Loz Kaye.
@lozkaye.bsky.social
Advocate for the public power of music. Campaigner. Dad. "Incredibly cheerful": The Daily Telegraph
Nnena Kalu's win is great news for UK culture overall. Her work makes the same point that @separatedoors1.bsky.social Doors has been making - learning disabled and neurodivergent creators are our colleagues, not to be put in a "community" or "outsider art" box. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Nnena Kalu becomes first artist with a learning disability to win Turner prize
Chair of 2025 judging panel says win ‘begins to erase that border between the neurotypical and neurodiverse artist’
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Nnena Kalu's win is great news for UK culture overall. Her work makes the same point that @separatedoors1.bsky.social Doors has been making - learning disabled and neurodivergent creators are our colleagues, not to be put in a "community" or "outsider art" box. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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Abolish the Lords.
Lib Dems announce 5 peers including ex-MP Sarah Teather, Tories announce 3 including Olympic swimmer/ women's rights activist Sharon Davies, historian Simon Heffer and former cabinet minister John Redwood. Reform UK don't get any.
December 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Abolish the Lords.
Indeed, and Hitler wasn't a subject of conversation at Plymstock Comprehensive. Apart from in History, when I remember Sarah Pickles asking why people didn't speak out more. I think we have some of the answer to her question now.
I grew up in the 70s and 80s.
If you weren't there, just a little clarification on that Spectator piece.
Literally, NOBODY admired Hitler. Apart from nazis.
Hope that helps.
If you weren't there, just a little clarification on that Spectator piece.
Literally, NOBODY admired Hitler. Apart from nazis.
Hope that helps.
December 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Indeed, and Hitler wasn't a subject of conversation at Plymstock Comprehensive. Apart from in History, when I remember Sarah Pickles asking why people didn't speak out more. I think we have some of the answer to her question now.
In my case this is me logging on to all my rail delay repay accounts for different operators to prevent deletion. (Despite it all apparently being the same system)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK spending half an hour longer online than in pandemic, says Ofcom
The survey found people in the UK spent on average four hours and 30 minutes online every day in 2025
www.bbc.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 10:17 AM
In my case this is me logging on to all my rail delay repay accounts for different operators to prevent deletion. (Despite it all apparently being the same system)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The recent release of the Index of Multiple Deprivation by UK Gov. allowed me to indulge my twin interests of psephology and demographics. The results a visualisation of the deprivation profiles of the 296 English local authorities. More info here www.opendatamanchester.org.uk/revisiting-p...
December 8, 2025 at 9:42 AM
The recent release of the Index of Multiple Deprivation by UK Gov. allowed me to indulge my twin interests of psephology and demographics. The results a visualisation of the deprivation profiles of the 296 English local authorities. More info here www.opendatamanchester.org.uk/revisiting-p...
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It's shocking to see how entrenched Blackpool's challenges have become. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Blackpool report: why do England’s deprived areas have the most troubled hospitals?
Clinicians in deprived areas are overwhelmed by generational ill health and poverty
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:40 AM
It's shocking to see how entrenched Blackpool's challenges have become. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨
December 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨
In related news, could there be an option on "delay repay" for it to go to a tab at The Doric Arch at Euston? www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Soon-to-be-axed 7am Manchester-London train will still run – but without passengers
Exclusive: Rail regulator pulls Avanti service from timetable from mid-December but it is needed for staff travel
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:47 PM
In related news, could there be an option on "delay repay" for it to go to a tab at The Doric Arch at Euston? www.theguardian.com/business/202...
We said Silence = Death for a reason.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US will no longer commemorate World Aids Day, reports say
State department has told employees and grant recipients to not publicly promote or make event on 1 December
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:29 PM
We said Silence = Death for a reason.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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FINAL REVEAL: A brand new Benin bronze plaque, titled "Looting of the Oba's Palace in 1897".
This #newarrival confronts the theft of works from Benin in 1897. It shows what the palace altar looked like before 1897 (left), and British soldiers in the act of looting (right).
