June Hill @junehill.bsky.social · 22/09/2026www.theguardian.com/music/2026/s...theguardian.com‘Good music is good music, and most music is not!’ As he hits 90, master minimalist Steve Reich looks backAt 14, he heard Stravinsky and resolved to be a composer. As Reich approaches his 10th decade, the man revered by the likes of David Bowie reflects on a life that changed the soundtrack of modern livi... 010
June Hill @junehill.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Some good news here www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.com‘Incredibly encouraging’: healing the scars of traditional anchors in Dorset’s seagrass meadowsEco-moorings restore seagrass in just five years, boosting sealife such as seahorses, eels and crabs 010
June Hill @junehill.bsky.social · 22/07/2026www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...theguardian.com‘The door slid open and my jaw dropped’: the astonishing sculptures only ever seen by 20 peopleRay Exworth spent his life filling Cornish sheds with breathtaking sculptures – but wouldn’t let anyone in to view them. Now, after his death, his secret body of work has been revealed 000
June Hill @junehill.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Something to visit - curated by friend and all round good egg Az Crawford. Long loved Enid Marx’s work . Glad it’s getting attention www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...theguardian.comEnid Marx: the maverick textile artist who changed tube commutes for everHer fabric designs jazzed up the London Underground and though Queen Elizabeth II rejected her idea for a stamp, her work made a permanent cultural imprint, as a new exhibition reveals 100
Reposted by June HillBellingcat @bellingcat.com · 29/06/2026For over a decade we've tracked missiles, exposed poisoners, and followed the evidence. No paywall. No anonymous sources. No government funding. Just public-interest journalism. Today we launch Bellingcat Membership to maintain our independence. Support our work: www.bellingcat.com/donate/?utm_... 021084
June Hill @junehill.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Hadn’t quite appreciated how many favourite films fell into this category. Perhaps just missing ‘You Can’t Take It With You’… www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukRuby Hamilton · At the Movies: Screwball ComediesScrewballs aren’t miserabilist-humanist comedies about learning to revel in imperfection; they’re comedies of... 000
June Hill @junehill.bsky.social · 15/06/2026When lockdown started, he did iPad paintings of his garden and sent them by email in a simple attempt to spread some cheer...He was offering these unforced observations of nature as some evidence of hope and happiness in a world that had battened down its hatches… www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...theguardian.com‘His last kiss to the world’: David Hockney’s return to Yorkshire triggered a glorious reawakeningWhen the artist came home from LA, it seemed like a retirement. But it heralded an astonishing new chapter. Our critic remembers their thrilling dinners together – and the dazzling new works that arri... 000
June Hill @junehill.bsky.social · 13/06/2026www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...theguardian.com‘I think about him every time I go swimming’: David Hockney remembered by Rachel Whiteread, Jeremy Deller and moreArtists and cultural figures celebrate the great Yorkshire painter who could ‘make teabags and toothpaste glamorous’ – with a poem from a fellow Yorkshireman 000
June Hill @junehill.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Such sad news but what a legacy he's left us www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...theguardian.comRevolutionary British artist David Hockney dies aged 88Bradford painter whose sun-kissed visions of California broke world records at auction has died 000
June Hill @junehill.bsky.social · 01/06/2026‘The painted lines are arranged horizontally and are equidistant from one another, indicating a deliberate and structured pattern.” The paint was also applied by finger, the research showed…’ www.theguardian.com/science/2026...theguardian.comStriped rock dismissed as natural in 1928 reclassified as UK’s oldest cave artScientific dating proves streaks on walls of Bacon Hole, near the Mumbles in south Wales, is Palaeolithic rock art 000
June Hill @junehill.bsky.social · 24/05/2026www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comBruce Springsteen is a model for how celebrities should resist Trump | Steven GreenhouseHis recent concerts are a thunderous call to fight for democracy. The nation could use more like him 000
June Hill @junehill.bsky.social · 22/05/2026I’ve signed a letter calling for Andy Burnham to clarify his views on control or ownership of public services. Can you sign and share it as well? weownit.org.uk/act-now/sign...weownit.org.ukAdd your name to our open letter to Andy BurnhamPublic control is not public ownership. Andy Burnham must clarify that he backs public ownership of life's essentials. 000
Reposted by June HillVictoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 03/05/2026'Beltsville Agricultural Research Centre', Maryland - I was privately commissioned to memorialise the BARC by a past employee after learning it will be shut down by the USDA after over 100 years of research. They wanted to focus of this aerial embroidery to be the field plots... 1/3 (see thread) 341791574
June Hill @junehill.bsky.social · 15/05/2026More here… bylinetimes.com/2026/05/14/1...bylinetimes.com10,000 People Sign Official Petition Demanding Government End ‘Capture of UK Democracy by Media Billionaires’Ministers will be forced to respond to the proposals for a new 'Media Sovereignty Act' after campaigners passed a key threshold 000
