Reposted by Neil John GriffithsAmie Kirby (she/her) @amiekirby.bsky.social · 07/12/2025Hello 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! 🧵 112
Neil John Griffiths @njgriff.bsky.social · 17/10/2025One 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🧑🎨mrklart.comHome | Rei Hiromi 000
Reposted by Neil John GriffithsLisa Holdsworth @lisaholdsworth.bsky.social · 17/10/2025Leeds 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.ukThe Care Leavers Christmas Fundraiser at Slung Low | Leeds InspiredChristmas comes early to Holbeck with an afternoon of festive fun and fundraising. 226
Neil John Griffiths @njgriff.bsky.social · 17/10/2025Hello, 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.comArts & Culture, nominate a charity - Movement for GoodOur final special draw of the year will award £5,000 to 10 charities 023
Reposted by Neil John GriffithsRhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Dad’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. 13877621966
Reposted by Neil John GriffithsAlan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 15/09/2025Stuart Hall Essay Prize. Please disseminate: www.stuarthallfoundation.org/foundation/s...stuarthallfoundation.orgStuart Hall Essay Prize reopens to submissions - Stuart Hall FoundationThe 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, ... 080107
Reposted by Neil John GriffithsProf Dave O'Brien @drdaveobrien.bsky.social · 16/09/2025Not 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! 44412
Neil John Griffiths @njgriff.bsky.social · 09/09/2025Having 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... 100
Neil John Griffiths @njgriff.bsky.social · 27/08/2025I bought too many books for my birthday but it’s an amazing list I’m dead excited to read: 100
Reposted by Neil John GriffithsArts 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 013
Neil John Griffiths @njgriff.bsky.social · 17/07/2025Fuck yeah www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comVoting age to be lowered to 16 across UK by next general election16- 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 030
Neil John Griffiths @njgriff.bsky.social · 04/07/2025Delighted 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 000
Reposted by Neil John GriffithsArts 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 0119
Reposted by Neil John GriffithsClive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 25/06/2025Our 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-... 12295124
Reposted by Neil John GriffithsArts Emergency @artsemergency.bsky.social · 29/06/2025We'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... 038
Neil John Griffiths @njgriff.bsky.social · 28/06/2025Does it worry you to think sharing writing like this will be illegal in a matter of days? open.substack.com/pub/clarejfa...open.substack.comNothing makes sense any more - in solidarity with Palestine ActionEverything is out of proportion because it suits those who abuse power to keep it that way. 020
Reposted by Neil John GriffithsDr Zubaida Haque @zubhaque.bsky.social · 26/06/2025This 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.ukChild Q strip-search: Met Police officers sacked for gross misconductThe girl, who was wrongly suspected of possessing cannabis, was searched by police at her school. 611557
Neil John Griffiths @njgriff.bsky.social · 20/06/2025Wish I could get to this:theguardian.com‘Ordinary people enjoying themselves’: Beryl Cook exhibition to open in PlymouthExclusive: Show at The Box in artist’s home town spans entire career and includes previously unseen works 010
Reposted by Neil John GriffithsLiberty @libertyhq.bsky.social · 16/06/2025EXCLUSIVE: 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.ukPolice use controversial AI tool that looks at people’s sex lives and beliefsSenior MPs and privacy campaigners have expressed alarm at the deployment of Palantir’s AI-powered crime fighting software with access to sensitive personal information 03435
Reposted by Neil John GriffithsNeil John Griffiths @njgriff.bsky.social · 14/06/2025Reciprocity 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 👇❤️ 015
Reposted by Neil John GriffithsBell Ribeiro-Addy MP @bellribeiroaddy.bsky.social · 18/06/2025The 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. 0418
Neil John Griffiths @njgriff.bsky.social · 18/06/2025www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... = www.instagram.com/heatstrike.u...theguardian.comUK temperatures of 45C may be possible in current climate, Met Office saysExperts say risk of 40C has almost trebled since 2000, with 50/50 chance of hitting that mark in next 12 years 000
Reposted by Neil John GriffithsNatalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social · 17/06/2025Order online here (other indie bookshops are available!): bio.to/aMCMmFbio.toNo Friend To This HouseGo to No Friend To This House. 0103
Neil John Griffiths @njgriff.bsky.social · 15/06/2025Is 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??? 010
Reposted by Neil John GriffithsArts Emergency @artsemergency.bsky.social · 05/06/2025A 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... 15346
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 ❤️ 100
Neil John Griffiths @njgriff.bsky.social · 14/06/2025Reciprocity 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 👇❤️ 015
Reposted by Neil John GriffithsNicola Spurr @nicolaspurr.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Telecoms 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. 01723
Neil John Griffiths @njgriff.bsky.social · 12/06/2025COMMUNITY IS A SUPER POWER! www.arts-emergency.org/donate Please consider joining @artsemergency with a £2/month pledge🚨 000
Reposted by Neil John GriffithsJosh Spero @joshspero.ft.com · 09/06/2025I 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/3ZWbOIeon.ft.comThe 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 03013
Reposted by Neil John GriffithsStephen Kinsella @stephenstroud.bsky.social · 11/06/2025The time for this has definitely come. 042
Reposted by Neil John Griffithschazward2000.bsky.social @chazward2000.bsky.social · 10/06/2025Thanks 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. 131
Reposted by Neil John GriffithsProf Dave O'Brien @drdaveobrien.bsky.social · 05/06/2025An essential moment to be donating to the amazing @artsemergency.bsky.social 022
Reposted by Neil John GriffithsRachael Healy @rachaelhealy.bsky.social · 10/06/2025Unbound authors and former staff members who want to talk, including anonymously, get in touch at rachael.healy@observer.co.uk 15845
Reposted by Neil John GriffithsMarcus Brigstocke @marcusbrig.bsky.social · 08/06/2025If (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. 21612
Reposted by Neil John GriffithsArts 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... 012
Reposted by Neil John GriffithsTerri Windling @terriwindling.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Please 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. 1169
Reposted by Neil John GriffithsJulia @messylines.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Just 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. 132
Neil John Griffiths @njgriff.bsky.social · 08/06/2025Please repost this, we’re asking for minimal donations so maximum volume needed! Thanks folx and please chip in if you’re able🙏 187
Reposted by Neil John GriffithsNeil 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☀️ 01714
Reposted by Neil John GriffithsArts 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.orgDonate 001
Neil John Griffiths @njgriff.bsky.social · 06/06/2025<> 100 young people from the Arts Emergency community are repping at SXSW this weekend 😎 020
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☀️ 01714
Neil John Griffiths @njgriff.bsky.social · 06/06/2025Young 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👋🚨 137
Neil John Griffiths @njgriff.bsky.social · 05/06/2025We'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! 010