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Edwin Heathcote @edwinheathcote.bsky.social · 43m

Thi sounds fascinating. And Edwin Abbott Abbott. What a name.

The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 21h

Front cover to Flatland (1884) by Edwin Abbott Abbott, who died #onthisday in 1926. Read Ian Stewart's introduction to the strange tale of A. Square's geometric adventures, the first ever book that could be described as “mathematical fiction” publicdomainreview.org/essay/a... #otd

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Edwin Heathcote @edwinheathcote.bsky.social · 13h

Me too, I think.

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Edwin Heathcote @edwinheathcote.bsky.social · 20h

Surbiton is pretty weird.

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Edwin Heathcote @edwinheathcote.bsky.social · 23h

Thanks Carlo!

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Carlo Apostoli @carloapostoli.ft.com · 23h

Great analysis by @edwinheathcote.bsky.social here who cuts through all the — sorry — bullshit and gets to the inevitable point of the absolute triumph of marketing over design. We start from here (if we even care anymore). Must read

on.ft.com/46M9mXI

Why designers abandoned their dreams of changing the world

Design was once seen as a tool to improve lives — but as modernism has become marketing, that sense of social purpose has drifted away

on.ft.com

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Edwin Heathcote @edwinheathcote.bsky.social · 1d

I adore seeing underlining and marginalia. Thanks so much.

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Anandi Mishra @anandimish.bsky.social · 1d

Lots to ponder upon here. I’d add my two bits: once upon a time there were design-centric movies like Jacques Tatti’s and I’m sure also similarly obsessed literature. Now in books and movies what we have is a parody of all forms of design and architecture in life.

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Edwin Heathcote @edwinheathcote.bsky.social · 2d

Does he know how much plumbers make?

Eddie Burfi @eddieburfi.bsky.social · 3d

Former Head of Comms for the IEA, Annabel Denham, says the super rich will leave if we have a wealth tax.

Yes, the very same IEA that brought us Liz Truss’ disastrous mini budget. 🤦🏽‍♂️

Green Party leader Zack Polanski explains that their taxable assets can’t leave. #bbcqt

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Edwin Heathcote @edwinheathcote.bsky.social · 3d

The most Socialist Realist-looking building in Oxford.

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Edwin Heathcote @edwinheathcote.bsky.social · 3d

Nobel for László Krasznahorkai is a good thing.

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Edwin Heathcote @edwinheathcote.bsky.social · 4d

This is funny

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 4d

feels quite Guardian that this piece doesn't present the move as good news or even neutral news but instead spends about two thirds of its copy running through every single possible reason why a maybe fun thing will be TERRIBLE and AWFUL www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Pubs to stay open until early hours in push for UK growth

Exclusive: Plans for England and Wales would help the ailing hospitality sector but have attracted criticism from health experts

www.theguardian.com

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Edwin Heathcote @edwinheathcote.bsky.social · 4d

This is the most fantastic news (OK I was on the jury but still). www.archpaper.com/2025/10/made... @soanemuseum.bsky.social

www.archpaper.com

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Edwin Heathcote @edwinheathcote.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks

Edwin Heathcote @edwinheathcote.bsky.social · 4d

Did Expressway World for summer books but thanks for the others

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Edwin Heathcote @edwinheathcote.bsky.social · 4d

New architecture books recommendations please. Published 2025 only.

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Tom Sutcliffe @tds153.bsky.social · 5d

The details in this story are magnificent.
www.thetimes.com/article/3dc7...

Peruvian bishop accused of having 17 lovers exposed by cleaning lady

Ciro Quispe López has handed in his notice to Pope Leo after an investigation by the Vatican over claims he had a string of lovers including a nun

www.thetimes.com

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Edwin Heathcote @edwinheathcote.bsky.social · 5d

Ha ha ha ha

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Rory Hyde @roryhyde.bsky.social · 6d

Bang on stuff here, with some hard questions for designers and educators on what to do now

Edwin Heathcote @edwinheathcote.bsky.social · 8d

on.ft.com/46M9mXI Why designers abandoned their dreams of changing the world. Free to Read.

Why designers abandoned their dreams of changing the world

Design was once seen as a tool to improve lives — but as modernism has become marketing, that sense of social purpose has drifted away

on.ft.com

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Edwin Heathcote @edwinheathcote.bsky.social · 7d

And that is how it works.

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 7d

UK government undermined China spying probe to protect Beijing ties, say officials on.ft.com/42u7bqq

UK government undermined China spying probe to protect Beijing ties, say officials

Prosecution case collapsed after senior security advisers said they would not testify that China was an ‘enemy’

on.ft.com

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Edwin Heathcote @edwinheathcote.bsky.social · 7d

Vol 1. Only. Reader without stamina.

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Edwin Heathcote @edwinheathcote.bsky.social · 7d

And by the way, I love ‘Oh Lucky Man’.

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Edwin Heathcote @edwinheathcote.bsky.social · 7d

I think the ubiquity of images has levelled things out. One more thing about counter culture is that in the old days we had to hang out in the same places to buy records or clothes now everything is available online those loci have disappeared. Everyone is just in their bedrooms.

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Edwin Heathcote @edwinheathcote.bsky.social · 7d

This is certainly also true.

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Edwin Heathcote @edwinheathcote.bsky.social · 7d

And I think there’s a lot more interest in food than there was. People sublimating desire in it, then photographing it, reviewing it and so on. But maybe we just can’t see what is counter cultural, too old!

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