Nick Pearce
@iprnickp.bsky.social
Prof Public Policy & Director, Institute for Policy Research, University of Bath. Trustee at Foundations and HEPI. Chair, Living Wage Commission.
Snippets of Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson, from a walk in Glasgow today.
August 2, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Snippets of Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson, from a walk in Glasgow today.
Polaris tartan, cats against the bomb and other exhibits from the excellent Cold War Scotland exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland.
August 2, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Polaris tartan, cats against the bomb and other exhibits from the excellent Cold War Scotland exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland.
Albanese to Carney: hold my scooner
May 3, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Albanese to Carney: hold my scooner
The Trump effect - strengthening liberalism in the Anglosphere
April 29, 2025 at 6:41 AM
The Trump effect - strengthening liberalism in the Anglosphere
on.ft.com/4lKxrof Great piece on whether Francis was the first Peronist pope. Includes this brilliant photo:
April 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
on.ft.com/4lKxrof Great piece on whether Francis was the first Peronist pope. Includes this brilliant photo:
‘Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states’
April 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
‘Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states’
Apparently very little debate about the fiscal effects of unwinding QE. This from the OBR yesterday:
March 27, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Apparently very little debate about the fiscal effects of unwinding QE. This from the OBR yesterday:
Χρόνια πολλά σε όλους τους Έλληνες
March 25, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Χρόνια πολλά σε όλους τους Έλληνες
In better news, the Noah Davis retrospective at the Barbican is life-affirming.
February 15, 2025 at 7:48 PM
In better news, the Noah Davis retrospective at the Barbican is life-affirming.
Southbank - Moon and Venus (?) earlier this evening.
January 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Southbank - Moon and Venus (?) earlier this evening.
Happy New Year, 2025!
December 31, 2024 at 9:34 PM
Happy New Year, 2025!
Winter solstice is coming at Stonepenge.
December 20, 2024 at 4:29 PM
Winter solstice is coming at Stonepenge.
Alongside Hegel, you can pay honour to Fichte, Brecht, Schinkel and many others in this Berlin Mitte cemetery.
December 14, 2024 at 9:12 PM
Alongside Hegel, you can pay honour to Fichte, Brecht, Schinkel and many others in this Berlin Mitte cemetery.
A design for the end of life by the late great Kenneth Grange (from the latest edition of the @c20society.bsky.social magazine)
December 10, 2024 at 10:53 PM
A design for the end of life by the late great Kenneth Grange (from the latest edition of the @c20society.bsky.social magazine)
This was a treat tonight. The arrangements didn’t all work for me, but Giveton Gelin was revelatory and Denys Baptiste excelled on A Love Supreme. Its on R3 this coming Thursday.
November 24, 2024 at 11:23 PM
This was a treat tonight. The arrangements didn’t all work for me, but Giveton Gelin was revelatory and Denys Baptiste excelled on A Love Supreme. Its on R3 this coming Thursday.
The weighty Vol 2 arrived in the office today.
November 13, 2024 at 6:42 PM
The weighty Vol 2 arrived in the office today.
Newly restored concrete murals in Bexhill, designed by Henry and Joyce Collins. They were made for a newly opened Sainsbury’s. The quality of public art in the mid 70s!
November 9, 2024 at 10:13 PM
Newly restored concrete murals in Bexhill, designed by Henry and Joyce Collins. They were made for a newly opened Sainsbury’s. The quality of public art in the mid 70s!
The Med - climate change ‘petrol can’:
October 31, 2024 at 7:20 PM
The Med - climate change ‘petrol can’:
1999 - quite the photograph, on the cusp of a new era for Scottish nationalism
October 12, 2024 at 10:11 PM
1999 - quite the photograph, on the cusp of a new era for Scottish nationalism
This FT graph shows why Edwardian Tories thought that tariff reform could fund social reform, rather than taxes on wealth and income, and how it didn’t turn out that way.
September 23, 2024 at 9:48 AM
This FT graph shows why Edwardian Tories thought that tariff reform could fund social reform, rather than taxes on wealth and income, and how it didn’t turn out that way.
The weather may be foul, and the mood at Labour conference edgy, but the civic architecture in Liverpool never disappoints.
September 22, 2024 at 8:29 PM
The weather may be foul, and the mood at Labour conference edgy, but the civic architecture in Liverpool never disappoints.