Andrew Corbett-Nolan
@acorbettn.bsky.social
Sussex born, Sussex bred …. Chief Executive of GGI, Chair Hastings Contemporary, on board of Opera Awards and Good Governance Academy, Visiting Prof at Cumbria Uni and servant to five dogs
This evening’s GGi discussion dinner at Qui Vadis with Harry
January 28, 2026 at 11:40 PM
This evening’s GGi discussion dinner at Qui Vadis with Harry
Poetry evening (in honour of Burns) here at The Cove, Fairlight - we’ve had lots of Burns plus Walter de La Mare, Dorothy Parker, John Benjamin, Dylan Thomas and even Ian Drury!
January 25, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Poetry evening (in honour of Burns) here at The Cove, Fairlight - we’ve had lots of Burns plus Walter de La Mare, Dorothy Parker, John Benjamin, Dylan Thomas and even Ian Drury!
What a stupid, stupid, stupid mistake www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Labour row erupts after Andy Burnham blocked from byelection race
Allies of Greater Manchester mayor say No 10 has ‘chosen factionalism’ as decision leads to a furious backlash
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2026 at 1:11 PM
What a stupid, stupid, stupid mistake www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Pleasant morning today working with @europeanmovement.co.uk @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social at their new Council induction workshop. My very smartly dressed colleagues Peter and Maurizio here
January 24, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Pleasant morning today working with @europeanmovement.co.uk @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social at their new Council induction workshop. My very smartly dressed colleagues Peter and Maurizio here
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Our in conversation with Eluned Morgan, First Minister of Wales, will be starting in 10 minutes.
📺❓ Tune into the livestream and submit your questions via Slido www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/conver...
📺❓ Tune into the livestream and submit your questions via Slido www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/conver...
January 22, 2026 at 10:49 AM
Our in conversation with Eluned Morgan, First Minister of Wales, will be starting in 10 minutes.
📺❓ Tune into the livestream and submit your questions via Slido www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/conver...
📺❓ Tune into the livestream and submit your questions via Slido www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/conver...
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Happy 81st Birthday to 🇬🇧British stage, film and television actor and producer #MartinShaw born #OnThisDay in Birmingham, England
January 21, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Happy 81st Birthday to 🇬🇧British stage, film and television actor and producer #MartinShaw born #OnThisDay in Birmingham, England
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poor kafka, forced to churn out new books from his extradimensional prison
January 22, 2026 at 3:49 AM
poor kafka, forced to churn out new books from his extradimensional prison
In wonderful Liverpool this morning - with Bessie Braddock MP. I wonder why she is showing me an egg? Anyway off to London now
January 22, 2026 at 9:24 AM
In wonderful Liverpool this morning - with Bessie Braddock MP. I wonder why she is showing me an egg? Anyway off to London now
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In an era of great power rivalry, Canada is choosing to be principled and pragmatic. To name reality, to act together, and to build what we claim to believe in.
January 20, 2026 at 7:43 PM
In an era of great power rivalry, Canada is choosing to be principled and pragmatic. To name reality, to act together, and to build what we claim to believe in.
So impressed with ‘The Producers’ at the Garrick Theatre tonight - it’s not at all simply a stage version of the film it is its own piece and terrific fun. And very naughty. Go and see it
January 20, 2026 at 11:44 PM
So impressed with ‘The Producers’ at the Garrick Theatre tonight - it’s not at all simply a stage version of the film it is its own piece and terrific fun. And very naughty. Go and see it
Schnitzel supper at the Ratskeller here in Munich. I’m en route to Salzburg for a governance symposium
October 27, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Schnitzel supper at the Ratskeller here in Munich. I’m en route to Salzburg for a governance symposium
16 years today my lion-hearted Mum died. She came into this life in a thunderstorm and left it - rather hastily courtesy of a subarachnoid haemorrhage - in the drizzle
October 9, 2025 at 7:39 AM
16 years today my lion-hearted Mum died. She came into this life in a thunderstorm and left it - rather hastily courtesy of a subarachnoid haemorrhage - in the drizzle
Found this photo of my great grandfather Professor Fred Hankins of the Guildhall School of Music. He’s 48 in this photo and on a mountain walking holiday at Luzern in Switzerland. I’d have loved to have known him
October 6, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Found this photo of my great grandfather Professor Fred Hankins of the Guildhall School of Music. He’s 48 in this photo and on a mountain walking holiday at Luzern in Switzerland. I’d have loved to have known him
The sea is high at Hastings beach this morning
October 5, 2025 at 8:38 AM
The sea is high at Hastings beach this morning
Poor old Prince of Darkness - another lovely job lost because of his predilection for friends in low places www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cz...
