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David Walker

@davidwlkr0.bsky.social
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Author (The Only Way is Up, with Polly Toynbee), non-executive, former Audit Commission director and journalist

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Georges Seurat @georgesseurat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Landscape at Saint-Ouen www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/se…
Gift of Bernice Richard, 1980
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Georges Seurat @georgesseurat.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The Mower www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/se…
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Hampton court palace
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Sir Tony Blair’s think-tank has offered companies networking opportunities at political party conferences as part of a $25,000-a-year membership scheme, raising questions about the influence of big business on policy discussions. www.ft.com/content/1ca9...
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Tony Blair’s think-tank offers political access to $25,000-a-year corporate members
BP, Uber and Amazon are among corporate members of the non-profit’s membership programme, the Global Network for Change
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Georges Seurat @georgesseurat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Port of Honfleur www.wikiart.org/en/georges-seurat/p…
Port of Honfleur
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Georges Seurat @georgesseurat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Study for "Bathers at Asnieres" www.wikiart.org/en/georges-seurat/s…
Study for "Bathers at Asnieres"
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Ciaran Martin @ciaranm.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Absolutely right. Mr Burnham must run Britain just like Sir Jim Ratcliffe has run Manchester United. Like Britain, ManU was once a proud global giant. But like the UK, the club had entered a lengthy period of stagnation. Since Ratcliffe took over at Man Utd this once proud club has oh wait
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Shabana Mir @shabana.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890). The Church at Auvers (1890, oil on canvas).
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Séamas Aloysius @seamusaloysius.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Vincent van Gogh "Wheatfield with Cypresses" (September 1889) Oil on canvas | 72.1 × 90.9 cm. (28.4 × 35.8 in). National Gallery, London. #ArtSky #VanGogh
"Wheat Field with Cypresses" (1889) by the Dutch Post-Impressionist master Vincent van Gogh. 
The artwork is celebrated for its thick, rhythmic brushstrokes (impasto) that bring the swirling clouds, golden wheat field, and windswept trees to life with vibrant movement. 
Van Gogh painted this landscape during his stay at the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole mental asylum in Saint-Rémy, France. Inspired by the scenery just outside his window, he considered the towering, dark green cypress trees to be a signature element of the southern French landscape.
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Mr Natural @neilmatheson66.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
John Everett Millias (1829-1896) Autumn Leaves, 1855-56. Oil on canvas. #PreRaphaelite
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 17/09/2026
in the interest of annoying everyone, can I say that Lime bike riders madly running red lights are bad *but so are pedestrians with headphones wandering out into the road*
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 16/09/2026
BIG NEWS for any pedestrians fuming at e-bike riders Lime have permanently banned a rider caught cycling on the pavement. City of London police says:
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Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Just putting this out there for all the people in my mentions who are very upset I have dared to mention cyclists ignoring red lights
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Georges Seurat @georgesseurat.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884 www.artic.edu/artworks/27992
“Bedlam,” “scandal,” and “hilarity” were among the epithets used to describe what is now considered Georges Seurat’s greatest work, and one of the most remarkable paintings of the nineteenth century, when it was first exhibited in Paris. Seurat labored extensively over A Sunday on La Grande Jatte—1884, reworking the original as well as completing numerous preliminary drawings and oil sketches (the Art Institute has one such sketch and two drawings). With what resembles scientific precision, the artist tackled the issues of color, light, and form. Inspired by research in optical and color theory, he juxtaposed tiny dabs of colors that, through optical blending, form a single and, he believed, more brilliantly luminous hue. To make the experience of the painting even more intense, he surrounded the canvas with a frame of painted dashes and dots, which he, in turn, enclosed with a pure white wood frame, similar to the one with which the painting is exhibited today. The very immobility of the figures and the shadows they cast makes them forever silent and enigmatic. Like all great masterpieces, La Grande Jatte continues to fascinate and elude.

Helen Birch Bartlett Memorial Collection
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Dave Hill @davehillonlondon.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Charing Cross Road pavement near Tottenham Court Road station late yesterday morning.
