I attended the opening of #TurnerPrize2025 but returned to get a a less crowded view of the exhibition, beautifully curated by @Yorkshire Contemporary Contemporary and Bradford Museums @Cartwright Hall Art Gallery Congratulations to the four artists #NnenaKalu #MohammedSami #ReneMatic and #ZadieXa

Some fascinating items from “Out of the Box”, an exhibition of 75 years of the archives of the Akademie der Künste Berlin. The exhibition runs until January 2026, and we start with the Tin Drum from movie and novel with the same name.

The Leo Baeck Institute London is recruiting a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to explore intersections between German-Jewish and British history, including the history of the British Empire. www.lbilondon.ac.uk/vacancies

Really looking forward to interviewing @johnharris1969.bsky.social @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social. #MaybeImAmazed is my personal choice for book of the year; a tender, deeply moving memoir about music and autism — and essential reading!

Always love the pre-event calm of an empty hall and the quiet choreography of sound and light checks. With the brilliant and ebullient @stuartmaconie at #IlkleyLiteratureFestival. In a very crowded field, his fascinating book manages to cast a fresh light on the Beatles story. #WordUpNorth

And he’s back!! Sunday isn’t Sunday without Stewart Lee. We were so thrilled at @thenerve.news that Stewart came with us. His satirical columns for the Observer were some of our most-read content: funny, surreal, angry true. Essential weekend reading. www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...

“True reunification of Germany will remain a work in progress. Every year more young Germans are entering adulthood with no personal memory of anything other than life in the “new” Germany. Paul Scraton on Germany’s (rocky & ongoing) road to reunification www.slowtravelberlin.com/the-road-to-...

Disadvantaged students ‘more likely to miss out on GCSE foreign languages’ www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

A great pleasure to be at Bradford’s magnificent Cartwright Hall Art Gallery for the preview of the 2025 #TurnerPrize @bradford2025.co.uk

A limited number of tickets are still available for our Evening with the Poet Laureate on Friday 10 October, where Simon will be reading two collections, including the Sunday Times bestseller Dwell and New Cemetery. Book soon to avoid disappointment! Tickets & more info here: buff.ly/JdJbfXW

Please do sign up to join in our online conversation event on 21st November, 12 noon, about the recent report on language education in the UK from the @hepi-news.bsky.social by @meganlbowler.bsky.social, sponsored by #Duolingo Thanks to @ilcs.bsky.social for hosting ilcs.sas.ac.uk/research-pol...

Really pleased to see Yorkshire Contemporary (formerly The Tetley) as one of the delivery partners on this year’s Turner Prize and looking forward to the exhibition! @bradford2025.co.uk

Rethinking language education in the school curriculum in England www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Short-term post-doc for arts/humanities researchers! Do you love rare books, manuscripts, archives, art and/or objects? Would you like to explore one of our amazing Cultural Collections @universityofleeds.bsky.social for c. 6 weeks (longer part-time)? Find out more lahri.leeds.ac.uk/brotherton-f...

Mapping inequality in SHAPE British Academy report shows Cold Spots in SHAPE Provision. An important read, check it out on our website: university-council-for-languages.org/2025/09/12/b...

Society needs to change, let's change it together #Leeds #InstituteForSocietalFutures #UniversityOfLeeds #LISF #HealthInequality #Migration #Mobility #Belonging @universityofleeds.bsky.social

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The highlight of a visit to the always wonderful @stedelijkmuseum.bsky.social Amsterdam; Egyptian artist Wael Shawky’s film of his Drama 1882. On until the end of October, and one of the most original things I’ve seen in quite a while.

Returning here after a 4-month break to explore other platforms and will be starting to post regularly-ish.

I wrote about foreign academics being in danger in the US last week. christinapagel.substack.com/p/trumps-att... This week the Canadian Association of University Teachers advised against non-essential US travel. I meet 2 criteria - never thought I'd be scared to go to the US. horrible.

GERMAN RULE, AFRICAN SUBJECTS: State Aspirations and the Reality of Power in Colonial Namibia by Jürgen Zimmerer (@juergenzimmerer.bsky.social) is now available in paperback! Find out more here: buff.ly/i3zESCb #ColonialHistory #History

I just attended a conference in the US. We had one speaker detained and two others turned away at the border.

