights into the music and life of Ralph Vaughan Williams.
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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 7h
Geographical & Spatial Data in the Digital Classicist Wiki Mon 5 Oct, 5pm shorturl.at/hQK8L Expanding & updating coverage of digital resources on geographical & spatial data on the ancient world, including gazetteers, mapping tools, analysis of spatial information, and infrastructure initiatives.
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Geographical and Spatial Data in the Digital Classicist Wiki
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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 15h
St Jerome in his study 1474, by Italian Renaissance artist Antonello da Messina 1430-1479. Doctor of Church, known for translation of Bible into Latin (Vulgate), St Jerome sits amidst books, birds & plants; his lion (right) & verdant views beyond. #InternationalTranslationDay National Gallery London
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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 15h
The Avenue at Middelharnis, 1689, road lined with alders, leads to village with church tower, port with masts; clouds on a low horizon; masterpiece of perspective by Meindert Hobbema, Dutch Golden Age artist 1638-1709, pupil of Jacob van Ruisdael; inspired Pissarro, Hockney. National Gallery London
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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 15h
Ada, Countess of Lovelace, 1815-1852, daughter of Lord Byron, mathematician & a pioneer of computing. Painted by Margaret Sarah Carpenter 1836. UK Government Art Collection
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Russia has one enormous strategic advantage of which it is taking advantage. It can daily attack civilian targets--hospitals, universities, markets--knowing that while Ukraine can do the same, the Ukrainians are too humane to do so.
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The Royal Institute of Philosophy @triphilosophy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In #ReelPhilosophyForEveryone this week, Dr Mazviita Chirimuuta discusses notions of the supernatural and what is 'unintelligible'. 😶‍🌫️ ⁉️ Watch her full lecture, 'Apocalyptic Technology: Naturalism and Nihilism', on our YouTube channel.
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The Warburg Institute @warburginstitute.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The landmark International Exhibition of Persian Art which took place in the Royal Academy in 1931 is largely forgotten. In a new blog, Parnian Ferdossi reveals what was in the show and how it relates to the unique collection & mission of the #Warburg. Learn more ➡️ warburg.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Image: 'Rustam kills the dragon', folio from a Shahnama, Qazvin, 1576 to 1577. Toronto, Aga Khan Museum. Credit: The Warburg Institute Photographic Collection, London.
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UCL European Institute @uclei.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
TODAY: Can human rights and international law prevail? Come to hear leading international jurist Prof. Veronika Fikfak & acclaimed war reporter Fergal Keane in conversation. Co-hosted with the Association of European Journalists. www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/... @laws.ucl.ac.uk, @uclspp.bsky.social
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Can human rights and international law prevail?
Leading international jurist Prof. Veronika Fikfak and acclaimed war reporter Fergal Keane consider current challenges to international law.
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Ian O'Flynn @delibnet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Perhaps*the* challenge for deliberative democracy today.
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Alan Beattie @alanbeattie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
New variant on the Kinsley definition of gaffe: a public figure complains when his remarks are used entirely in context by people inconvenient to him.
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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
MakerSpace Taster Sessions Join the Digital Humanities Research Hub for a series of ‘Taster Sessions’ at the Senate House MakerSpace. These will provide introductions to various topics and technologies, and encourage discussion in an open, collaborative environment: shorturl.at/t9ZML
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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
View of Interior of Pantheon, c 1734, oil on canvas, by Giovanni Paolo Panini, commissioned by collector Francesco Algarotti. Italian architect & painter (1691-1765), Panini was admired for architectural views & capricci of Ancient Rome; trained Hubert Robert & influenced Canaletto, Bellotto. NGADC
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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“He was my North, my South, my East and West, He was my working week and my Sunday rest, My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song...” Funeral Blues by W.H. Auden, English poet, died #OTD 1973. Portrait by Cecil Beaton 1930, National Portrait Gallery London
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Chris Giles @chrisgiles.ft.com · 28/09/2026
Important to note that ONS is now doing the right thing and trying to find the truth. This is nothing like the 2010s when it actively sought not to change stats (RPI) that it knew were wrong
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German Historical Institute London @ghilondon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Last chance to apply for our next round of scholarships! For more information: www.ghil.ac.uk/opportunitie... #scholarship #skystorians #studyhistory
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Vaughan Williams Foundation @vwfndn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ralph Vaughan-Williams, Flos Campi, for viola, wordless chorus and small orchestra (1925). Performed here by Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir and Frederick Riddle (viola). Listen here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA9c...
