Stuart Leech
@stuartleech.com
Visual Artist
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Politicians will do everything but regulate social media and big tech.
Instead, they bring in pointless legislation that makes everyone's data more vulnerable and fails to protect anyone online.
Instead, they bring in pointless legislation that makes everyone's data more vulnerable and fails to protect anyone online.
“Of course we need age-verification on VPNs.”
Children’s Commissioner for England Rachel de Souza says children should not be allowed to use Virtual Private Networks, as they are often used to access pornography.
#Newsnight
Children’s Commissioner for England Rachel de Souza says children should not be allowed to use Virtual Private Networks, as they are often used to access pornography.
#Newsnight
August 19, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Politicians will do everything but regulate social media and big tech.
Instead, they bring in pointless legislation that makes everyone's data more vulnerable and fails to protect anyone online.
Instead, they bring in pointless legislation that makes everyone's data more vulnerable and fails to protect anyone online.
Politicians will do everything but regulate social media and big tech.
Instead, they bring in pointless legislation that makes everyone's data more vulnerable and fails to protect anyone online.
Instead, they bring in pointless legislation that makes everyone's data more vulnerable and fails to protect anyone online.
August 19, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Politicians will do everything but regulate social media and big tech.
Instead, they bring in pointless legislation that makes everyone's data more vulnerable and fails to protect anyone online.
Instead, they bring in pointless legislation that makes everyone's data more vulnerable and fails to protect anyone online.
Yeah definitely nothing to do with Brexit
July 9, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Yeah definitely nothing to do with Brexit
You’d have thought these people would have at least invented a new catchphrase how long have we heard “it’s the politics of envy”
March 30, 2025 at 10:10 AM
You’d have thought these people would have at least invented a new catchphrase how long have we heard “it’s the politics of envy”
Care to find one single example of someone getting disability benefits for “being a bit depressed”
Maybe have some compassion for people with conditions you clearly can’t even comprehend. ADHD can be massively debilitating for example but you would know that if you bothered to engage with it
Maybe have some compassion for people with conditions you clearly can’t even comprehend. ADHD can be massively debilitating for example but you would know that if you bothered to engage with it
March 19, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Care to find one single example of someone getting disability benefits for “being a bit depressed”
Maybe have some compassion for people with conditions you clearly can’t even comprehend. ADHD can be massively debilitating for example but you would know that if you bothered to engage with it
Maybe have some compassion for people with conditions you clearly can’t even comprehend. ADHD can be massively debilitating for example but you would know that if you bothered to engage with it
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Artist Weeknotes from Stuart Leech
Explore Artist Weeknotes: a weekly insight into the creative journey of Stuart Leech. Discover current projects, inspirations, reflections, and behind-the-scenes stories that shape an artist’s world.
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February 27, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Artist Weeknotes week 6 recap: Laia Abril’s talk made me reflect on research and storytelling. While working on Canto, I’ve gathered so much material but struggled to shape it. I need to step back, let key themes emerge, and handle stories with care. I'm inspired to revisit my work with fresh focus.
February 27, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Artist Weeknotes week 6 recap: Laia Abril’s talk made me reflect on research and storytelling. While working on Canto, I’ve gathered so much material but struggled to shape it. I need to step back, let key themes emerge, and handle stories with care. I'm inspired to revisit my work with fresh focus.
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Artist Weeknotes from Stuart Leech
Explore Artist Weeknotes: a weekly insight into the creative journey of Stuart Leech. Discover current projects, inspirations, reflections, and behind-the-scenes stories that shape an artist’s world.
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February 21, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Artist Weeknotes: Week 5:
A visit to Aspex Gallery seeing my partner's show opening marked 20 years since I began my Photography BA in Portsmouth. Its vibrant music scene shaped my early career in ways I couldn't have predicted. Here are a couple of my early Bloc Party photos from when it all began.
A visit to Aspex Gallery seeing my partner's show opening marked 20 years since I began my Photography BA in Portsmouth. Its vibrant music scene shaped my early career in ways I couldn't have predicted. Here are a couple of my early Bloc Party photos from when it all began.
