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Tamar Millen

@tamarmillen.bsky.social
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Tired. Warrior/Worrier. Freelance Culture organiser and producer. PhD researcher in Design at Sussex - Designing The Conditions for Hope. Kinship carer to Nid1 & Nid2 Sheffield.

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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Documentaries aren’t real. They are a social construct. 🤫📺 There are so many of them these days. Throw in some cello music, a bit of dramatic to camera opinion, heavy editing and a director’s bias and boom you’ve "constructed" a new reality. 🎻✨
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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
To all fellow cack-handers. Today is our day. Raise those awkwardly held scissors aloft.
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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I'm now at the age where I say "I had a fall" rather than "I fell over" In other news I can never walk down Ecclesall Road again. The embarrassment won't let me.
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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Yup once more. Ski Village T-shirt/tote - Etsy UK share.google/MH3dV3TUVU7o...
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Ski Village T-shirt/tote - Etsy UK
This Gender-Neutral Adult T-shirts item by CutesyHUGE has 123 favourites from Etsy shoppers. Dispatched from United Kingdom. Listed on 30 Jul, 2026
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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
In the olden days (2009 - 15) I would call on the hive mind of the other place. Does this place works similarly? I'm looking for a short poem/song lyrics or the like that may appeal to late teens. S/thing about death of a peer. Or Dylan's death having no dominion. What say you BSky?
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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Millen is in Milan. In name at least. Anticipations conference. This is not the PhD. Its a side quest. I am very proud of it. Thanks Vale for being the Italy rep.
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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Perhaps if we had treated deindustrialisation as the actual loss (to self/communities/place) it was and had acknowledged and supported the "grief" we would be in a better position. (*this is core to my PhD argument)
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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
By rights its elevenses, I've been up since 5.30am writing. My #writethisdamnthesis2026 schedule was not made for 34 degrees.
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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I bought The Lion and The Cobra just before my 17th birthday, I know that album like "the back of my hand". I was due to see her perform a fortnight later but a gridlocked city made me late, I missed her. Friday I go see The Surge in Manchester. I love(d) her.
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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Next Friday. All eyes to the front. ‘I hope she hears us through the clouds’: the rumbling, thrusting dance piece paying tribute to Sinéad O’Connor | Dance | The Guardian share.google/olh0mmIl1dZf...
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‘People like me needed Sinéad O’Connor’: how the singer and activist inspired a new dance work
Tony-winning choreographer Sonya Tayeh was ‘broken up’ when she heard about the Irish singer-songwriter’s death three years ago. Now she and a group of over-40s female dancers are paying homage: ‘Peop...
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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
I am at the late(r) stages of ##writethisdamnthesis2026 all my ideas now feel bloody obvious. Im hoping this is part of the process.
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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
This ##writethisdamnthesis2026 is interrupted to bring you a co authored (prof Ann Light and me!) short paper arriving at the Participatory Design Conference at Politecnico Di Milano this week. dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
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Participative Intimacy in/as Design for Coexistence | Proceedings of the 19th Participatory Design Conference 2026, Vol. 2: Exploratory Papers and Doctoral Colloquium
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mandascott.bsky.social @mandascott.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
In a media landscape that monetises division and hatred - how can we create a sense of iagency that centres the gifts and strengths of everyone in the room in a way that sweeps beneath the tribal divisions to the heart of things? accidentalgods.life/brave-contai... #AccidentalGods #Podcast
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Brave Containers: Sharing stories, pushing boundaries & creating trust with the Generative Journalism Alliance
When we talk about building community, we often get stuck trying to bridge tribal divides, particularly in a media landscape designed to monetise division, amplify hatred, and draw us into cycles of r...
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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
You are creating that debate. There is no debate. There is a far right talking point and a media willing to traffic it into the mainstream.
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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
In the early 90s I saw something on TV. A strange film. A woman in a rocking chair. I tried to find out what it was. Failed. The Internet wasn't a thing. No one else I knew saw it. It wasn't mentioned in any newspapers afterwards. No public reviews. I had missed the name.
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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Stand DOWN She validates and strengthens my argument. I win Tuesday.
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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
The theory my whole PhD is centered around has just had an update published by the academic who first developed it. This could be the one or it could derail 3 years of work. Hold me. Im going in.
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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Bought a book today. A lot of it covers my youth. Highly recommend. Groovy Laidback and Nasty The story of Sheffield's independent music scene. By @danieldylanwray.bsky.social Published by @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social
Book Groovy Laidback and Nasty by Daniel Dylan Wray placed on some legs. Messy bedroom viewable in the background.
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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Reasons to be cheerful pt 1,2 and 3
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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Saw the Kneecap video. It hit hard. Wrote a thing. open.substack.com/pub/tamarmil...