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Shani Rhys James, Welsh Kettle and Pliers (2004) Welsh painter #womensart
Painting featuring a white child peeping over a table on which a black kettle, jug of flowers, a teapot and pair of pliers rests on a white tablecloth
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Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
German/US artist Albert Bierstadt felt that Yosemite was the Garden of Eden, and portrays it here as an awe-inspiring idyllic wilderness in a golden haze, untouched by humans (Valley of the Yosemite, 1864)
imposing steep mountains stretching into distance, calm shining river with trees on banks, deer grazing
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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A Vase of Flowers c 1660 by Abraham Mignon, German still life artist (1640-1679) active in Utrecht. Profuse, vibrant composition of flowers & insects, with rare flamed tulip Semper Augustus & pink Rosa Centifolia, arranged in glass vase reflecting cloudy sky; with dark background of stone niche. 1/2
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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Staircase of Hôtel Tassel, Brussels, 1893-94, first Art Nouveau building, designed by Victor Horta, influential Belgian architect (1861-1947). UNESCO World Heritage
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Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
In this quiet painting, young domestic servant in wealthy household has interrupted her dusting duties & stands engrossed in reading a book. On the elegant tabletop is a still-life of a stationery box, Asian vases & a porcelain figure (William McGregor Paxton, The House Maid, 1910, NGA, Washington)
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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“The swallows can be distinguished from the martins by their reddish-chestnut throats and foreheads, their beautiful steel-blue backs and wings, and their long, forked tails” Writer: EL Grant Watson Artist : CF Tunnicliffe
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
UK textile artist Rachel Wright creates artworks using machine embroidery on calico with various fabrics #WomensArt
Pictorial textile artwork featuring a view looking down on a lighthouse in a swirling sea
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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Interior of Dome, Sant’Ivo alla Sapienza, Roman church at end of narrow courtyard, with landmark spiral lantern cupola 1642-1660, by Francesco Borromini, great Baroque architect 1599-1667; designed ingenious plans for difficult sites. Original site of Sapienza, Università di Roma, founded 1303.
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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Llyn-y-Cau, glacial lake near summit of Cader Idris, North Wales, oil on canvas, 1774, by ‘the Welsh Claude’, Richard Wilson 1714-1782; inspired by travel to Italy & Claude Lorraine’s landscapes, he returned to Wales to paint sublime scenery; inspired Constable, Crome & Turner. Tate Britain
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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
La Classe de Danse, 1874-76, by Edgar Degas, French artist & sculptor of rare versatility; a founder of Impressionism, his raking diagonal views of ballet & race courses expressed a deep interest in the light and movement of contemporary life; died #OTD 1917. Musée d’Orsay
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A couple quick observations here, which should be obvious. 1) insurance “risk pools” work by requiring younger/healthier people who make few or no claims to sign up and pay premiums alongside older/less healthy people who do, essentially covering their costs.
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 25/09/2026
for comparison, Al Capone was found guilty of 5 out of 23 counts.
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American Association of Wine Economists AAWE @wineecon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Value of U.S. Wine Exports: 2024–2025 In 2025, U.S. wine exports fell by $428 million (−34%), driven mostly by Canada (−$343 million, −77%). Exports to China (−$69 million, −72%), the UK (−$14 million, −8%), and Panama (−$11 million, −74%) also declined notably.