This #newarrival confronts the theft of works from Benin in 1897. It shows what the palace altar looked like before 1897 (left), and British soldiers in the act of looting (right).
November 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
FINAL REVEAL: A brand new Benin bronze plaque, titled "Looting of the Oba's Palace in 1897".
This #newarrival confronts the theft of works from Benin in 1897. It shows what the palace altar looked like before 1897 (left), and British soldiers in the act of looting (right).
This #newarrival confronts the theft of works from Benin in 1897. It shows what the palace altar looked like before 1897 (left), and British soldiers in the act of looting (right).
Reposted by Loz Kaye.
'Suturing Wounds' features self-portraits of artist Sara Sallam wearing a tunic made of torn Egyptian textile fragments, bearing witness to the C19th practice of excavating Byzantine-era cemeteries, tearing garments from the dead to satisfy the growing demands of Western museums.
bit.ly/3L6QX0n
bit.ly/3L6QX0n
November 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
'Suturing Wounds' features self-portraits of artist Sara Sallam wearing a tunic made of torn Egyptian textile fragments, bearing witness to the C19th practice of excavating Byzantine-era cemeteries, tearing garments from the dead to satisfy the growing demands of Western museums.
bit.ly/3L6QX0n
bit.ly/3L6QX0n
I would have thought the important word would be "unfair". Writing as one who has been both sides of the various hiring and firing equations.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
Government to ditch day-one unfair dismissal policy from workers’ rights bill
Flagship Labour plan to be replaced with six-month threshold after Peter Kyle vows to not let businesses ‘lose’ under new law
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:04 AM
I would have thought the important word would be "unfair". Writing as one who has been both sides of the various hiring and firing equations.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
People listening to music openly on the train be advised that I have a podcast with Galina Ustvolskaya's music on it and I'm not afraid to use it.
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
People listening to music openly on the train be advised that I have a podcast with Galina Ustvolskaya's music on it and I'm not afraid to use it.
Congratulations to Aonishki!
Day15
And here is our sumo’s first Ukrainian sumo champion receiving the Emperor’s Cup.
Aonishiki, Вітаємо!"
🏆🏆🏆
(Above is pronounced “vitayemo”, congratulations in Ukrainian of course!)
And here is our sumo’s first Ukrainian sumo champion receiving the Emperor’s Cup.
Aonishiki, Вітаємо!"
🏆🏆🏆
(Above is pronounced “vitayemo”, congratulations in Ukrainian of course!)
November 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Congratulations to Aonishki!
Nye tider I Koebenhavn...
www.dr.dk/nyheder/poli...
www.dr.dk/nyheder/poli...
Hvid røg fra København: SF skriver historie og erobrer overborgmesterposten fra S
Socialdemokratiet erkender nederlaget og bliver det tredje største parti i hovedstaden efter Enhedslisten og SF.
www.dr.dk
November 19, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Nye tider I Koebenhavn...
www.dr.dk/nyheder/poli...
www.dr.dk/nyheder/poli...
I see various takes on Danish politics today - and it is the government that has invited the comparison. I wish this country learned from dk's democratic culture, rather than the xenophobia of some of its political parties.
November 19, 2025 at 8:56 AM
I see various takes on Danish politics today - and it is the government that has invited the comparison. I wish this country learned from dk's democratic culture, rather than the xenophobia of some of its political parties.
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Denmark, Epinion poll:
Copenhagen local election
Ø (LEFT): 24% (-3)
F (Greens/EFA): 20% (-2)
A (S&D): 12% (+2)
C (EPP): 10% (+2)
B (RE): 8%
V (RE): 7% (+1)
I (EPP): 6% (-1)
...
+/- vs. 04 September - 13 October
Fieldwork: 13-17 November 2025
Sample size: 1,272
➤ europeelects.eu/denmark
Copenhagen local election
Ø (LEFT): 24% (-3)
F (Greens/EFA): 20% (-2)
A (S&D): 12% (+2)
C (EPP): 10% (+2)
B (RE): 8%
V (RE): 7% (+1)
I (EPP): 6% (-1)
...
