Alan Davey
@armslengthal.bsky.social
PhD researcher in Old Icelandic at Birkbeck College, University of London. Chair at Trinity Laban Conservatoire; Board, Hall for Cornwall. Formerly Controller, BBC Radio 3, CEO Arts Council England, Director of Culture at DCMS. Great Art For Everyone.
Another lovely day in Greenwich for Trinity Laban graduations …
December 11, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Another lovely day in Greenwich for Trinity Laban graduations …
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A year ago I wrote about a bilingual runic stick from medieval Oslo in a short thread here: bsky.app/profile/kris...
Now you can read more about this find and several others from the medieval park in Oslo in our article.
Now you can read more about this find and several others from the medieval park in Oslo in our article.
Read about new runic finds from Oslo in the latest Maal og Minne! Co-authored with @kristelzilmer.bsky.social!
ojs.novus.no/index.php/MO...
ojs.novus.no/index.php/MO...
December 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
A quick nod to the great man before we process…
December 10, 2025 at 11:12 AM
A quick nod to the great man before we process…
A lovely day for Graduations at Trinity Laban….
December 10, 2025 at 10:29 AM
A lovely day for Graduations at Trinity Laban….
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We are told that, under stress, the humanities must be sacrificed. But amidst a war of aggression scholars in Ukraine have undertaken one of the most ambitious knowledge projects of our time. It's a privilege to be involved with Ukrainian History Global Initiative
snyder.substack.com/p/ukrainian-...
snyder.substack.com/p/ukrainian-...
Ukrainian History Global Initiative
The Creative Humanities During a War of Destruction
snyder.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
We are told that, under stress, the humanities must be sacrificed. But amidst a war of aggression scholars in Ukraine have undertaken one of the most ambitious knowledge projects of our time. It's a privilege to be involved with Ukrainian History Global Initiative
snyder.substack.com/p/ukrainian-...
snyder.substack.com/p/ukrainian-...
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Linguists start compiling first ever complete dictionary of ancient Celtic
Linguists start compiling first ever complete dictionary of ancient Celtic
More than 1,000 words used as far back as 325BC to be collected for insight into past linguistic landscape
It is not likely to be a hefty volume because the vast majority of the material has been lost in the mists of time. But the remnants of a language spoken in parts of the UK and Ireland 2,000 years ago are being collected for what is being billed as the first complete dictionary of ancient Celtic.
The dictionary will not be huge because relatively few words survive, but experts from Aberystwyth University say they expect they will end up with more than 1,000 words. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Linguists start compiling first ever complete dictionary of ancient Celtic
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In this compact volume, @profcarolyne.bsky.social explores how dragons have captured the human imagination across time and space.
Discover The Little Book of Dragons: bit.ly/47SWqjc
#ArtHistory #LiteraryStudies
Discover The Little Book of Dragons: bit.ly/47SWqjc
#ArtHistory #LiteraryStudies
November 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
In this compact volume, @profcarolyne.bsky.social explores how dragons have captured the human imagination across time and space.
Discover The Little Book of Dragons: bit.ly/47SWqjc
#ArtHistory #LiteraryStudies
Discover The Little Book of Dragons: bit.ly/47SWqjc
#ArtHistory #LiteraryStudies
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People are sharing this a lot. I guess you like cheese, huh.
December 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
People are sharing this a lot. I guess you like cheese, huh.
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Dmitri Shostakovich walking his cat with his wife in the snow.
December 5, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Dmitri Shostakovich walking his cat with his wife in the snow.
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'TEF uses programme level metrics to make judgements about institutional quality. It is both conceptual and methodological nonsense to attempt to scale-up judgements of quality from the programme to the institutional level in this way'. 1/3
WEEKEND READING: Three reasons why the TEF will collapse under the weight of OfS and DfE expectations - HEPI
This blog was kindly authored by Paul Ashwin, Professor of Higher Education, Lancaster University. The Office for Students (OfS) and the Department of Education (DfE) have big plans to make the TEF mu...
www.hepi.ac.uk
November 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
'TEF uses programme level metrics to make judgements about institutional quality. It is both conceptual and methodological nonsense to attempt to scale-up judgements of quality from the programme to the institutional level in this way'. 1/3
Moon over Herne Hill
November 30, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Moon over Herne Hill
City in the Mist
November 26, 2025 at 10:06 AM
City in the Mist
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The recently published curriculum review has elicited a range of reactions and reflections. But primary school teacher and education consultant Joe Hallgarten thinks the response from the culture sector has been overly positive.
Does the curriculum review allow teachers to step off the policy pendulum? - Arts Professional
The recently published curriculum review has elicited a range of reactions and reflections. But primary school teacher and education consultant Joe Hallgarten thinks the response from the culture sector...
www.artsprofessional.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The recently published curriculum review has elicited a range of reactions and reflections. But primary school teacher and education consultant Joe Hallgarten thinks the response from the culture sector has been overly positive.
