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Robin Kinross

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Editor, typographer. Wants UK constitutional remake. Supports underdogs. ‘Books that lie open’: https://robinkinross.substack.com/profile/posts

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Robin Kinross @kinross.bsky.social · Mar 10

This painting of a stitched section ('Circular') looks incidentally like a demonstration of paper grain: long grain (good!) on the left page, short/cross grain (not so good) on the right page.

Robin Kinross @kinross.bsky.social · 1h

Sonntag insbesonders.

Robin Kinross @kinross.bsky.social · 1h

Ich muss der Blueskyschen künstlich Intelligenz danken. Er hat mich ingeladen auf deutsch zu antworten.

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Robin Kinross @kinross.bsky.social · 1h

Es ist als ob das Satz auf deutsch geschrieben was!

Robin Kinross @kinross.bsky.social · 4d

or Ian McEwan?

Robin Kinross @kinross.bsky.social · 9d

Fresh constitutions usually come after defeat in war, or after a political revolution. Neither very likely in the UK.

But these could be motivating factors (most to least likely):

Irish unity win in NI
Scotland votes for indy
Wales ditto
monarchy loses all credibility
England votes for indy

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Robin Kinross @kinross.bsky.social · 13d

A note on the physical production of @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social

robinkinross.substack.com/p/fitzcarral...

Fitzcarraldo Editions

The British publisher Fitzcarraldo issued its first books in 2014.

robinkinross.substack.com

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Robin Kinross @kinross.bsky.social · 17d

Thanks for this.

Substack seemed a better place for discussions that try to reach beyond the typo/design audience.

It makes its money through subscriptions. So I wonder about the longevity there of those of us who aren't charging anything.

Robin Kinross @kinross.bsky.social · 23d

Count me out too!
The TLS review of her latest said something similar.

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Robin Kinross @kinross.bsky.social · Sep 29

Five books from Rab-Rab Press. New on my Substack:

robinkinross.substack.com/profile/posts

Cover of the book 'Free jazz communism', representing the latest post on my Substack pages: 'Books that lie open'.

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Robin Kinross @kinross.bsky.social · Sep 26

Yes.

Constitutions that protect individual rights can be trampled over (as now in the USA).

But a constitution that entrenches human rights, and is then overridden, and is then challenged in the courts, is better than the UK's sovereignty of 10 Downing Street.

Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · Sep 26

This torturous argument for compulsory ID cards fails on the basics. Most European states have written constitutions & fundamental rights. The UK has no written constitution; worse its citizens have zero fundamental rights: ie: every right you think you have can be taken away by an act of Parliament

Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · Sep 26

“A Farage government will use it against immigrants and marginalised groups.” They might, yes, but they might also exploit the *lack* of universal id to persecute such groups (as has already happened in US). Having a universal credential to prove your rights can be a * protectjon* against this.

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Anthony Barnett @anthonybarnett.bsky.social · Sep 17

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Robin Kinross @kinross.bsky.social · Sep 10

In my memory, the second album, Sankt Gerold, works a lot better than their first encounter:
ecmrecords.com/product/sank...

Sankt Gerold - ECM Records

ECM brought this trio of innovative free jazz veterans together for the first time to make the critically-acclaimed "Time Will Tell" album in 1994 – since then, it has become a popular institution on ...

ecmrecords.com

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Robin Kinross @kinross.bsky.social · Sep 9

Richard was one of the best to follow on Twitter. I've looked in vain for him here.

Splendid piece of writing, as usual.

Robin Kinross @kinross.bsky.social · Sep 2

Some discussion of 'The alienation effect', seen also as an artefact

robinkinross.substack.com/p/the-aliena...

The alienation effect

How Central European émigrés transformed the British twentieth century

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Robin Kinross @kinross.bsky.social · Sep 1

BWV 150

Robin Kinross @kinross.bsky.social · Aug 26

About then I first set eyes on Django, maybe as a dep, in some group or other, playing electric keyboards in a pub in Camden Town. This one?
www.closedpubs.co.uk/london/nw1_c...

Camden Falcon, Camden

www.closedpubs.co.uk

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Robin Kinross @kinross.bsky.social · Aug 26

Radio London, Saturday (morning?), 1980s?

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Robin Kinross @kinross.bsky.social · Aug 24

COYS!

Robin Kinross @kinross.bsky.social · Aug 17

More on Bill/Tsch here:
hyphenpress.co.uk/2025/02/24/b...
and see fn 1

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Robin Kinross @kinross.bsky.social · Aug 10

The signature is in the black bar at the base of the image, and is roughly above 9.

This Cecil Keeling did work on commissions from the BBC, and post-war there are Penguin covers... I'm glad to be reminded of him.

Robin Kinross @kinross.bsky.social · Aug 10

C. Keeling
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_K...
(the signature above the '9' – it's illegible, unless you have some dim memory of having seen his name before)

Cecil Keeling - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Robin Kinross @kinross.bsky.social · Aug 9

+ Madurodam

Robin Kinross @kinross.bsky.social · Aug 9

Madurodam

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Robin Kinross @kinross.bsky.social · Aug 7

Items are held in the steel-framed shelving system that KM uses in his own studio. The printed exhibition guide explains everything, compartment by compartment.

Robin Kinross @kinross.bsky.social · Aug 7

Karel Martens Unbound at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam

One of the most intelligent and beautiful design/art exhibitions I've ever seen.

Until 26 October: inderdaad, onmisbaar!

View of the Martens exhibition at the Stedelijk, Amsterdam. Items are held in the steel-framed shelving system that KM uses in his own studio. The printed exhibition guide explains everything, compartment by compartment.

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