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Neil John Griffiths

@njgriff.bsky.social
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functioning idealist, co-founder of @ARTSEMERGENCY.bsky.social & collaborator HARD ART COLLECTIVE 🍃

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Amie Kirby (she/her) @amiekirby.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Hello all! I'm not so active on here at the minute, but wanted to share that the first screening of my community pop-up cinema, Breeze Frame Film Club, is on Thursday at the Irish World Heritage Centre in Cheetham Hill! 🧵
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Neil John Griffiths @njgriff.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
the new dark age is coming apace…
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Neil John Griffiths @njgriff.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
One of my best friends also happens to genuinely be one of my favourite living artists and they’ve at long last made a website: www.mrklart.com MRKL🧑‍🎨
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Home | Rei Hiromi
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Lisa Holdsworth @lisaholdsworth.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Leeds Peeps! It’s the Leeds Care Leavers Christmas FUNdraiser on Sunday at 3pm. Please do come along and support us. We’ve got a big fundraising mountain to climb this year. No need to book. Just rock up.
leedsinspired.co.uk
The Care Leavers Christmas Fundraiser at Slung Low | Leeds Inspired
Christmas comes early to Holbeck with an afternoon of festive fun and fundraising.
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Neil John Griffiths @njgriff.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Hello, if anyone sees this before the end of the day today, please nominate @artsemergency.bsky.social for a random prize draw of £5,000 here! culture.movementforgood.com?utm_source=E...
culture.movementforgood.com
Arts & Culture, nominate a charity - Movement for Good
Our final special draw of the year will award £5,000 to 10 charities
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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.
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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Stuart Hall Essay Prize. Please disseminate: www.stuarthallfoundation.org/foundation/s...
stuarthallfoundation.org
Stuart Hall Essay Prize reopens to submissions - Stuart Hall Foundation
The second Stuart Hall Essay Prize is reopening to submissions. The new submission window is open from now until Monday 3 November. Open to submissions from UK-based entrants aged 18 to 30 inclusive, ...
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Prof Dave O'Brien @drdaveobrien.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Not having a go at this, as the rise of racism and the far right around east Liverpool is a huge problem….but the opposition in Knowsley is the Green Party, and their rise in one of the most deprived bits of the country is a genuinely untold story. Work needs doing in this!
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Neil John Griffiths @njgriff.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Having ditched Amazon earlier this year and drastically reduced my google use to work hours only (check out Ecosia instead) I’ve now migrated from Spotify to the far less evil Qobuz. It has all the tracks and I used an app called Soundiz to migrate my million playlists...
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Neil John Griffiths @njgriff.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
I bought too many books for my birthday but it’s an amazing list I’m dead excited to read:
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Arts Emergency @artsemergency.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
💌 We're Letters Live charity partners @royalalberthall.bsky.social on 28 Nov 2025! Join incredible performers + our very own CEO @njgriff.bsky.social for what will be a fantastic celebration of the power of the written word. PLUS % of tix sales will be donated to AE! 🎟️ bit.ly/416kYmb
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Neil John Griffiths @njgriff.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Fuck yeah www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Voting age to be lowered to 16 across UK by next general election
16- and 17-year-olds will be able to vote in all elections as part of changes including easier voter registration and crackdown on foreign interference
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Neil John Griffiths @njgriff.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Delighted to see some organising on the left in party politics. Please please please find space in this new party for citizen assemblies or other forms of democratic deliberation. Legitimacy and relevance is very very important imho
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Arts Emergency @artsemergency.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
"What young people need now is not new schemes, it’s consistency, it’s someone they can trust enough with their best most aspirational self" - @njgriff.bsky.social AE CEO Can you donate £2 a month to help keep our mentoring & community projects running? 👉 www.arts-emergency.org/donate
Pink print of The Arts Emergency Manifesto with 11 points written alternatively in red and blue:
1. Be fearless. You are just as entitled as anyone to have the life you want.
2. There are things that are bigger and better than money. We have things that those in power will never understand.
3. We take it as a given that a civilised society values education, lifelong learning and creativity as a public good.
4. Fight the conditioning that tells you to demonise young people.
5. We are a social justice not social mobility organisation. Arts Emergency is no substitute for justice withheld.
6. To think creatively and critically is to free yourself from the limits of an unfair society puts on you.
7. There is no recession of the imagination.
8. The future is another place. Allow yourself to believe a better life is possible. Say it loud, defiantly, to everyone.
