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Albert Weale
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Emeritus Professor of Political Theory and Public Policy, UCL. Brighton born and bred. No longer resident, but still liberal. Expressed views mine only.

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 1d
Mona Lisa of the Met: portrait of Madame X, painted in 1884 by John Singer Sargent, American artist, born #OTD 1856.
Sargent was photographed beside the portrait in his Paris studio in 1885: “I suppose it is the best thing I have ever done."
Met Museum | NPG London
On exhibition, the portrait was decried as vulgar & indecent, to the disappointment of the artist and sitter Mme Virginie Gaudreau. Photograph of Sargent beside the portrait, in his studio, 1885, by Adolphe Giraudon, National Portrait Gallery London

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 1d
Rosalba Carriera, Venetian Rococo artist, born #OTD 1673, perfected medium of pastel, known for delicate portraits of young women & children of European royalty & nobility.
Maria Theresa, Archduchess of Habsburg (aged 13) 1730
Louis XV as Dauphin (aged 10) c. 1720
Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 1d
Il était une fois...Charles Perrault, French poet, writer, author of Mother Goose fairy tales including Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Bluebeard; born #OTD 1628.
Portrait by Lallemand (1671) after 1665 painting by Le Brun.
Château de Versailles

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 1d
Coming up Sunday, Jan 25, 2026 -

Art in the Evening:
Sofonisba Anguissola, Portraiture, and the Art of the Gesture
A talk by Bronwen Wilson at the Timken Museum of Art
www.timkenmuseum.org/calendar/eve...
A painting of a white man with gray hair and beard in a brown robe over a black shirt, sitting at a desk before a book of blank pages, with his face turned to gaze back at the viewer. In his right hand, which hovers just over a page of the book, he holds a stylus or writing implement. His left hand, ringed pointer finger extended, points across his body toward the wall at his right, on which hangs a framed painting of the Virgin Mary with baby Jesus in her lap and a toddler Saint John the Baptist at her left side.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 1d
Zelenskyy: Right now, Russian losses amount to no less than 1,000 killed per day – and this has been the case since December.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володи... « X.com X.com @ZelenskyyUa Right now, Russian losses amount to no less than 1,000 killed per day - and this has been the case since December. This is how Russia is essentially paying just to keep the war from ending. This is madness and it can only be stopped by combined forces - the forces of Europe and the United States, the forces of all our partners. Every day of this war is a reminder that the world cannot protect itself from madmen. We must protect it. Russia must be stopped. Thank you to everyone who stands with Ukraine! Thank you to everyone who helps our people, our defense, and our recovery! Glory to Ukraine!

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Albert Weale @albertpweale.bsky.social · 1d
Seems to me @alanbeattie.bsky.social that Stockman should come off the fence.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 1d
There are many ways of course Congress could limit or regulate ICE. For example, a law could require approval of the mayor or local authorities for any deployment of ICE or CBP to any community.

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 1d
Wait remind me, weren't ALL the Epstein files supposed to be released by law some time ago? Am I remembering wrong?
#epstein

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Brighton and Hove News @bhcitynews.bsky.social · 1d
Brighton and Hove Albion dump Man United out of FA Cup
Brighton and Hove Albion dump Man United out of FA Cup
Danny Welbeck scored the pick of the goals to dump out managerless Manchester United as Brighton won 2-1 at Old Trafford. Brajan Gruda nodded in the opener 12 minutes in, and Welbeck rifled a left-footed strike into the top corner after the hour. Benjamin Sesko pulled one back but United youngster Shea Lacey was sent off for […]
dlvr.it

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 1d
The Telegraph: British officials have met with counterparts from countries including Germany and France to begin preparations for a military deployment to protect Greenland. The European Union is also drawing up plans for sanctions on U.S. companies, should the need arise.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d
Yes, that does say it all.

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 1d
BREAKING: Hundreds gathered at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach to form a human banner reading “It Was Murder 🇺🇸 ICE Out,

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Ben Stanley @benstanley.eu · 1d
Does anyone have an image showing how the Mercator projection vastly exaggerates Greenland’s size relative to countries closer to the equator? I feel like this is a point that hasn’t been made.

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Bill Braviner @billbraviner.bsky.social · 2d
#MorningPrayer
At your baptism, Lord Jesus,
the Spirit descended
and the Father’s voice spoke:
‘This is my beloved son,
in him I delight’.
Remind us that in our baptism
we become part of your body,
that we receive the same spirit,
and are held with the same love
as we follow you.

