Clare Qualmann
@cqualmann.bsky.social
Artist, walker, lecturer, library-lover, urban forager, drawing every day. Co-editor Lines of Desire at Living Maps, co-founder walking artists network
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Tonight! 6pm UK time @livingmaps.bsky.social 'Mapping Fluid Worlds' seminar series continues with The Waterways Collective multi-disciplinary mapping of Atlantic Salmon migration, tickets here: tinyurl.com/yfh8a9ar 🐟🌊🗺️ #fish #ocean #mapping #water
The Waterways Collective: Multidisciplinary mapping of Atlantic salmon
Join us to explore multidisciplinary mapping of Atlantic salmon migration and ideas of interconnectedness
tinyurl.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Tonight! 6pm UK time @livingmaps.bsky.social 'Mapping Fluid Worlds' seminar series continues with The Waterways Collective multi-disciplinary mapping of Atlantic Salmon migration, tickets here: tinyurl.com/yfh8a9ar 🐟🌊🗺️ #fish #ocean #mapping #water
Tonight! 6pm UK time @livingmaps.bsky.social 'Mapping Fluid Worlds' seminar series continues with The Waterways Collective multi-disciplinary mapping of Atlantic Salmon migration, tickets here: tinyurl.com/yfh8a9ar 🐟🌊🗺️ #fish #ocean #mapping #water
The Waterways Collective: Multidisciplinary mapping of Atlantic salmon
Join us to explore multidisciplinary mapping of Atlantic salmon migration and ideas of interconnectedness
tinyurl.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Tonight! 6pm UK time @livingmaps.bsky.social 'Mapping Fluid Worlds' seminar series continues with The Waterways Collective multi-disciplinary mapping of Atlantic Salmon migration, tickets here: tinyurl.com/yfh8a9ar 🐟🌊🗺️ #fish #ocean #mapping #water
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£500 given out to a working class writer every month.
Details in link.
Please share :)
Details in link.
Please share :)
The Creatives Grant
let's make art less middle class
thewhitepube.co.uk
February 1, 2026 at 10:57 AM
£500 given out to a working class writer every month.
Details in link.
Please share :)
Details in link.
Please share :)
The neighbourhood what's app is going off tonight with LTN v anti LTN chat, plus a wholesome dose of random requests for hand me down football kit and thrush treatment thrown in 🧐😅🍿🏙️🚶♀️#hackney #ltn
January 23, 2026 at 8:48 PM
The neighbourhood what's app is going off tonight with LTN v anti LTN chat, plus a wholesome dose of random requests for hand me down football kit and thrush treatment thrown in 🧐😅🍿🏙️🚶♀️#hackney #ltn
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Around 600 votes needed; gap closing fast.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party
When an MP decides they want to defect to another party a by-election should be automatically triggered to allow the constituents the opportunity have their democratic right to agree or not with their...
petition.parliament.uk
January 22, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Around 600 votes needed; gap closing fast.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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guests: Alisa Oleva, Anna Minton @annaminton.bsky.social Cathy Turner, Clare Qualmann @cqualmann.bsky.social, Dee Heddon @deeheddon.bsky.social Elspeth Penfold @threadandword.bsky.social Helen Stratford, Keira Chapman, Sarah Benjamins,Saffron Swansborough
Sonia Overall @soniaoverall.bsky.social
Sonia Overall @soniaoverall.bsky.social
January 21, 2026 at 12:45 PM
guests: Alisa Oleva, Anna Minton @annaminton.bsky.social Cathy Turner, Clare Qualmann @cqualmann.bsky.social, Dee Heddon @deeheddon.bsky.social Elspeth Penfold @threadandword.bsky.social Helen Stratford, Keira Chapman, Sarah Benjamins,Saffron Swansborough
Sonia Overall @soniaoverall.bsky.social
Sonia Overall @soniaoverall.bsky.social
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This is your reminder that Hungarian-Jewish scientist George de Hevesy dissolved two Nobel Prizes in aqua regia to keep them out of the hands of the Nazis.
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
January 16, 2026 at 4:14 AM
This is your reminder that Hungarian-Jewish scientist George de Hevesy dissolved two Nobel Prizes in aqua regia to keep them out of the hands of the Nazis.
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
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My new post on Substack tells the story of Clay Cross council's famous 1972 rents rebellion against the Conservative Government's plans to raise council house rents: ‘Doing our job – and that’s to help the working class, the cream of the nation'
municipaldreams.substack.com/p/clay-cross...
municipaldreams.substack.com/p/clay-cross...
