Sign in

Amble Skuse

@ambleskuse.bsky.social
944 followers 291 following 49 posts

Musician Artist Sea Beach Reading Phd Disability Vegetables Cats Scotland Welsh Celtic Travel Cottage Gardening

PostsRepliesMedia
Amble Skuse @ambleskuse.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
I’ve been travelling in Anatolia and listening to @sturdyalex.bsky.social ‘s Podessy has been truly the most incredible experience. I can feel it in the breeze, the god(ess)s are here. Thank you for such an outstanding piece of work! Please write a book.
3283
Reposted by Amble Skuse
Amble Skuse @ambleskuse.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Seeking the people who participated in the Divergent Sounds piece! Neurodivergent people who were interviewed for my piece at the Southbank… I’d love to be in touch. Please SHARE this far and wide! Thank you!
022
Amble Skuse @ambleskuse.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Seeking the people who participated in the Divergent Sounds piece! Neurodivergent people who were interviewed for my piece at the Southbank… I’d love to be in touch. Please SHARE this far and wide! Thank you!
022
Amble Skuse @ambleskuse.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
I’m at Classical:Next this week in Berlin! Come say Hi 👋 I’m the one in the wheelchair! I’m here with Semay Wu thanks to Creative Scotland! #classicalnext #creativescotland
020
Reposted by Amble Skuse
Chronic Insanity @chronicinsanity.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Announcing a digital opera about the DWP and disabled people’s experiences under UK austerity, as relevant as ever, We Ask These Questions Of Everybody by @toriabanks.bsky.social & @ambleskuse.bsky.social is fully creatively captioned and available now on FableMosh.com
A digital illustration of a woman with the back of her head turning into a multicoloured collage of animals, lips, sunsets, flowers, and limbs. Behind her is a black and white image of an alleyway
121
Reposted by Amble Skuse
Stephanie Lamprea @slampreasoprano.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Here are photos taken by Dimitri Djuric at @cafeotodalston.bsky.social for eavesdropping london! We played works by Lisa Robertson, Erin Thomson & @ambleskuse.bsky.social - can't wait to bring this and more to Scotland in May! Thank you Yuki Neoh & Megan McArthur for your brilliant performances 💐
031
Amble Skuse @ambleskuse.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com what are some good podcasts in French about politics in france and the rest of the EU please? Bonus points if they’re funny! Merci!
100
Reposted by Amble Skuse
Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Cartoon by Stephen Collins for The Guardian. Script as follows:

[scene is Winston Churchill in a bbc studio, giving his 'finest hour' speech]

1
CHURCHILL:
The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us. 

2
CHURCHILL:
Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this Island or lose the war.

3
CHURCHILL:
If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free 
and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sun-