February 21, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Artist Weeknotes: Week 5:
A visit to Aspex Gallery seeing my partner's show opening marked 20 years since I began my Photography BA in Portsmouth. Its vibrant music scene shaped my early career in ways I couldn't have predicted. Here are a couple of my early Bloc Party photos from when it all began.
A visit to Aspex Gallery seeing my partner's show opening marked 20 years since I began my Photography BA in Portsmouth. Its vibrant music scene shaped my early career in ways I couldn't have predicted. Here are a couple of my early Bloc Party photos from when it all began.
Mark Wahlberg the racist thug who would have thought
February 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Mark Wahlberg the racist thug who would have thought
You can't really lift something that was never enforced can you? It was written in the act but was never carried out because it was illegal under international law.
The Illegal Migration Act is still active with very minor amendments from Labour
The Illegal Migration Act is still active with very minor amendments from Labour
February 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
You can't really lift something that was never enforced can you? It was written in the act but was never carried out because it was illegal under international law.
The Illegal Migration Act is still active with very minor amendments from Labour
The Illegal Migration Act is still active with very minor amendments from Labour
“Some people coming here to work can be positive”
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“We rely on immigrants to prop up our low wage economy including the NHS and many public services so that the elite can extract as much profit as possible”
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“We rely on immigrants to prop up our low wage economy including the NHS and many public services so that the elite can extract as much profit as possible”
February 18, 2025 at 9:24 AM
“Some people coming here to work can be positive”
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“We rely on immigrants to prop up our low wage economy including the NHS and many public services so that the elite can extract as much profit as possible”
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“We rely on immigrants to prop up our low wage economy including the NHS and many public services so that the elite can extract as much profit as possible”
The Rwanda scheme was not in any way a serious scheme.
Labour haven’t lifted any bans, asylum seekers still can’t work while their claims are being processed which is a Labour policy introduced in 2000.
Labour haven’t lifted any bans, asylum seekers still can’t work while their claims are being processed which is a Labour policy introduced in 2000.
February 18, 2025 at 9:22 AM
The Rwanda scheme was not in any way a serious scheme.
Labour haven’t lifted any bans, asylum seekers still can’t work while their claims are being processed which is a Labour policy introduced in 2000.
Labour haven’t lifted any bans, asylum seekers still can’t work while their claims are being processed which is a Labour policy introduced in 2000.
If you needed any more evidence that the Times is no longer a serious newspaper look no further
Instead of letting people work from home, why not let workers live in the office?
This week’s @thetimes.com biz column on why we need to bring back decent staff accommodation.
www.thetimes.com/article/10eb...
This week’s @thetimes.com biz column on why we need to bring back decent staff accommodation.
www.thetimes.com/article/10eb...
Why not let workers live in the office?
Citigroup is spending £1bn to attract staff back to its Canary Wharf tower. Maybe it’d be easier to provide accommodation — it worked at Bournville after all
www.thetimes.com
February 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
If you needed any more evidence that the Times is no longer a serious newspaper look no further
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Here are the links to the articles:
Slatton: grantslatton.com/nobody-cares
Spinks: rojospinks.substack.com/p/how-i-beca...
Here are the links to the articles:
Slatton: grantslatton.com/nobody-cares
Spinks: rojospinks.substack.com/p/how-i-beca...
Artist Weeknotes from Stuart Leech
Explore Artist Weeknotes: a weekly insight into the creative journey of Stuart Leech. Discover current projects, inspirations, reflections, and behind-the-scenes stories that shape an artist’s world.
www.stuartleech.com
February 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The full Weeknotes are available to read here: www.stuartleech.com/artist-weekn....
Here are the links to the articles:
Slatton: grantslatton.com/nobody-cares
Spinks: rojospinks.substack.com/p/how-i-beca...
Here are the links to the articles:
Slatton: grantslatton.com/nobody-cares
Spinks: rojospinks.substack.com/p/how-i-beca...
