Malcolm Quinn
@malrog.bsky.social
Professor of Cultural and Political History UAL, Honorary Professor Bentham Project UCL. Thinks about anti-aesthetics. Read a chapter of my academic work for free:
https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10096746/1/Bentham-and-the-Arts.pdf
https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10096746/1/Bentham-and-the-Arts.pdf
Increasingly desperate attempts to defend the indefensible.
November 26, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Increasingly desperate attempts to defend the indefensible.
I assume that, unfortunately, there are plenty of racists among the voting population of UK. What is important right now, is whether or not MPs tolerate racists in parliament.
November 25, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I assume that, unfortunately, there are plenty of racists among the voting population of UK. What is important right now, is whether or not MPs tolerate racists in parliament.
In 1837, government funding for art education was due to the efforts of utilitarians in parliament, who thought that the RA, which was linked to the monarch and in their view only served the very wealthy, should be replaced by an institution under the aegis of parliament.
November 25, 2025 at 8:57 AM
In 1837, government funding for art education was due to the efforts of utilitarians in parliament, who thought that the RA, which was linked to the monarch and in their view only served the very wealthy, should be replaced by an institution under the aegis of parliament.
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Of course, as a percentage of income from student fees it’s *far* higher, and subsidises the UK students. Perhaps the media would do well to report on that when they ask the public for their opinions on increased levies on overseas students.
November 25, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Of course, as a percentage of income from student fees it’s *far* higher, and subsidises the UK students. Perhaps the media would do well to report on that when they ask the public for their opinions on increased levies on overseas students.
The nineteenth century art schools that became arts monotechnics like RCA and UAL, or exist as art and design departments in multi faculty universities, began as pedagogical experiments in industrial capital. Can they survive the waning of the bourgeois era?
November 25, 2025 at 8:42 AM
The nineteenth century art schools that became arts monotechnics like RCA and UAL, or exist as art and design departments in multi faculty universities, began as pedagogical experiments in industrial capital. Can they survive the waning of the bourgeois era?