Keir Starmer sacks Peter Mandelson as US ambassador over links to Jeffrey Epstein
Peter Mandelson, the UK's ambassador to the US, had faced backlash over his links to the late convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 11, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Poor old Prince of Darkness - another lovely job lost because of his predilection for friends in low places www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cz...
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Superb analysis of the contemporary impact of the publication of Mein Kampf, a century ago, from Prof Richard J Evans in this week’s @newstatesman.com
August 9, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Superb analysis of the contemporary impact of the publication of Mein Kampf, a century ago, from Prof Richard J Evans in this week’s @newstatesman.com
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A wonderful surprise - the new Glyndebourne Figaro is excellent! In fact it was so good I booked to see another performance. And I loved the last production hugely and was sad to see it go. This one is traditionally set but fresh, modern and very well acted
August 9, 2025 at 6:33 AM
A wonderful surprise - the new Glyndebourne Figaro is excellent! In fact it was so good I booked to see another performance. And I loved the last production hugely and was sad to see it go. This one is traditionally set but fresh, modern and very well acted
How sad it’s goodbye - the wry wit of Tom Lehrer who died on Saturday. My favourite was easily ‘The Masochism Tango’ - ‘Let our love be a flame not an ember, Swear it’s me that you’ll always dismember ….’ www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
Tom Lehrer, acclaimed musical satirist of cold war era, dies aged 97
A child prodigy in mathematics who graduated Harvard at just 19, his darkly prophetic and cynical show tunes won him a cult following in the 50s and 60s
www.theguardian.com
July 27, 2025 at 11:27 PM
How sad it’s goodbye - the wry wit of Tom Lehrer who died on Saturday. My favourite was easily ‘The Masochism Tango’ - ‘Let our love be a flame not an ember, Swear it’s me that you’ll always dismember ….’ www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
Strange feeling. Mum born a century ago today - we had her for 84. Here’s a photo of her as a toddler plus two aunts (Clara and Mabel) on the beach at Broadstairs staring out from a world so incredibly different to ours today. For the first time it feels like she’s definitely gone! 100 years- gosh
July 23, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Strange feeling. Mum born a century ago today - we had her for 84. Here’s a photo of her as a toddler plus two aunts (Clara and Mabel) on the beach at Broadstairs staring out from a world so incredibly different to ours today. For the first time it feels like she’s definitely gone! 100 years- gosh
Lovely walk along the South Bank after a delightful evening with a new @ggiadvice.bsky.social associate
July 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Lovely walk along the South Bank after a delightful evening with a new @ggiadvice.bsky.social associate
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Will reading become obsolete? How A.I. could transform our relationship to the written word.
What’s Happening to Reading?
For many people, A.I. may be bringing the age of traditional text to an end.
www.newyorker.com
June 20, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Will reading become obsolete? How A.I. could transform our relationship to the written word.
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Melancholy Thistle, flowering with Meadow Crane's-bill, Meadow Buttercup, Oxeye Daisy, Rattle and Sorrel. Miss Whalley's Field in Lancaster. 🌱#wildflowers
June 20, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Melancholy Thistle, flowering with Meadow Crane's-bill, Meadow Buttercup, Oxeye Daisy, Rattle and Sorrel. Miss Whalley's Field in Lancaster. 🌱#wildflowers