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Important role - new Chair of the Board of @ukri.org
£33k for one day a week. Closes 11 Jan. Would be good from my perspective to get someone who understands higher education and the value of the arts, humanities and social sciences!
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£33k for one day a week. Closes 11 Jan. Would be good from my perspective to get someone who understands higher education and the value of the arts, humanities and social sciences!
plusportal.perrettlaver.com/VacancyDetai...
Perrett Laver - Leading Global Executive Search Firm
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November 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Important role - new Chair of the Board of @ukri.org
£33k for one day a week. Closes 11 Jan. Would be good from my perspective to get someone who understands higher education and the value of the arts, humanities and social sciences!
plusportal.perrettlaver.com/VacancyDetai...
£33k for one day a week. Closes 11 Jan. Would be good from my perspective to get someone who understands higher education and the value of the arts, humanities and social sciences!
plusportal.perrettlaver.com/VacancyDetai...
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This is £600m from the same university sector that is pretty close to collapse in a growing number of major institutions?
Many of them universities that are among the biggest employers in the very ‘left behind’ towns and cities that Labour talks so much about…
Many of them universities that are among the biggest employers in the very ‘left behind’ towns and cities that Labour talks so much about…
i: Reeves to unveil £600m raid on foreign student
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
November 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
This is £600m from the same university sector that is pretty close to collapse in a growing number of major institutions?
Many of them universities that are among the biggest employers in the very ‘left behind’ towns and cities that Labour talks so much about…
Many of them universities that are among the biggest employers in the very ‘left behind’ towns and cities that Labour talks so much about…
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Are you worried about the devastating cuts we are seeing to arts, humanities & social sciences in UK universities? Last call for my lecture in Leicester this Thurs 27th Nov on the value of these subjects and how they support UK security, cohesion and prosperity www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shaping-a-...
Shaping a Brighter Future
The first event in our Vice-Chancellor’s Distinguished Lecture Series, delivered by Hetan Shah, Chief Executive, The British Academy
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November 24, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Are you worried about the devastating cuts we are seeing to arts, humanities & social sciences in UK universities? Last call for my lecture in Leicester this Thurs 27th Nov on the value of these subjects and how they support UK security, cohesion and prosperity www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shaping-a-...
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“Six days after I sent the memo to OfCom, DCMS, there it was in the Telegraph.” Michael Prescott strongly suggests he didn’t leak it to the paper. Hmmm. Who did, then?
November 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
“Six days after I sent the memo to OfCom, DCMS, there it was in the Telegraph.” Michael Prescott strongly suggests he didn’t leak it to the paper. Hmmm. Who did, then?
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Prescott agrees that Robbie Gibb is a friend. Agrees that Gibb was one of four person panel who appointed him. Asked if he was would disclose any comms between them before the interview “That’s quite a precedent to set” he says
November 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Prescott agrees that Robbie Gibb is a friend. Agrees that Gibb was one of four person panel who appointed him. Asked if he was would disclose any comms between them before the interview “That’s quite a precedent to set” he says
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Here’s a link to lee Harpin’s blog in which he describes Robbie Gibb’s alleged editorial role at the Jewish Chronicle leeharpin.substack.com/p/leaving-th...
Leaving the Jewish Chronicle
Since the change in ownership, the paper has read more like a propaganda sheet for Benjamin Netanyahu
leeharpin.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Here’s a link to lee Harpin’s blog in which he describes Robbie Gibb’s alleged editorial role at the Jewish Chronicle leeharpin.substack.com/p/leaving-th...
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Gibb; “ I had no editorial role whatsoever at the Jewish Chronicle”. Lee Harpin, reporter at the paper; “RG made a habit of calling into the office on print days to check up on what stories were topping the news list, and offering a view’”
November 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Gibb; “ I had no editorial role whatsoever at the Jewish Chronicle”. Lee Harpin, reporter at the paper; “RG made a habit of calling into the office on print days to check up on what stories were topping the news list, and offering a view’”
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That is the indictment, right here
Robbie Gibb describes the BBC's Political Editor Chris Mason as the "unsung hero of covering politics" and "absolutely first rate"
November 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
That is the indictment, right here
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If there were one of those "mood lines", which the BBC used to run during election debates, the current state of BBC staff morale would be heading to the floor.
November 24, 2025 at 5:59 PM
If there were one of those "mood lines", which the BBC used to run during election debates, the current state of BBC staff morale would be heading to the floor.
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Select committee chair Caroline Dinenage is not showing due impartiality in presenting the issues of bias, IMO.
November 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Select committee chair Caroline Dinenage is not showing due impartiality in presenting the issues of bias, IMO.