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Brighton beach today
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Brighton, late evening
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Libération @liberation.fr · 10/09/2026
TRIBUNE. Funérailles d’Etat de Ratko Mladic : l’Occident ne peut pas feindre la surprise La glorification du criminel de guerre n’est pas récente, mais le résultat d’une politique de réhabilitation d’anciens récits nationalistes
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Funérailles d’Etat de Ratko Mladic : l’Occident ne peut pas feindre la surprise
La glorification du criminel de guerre des Balkans n’est pas récente, mais le résultat d’une politique de réhabilitation d’anciens récits nationalistes, relève l’écrivaine Sonja Biserko.
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Georges Seurat @georgesseurat.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Study with Figures. Study for 'La Grande Jatte' www.wikiart.org/en/georges-seurat/s…
Study with Figures. Study for 'La Grande Jatte'
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Georges Seurat @georgesseurat.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The scene in the theater www.wikiart.org/en/georges-seurat/t…
The scene in the theater
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 10/09/2026
100 years ago, the Northern line extension to Morden transformed south London, connecting communities and unlocking growth. Today we celebrate Charles Holden’s stations and their enduring legacy. Join Londoners in discovering the history, architecture and stories behind these remarkable places:
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Celebrate 100 Years Of The Northern Line Extension With A Treasure Hunt This Weekend
Visit seven stations and maybe win a prize.
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David Walker @davidwlkr0.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Public officials in the UK are *servants* -- and will do what extremists ask www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Debate: Is the public manager’s duty always deference?
Published in Public Money & Management (Ahead of Print, 2026)
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Thames
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
commuter, south bank
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David Walker @davidwlkr0.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"Viel entscheidender (als Zuwanderung) waren offenbar Themen wie soziale Sicherheit, Frieden in Europa und die Wirtschaftspolitik." Frieden, geliefert von V.Putin! p.dw.com/p/5LvRP
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Was die AfD in Sachsen-Anhalt so erfolgreich macht
Das AfD-Rekordergebnis bei der Landtagswahl hat viele Gründe: der gelungene Wahlkampf, der unbeliebte Bundeskanzler und Zugewinne unter Nichtwählern. Eine Analyse.
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Half-expecting government to announce VAT cut on balaclavas to help with cost of living.
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David Walker @davidwlkr0.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
La politique, c'est une affaire familiale, à droite comme à gauche www.liberation.fr/politique/ce...
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«C’est elle ou moi» : le retour de Marion Maréchal fait dérailler le duo Le Pen-Bardella
Depuis le 7 juillet et l’annonce de la candidature de Le Pen, le binôme à la tête du Rassemblement national se dissocie. Bardella, relégué au poste de candidat à Matignon, peine à trouver sa place.
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David Walker @davidwlkr0.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Here's an ongoing example of social intuition (control rents) vs empirical social science, which struggles with its credibility
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David Walker @davidwlkr0.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Si FH entre en lice, c'est une affaire familliale
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Agence France-Presse @afp.com · 07/09/2026
🇷🇸 Une foule nombreuse a défilé lundi à Belgrade devant le cercueil de l'ex-chef militaire des Serbes de Bosnie, Ratko Mladic, condamné pour génocide et crimes de guerre, avant des obsèques en grande pompe qui suscitent la réprobation internationale ⤵️
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Every new prime minister gets to celebrate their 50th day in office by restoring Liz Truss's rightful title of 'UK's shortest serving prime minister'. Congrats, Andy Burnham.
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Le Point @lepoint.fr · 07/09/2026
Rentrée en Seconde : notre sélection de 10 livres pour bien commencer le lycée Par @baudouineschapasse.bsky.social
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Rentrée en Seconde : notre sélection de 10 livres pour bien commencer le lycée
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David Walker @davidwlkr0.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
How the new Nazis* may govern in Saxony-Anhalt *not my designation, it's official p.dw.com/p/5KJ4h
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Was sich unter einer AfD-Regierung ändern könnte
Abschiebegefängnisse, Arbeitspflicht für Asylbewerber, Bürgerwehren - die AfD will Sachsen-Anhalt drastisch umbauen. Was plant die Partei?