Fully funded (4 year) PhD studentship supervised across Keele Univ. and the British Library: "Eighteenth-Century Knowledge Work in the Harleian Collection". You'll generate your own project focused on how this unique collection was created and used: www.keele.ac.uk/study/postgr...

The MHRA has transitioned from Twitter/X and will now use Bluesky to communicate our work. We are excited to contribute to establishing Bluesky as a dynamic, inclusive, and engaging platform for academic exchange and collaboration. To celebrate this new chapter, we are hosting a book giveaway! 👇

Practice-led Postgraduate Researcher Michelle Duxbury is one of 5 artists showcasing work at this 2nd iteration of Nature: Sensory in our #ProjectSpace #Exhibition open 11am-4pm to 13 April Artists: #AmeliaBaron #JessieDavies #MichelleDuxbury #SamMetz #HelenThomas ahc.leeds.ac.uk/events/event...

UK academia’s lack of language skills ‘imperils research integrity’ www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-c...

When a book falls open at the right page. From Lao Tzu’s Tao Te Ching.

Imagine the Parliamentary Questions, the Times editorials, if a piece of national scientific infrastructure had been rendered inaccessible. Instead other than an honourable FT weekend piece, no one has paid any attention to the troubles continuing to beset our national library

📣📣📣 The latest issue of the Modern Language Review is out! Articles by Jeremy Tambling, Michael Hawcroft, Sumin Kim and Edmund Chapman & Book Reviews. 👉 www.mhra.org.uk/publications... Access via @projectmuse.bsky.social 👉 muse.jhu.edu/issue/54491

A second child has died of measles in Texas. Measles is both dangerous AND preventable. In fact high childhood Vax rates (>95%) can eliminate it completely from a country. Please read and share our recent report on once common childhood diseases. independentsage.org/wp-content/u...

Enjoyed this informative @quietriotpod.bsky.social special exploring tariffs open.spotify.com/episode/7MZu...

Who hates economic uncertainty? Business, workers, and consumers. Who loves economic uncertainty? Hedge funds, speculators, and revolutionaries.

I know a number of academic folk and writers on here will have read about Meta using our copyrighted books and other publications to train artificial intelligence. You can read more and petition the UK government here: www.change.org/p/protect-au...

Enjoyed an excellent “Open Space” knowledge exchange event on “Cities of Cultures” at Bradford University organised by WYCA.

Would you like to join @universityofleeds.bsky.social as Head of Cultural Collections Research Development? Cultural Collections has incredible staff and very rich and diverse holdings from art to coins to medieval manuscripts to feminist zines. Do share and apply! jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

A mini, magnetic, rolling robot that can take 'virtual biopsies' has been created by a team of researchers, led by engineers from @universityofleeds.bsky.social. They believe it could revolutionise early cancer detection & eliminate the need for physical biopsies. www.leeds.ac.uk/main-index/n... 🧵⬇️

Great to welcome Hayley Dixon, the new Director of Yorkshire Contemporary, to her first Board Meeting yesterday. yorkshirecontemporary.org/yorkshire-co...

A fabulous, richly informative and rewarding new podcast from @sturdyalex.bsky.social Strongly recommended @alexpodyssey.bsky.social

Great set of final presentations on how libraries and cultural organisations are essential parts of research process, through partnerships and leadership. Proud of everything that @cgknowles.bsky.social and Simon Popple are doing at @lulgalleries.bsky.social & @leedsunilibraries.bsky.social #RLUK25

Aber gerne! #ShoutOutForGerman 1. Amtsschimmel 2. Too many to choose from but if pushed: hitch-hiking via the Transitstrecke to visit old West Berlin for the first time. 3. School: Mr Joe Stephenson; University: Dr Erich Speidel

I know FIFA loves amorality almost as much as it loves money but surely they cannot think about the 2026 World Cup without shuddering. Who knew one host would start a trade war with the other two, one of which it keeps threatening to annex? A historic first for the beautiful game

A bright, crisp and early start this morning for a meeting in Saltaire, — in Sir Titus Salt’s former boardroom in the mill no less!

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I gave an interview to TAZ about Donald Trump's relationship with Russia (German). It goes back decades, involves KGB and FSB spying and helps explain Trump's new axis with Vladimir Putin against Ukraine taz.de/Interview-mi...

No surer sign of Spring than the return of the wild garlic in the woods!