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Irish Goodbye
Sorry for Your Troubles
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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Vibes from @smizz.bsky.social
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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
If ever there was proof we need good local journalism. Thank heavens @danhayesjourno.bsky.social left The Star, Sheffield is better for it.
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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
My home city is being celebrated over on "BizNiz Facebook" for its recent "defence growth deal". The narrative is JOBS, MONEY for locals. I have this song on repeat in my head. Sad times. Would prefer the diving for pearls tbh. www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_aL...
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Shipbuilding
YouTube video by Elvis Costello - Topic
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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Just found out that I have lost an interview for my PhD. John Law and his messy method need updating to include menopause brain. I've been assured that this cognitive fuddle clears. BUT WHEN?
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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Couldn't find the dog. Found the dog.
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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
It was only yesterday that @jeremymillar.bsky.social mentioned The Girl Chewing Gum and I watched it again, and now this. ❤️
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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Had a supervision for the #writethisdamnthesis2026 in Brighton last week. After, went to sit with the West Pier. We had a chat about living up to the potential everyone thought you had in the mid 70s, but being a bit frazzled in 2026.
Photograph of the West Pier in Brighton which is a burnt out relic. Taken from the shingles beach on a sunny day.
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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
PhD is being a git. I just needed to put that somewhere.
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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
I wrote a thing again. www.tamarmillen.com/blog/who-get... Its on substack too...
Picture of a slide on a wall. The slide says how to fall in love with the future, it has images from a book of the same name.
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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
This time last year I was lucky to be part of a group that took part in Kazna Asker's LFW show. It was GLORIOUS. Looks like she knocked it away this year too. Fast-breaking fashion: Ramadan becomes part of London fashion week | Fashion | The Guardian share.google/nEMYNFNerwyl...
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Fast-breaking fashion: Ramadan becomes part of London fashion week
British-Yemeni designer Kazna Asker paused her presentation at sunset to share iftar with the models, staff and guests
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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
When I'm writing I have youtube on, a random revolving playlist. This came on this morning. Remember that time you were an extra in a video starring Maxine Peake. www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-f_...
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Sweet Saturn Mine - The Moonlandingz (Eccentronic Research Council & FWF)
YouTube video by EccentronicResearch
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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
No cheating, your last saved pic of a celebrity is your therapist
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Robert McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Excuse me but this is a perfect use of the internet. gradient.horse
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Draw a horse, watch it run!
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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
I have a grammar problem. I have no attachment to the oxford comma, pro or anti. This means I place it sometimes and at other times I don't. It's random, it's reflexive, its not thought out. Turns out this really annoys people that read my writing. Another thing to address before submission.
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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Analysis overdrive.
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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
This is fascinating www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... As a kinship carer I have so much to say about all of this. Does anyone know Amol Rajan - would love a follow up. The questions at the end, I have notes.. And yes, its the system that's broken.
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Radical with Amol Rajan - Children in Care: How to Fix the Fostering Crisis (Louise Allen) - BBC Sounds
Foster carer Louise Allen says the problem isn’t the children, it’s the system.
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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Today's distraction has moved on. I'm now compiling (in my breaks) a top 5 of covers released in 2025. I'm starting at No.1 Lankum Ghost Town youtu.be/aLLnF4vxaeY?...
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Lankum - Ghost Town (Official Video)
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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
I've been thinking about LOT lately about late 80s/early 90s mattress as a bed aesthetic. Apparently, today's teens are not a fan. (Well our current ones aren't.) Was it mainly an indy/alt thing?
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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Same.
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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Wrote a thing. Still haven't decided where these meanderings belong. so website and substack it is. www.tamarmillen.com/blog/i-think...
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I think I’ve been doing this all along — Tamar Millen
I’ve had conversations with teenagers navigating their post-GCSE choices. The current expectation seems to be, with the right decision at sixteen, everything else should fall neatly into place. I’ve ...
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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
New approach to writing. Every time I get stuck I stop and make a paper crane. This is Jan so far. #writetthisdamnthesis2026
A pile of brightly coloured origami paper cranes, on a shelf.
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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Oooh @andycropperart.bsky.social on my telly 🧡
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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
I LOVE THIS. I've been banging on about graff and street art since the late 80s. To see it take its place in Sheffield is a joy. To think of the battles I faced getting the Council to commission and support 10 years ago.
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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Italian voice actor Carlo Bononi was the voice of all of the characters on Pingu. A trained clown by trade, he used a theater technique called grammelot, which consists of "speaking" in a mix of babbled gibberish noises. He improvised all the voices live and unscripted.
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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Nature is healing.
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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Just the hashtag #writingthisdamnthesis2026
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Tamar Millen @tamarmillen.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
It's a Spirit (Hip Hop mix) by Kitachi sort of day. Play it loud. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvCq...
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Kitachi - ‘Spirit’ (Hip Hop Mix)
YouTube video by Dubwise Vinyl
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