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Andrew Ormston

@andrewormston.bsky.social
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Professional interests: international cultural policy, community cinema, performing arts. Other stuff: art history, printmaking, drawing, curling, geology, good books.

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Andrew Ormston @andrewormston.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Really pleased about this and hoping it’s a step towards more proactive cultural policy www.thenational.scot/news/2604498...
thenational.scot
SNP pledge £200 for every 18-year-old to 'spend on cultural pursuits in Scotland'
EVERY young Scot will be given £200 to spend on cultural pursuits on their 18th birthday if the SNP are returned to power in the May elections ...
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Andrew Ormston @andrewormston.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Enjoying Netherlands Dance Theatre online selection of Hans van Manen's work from their archive. Now pining to see 'Fantasia' and 'Grosse Fuge' live. Wish more companies would do time limited online releases of archived works..
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Andrew Ormston @andrewormston.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Edinburgh Princes Street
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Andrew Ormston @andrewormston.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Today’s @thequeenshall.bsky.social concert was a real treat. Students from Glasgow’s Conservatoire inspired by residency with The Scottish Ensemble & vice versa.
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Cinema For All @cinemaforall.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Applications for Glow are now open ✨📽 Build on your existing knowledge and experience and reach your community cinema's next goals with a £300 bursary and support from our team! Deadline 📆 : 1st December 2025 Apply now 🔗 : bit.ly/4aS4b8B
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Andrew Ormston @andrewormston.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Good piece on the @cinemaforall.bsky.social celebration of 100 yrs of community cinema www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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‘A monument to kindness’: the rise of Britain’s community cinemas
With more than 1,600 screens, people share how local-run venues are taking them on a film-worthy adventure
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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 30/09/2025
Author Kate Mosse addressed the Labour Party Conference on AI "theft", citing lack of economic impact study for the protection of copyright 👇 #BookSky
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'To not protect copyright is foolish': Kate Mosse condemns AI 'theft' at Labour Party Conference
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Andrew Ormston @andrewormston.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Jaq Chell of @cinemaforall.bsky.social taking us thru a 100 yrs of community cinema and film societies at the Centenary Gala in Sheffield
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Andrew Ormston @andrewormston.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Really enjoyed this year’s festival. Great atmosphere.
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Andrew Ormston @andrewormston.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival... Really enjoyable and well hosted by Jackie Wylie
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Harriet Walter: Beyond The Bard
From Sun 10 Aug - Jackie Wylie talks to Walter (renowned for her Oliver Award-winning stage performances, and her many screen appearances including Succession and Killing Eve) about what it's like to ...
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Andrew Ormston @andrewormston.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
£22.5m for 400 schools over 3 years amounts to under £19k per school per year going to under 12% of England’s secondary schools.
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Andrew Ormston @andrewormston.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Powerful reading from Poems for Palestine - Najwan Darwish with Marjorie Lofti at EIBF Gala this evening www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival...
edbookfest.co.uk
Najwan Darwish: Poems for Palestine
From Sun 10 Aug - Hear Darwish - described as one of the foremost contemporary Arab poets - discuss what it means to survive, how to avoid bring desensitised by conflict, and the incredible tenacity o...
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Andrew Ormston @andrewormston.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Looks like a visit to Perth Art Gallery is on the cards open.substack.com/pub/maxwellm...
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Scotland's most significant acquisition in a generation
OPINION: Millais has come home — and we are so proud.
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Andrew Ormston @andrewormston.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Community group needing access to equipment for a film screening? @cinemaforall.bsky.social to find equipment near you mycommunitycinema.org.uk/equipment/
mycommunitycinema.org.uk
Equipment
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Cinema For All @cinemaforall.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
We've had a wonderful selection of community cinemas from our Climate Action Cinema Collective taking part in this year’s pilot collaborative film festival - New Leaf! Each group received a £250 bursary to support their screening ideas. Next year we hope to involve even more community cinemas 🌍🎞️
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Andrew Ormston @andrewormston.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Moving wee Rembrandt etching of his mother. Great to have an afternoon at @leedsartgallery.bsky.social and adjacent Henry Moore Institute
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Andrew Ormston @andrewormston.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Enjoyable Edinburgh Geological Society excursion to Cocklawburn Beach led by Alison Tymon.
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Andrew Ormston @andrewormston.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
It's not unusual when negative English stories run under a UK strapline. But in the case of health it unnecessarily worries people in NI, Wales and Scotland.
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Andrew Ormston @andrewormston.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Petals of Blood was the first African fiction I read back in the day and it made a huge impact www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, giant of African literature, dies aged 87
Kenyan writer’s death announced by his daughter, who wrote: ‘He lived a full life, fought a good fight’
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Andrew Ormston @andrewormston.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Really enjoyable evening from #BalletBC. Compelling work and wonderful dancers www.capitaltheatres.com/shows/ballet...
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Ballet BC (British Columbia) - Capital Theatres
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Andrew Ormston @andrewormston.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
If you’re visiting Edinburgh be sure to look in on the newly opened Palestine Museum on Dundas Street
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Andrew Ormston @andrewormston.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Tweed time machine
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Andrew Ormston @andrewormston.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
www.screenmachine.co.uk/funding-sg-s... That’s great news! Screen Machine = dream machine!
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£500,000 funding from Scottish Government - Screen Machine
We're delighted to share the following press release from the Scottish Government, issued today Friday 9 May 2025.