June Hill @junehill.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Please consider signing this petition petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...petition.parliament.ukPetition: Ban foreign media ownership, enact a social media levy & new regulatory reformPass law to ban foreign & offshore ownership of UK media, enact a social-media levy to distribute media ownership across society & fund independent, local & cooperative-owned media. We believe democra... 000
June Hill @junehill.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Voting open until 7 June britainsfavouritebutterfly.co.ukbritainsfavouritebutterfly.co.ukHome - Britain’s Favourite ButterflyFlashy, adventurous or fantastically freaky. Britain has 60 native butterflies, each with their own story. Explore what makes them unique. 000
June Hill @junehill.bsky.social · 14/05/2026www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...theguardian.comThe secret mission to rescue the UN’s vital Palestinian refugee archiveMillions of documents chronicling generations of trauma saved from Gaza and East Jerusalem in 10-month Unrwa operation 000
Reposted by June HillThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 11/05/2026“Reading children’s literature in adulthood isn’t just a nostalgia impulse”—it’s a way to nudge the mind toward openness, playfulness, and active engagement, Anna Holmes writes:bit.lyWhat Adults Lose When They Put Down Children’s BooksGrown-ups who dismiss literature for kids aren’t just snobbish—they’re missing out. 47212
June Hill @junehill.bsky.social · 09/05/2026 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.com‘It’s about recognising our role in history’: Bradford exhibition to revisit live Somali displayAt the city’s Great Exhibition of 1904, 57 Somali men, women and children cooked, weaved and danced for visitors 001
June Hill @junehill.bsky.social · 04/05/2026“My work always bridges to something,” he says. “Being open to connecting with others is so important.” www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...theguardian.comNext stop – infinity! My transcendental experience on Japan’s ‘art island’ guided by its master Lee UfanIs this the ultimate location for contemplative art? Our writer travels to the legendary island of Naoshima – and meets the great creator of its most spellbinding works. Will he step through the arch ... 010
June Hill @junehill.bsky.social · 30/04/2026“…but a dissident has to think like this, has to believe that through their own behavior they have the capacity to unmake and remake the world.” www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/0...theatlantic.comIf You Want a Better World, Act Like You Live in ItWe’ve had Henry David Thoreau the environmentalist, the libertarian, the life coach. To understand his influence, think of him first as a dissident. 000
June Hill @junehill.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Ted’s back! August 5th… tv.apple.com/gb/clip/a-wo...tv.apple.comTed Lasso – Official Trailer – Apple TVTed Lasso · Trailer 000
June Hill @junehill.bsky.social · 23/04/2026'Throughout his career, Herzog has been almost exclusively interested in people who—like himself—possess the courage or the compulsion necessary to pursue their wildest dreams...' sojo.net/articles/cul...sojo.netWerner Herzog and What Makes a Life Worth FilmingWhy do Herzog’s films feel religious, even without God? 000
June Hill @junehill.bsky.social · 21/04/2026‘…he is worried that since 2016, “there has been a tendency to vandalise the crown jewels, the real assets the UK has, leadership on aid, the BBC, the creative industries, the soft power, the military strengths…’ www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...theguardian.comUS spending on ‘reckless’ Iran war could have saved 87m lives, says UNHead of UN’s humanitarian agency frustrated that $2bn weekly cost of conflict comes amid big cuts to aid budgets 020
Reposted by June HillAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 17/04/2026Heartbreaking description of the pointless, thoughtless damage being done to the Kennedy Center. It was such an important part of life in Washington, and is now being destroyed for no reason www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...theatlantic.comWhat I Saw Inside the Kennedy CenterI spent 10 months working at the institution because I thought I could help protect it. What I observed there is far worse than the public knows. 26454982155
June Hill @junehill.bsky.social · 11/04/2026www.theguardian.com/science/2026...theguardian.comNative Americans were gambling with dice 6,000 years earlier than anyone else, study saysArchaeological record suggests hunter gatherers were playing games of chance at the end of the last ice age 000
Reposted by June HillAnnette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 10/04/2026The other America. It’s still there. Beautiful. 👇 626058
June Hill @junehill.bsky.social · 28/03/2026www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comCambridge offers botany course that inspired Darwin after rare archive uncoveredUniversity’s botanic garden will use study materials created by John Stevens Henslow, the naturalist’s mentor, 200 years ago 000
June Hill @junehill.bsky.social · 27/03/2026www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...theguardian.comExperience: I’ve spent decades collecting over 260 postboxesIt started with an obscure railway postbox that had been thrown in a skip – now my museum has pieces from Scotland, Ireland and Hong Kong 000
June Hill @junehill.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...you.38degrees.org.ukStop Palantir taking over our public services!Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. 000