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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 2d
This week an elderly woman died alone on a trolley in a hospital corridor, with desperate, exhausted staff unable to tend to her

This is the reality in our NHS right now and for those on the front line, it’s horrifying
Woman left to die alone on corridor trolley in 'broken' A&E
Staff at a Merseyside hospital told the ECHO that an older woman died without being tended to by exhausted and overrun NHS teams at a hospital experiencing overwhelming demand
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 2d
Sir Hans Sloane, physician, botanist, Chelsea gardener, died #OTD 1753; benefactor of Chelsea Physic Garden, his collection founded British Museum.
Portrait by Slaughter 1736, National Portrait Gallery London | Hans Sloane Chelsea plate c.1755 Met Museum

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The Desert Veteran @jkz12769.bsky.social · 2d
ICE THUGS arrested a pastor & kept asking him "Are you afraid?" numerous occasions. The pastor said NO. Eventually the THUGS let him go stating that "You're WHITE, you're no fun to us!!"
This is how sick & deranged these THUGS are, thanks to this REGIME‼️
youtu.be/lcSOyVrc5HM?...
Minneapolis pastor: ICE 'pointed a gun at me' and 'put me in the back of an SUV'
YouTube video by MS NOW
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Critical Review of Social and Political Philosophy @crispp.bsky.social · 2d
CRISPP editor has a new book out:
rbellamy.bsky.social Richard Bellamy @rbellamy.bsky.social · 3d
My new book now out on line with OUP Academic - hard copies available from 22January Defending the Political Constitution url: academic.oup.com/book/61802

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The Royal Institute of Philosophy @triphilosophy.bsky.social · 2d
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Richard Bellamy @rbellamy.bsky.social · 3d
My new book now out on line with OUP Academic - hard copies available from 22January Defending the Political Constitution url: academic.oup.com/book/61802

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 3d
Philip the Good of Burgundy, ruler of Europe's richest court, patron of Van Eyck, founded Order of Golden Fleece #OTD 1430. Bibliophile & collector of rich textiles, often purchased through his Italian silk merchant Arnolfini.
Musée de Beaux-Arts Dijon; Arnolfini Portrait National Gallery London
Portrait of Philip the Good of Burgundy, wearing the Order of the Golden Fleece, after Rogier van der Weyden (original c. 1455). Musée de Beaux-Arts Dijon The Arnolfini Portrait, masterpiece of Northern Renaissance, oil on oak panel, painted in Bruges 1434, by Jan van Eyck; tender memorial probably of wife died in childbirth; richly detailed interior of brass candelabra, snuffed candle, faithful dog, mirror reflecting artist. The painting passed into the Habsburg Collections (Margaret of Austria, Philip II of Spain) before The National Gallery. Forthcoming Exhibition of Van Eyck at National Gallery London - from November 2026.

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 3d
Alea iacta est. Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon with his legion #OTD 49 BC and started civil war.
MS illumination attrib. to Jean Fouquet, c. 1470
Musée du Louvre

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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 3d
People keep saying that the US has a history of abducting foreign leaders. The only actual example, however, is Noriega, who wasn't Panama's leader.

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Vaughan Williams Foundation @vwfndn.bsky.social · 4d
Discover more about the life and work of Ralph Vaughan Williams, and the work of the Vaughan Williams Foundation, via our website: vaughanwilliamsfoundation.org/the-foundati...

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Alan Beattie @alanbeattie.bsky.social · 4d
Boss move would be for the Nobel committee to rescind the award as soon as this happens.

Assuming they’re ok with Norway being invaded obvs. Would make a nice Arctic twofer with Greenland.

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John Rentoul @rentouljohn.bsky.social · 4d
Interesting anon quotations from civil servants about prospect of a Reform govt via Emilio Casalicchio www.politico.eu/newsletter/l...

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 5d
Château d’Anet, known for distinctive chapel, with diagonal coffered dome reflecting the floor, designed c.1550 by foremost French Renaissance architect Philibert de l’Orme, innovator, humanist, author of Le Premier Tome de l’Architecture (1567); died #OTD 1570.
Monument Historique, Eure-et-Loir

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 5d
‘Father of European painting’, Giotto led innovations in naturalistic modelling of form and drapery, perspective and dramatic tension, which influenced Renaissance art; died #OTD 1337.
Cappella degli Scrovegni (Arena Chapel), Padua

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Vaughan Williams Foundation @vwfndn.bsky.social · 6d
The Vaughan Williams Foundation funds the work of composers, and projects relating to the life and work of Ralph and Ursula Vaughan Williams.

We have 3 deadlines annually for general funding - the next is in the spring 🌷

Check our website for more details 💻