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Andrew Ormston @andrewormston.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Over a 100 years of Glasgow on Film. @natlibscot.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TnA... I your kind of thing, have a look at @cinemaforall.bsky.social for info on the centenary celebrations of the first film society in UK.
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850 years of Glasgow
YouTube video by National Library of Scotland
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Andrew Ormston @andrewormston.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
The mystery stone in my garden wall
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Andrew Ormston @andrewormston.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
U.S culture wars and trade wars coalescing. One of the benefits of the streaming platforms was supporting the diversification of international production. 3dvf.com/en/trump-sha...
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Andrew Ormston @andrewormston.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Not surprising, but will disappoint more than a few
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Andrew Ormston @andrewormston.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Producer for celebration of 100 years of film societies #BritishFilmInstitute @cinemaforall.bsky.social
cinemaforall.org.uk
Freelance Producer
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Andrew Ormston @andrewormston.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Tweedmouth’s Teeth
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Andrew Ormston @andrewormston.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
If you’re in Edinburgh pop in to Eglington & Glencairn Gardens open day for a cuppa and cake
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Andrew Ormston @andrewormston.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
The Great Tapestry of Scotland is inspiring as art, craft and historical record. Really enjoyed my first visit to its home in Galashiels
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Andrew Ormston @andrewormston.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Investing in youth music is, in my view, the most important cultural funding of all
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Andrew Ormston @andrewormston.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Centenary programme celebrating UK's first film society coming up. Organised by @cinemaforall.bsky.social with support from #BFI
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Andrew Ormston @andrewormston.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Look forward to seeing Scotland's contribution to #VeniceBiennale in 2026
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Andrew Ormston @andrewormston.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Walk around Govan today. Impressed with these www.govanha.org.uk developments
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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 02/04/2025
The East and South East Asian Lit Fest has partnered with Edinburgh International Book Festival and Cheltenham Literature Festival to curate satellite events and workshops. 👇 #BookSky
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ESEA partners with Edinburgh and Cheltenham Festivals to curate ‘satellite’ events
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Mariana Mazzucato @mazzucatom.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
We don’t need a return to austerity this Spring. It is underinvestment, not overspending that is limiting growth in the UK. Strategic public investment can be used to crowd in private investment around key problems—from net zero to health. More on my latest Substack ➡️ buff.ly/06Hrn1E
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Andrew Ormston @andrewormston.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Model for Edinburgh’s new concert hall (Dunard Centre) to aspire to?
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Andrew Ormston @andrewormston.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Sprung Spring
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Andrew Ormston @andrewormston.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Enjoyed #bordersartfair in #kelso yesterday. Couldn't resist a print by #lizmaclartyjones and chat with artist at work, Siobhan K Morison prompted a sign up to #edinburghsculptureworkshop next stone carving course
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Andrew Ormston @andrewormston.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Best applied locally. The Scottish scheme (The Visitor Levy (Scotland) Act became law in September 2024) is defined by each local authority, with the income channeled to locally agreed priorities. In Edinburgh consultation led to funding allocated for areas including housing, culture, heritage.
artsprofessional.co.uk
Tourist tax worth £1bn a year for culture floated - Arts Professional
A tourist levy on overnight accommodation in England could generate more than £1bn a year to support cultural infrastructure and placemaking, according to a new report. The Cultural Policy Unit think ...
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Andrew Ormston @andrewormston.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Encouraging results. Hope it might influence Edinburgh to expand its ULEZ beyond the tourist area to cover city centre residential areas www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Dramatic fall in London’s levels of deadly pollutants after Ulez expansion
People in capital breathing much cleaner air, with significant improvements in capital’s most deprived areas
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Andrew Ormston @andrewormston.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
It's hard to see where the leverage can be applied to achieve the kind of result Hollywood writers won through collective action.
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Andrew Ormston @andrewormston.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Exploiting creatives and artists to 'kick start' the economy is, to put it mildly, disappointing www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Kate Bush and other artists protest AI copyright laws with silent album
Music stars including Kate Bush and Damon Albarn say law changes would damage people's livelihoods.
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Andrew Ormston @andrewormston.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Bit of an indictment of CI sector employers when it comes to training (in latest Creative PEC report on skills)
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Andrew Ormston @andrewormston.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Beacon of joy when padding along a dark, dreich New Town street
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Andrew Ormston @andrewormston.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Always appreciate Jill Watson’s Merchant Navy memorial in Leith and ‘Widows & Bairns’ in Burnmouth Harbour
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Andrew Ormston @andrewormston.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Proposes an opt in approach for creators to AI rather than the opt out model UK Government favours & calls for creatives to respond to the gov’t consultation www.thebookseller.com/comment/a-ca...
thebookseller.com
A call to AI action
The government's consultation on AI and copyright must inspire action from everyone in publishing.
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Andrew Ormston @andrewormston.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Big statement from Scottish Government about the importance of Scotland’s arts scene www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
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Funding boost puts Scotland’s arts sector on a firm footing - Angus Robertson
Scotland’s culture sector is beginning the most significant positive funding change in modern times. It is trans-formational and foundational.
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Cinema For All @cinemaforall.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
As part of our celebrations of 100 years of volunteer-led cinema, we’re asking organisations from around the UK to vote for their 10 favourite films to compile a list of the 100 greatest films of all time, as voted for by the community cinema movement! 🎞️🥳 Find out more and vote: bit.ly/3CviZyL
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