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CLIVE POWER @clivepower.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Now solely at www.x.com/clivepower
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CLIVE POWER @clivepower.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
The folly of Right To Buy.
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CLIVE POWER @clivepower.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
The Trial (1962) was Welles' best film and is one of the best films of all. It popularised the now overly-familiar 'Adagio in G minor' which had been published in 1958 by a musicologist but had already featured in Last Year at Marienbad (1961).
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CLIVE POWER @clivepower.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Bluesky now has 38M users - still growing but at a lot slower rate and daily post volume is declining with c700K daily now but such was 800K in May 2025. Threads has 350M users. X has 600M users. www.socialmediatoday.com/news/bluesky...
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Bluesky Reaches 38M Users, Though Post Volume Is Declining
Bluesky’s growth momentum has slowed, but it is still growing.
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CLIVE POWER @clivepower.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
The cultural offer is low in Stratford town. A cinema & a theatre shut and the one time theatre/venue next to Stratford High St station is long silent. It's welcome news that the Prince Charles Cinema is looking to move here (to the ex Picturehouse?) but where are the indy theatres & music venues?
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Stephan Pollard @stephanpollard.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
'happy peaceful era' By David Szauder #videoart
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CLIVE POWER @clivepower.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
'If mansion owners paid a fair council tax, local authorities wouldn’t be in such a mess.' Simon Jenkins www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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If mansion owners paid a fair council tax, local authorities wouldn’t be in such a mess | Simon Jenkins
Angela Rayner’s proposed reforms are ill-conceived and fail to address the system’s inherent unfairness, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
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Tate Collection @tate.bsky.social · 04/05/2023
Clive Branson, Bombed Women and Searchlights, 1940
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CLIVE POWER @clivepower.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Brighton beach
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CLIVE POWER @clivepower.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
A chimera for Conservatives wanting to win. Boris Johnson (24%) is the clear preference amongst 2024 Conservative voters to lead that party after Kemi Badenoch leaves. Rishi Sunak (12%) is third favourite after James Cleverly. conservativehome.com/2025/08/07/t...
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CLIVE POWER @clivepower.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
'DATA REVEALED: What media that people in the UK are consuming in 2025' Includes monthly - 84% use social media, 68% listen to live radio on a radio set, 53% read a printed book. danslee.co.uk/2025/08/04/d...
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DATA REVEALED: What media people in the UK are consuming in 2025
Often times, it’s not the attention grabbing lines that are the most useful from Ofcom data and 2025’s Media Nations report is no exception. I’ll talk about the findings around YouTube that got mos…
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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Lemons, oranges, & pomegranates in a wan-li bowl, 1630. Beautiful bounty from Jacob van Hulsdonck of Antwerp, whose day is today.
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CLIVE POWER @clivepower.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
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CLIVE POWER @clivepower.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
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CLIVE POWER @clivepower.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Herne Bay Cartoon Festival 1- 14 August
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Municipal Dreams @municipaldreams.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
The 1919 Housing Act - the Addison Act - received the royal assent on this day 106 years ago. 176,000 council homes were built under its terms and its standard of high quality housing set a benchmark for decades to come (Examples from Poplar, Newcastle, Lancaster and Winchester)
THree house terrace, Manchester Grove, Isle of DogsPendower Estate, NewcastleSemi-detached housing Scotforth Estate, LancasterSemi-detached housing, Stanmore Estate, Winchester
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CLIVE POWER @clivepower.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Andrew Teale does good election previews. Here for Thames View ward, LB Barking & Dagenham with sketch (Bobby Moore, lightermen) to candidates, incl well-known Tory, Andrew Boff, GLA member & ex Leader, LB Hillingdon. And Greens' Paul Powlesland known locally for campaigning for better River Roding.
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Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Stunning gothic interior of León Cathedral, Spain, dating from 1302, aka ‘House of Light’, with its nearly 1,800 square metres of stained glass windows
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CLIVE POWER @clivepower.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Government - there is a simple message you are not communicating. An asylum seeker is paid £49.18 weekly for food, clothing, etc. If they are provided with meals, they are paid £9.95 weekly. There is mass ignorance about this; many think the amounts are very much higher and more stuff is covered.
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CLIVE POWER @clivepower.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2025/news/re... Big news for local papers & big savings for local government; Gov set to scrap rule councils must buy license ads in local print papers One Ed told me their title folds straightaway without what's a council subsidy. Papers would close. Big bun fight looms
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Reeves set to scrap 'outdated' rule on public notices in local press - Journalism News from HoldtheFrontPage
Industry leaders voice alarm following interview
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CLIVE POWER @clivepower.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Claims wealthy fleeing from UK just will-o'-the-wisp? Tax Policy Associates / Dan Neidle questioning whether Henley & Partners’ millionaire‑migration reports are fabricated. They are the source for many news stories that the wealthy are fleeing the UK. open.substack.com/pub/taxpolic...
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Are Henley & Partners’ millionaire‑migration reports fabricated?
Henley & Partners’ 2025 Wealth Migration Report says 16,500 UK millionaires will leave this year.