June Hill @junehill.bsky.social · 23/03/2026www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...theguardian.comFlock and awe: inside the big changes at Henry Moore’s glorious sheep-filled Hoglands homeThe great sculptor worked as a war artist in the 1940s, sketching people sheltering from bombings. Now his powerful underground drawings are opening the vast, renovated sheep barn gallery at his Arcad... 000
Reposted by June HillByline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Seven years ago, four people launched a paper with no proprietor, no office and no safety net — just readers and a promise to tell the stories others would not. Over the next 30 days, we’re looking back at what that mad… subscribe.bylinetimes.com/?utm_sour……subscribe.bylinetimes.comByline Times ShopWe are an independent journalism platform which reports without fear or favour. Be a part of the movement that is holding the Establishment to account. 020262
June Hill @junehill.bsky.social · 21/02/2026We’re back! What a night - worth hanging-in for the last 12 years… www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportl...thetelegraphandargus.co.ukREPORT: Odsal spectacular as Bulls produce fireworks in superb Super League winBradford Bulls marked the return of Betfred Super League to Odsal last night after over 11 years away with a superb 28-10 win against Catalans… 000
June Hill @junehill.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Fascinating read - reminds me of David Nash’s comment that our ‘feeling life is older and truer - we feel something, then think after’. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...theguardian.comInside voice: what can our thoughts reveal about the nature of consciousness?The long read: Scientists and philosophers studying the mind have discovered how little we know about our inner experiences 010
June Hill @junehill.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Love this - Lanterns Pt 1 read by Jeremy Irons - thanks to Elizabeth Alker for featuring on Unclassified (my go to music programme) richardwalters.bandcamp.com/track/lanter...richardwalters.bandcamp.comLanterns Pt. 1 (feat. Jeremy Irons), by Richard Waltersfrom the album Songs From the Solent 000
June Hill @junehill.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Fascinating article from History Workshop www.historyworkshop.org.uk/labour/west-...historyworkshop.org.ukWest Yorkshire Lasses: Female Trade Unionism and its Radical PastWhile trade unionism had long been dominated by the voices and experiences of men, an 1875 strike in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire was different. 000
June Hill @junehill.bsky.social · 03/02/2026He prized in a writer… a “sense of style and language.” [Adding] he had certain stipulations before championing a manuscript. “For nonfiction, a subject I am interested in and the conviction that the writer is tops in his field. For fiction, I want to fall in love.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/o...nytimes.comGeorges Borchardt, 97, Dies; Literary Agent Championed Wiesel’s ‘Night’ 000
Reposted by June HillYahia Lababidi @ysl.bsky.social · 31/01/2026“It takes a long time to sound like yourself.” — Miles Davis 452994592
Reposted by June HillBruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay freeyoutu.beBruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen 42569709540552
June Hill @junehill.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Behold - a leader… Mark Carney’s speech in full here. Time to be honest and take the sign out of the window open.substack.com/pub/paulwell...open.substack.comThe Carney doctrineOpen comment thread on the PM's Davos speech 000
June Hill @junehill.bsky.social · 13/01/2026‘The archive reveals Blythe’s frugality, with the writer reusing index cards, and paper, and cramming as many neat words as possible into each cheap school notebook. Collins said his habits went to the heart of his “genius” as a writer…’ www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...theguardian.comBritish Library acquires archive of rural life writer and essayist Ronald BlytheExclusive: Collection includes workbooks and index cards, and papers that show his research for bestseller Akenfield 010
June Hill @junehill.bsky.social · 12/01/2026www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.com‘We want people to sit, pause, relax’: National Trust to open its libraries for public useCharity plans to make stately homes more welcoming by inviting visitors to use furniture and reading rooms 021
June Hill @junehill.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Paywall removed so all can access this advice www.wired.com/story/how-to...wired.comHow to Protest Safely in the Age of SurveillanceLaw enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest. 010
June Hill @junehill.bsky.social · 08/01/2026“stoic and unshowy”, that’s us… www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/2574692...thetelegraphandargus.co.ukBradford site named as one of the "Seven Wonders of the World" for 2026A Bradford site has been named as one of the “seven wonders of the world” for 2026 by a global travel magazine. 000
June Hill @junehill.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Amazing find www.theguardian.com/science/2026...theguardian.com‘Extraordinary’ iron age war trumpet find in Britain may have Boudicca linksBronze instrument or carnyx dug up in Norfolk in area inhabited by Celtic tribe led by warrior who fought Romans 000
June Hill @junehill.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Article from February 2025 worth reading again now www.bylinesupplement.com/p/trump-isnt...bylinesupplement.comTrump Isn't Joking About LebensraumTrump's plans for Greenland, the Panama Canal, Canada and Mexico aren't just idle talk. A senior US insider tells us what to expect 000
June Hill @junehill.bsky.social · 26/12/2025#FridayReads Loving this - as good as the reviews say. What a treat to read and remember. 000