BBC PRESENTER:
Thank you prime minister 

4
BBC PRESENTER:
Mr hitler, your response?

5
HITLER [in the studio]:
Vell zis is hysterical woke nonsense as usual from mr Churchill

6
HITLER:
What we are proposing -

CHURCHILL:
Hang on

7
HITLER:
Let me finish - what we are proposing eez a simple power-sharing arrangement -

8
CHURCHILL:
What's he doing here

BBC PRESENTER:
It's important we hear both sides of the debate

9
CHURCHILL:
This isn't a debate 
You don't debate fascists

10
HITLER:
Oh here we go with ze Godwins law!

11
HITLER:
Why must you people always compare ze things you don't like to 'fascists, Nazis, Hitler'...

CHURCHILL:
Because you are a fascist Nazi Hit-

12
HITLER [standing up, saluting]:
RAUSS!

BBC PRESENTER:
*Please* Mr Churchill let him speak

[ends]
6062032976
Amble Skuse @ambleskuse.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Ahmed and his family have lost everything due to the ongoing conflict in Gaza, and they need our help to find safety and stability. Even a small donation can make a big difference, so please contribute or share it with others. Thank you! gofund.me/9ac48ef7
gofund.me
Donate to Please help me get out of this nightmare, organised by Marie Shishido
I am Ahmed Isleem from Gaza. I am 24 years old. I graduated with a bachelor’s … Marie Shishido needs your support for Please help me get out of this nightmare
010
Amble Skuse @ambleskuse.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Can I get some moral support? Still grinding away at this thesis xxxx
110
Amble Skuse @ambleskuse.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Calling academic proof readers! Who is available end of March please for a thesis? TIA.
001
Reposted by Amble Skuse
Stephanie Lamprea @slampreasoprano.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
28 March: Singing a new work for voice, electronics, and BSL by @ambleskuse.bsky.social and works by Lisa Robertson & Erin Thomson for the eavesdropping festival at @cafeotodalston.bsky.social ! BSL will be performed by actors Yuki Neoh and Megan McArthur. www.eavesdropping.london/activity/fes...
eavesdropping.london
eavesdropping - festival 2025
about our 2025 festival
041
Amble Skuse @ambleskuse.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
This week I'm writing my thesis on disability music, electronic musics, cyborgs, women's voices and all that jazz! Feel free to send me support and cheerleading as we go! I'll need it. Thanks in advance.
3120
Amble Skuse @ambleskuse.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Calling women who speak languages!!! I'm collecting recordings of women saying "A Thousand Women's Voices" in their first language. We have 35 languages so far! Would you like to join us? Please send your voice recordings to 1000womensvoices@gmail.com Thank you!
002
Amble Skuse @ambleskuse.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
1000 women's voices is building up nicely! But we have room for more! Do you know any women who speak another language? Please send me a recording of them saying "A Thousand Women's Voices" in their language! Please send to 1000womensvoices@gmail. Thank you! Gracias! Merci! Tak! Diolch! Hvala!
122
Amble Skuse @ambleskuse.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
I’m still collecting a thousand women’s voices! Send me a voice note of you saying « a thousand women’s voices » in your first language. It’s for a piece with @slampreasoprano.bsky.social Thank you! Merci, Gracias, Diolch, Danke, Tapadh Leat, Xie Xie, Takk, Cob Coon Caa.
132
Reposted by Amble Skuse
Stephanie Lamprea @slampreasoprano.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
(1/3) Here are some clips from our workshop sessions this past weekend for Speaking Towards One Another, using wearable tech to generate sound with sign language! Here, Yuki is triggering sound as she completes the sign for "chain".
163
Amble Skuse @ambleskuse.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
"Thousand Women's Voices" is just joyful! I'm getting audio sent from women all over the world, I love it! There's still time to do one! Send me "A Thousand Women's Voices" in the languages as you speak! Thank you! Merci! Diolch! Xie Xie! Gracias! Danke! Gamsahabnida! Cob Coon Caa! Takk! Shkran!
030
Reposted by Amble Skuse
Stephanie Lamprea @slampreasoprano.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
(3/3) Many thanks to this dream team for their focus, creativity, and joy! @ambleskuse.bsky.social @jenmcgregor.bsky.social Yuki Neoh and Semay Wu. (Not pictured: our incredible BSL interpreters Megan McArthur and Sula Brookes!)
031
Reposted by Amble Skuse
Stephanie Lamprea @slampreasoprano.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