9. Be generous. Now be more generous. Share your privilege.
10. Do something. Start small, start local, keep going.
11. Optimism is a weapon and if all else fails be silly.
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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Our privatised water system is broken - but water companies are doing everything they can to keep the Ponzi scheme staggering on. A solution exists. Your MP needs to hear about it: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
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Arts Emergency @artsemergency.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
We're asking people to commit to donating £2/month - hopefully something a good many people reading this post can consider... think of it as a long-term investment for a better brighter future and more inclusive creative culture. ☀️ 👉 www.arts-emergency.o...
A red rectangle with bold white text reading '£2'
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Neil John Griffiths @njgriff.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Does it worry you to think sharing writing like this will be illegal in a matter of days? open.substack.com/pub/clarejfa...
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Nothing makes sense any more - in solidarity with Palestine Action
Everything is out of proportion because it suits those who abuse power to keep it that way.
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Dr Zubaida Haque @zubhaque.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
This story is so important. Black children are disproportionately treated as adults and rarely viewed as innocent victims. Child Q *a schoolgirl* was wrongly suspected, on her periods, and stripped by officers to her intimate parts without an appropriate adult present. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Child Q strip-search: Met Police officers sacked for gross misconduct
The girl, who was wrongly suspected of possessing cannabis, was searched by police at her school.
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Neil John Griffiths @njgriff.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Wish I could get to this:
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‘Ordinary people enjoying themselves’: Beryl Cook exhibition to open in Plymouth
Exclusive: Show at The Box in artist’s home town spans entire career and includes previously unseen works
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Liberty @libertyhq.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
EXCLUSIVE: US spy tech firm Palantir is working with UK police forces to develop a real-time surveillance network using sensitive personal data Liberty Investigates' new story with @theipaper.com inews.co.uk/news/police-...
inews.co.uk
Police use controversial AI tool that looks at people’s sex lives and beliefs
Senior MPs and privacy campaigners have expressed alarm at the deployment of Palantir’s AI-powered crime fighting software with access to sensitive personal information
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Neil John Griffiths @njgriff.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Reciprocity is one of life’s greatest joys! AE is all about people helping each other, building community, giving strength and time to our limitless critical and creative faculties. It is WELL WORTH SUPPORTING so please consider a modest £2/MONTH pledge to help us run in 2026 👇❤️
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Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP @bellribeiroaddy.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
The disability benefit cuts being introduced today would have made George Osborne blush. We cannot underestimate their human and political cost. The public will not forgive us if we remove support from those most in need of it.
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Neil John Griffiths @njgriff.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... = www.instagram.com/heatstrike.u...
theguardian.com
UK temperatures of 45C may be possible in current climate, Met Office says
Experts say risk of 40C has almost trebled since 2000, with 50/50 chance of hitting that mark in next 12 years
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Natalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Order online here (other indie bookshops are available!): bio.to/aMCMmF
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No Friend To This House
Go to No Friend To This House.
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Neil John Griffiths @njgriff.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
❤️
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Neil John Griffiths @njgriff.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Is it wrong to feel hopeful that the paltry turn out for the Big Dic energy ‘parade’ suggests a very loud minority of bigots and braggarts and the broligarch media that dramatises them are not here to stay, and are more a dip in Humanity’s overall rising trajectory towards???
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Arts Emergency @artsemergency.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
A grassroots movement like Arts Emergency rarely lasts or grows as we have.Our work changes lives, but we rely on monthly donations.Those donations are down £50k since 2021. We've cut all we can, now we're appealing to you for £2/month to plug the gap & go on www.arts-emergency.org/donate%F0%9F...
A red banner with black cut out letters reading 'The future is another place. Allow yourself to believe a better life is possible. Say it loud, defiantly to everyone'
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Neil John Griffiths @njgriff.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
@jamesbridle.bsky.social hey James thank you for supporting AE. Huge fan of your work, Ways Of Being was an incredibly inspiring book ❤️
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Neil John Griffiths @njgriff.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Reciprocity is one of life’s greatest joys! AE is all about people helping each other, building community, giving strength and time to our limitless critical and creative faculties. It is WELL WORTH SUPPORTING so please consider a modest £2/MONTH pledge to help us run in 2026 👇❤️
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Nicola Spurr @nicolaspurr.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Telecoms in #Gaza have been disabled, thus entrenching the isolation of this besieged population. One way to help Gazans stay connected is thru e-sims. Here is a brilliant campaign led by disabled activists which has sent thousands of e-sims since Oct 2023. It’s easy to donate & a v useful thing.