Jan 17th Artist Weeknotes recap: I read about things falling apart. Rosie Spinks examines living with the reality of collapse, while Grant Slatton’s Nobody Cares argues that systems fail because no one fights to fix them. Both explore late-stage capitalism’s exhaustion and the struggle to find hope.
February 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Jan 17th Artist Weeknotes recap: I read about things falling apart. Rosie Spinks examines living with the reality of collapse, while Grant Slatton’s Nobody Cares argues that systems fail because no one fights to fix them. Both explore late-stage capitalism’s exhaustion and the struggle to find hope.
The full Weeknotes are available to read here: www.stuartleech.com/artist-weekn...
Artist Weeknotes from Stuart Leech
Explore Artist Weeknotes: a weekly insight into the creative journey of Stuart Leech. Discover current projects, inspirations, reflections, and behind-the-scenes stories that shape an artist’s world.
www.stuartleech.com
January 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Last week's Artist Weeknotes recap: January is a time for ideas. Watching Jesse Eisenberg’s 'A Real Pain' and 'The Double' explored themes of self-worth and comparison. They’re a reminder, especially for creatives, to value our unique perspective and not get lost in self-doubt or unfair comparisons.
January 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Last week's Artist Weeknotes recap: January is a time for ideas. Watching Jesse Eisenberg’s 'A Real Pain' and 'The Double' explored themes of self-worth and comparison. They’re a reminder, especially for creatives, to value our unique perspective and not get lost in self-doubt or unfair comparisons.
The richest man in the world is doing Nazi salutes and the world's press reacts:
a cartoon of spongebob squarepants with a blue background
ALT: a cartoon of spongebob squarepants with a blue background
media.tenor.com
January 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The richest man in the world is doing Nazi salutes and the world's press reacts:
“Long form content”
= Idiotic men talking rubbish for hours
= Idiotic men talking rubbish for hours
January 16, 2025 at 12:52 PM
“Long form content”
= Idiotic men talking rubbish for hours
= Idiotic men talking rubbish for hours
Let me rewrite that for you.
“UK Farmers causing irreversible damage to UK countryside”
“UK Farmers causing irreversible damage to UK countryside”
January 16, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Let me rewrite that for you.
“UK Farmers causing irreversible damage to UK countryside”
“UK Farmers causing irreversible damage to UK countryside”
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Artist Weeknotes from Stuart Leech
Explore Artist Weeknotes: a weekly insight into the creative journey of Stuart Leech. Discover current projects, inspirations, reflections, and behind-the-scenes stories that shape an artist’s world.
www.stuartleech.com
January 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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The first week of 2025 marks my fourth weeknote, reflecting on work, media, and politics. Revisiting 'Dehumanising Headlines', I critique the Telegraph’s anti-immigration framing and aim this year to explore counterarguments, fostering thoughtful dialogues on migration in my practice.
January 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The first week of 2025 marks my fourth weeknote, reflecting on work, media, and politics. Revisiting 'Dehumanising Headlines', I critique the Telegraph’s anti-immigration framing and aim this year to explore counterarguments, fostering thoughtful dialogues on migration in my practice.
There is also this hideous organisation that has basically being doing the same job for the last while.
They publish pseudo research and get quoted a lot by the right wing press
www.migrationwatchuk.org
They publish pseudo research and get quoted a lot by the right wing press
www.migrationwatchuk.org
An independent and non-political think tank concerned about the scale of immigration into the UK. | Migration Watch UK
Migration Watch UK is an independent and non-political body established in October 2001. Our purposes are to; monitor migration flows to and from the UK, provide to the press and public the most accur...
www.migrationwatchuk.org
January 7, 2025 at 11:22 AM
There is also this hideous organisation that has basically being doing the same job for the last while.
They publish pseudo research and get quoted a lot by the right wing press
www.migrationwatchuk.org
They publish pseudo research and get quoted a lot by the right wing press
www.migrationwatchuk.org
I'd say it's now as bad but catering to an entirely different audience.
January 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM
I'd say it's now as bad but catering to an entirely different audience.