(4/4) Speaking Towards One Another is made possible with funding from the National Lottery through Creative Scotland, Hope Scott Trust, #RCSMakeItHappen, and @iashedinburgh.bsky.social . We can't wait to show you what we create and discover! www.stephanielamprea.com/speaking-tow...
051
Reposted by Amble Skuse
Stephanie Lamprea @slampreasoprano.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
(3/4) We will use wearable tech to transform BSL into live sounds & visuals. The concert will be accessible to hearing and D/deaf audience members via videos, a live BSL translator, and printed programmes with all texts spoken, sung, and signed in the show. www.stephanielamprea.com/speaking-tow...
121
Reposted by Amble Skuse
Stephanie Lamprea @slampreasoprano.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
(1/4) New project!! Speaking Towards One Another is a series of concerts + installation for voice, electronics, video, wearable tech & BSL, created by Stephanie Lamprea, Yuki Neoh, Oana Stanciu, @jenbitespeople.bsky.social & @annekjaer.bsky.social www.stephanielamprea.com/speaking-tow...
152
Amble Skuse @ambleskuse.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Female friends who speak language other than English…. Would you be willing to record yourself saying the words “a thousand women’s voices” in your language please? If you can say it a bit poetically…… that would be great! It’s for a wee gig with @slampreasoprano.bsky.social Thank you!
bsky.app
002
Reposted by Amble Skuse
Stephanie Lamprea @slampreasoprano.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
(2/4) Music by Laura Bowler, @ambleskuse.bsky.social Rebecca Saunders, Stuart Macrae & Tom W. Green. Text by Alwynne Pritchard, Carol Ann Duffy, Gertrude Stein, Adah Isaacs Menken, & Hannah Siddiqui, addressing women’s testimony, language, body & resilience. www.stephanielamprea.com/speaking-tow...
131
Amble Skuse @ambleskuse.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Female friends who speak language other than English…. Would you be willing to record yourself saying the words “a thousand women’s voices” in your language please? It’s for a wee gig with @stephanielamprea. Thank you! If you can say it a bit poetically…… that would be great!
000
Amble Skuse @ambleskuse.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Saturday
100
Amble Skuse @ambleskuse.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Friday.
000
Amble Skuse @ambleskuse.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Thursday.
000
Amble Skuse @ambleskuse.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Thursday.
000
Amble Skuse @ambleskuse.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Tuesday
010
Amble Skuse @ambleskuse.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Monday.
000
Amble Skuse @ambleskuse.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Public service. Sunday. I’ll be here all week.
010
Amble Skuse @ambleskuse.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Public service. Saturday.
021
Amble Skuse @ambleskuse.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
I’m quite excited to be getting back to work tomorrow. Which makes me in inverse of a lot of other people who are very glad to be stopping for a bit. I am an inverse person it seems. Ah well.
010
Amble Skuse @ambleskuse.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
It’s not much but I finally had the space and energy to make a wee studio for myself. There will be a floor nest of course. Tomorrow is day 1 of studio life. Doing it my way. 😻
1110
Reposted by Amble Skuse
Stephanie Lamprea @slampreasoprano.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Save the date! In March, I perform for eavesdropping festival at @cafeotodalston.bsky.social ! I'll sing a new work by @ambleskuse.bsky.social (co-funded by eavesdropping, Hope Scott Trust & #RCSMakeItHappen) & works by Lisa Robertson & Erin Thomson Details: www.eavesdropping.london/activity/fes...
071
Amble Skuse @ambleskuse.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
New laptop arriving today! Finally my M key will work and I won’t have flashing lines across my screen. Now all please pray that my car is repairable!
150
Reposted by Amble Skuse
Stephanie Lamprea @slampreasoprano.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Excited to announce that I've been selected for the 2024 @rcsofficial.bsky.social Make It Happen Fund! The award will support me, @ambleskuse.bsky.social , and actor Yuki Neoh in creating new work for voice, live electronics, and British Sign Language! #RCSMakeItHappen www.rcs.ac.uk/news-stories...
rcs.ac.uk
Make It Happen RCS
The next generation of artists and innovators will see their creative visions become a reality thanks to £30,000 of Royal Conservatoire of Scotland funding. The Make It Happen Fund supports the ...