+/- vs. 04 September - 13 October
Fieldwork: 13-17 November 2025
Sample size: 1,272
➤ europeelects.eu/denmark
November 17, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Denmark, Epinion poll:
Copenhagen local election
Ø (LEFT): 24% (-3)
F (Greens/EFA): 20% (-2)
A (S&D): 12% (+2)
C (EPP): 10% (+2)
B (RE): 8%
V (RE): 7% (+1)
I (EPP): 6% (-1)
...
+/- vs. 04 September - 13 October
Fieldwork: 13-17 November 2025
Sample size: 1,272
➤ europeelects.eu/denmark
Copenhagen local election
Ø (LEFT): 24% (-3)
F (Greens/EFA): 20% (-2)
A (S&D): 12% (+2)
C (EPP): 10% (+2)
B (RE): 8%
V (RE): 7% (+1)
I (EPP): 6% (-1)
...
+/- vs. 04 September - 13 October
Fieldwork: 13-17 November 2025
Sample size: 1,272
➤ europeelects.eu/denmark
Anyway, had a great morning in West End Community centre joining the singing and signing choir County of Song has been supporting as part of Burnley Diversity Festival.
November 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Anyway, had a great morning in West End Community centre joining the singing and signing choir County of Song has been supporting as part of Burnley Diversity Festival.
As one of a tiny handful of people in the UK that actually follows Danish politics, this is not the lesson to learn from it. To put it mildly.
To reiterate, this is about making life immeasurably more miserable and stressful for some of the most vulnerable people, in the almost certainly vain hope of winning over the votes of racists.
Anything more shabby and shameful is difficult to envisage.
Anything more shabby and shameful is difficult to envisage.
Asylum in UK to be made temporary under Home Secretary’s plans
Shabana Mahmood will lay out reforms modelled on the Danish system on Monday.
www.independent.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
As one of a tiny handful of people in the UK that actually follows Danish politics, this is not the lesson to learn from it. To put it mildly.
One thing that the cultural sector should note - no disrespect to the great causes here - there is not a single cultural charity here, despite most of the celebrities being cultural figures.
FYI: The BBC has revealed the charities #TheCelebrityTraitors were all competing for, with links so that you can donate.
November 15, 2025 at 8:49 AM
One thing that the cultural sector should note - no disrespect to the great causes here - there is not a single cultural charity here, despite most of the celebrities being cultural figures.
So, a new verse for Lancashire: County of Song, looking for directors for establishing it as a CIC. The aim is to open up access to singing. Interested in hearing from people not just from the music world but from governance, health, data...
countyofsong.substack.com/p/call-out-f...
countyofsong.substack.com/p/call-out-f...
Call out for directors for County of Song
Help write the next verse for County of Song ...
countyofsong.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:52 PM
So, a new verse for Lancashire: County of Song, looking for directors for establishing it as a CIC. The aim is to open up access to singing. Interested in hearing from people not just from the music world but from governance, health, data...
countyofsong.substack.com/p/call-out-f...
countyofsong.substack.com/p/call-out-f...
Perhaps we can start to turn around the idea that children using time on culture is somewhat suspect. www.theguardian.com/education/20...
‘Huge step in the right direction’: arts leaders hail move to boost creative subjects in England’s schools
Cultural figures hope proposed shake-up of curriculum can reverse years of ‘madness’ in which arts were devalued
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Perhaps we can start to turn around the idea that children using time on culture is somewhat suspect. www.theguardian.com/education/20...
I vividly remember playing to Lancashire care home residents through the window during the pandemic. I guess Mr F's followers take a different approach.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to close care homes and day centres
Questions about potential conflict of interest as council’s cabinet member for social care owns private care company
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I vividly remember playing to Lancashire care home residents through the window during the pandemic. I guess Mr F's followers take a different approach.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...