January 17, 2026 at 8:21 AM
My new post on Substack tells the story of Clay Cross council's famous 1972 rents rebellion against the Conservative Government's plans to raise council house rents: ‘Doing our job – and that’s to help the working class, the cream of the nation'
municipaldreams.substack.com/p/clay-cross...
municipaldreams.substack.com/p/clay-cross...
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You can donate to Omar’s family here: chuffed.org/project/1400...
January 16, 2026 at 9:44 PM
You can donate to Omar’s family here: chuffed.org/project/1400...
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More of London's roads will have safer speed limits because there's irrefutable evidence it save lives:
📉 25% fewer main road collisions
📉 34% fewer people killed or serious injured on local roads
📉75% fall in children killed on local roads
@itvnews.bsky.social
itv.com/news/london/...
📉 25% fewer main road collisions
📉 34% fewer people killed or serious injured on local roads
📉75% fall in children killed on local roads
@itvnews.bsky.social
itv.com/news/london/...
January 16, 2026 at 5:29 PM
More of London's roads will have safer speed limits because there's irrefutable evidence it save lives:
📉 25% fewer main road collisions
📉 34% fewer people killed or serious injured on local roads
📉75% fall in children killed on local roads
@itvnews.bsky.social
itv.com/news/london/...
📉 25% fewer main road collisions
📉 34% fewer people killed or serious injured on local roads
📉75% fall in children killed on local roads
@itvnews.bsky.social
itv.com/news/london/...
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A rare victory for artistic freedom and common sense. Proof that everything could be different.
January 15, 2026 at 7:28 AM
A rare victory for artistic freedom and common sense. Proof that everything could be different.
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Pavement parking ban for Birmingham to end 'completely out of control' danger in huge change:
www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...
www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...
January 10, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Pavement parking ban for Birmingham to end 'completely out of control' danger in huge change:
www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...
www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...
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I have walked to work for 2.5 years, a little under a mile each way: it has changed my life
“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath
www.fastcompany.com/3062989/50-r...
www.fastcompany.com/3062989/50-r...
50 Reasons Why Everyone Should Want More Walkable Streets
From making you live longer to making cities more resilient: If you want a reason to make your city more walkable, it's in here.
www.fastcompany.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:27 PM
I have walked to work for 2.5 years, a little under a mile each way: it has changed my life
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Just heard an AI ethicist talk about how important it is that we say ‘MEN are using Grok to undress images of babies, children and women’ not ‘Grok is….’. Grok isn’t responsible for the action, the men enabling & using it for this repulsive purpose are. Small but important bit of linguistic accuracy
January 7, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Just heard an AI ethicist talk about how important it is that we say ‘MEN are using Grok to undress images of babies, children and women’ not ‘Grok is….’. Grok isn’t responsible for the action, the men enabling & using it for this repulsive purpose are. Small but important bit of linguistic accuracy
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A year late to the party, just as enthusiastic! I just bought the ebook version, which was on sale on the Routledge site (because I don’t have access to a library where I am.) i’m excited to read 🤸🏻♀️🤸🏻♀️🤸🏻♀️
January 6, 2026 at 12:01 PM
A year late to the party, just as enthusiastic! I just bought the ebook version, which was on sale on the Routledge site (because I don’t have access to a library where I am.) i’m excited to read 🤸🏻♀️🤸🏻♀️🤸🏻♀️
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Free on our open library. All the works we undertook in an attempt to find somewhere to build the new visitor facilities at Stonehenge.
wessexarchaeologylibrary.org/plugins/book...
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December 1, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Free on our open library. All the works we undertook in an attempt to find somewhere to build the new visitor facilities at Stonehenge.
wessexarchaeologylibrary.org/plugins/book...
wessexarchaeologylibrary.org/plugins/book...
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I wrote about some very strong feelings I have about the royal family.
open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...
open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...
I love Prince Harry
possibly my most controversial opinion that I am very sure of and which I think could not publish like this in the UK press (plus, under the line: a great documentary, podcast and parrot news)
open.substack.com
January 4, 2026 at 9:12 AM
I wrote about some very strong feelings I have about the royal family.
open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...
open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...
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Counterpoints Arts has been selected by The Observer as the beneficiary of their Christmas Appeal 2025.