151
Reposted by Amble Skuse
Callum Waiana Madge @calluminium.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Always great to peruse the Unlimited award shortlists, and learn about the fantastic disabled artists working across different disciplines. Especially looking forward to the Summerhall and Imaginate ones obvs. weareunlimited.org.uk/news/the-202...
weareunlimited.org.uk
The UK and International Partner Awards Shortlist 2024/25
After some pretty tough decisions, we’re delighted to reveal the artists and companies shortlisted for the 2024/25 UK and International Partner Awards.
083
Amble Skuse @ambleskuse.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Thanks HCMF for showing my work "All who are weary and heavy-laden, I will give you rest". Huge thanks to Peter O’Doherty & Northern Lights Project for the project production and Bosko Begovic for rock carrying! Thanks again to the interviewees who shared their thoughts and feelings with us all.
091
Reposted by Amble Skuse
Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 09/11/2024
For the next two weeks, we’re offering ten free ebooks for getting free Another world is possible if we fight for it www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/517-te...
Ten book covers: How We Get Free, Hope in the Dark, Freedom is a Constant Struggle, Palestine in a World on Fire, Let This Radicalize you, Socialism... Seriously, The Black Antifascist Tradition, Elite Capture, Class Struggle Unionism, and Unbuild Walls. More details at the included link.
10847053407
Reposted by Amble Skuse
Stephanie Lamprea @slampreasoprano.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
This was a fantastic project to sing in! As a neurodivergent babe, it was exhilarating to sing about experiences shared by millions in the community. Plus the MiMU gloves were a bonus! 😁🌈♾️ Video shows music by @ambleskuse.bsky.social libretto by @jenbitespeople.bsky.social w #CityofLondonSinfonia
1111
Reposted by Amble Skuse
Jen Bites @jenbitespeople.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
In May @ambleskuse.bsky.social's opera, Divergent Sounds, opened at the Southbank Centre, with a libretto by me and brilliantly sung by @slampreasoprano.bsky.social. It's a verbatim piece about neurodivergence, and it was very special to watch an audience feel seen in an art form for the first time.
The stage of the Queen Elizabeth Hall in the Southbank Centre. It's curtain call, and the orchestra of the City of London Sinfonia are taking a bow along with us.
161
Amble Skuse @ambleskuse.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Oh dear. Bluesky showing me a feed full of posts from people I don’t follow. Such a shame. Would it be so hard to you know, choose whose posts I see? Enshitification is everywhere.
110
Amble Skuse @ambleskuse.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
On Thursday my laptop screen went stripey. Yesterday I lost my two most important folders on my laptop (since recovered!). Today the screen died altogether and my hoover broke. I think I’ve got electrical voodoo vibes. ⚡️⚡️⚡️
030
Amble Skuse @ambleskuse.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
I’ll be sharing our work “All who are weary and heavy laden, I will give you rest” on Wednesday at @hcmfuk. Commissioned by @northernlights_project and featuring @bosko_begovic movement artist. The work was made across Celtic country countries, Brittany, Hebrides, and Northern Ireland.
Image shows Bosko Begovic wearing a boiler suit with baskets on it. He is loading rocks into the basket on a pebble beach.
041
Amble Skuse @ambleskuse.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Here we go! Bouncing down my 8 channel mix for @northernlights_project concert at @hcmfuk on Weds! So happy to be appearing with such amazing women on this bill! @lokeeffe75 @bronamartin @ailis.ni.riain
Image shows image of Amble’s Logic audio programme.
040
Amble Skuse @ambleskuse.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Today started with my folder for my HCMF piece disappearing along with my entire PhD folder. When I did retrieve the piece, Logic said it was corrupted. So.. yeah, adrenaline issues now. Luckily I backed up last night and was able to restore. This is your reminder to time machine NOW!
031
Amble Skuse @ambleskuse.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Working on my piece for @hcmfuk.bsky.social on Weds. Commissioned by @northernlightsproject. My studio set it is super minimal, just headphones, laptop and some kitties.
Amble's laptop showing an digital audio workspace, on her bed with a tabby cat curled up on a hot water bottle to the right, and a white cat on a black hoodie curled up behind it.
021