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Neil John Griffiths @njgriff.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
COMMUNITY IS A SUPER POWER! www.arts-emergency.org/donate Please consider joining @artsemergency with a £2/month pledge🚨
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Josh Spero @joshspero.ft.com · 09/06/2025
I was proud to write this about the UK Aids Memorial Quilt, which will be on rare display at Tate Modern June 12-16 on.ft.com/3ZWbOIe
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The UK Aids quilt is more relevant than ever
[FREE TO READ] These textiles serve as a poignant reminder of the horrors of the 1980s crisis
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Stephen Kinsella @stephenstroud.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
The time for this has definitely come.
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chazward2000.bsky.social @chazward2000.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Thanks to @artsemergency.bsky.social for a great evening in Manchester, reminding us all the amazing work they do. And concluded by a great performance by Tony Walsh. Proud to be a supporter.
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Prof Dave O'Brien @drdaveobrien.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
An essential moment to be donating to the amazing @artsemergency.bsky.social
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Rachael Healy @rachaelhealy.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Unbound authors and former staff members who want to talk, including anonymously, get in touch at rachael.healy@observer.co.uk
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Neil John Griffiths @njgriff.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
😎
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Marcus Brigstocke @marcusbrig.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
If (like me) you’ve been lucky enough that access to the arts has always been possible in some form or another - please help others to enjoy the same. If you can.
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Arts Emergency @artsemergency.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
“My mentor’s advice was invaluable when it came to applying to university, preparing for interviews and portfolio submissions and getting ready to begin” - Amanzhol Our work is simple but vital, empowering & impactful. Help make it happen with a monthly donation of £2 👉 www.arts-emergency.o...
A room of people of different ages and ethnicities chatting across tables.
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Terri Windling @terriwindling.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Please join me in supporting this vital organisation. At a time when it's getting harder and harder for any but the most privileged to access arts education and careers, you can help to change a young artist's life. Please donate if you possibly can.
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Julia @messylines.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Just re-started my monthly donation to Arts Emergency, who are doing great work supporting young people from all backgrounds to get into the arts industries. Because as both a teacher and an arts professional, I've seen how the scene is more monocultural than ever, and that needs to change.
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Neil John Griffiths @njgriff.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Please repost this, we’re asking for minimal donations so maximum volume needed! Thanks folx and please chip in if you’re able🙏
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Neil John Griffiths @njgriff.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
THIS THIS THIS👇
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Neil John Griffiths @njgriff.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
£2 may not seem a huge amount to some, but I promise you it underwrites the most established independent youth service in UK culture, enabling all kinds of wonderful outcomes and opportunities☀️
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Arts Emergency @artsemergency.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
“The opportunities keep on coming and I’ve done so many things that at one time, I thought wouldn’t have been possible for me” Millie-Jo The smallest gifts can do the most good, please give £2/month to fund mentor pairs and more 👉 www.arts-emergency.org/donate 🚨
arts-emergency.org
Donate
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Neil John Griffiths @njgriff.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
<> 100 young people from the Arts Emergency community are repping at SXSW this weekend 😎
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Neil John Griffiths @njgriff.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
£2 may not seem a huge amount to some, but I promise you it underwrites the most established independent youth service in UK culture, enabling all kinds of wonderful outcomes and opportunities☀️
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Neil John Griffiths @njgriff.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Young people need opportunities, connections and consistency to thrive in life. AE is appealing for £2/month to provide exactly this through mentoring and a decade long engagement. With funding down ~£50k since 2021 it’s vital we reach new people who can commit to funding this. Please lend a hand👋🚨
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Neil John Griffiths @njgriff.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
We've launched an appeal for £2/month donations - young people need opportunity, community and above all stability to build the life they want. This is how YOU can provide those things to someone who will really benefit! Do something wonderful today!
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