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Georges Seurat @georgesseurat.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Edge of Wood, Springtime www.wikiart.org/en/georges-seurat/e…
Edge of Wood, Springtime
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Georges Seurat @georgesseurat.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Forest of Barbizon www.wikiart.org/en/georges-seurat/f…
Forest of Barbizon
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David Walker @davidwlkr0.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
What’s up with academic governance @cam.ac.uk ?
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 03/09/2026
Cambridge university was ordered to pay £5,000 compensation to a former PhD student who was found to have been bullied by Professor James Orr, who is also Reform UK's head of policy as.ft.com/r/c0b319f3-2...
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Georges Seurat @georgesseurat.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Woman Walking with a Parasol (study for La Grande Jatte) www.artic.edu/artworks/150774
Bequest of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
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Georges Seurat @georgesseurat.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Landscape at Saint-Ouen www.wikiart.org/en/georges-seurat/l…
Landscape at Saint-Ouen
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David Walker @davidwlkr0.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Activist journalism - funny, disturbing and courageous open.substack.com/pub/londonce...
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Intimidation, illegality and Mr Whippy: We join London’s ice cream wars
London Centric enters the ice cream trade • The capital’s soft serve vendors act like they can ignore the law • It turns out they probably can
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Georges Seurat @georgesseurat.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Roses in a Vase www.artic.edu/artworks/150828
Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
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Georges Seurat @georgesseurat.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The Gardener www.wikiart.org/en/georges-seurat/t…
The Gardener
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Your regular reminder that almost everything Trump is getting away with is not because of presidential strength, but because of congressional weakness and judicial deference. The constitutional tools are already there to fix this, but those who can fix it are refusing to do so.
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Libération @liberation.fr · 25/08/2026
Face aux menaces commerciales du président américain, l’ex-gouverneur de la Banque du Canada a fini par choisir l’affrontement. Une nouvelle crise à gérer pour celui qui veut réduire la dépendance historique de son pays envers les Etats-Unis. ➡️ l.liberation.fr/fun
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Georges Seurat @georgesseurat.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Young Peasant in Blue www.wikiart.org/en/georges-seurat/y…
Young Peasant in Blue
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 24/08/2026
Mark Carney says Canada can’t accept US trade deal that would weaken French language
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Mark Carney says Canada can’t accept US trade deal that would weaken French language
Prime minister praised for rejecting US trade proposal as Trump shows little interest in retreating from dispute * Are you a Canadian boycotting US products? We’d like to hear from you Mark Carney said on Monday that while American negotiators saw the French language in Canada as an “irritant … in Quebec, these are rights,” days after receiving widespread praise from political leaders for rejecting a US trade proposal that many perceived as weakening the country’s Francophone culture. The prime minister’s remarks came hours after the US president, Donald Trump, showed little interest in retreating from the spat, posting on social media that Canada had been “ripping off the United States of America for years” and threatening a swath of new, economically devastating tariffs on cars and trucks. Continue reading...
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David Walker @davidwlkr0.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Le mot clé est < mythique >
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Georges Seurat @georgesseurat.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The Bridge at Courbevoie www.wikiart.org/en/georges-seurat/t…
The Bridge at Courbevoie
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David Walker @davidwlkr0.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Another excellent factual report from @davehillonlondon.bsky.social ... but it also exemplifies how little high quality discussion local government gets, whether in London or elsewhere davehillonlondon.substack.com/p/sohos-savi...
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Soho’s saviours and the future of the West End
The best way forward for an area of great importance to the capital and the country may be enhancing, not unravelling, its existing mix of strengths
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Georges Seurat @georgesseurat.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Study for 'La Grande Jatte' www.wikiart.org/en/georges-seurat/s…
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