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CLIVE POWER @clivepower.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Jay Rayner, like all big London food writers, shows his tongue doesn't stretch beyond Shoreditch. 'I'll go to the country's very extremities to review restaurants. But Leytonstone.' Anyone can see best Malayalam, Nigerian, etc food is east of the Lea - Newham, Redbridge, WF, etc
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CLIVE POWER @clivepower.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
'Anti-Social Behaviour' is often the reason given to withdraw services. City of London Cemetery, Aldersbrook Rd, shut Rabbits Rd entrance a few years ago. Summer closing now changed to 5pm from 7pm. Wildlife photography now banned. ASB reason given for all. It's as quiet as the grave when I visit.
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CLIVE POWER @clivepower.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
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CLIVE POWER @clivepower.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Zurich
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CLIVE POWER @clivepower.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
North Circular Road (Edmonton) - today
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CLIVE POWER @clivepower.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
'The billionaire and the tax evading (West End) gift shops" open.substack.com/pub/londonce...
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The billionaire and the tax evading gift shops
Asif Aziz's Criterion Capital manages a row of high-profile shops at Piccadilly Circus. So why does his team keeping renting them to students who vanish without paying millions of pounds in taxes?
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CLIVE POWER @clivepower.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
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CLIVE POWER @clivepower.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Better to increase charges by inflation & other increased costs each year. Or people can look askance at large increase after years. As well they might. An inflation rise to the 60+ £10 renewal since introduced in 2020 would take it to £12.75. It will be £18. www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...
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Still a bargain! TfL reveals cost of 60+ Oyster card for older Londoners will rise
Zip cards for children, teenagers and students will also increase in cost
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CLIVE POWER @clivepower.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Embankment
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CLIVE POWER @clivepower.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
East Suffolk Council has the best council logo (2019). Sky, grass, sea, sand for the Lowestoft and Felixstowe local authority. Soon to be subsumed into a larger council in forthcoming Local government reorganisation (LGR). The new council's image will doubtless be more mundane.
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CLIVE POWER @clivepower.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
I recall tough comms at Ofqual on the very high figs for the number supposedly receiving this in this period. Like previous hard comms for NHS Digital on care.data disaster, it's dispiriting to later discover you were unknowingly spreading misinformation in comms www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Ofqual admits massively exaggerating number of students getting exam assistance
Regulator for England withdraws statistics for students receiving assistance in A-Level and GCSE exams going back to 2014
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CLIVE POWER @clivepower.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
This Saturday. Chamber music concert including Dvorak and Fauré. In St John the Baptist Church (next to Aldi). Part of Leytonstone Festival. Free - book here. www.pitchstonemusic.com/events-1/an-...
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An evening with Pitchstone Music | Pitchstone Music
Part of the vibrant Leytonstone Festival, this is an unforgettable evening of world-class chamber music. Featuring four of the UK’s leading chamber musicians, this concert offers rich, expressive perf...
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CLIVE POWER @clivepower.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
NewsWhip are claiming their AI Agents is a first. Real time media monitoring platform across news / social media channels (major & Reddit, Substack, etc.) for live coverage, analysis & recommendations. Not just regular reports. An obvious next-level I don't think I've seen before.
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CLIVE POWER @clivepower.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
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The Economist @economist.com · 14/07/2025
Britain’s particular strength lies in consultants, lawyers, PR types, accountants and more. In cities, particularly outside London, cheap-but-qualified labour is appealing
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British labour is a bargain
Thank Brexit and stagnant wages
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CLIVE POWER @clivepower.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
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CLIVE POWER @clivepower.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Wanstead Flats, after Friday's fire. Epping Forest.
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CLIVE POWER @clivepower.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
If people need to sleep on Wanstead Flats, let them.
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CLIVE POWER @clivepower.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Wanstead Flats fire aftermath at 4pm today. Unless it rains, I would be surprised if there are not more fires on the Flats. The grass is dessicated and golden.
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CLIVE POWER @clivepower.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
16 to 1 on a Tory majority at the next GE looks good odds. It's the Tories; they've been going since 1834. Such is predicated on a collapse (falling out, scandal, failure on a high-profile issue all possible) in Reform UK support before then. Remember, UKIP was at 25% in an Oct 2014 opinion poll.
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CLIVE POWER @clivepower.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
East Ham
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CLIVE POWER @clivepower.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Great demolition of all those videos of tourist old-time London whilst now, according to nonsense of those posting them, 'few speak English' or 'you may get stabbed' in the capital. Shows it was never just blondes in pinafores. London also always had an edgy side. www.onlondon.co.uk/dave-hill-la...
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Dave Hill: Lamenting a 'lost' London is a populist scam
Claims that the capital has fallen into lawless decline with immigration as a main cause are false and unpatriotic
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CLIVE POWER @clivepower.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Free concert of Classical music - string quartet in Leytonstone on 19 July. www.pitchstonemusic.com/events
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CLIVE POWER @clivepower.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
J M W Turner (1775 - 1851). Self-portrait c1799.
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Out of the Past @filmclassics.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton #BOTD, 1955) DoP: Stanley Cortez
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CLIVE POWER @clivepower.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
The cost of doing business. Trump is paid $16M to end lawsuit he brought against CBS for, er, making his opponent look good! This settlement is doubtless unrelated to federal approval needed for CBS merger plan. There's straight-up corruption - pay me cash - & 'legal' corruption - this & similar
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CLIVE POWER @clivepower.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Wanstead Flats, Epping Forest - this evening
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