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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Now on at the Grinnell College Museum of Art - Abstract Expressionists: The Women www.grinnell.edu/news/abstrac... The show runs thru Jan 2, 2027
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Abstract Expressionists: The Women Comes to Grinnell
When Abstract Expressionists: The Women opens at the Grinnell College Museum of Art (GCMoA) on Sept. 17, visitors will have an opportunity to encounter an important chapter of American art history thr...
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
U.S. manufacturing jobs are down under Trump, including in the auto industry. His strategy failed, and so will this. Lowering standards will accelerate what he has already been doing: handing the clean tech future to China and forcing Americans to pay more at the pump.
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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Now on at the Westerly Museum of American Impressionism - When Her Eye Met the Sea: Women of the Ogunquit Art Colony wmairi.org/exhibitions/ The show runs thru March 7, 2027
An impressionistic painting of people at the beach. There are 4 indistinct human figures in the foreground, on the sand. In the background is the ocean; color blobs in the water indicate more human figures.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
On this day in 1994, the Clinton administration's heathcare reform plan was declared "dead" by Congress. Over 30 years later, the US is still the only industrialized country without universal healthcare. This should be a national outrage.
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Albert Weale @albertpweale.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I remember Tony King after his first walk of the year saying his feet needed hardening up, and noting that the Orangemen must get very hardened feet over the year.
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Albert Weale @albertpweale.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
And what about the ‘ragged claws’? Still like ‘taking of a toast and tea’, capturing the primness of a world in which Prufrock is lonely, echoes of Bradley’s solipsism.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Vivian Maier (1926-2009), posthumously critically acclaimed, prolific US street photographer #womensart
Monochrome photograph featuring the photographer reflected in the metal wheel hub of a VW vehicle
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026
Oh whoops look what mY aGeNtS have done now lol sorry
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026
I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility
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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Tulip Mania: Semper Augustus, watercolour drawing of rare flamed carmine & white tulip; most expensive tulip sold during tulip mania 1634-37. Six Collection, Tulip Book, p. 59. With note recording sale price of ƒ3000 (~€38.000 in 2024). Rijksmuseum
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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Robert Adam, pre-eminent Scottish Neoclassical architect (1728-92), influenced late 18th Century classical taste in Europe and North America; in the 1760’s he remodelled the Entrance Hall & State Dining Room of Syon House, for the 1st Duke of Northumberland.
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Albert Weale @albertpweale.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
‘Like a patient etherised upon a table.’ What a simile.
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Vaughan Williams Foundation @vwfndn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Does this resonate with any compsers? 🎶
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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 25/09/2026
Wie wichtig ist die Wahlforschung für die Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft? Sehr. Wer es genauer wissen möchte, liest dieses Buchkapitel (freier Preprint)
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Wahlforschung in der Vergleichenden Politikwissenschaft (zweite Auflage 2025) - kai arzheimer
Die Wahlforschung ist eines der wichtigsten Teilgebiete der Politischen Soziologie. Sie operiert damit an der Schnittstelle zwischen Politikwissenschaft und
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 25/09/2026
I’ll have the details and Chinese readouts of the Trump-Xi palooza, but how do you organize a 48h state visit with only 90 min dedicated to the actual negotiation does reveal quite a lot.
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Yes, it's that time again when the Fascism scene returns to London and this year black is very much in vogue. From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
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Alan Beattie @alanbeattie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Re last RT, some somewhat facile observations: the national symbol of England is African (a lion). Its monarchs have been French, Dutch and German. Its ruling elite spoke a variety of French for around 300 years. Its national football team has been managed by a Swede, /mf
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Philip Coggan @philipcoggan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Trump really is the Basil Fawlty of international diplomacy. He only has two modes: unctuous flattery and petulant aggression. www.ft.com/content/cdff...
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Pomp prevails over substance as Donald Trump hosts Xi Jinping
Fanfare masks some of the US president’s own troubles, including his war in Iran and plummeting domestic popularity
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