A new article by Philippe Sands on how migrants enrich our cultural life, and why this work matters.
🔗 observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
#ObserverAppeal #CounterpointsArts
A new article by Philippe Sands on how migrants enrich our cultural life, and why this work matters.
🔗 observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
#ObserverAppeal #CounterpointsArts
Christmas appeal: Migrants enrich our culture from the fo...
The Observer’s Christmas appeal is raising money for Counterpoints Arts. The writer and lawyer explains why its support of creative work by and about migrants resonates with him
observer.co.uk
January 4, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Counterpoints Arts has been selected by The Observer as the beneficiary of their Christmas Appeal 2025.
A new article by Philippe Sands on how migrants enrich our cultural life, and why this work matters.
🔗 observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
#ObserverAppeal #CounterpointsArts
A new article by Philippe Sands on how migrants enrich our cultural life, and why this work matters.
🔗 observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
#ObserverAppeal #CounterpointsArts
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166 browser tabs and a few windows now closed! It's getting easier to find things and my dock is less cluttered. The open tabs require me to do more work, but I'm going to read things properly before closing them. Please join me in #TabClosed2026!
#NYE2026
#NYE2026
Friends, I have now closed 100 browser tabs, from across multiple windows. I did the thing the open tab required, or downloaded/filed it, or decided I didn't need it. #TabClosed2026 is going well! Now to start a fourth thread. You're welcome to make your own!
Well, 71 browser tabs closed so far in #TabClosed2026! And I've chosen a new wallpaper, from the Giancarlo Menotti opera A Bride From Pluto. So, on to my third thread of closed tabs. Trying to stay ruthless.
December 30, 2025 at 10:33 PM
166 browser tabs and a few windows now closed! It's getting easier to find things and my dock is less cluttered. The open tabs require me to do more work, but I'm going to read things properly before closing them. Please join me in #TabClosed2026!
#NYE2026
#NYE2026
Beautiful moonrise over the Regent's canal tonight. January's super moon is looking 💫
January 1, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Beautiful moonrise over the Regent's canal tonight. January's super moon is looking 💫
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A long poem
An invisible line
A 270-mile walk
“The idea was to walk the line from Peacehaven to the Humber. I had devised the notion that the physical act of walking would help me to locate what was lost”.
New year offer: £3 off Nancy Gaffield's 'Meridian'
ngmeridian.wordpress.com
An invisible line
A 270-mile walk
“The idea was to walk the line from Peacehaven to the Humber. I had devised the notion that the physical act of walking would help me to locate what was lost”.
New year offer: £3 off Nancy Gaffield's 'Meridian'
ngmeridian.wordpress.com
January 1, 2026 at 11:11 AM
A long poem
An invisible line
A 270-mile walk
“The idea was to walk the line from Peacehaven to the Humber. I had devised the notion that the physical act of walking would help me to locate what was lost”.
New year offer: £3 off Nancy Gaffield's 'Meridian'
ngmeridian.wordpress.com
An invisible line
A 270-mile walk
“The idea was to walk the line from Peacehaven to the Humber. I had devised the notion that the physical act of walking would help me to locate what was lost”.
New year offer: £3 off Nancy Gaffield's 'Meridian'
ngmeridian.wordpress.com
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Similarly, I want nature docs that consist of someone knowledgeable ambling round a patch of landscape, periodically saying 'Ooh, look at this'.
What I want is a TV documentary channel entirely devoted to documentaries with no quick-cut montages of everything about to happen, which don't give a fuck about keeping my attention, presented by extremely knowledgeable people in a terrible mood who have no interest in trying to make me like them.
January 1, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Similarly, I want nature docs that consist of someone knowledgeable ambling round a patch of landscape, periodically saying 'Ooh, look at this'.
In the words of the drawing I made in 2008 (part of a series that put together texts from pizza flyers and religious leaflets) It is time to rewrite our destiny...
January 1, 2026 at 11:35 AM
In the words of the drawing I made in 2008 (part of a series that put together texts from pizza flyers and religious leaflets) It is time to rewrite our destiny...
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An old drawing from my studio, part of a 2008 series that combined texts from pizza flyers with religious leaflets. The message holds though! #ItIsTimeToRewriteOurDestiny
January 1, 2026 at 12:45 AM
An old drawing from my studio, part of a 2008 series that combined texts from pizza flyers with religious leaflets. The message holds though! #ItIsTimeToRewriteOurDestiny