Bella Époque

Weekly commentary on the arts for

[Ayaan Hirsi Ali @Ayaan]

Universities didn't accidentally produce socialists while teaching legitimate scholarship. They built ideological assembly lines disguised as academic departments.

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[Ayaan Hirsi Ali @Ayaan]

Live Not By Lies provides sustained deep delves into the plights of individuals whacked with the censorious stick. @_BellaEpoque

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[Courage.Media @CourageMedia___]

The film Live Not By Lies (@livenotbyseries) is a brave take on the history of totalitarianism and makes compelling viewing for any curious individual seeking to finesse their critical eye. 🧵

[Courage.Media @CourageMedia___]

Without the necessity to appease public obligations, such as those stipulated in the Equality Act 2010, the result is refreshingly non-progressive in a radical sense. Resultant, however, is the atomization and inflation of self on a grand scale.

[Ayaan Hirsi Ali @Ayaan]

The imaginative weight of the drawings – ones that possess the potential to spark stories and associations in the viewer – is enough to touch human lives far beyond the material page.

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[Ayaan Hirsi Ali @Ayaan]

"Non-uniformity bears the hand of production; a human spirit, unflattened by Enlightenment rationalism."

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Read @BellaEpoque’s latest reflection for the art section of @CourageMedia__.

[Ayaan Hirsi Ali @Ayaan]

"Imagination in the work of Hugo – for me, what constitutes the “astonishing things” as specified in the exhibition title – represents the unlimited potential of human good."

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[Courage.Media @CourageMedia___]

The imaginative weight of the drawings – ones that possess the potential to spark stories and associations in the viewer – is enough to touch human lives far beyond the material page.

[Courage.Media @CourageMedia___]

The real winners in these situations are not the victims, but the institutions who milk personality and public persona for profit.

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[Courage.Media @CourageMedia___]

Anyone can produce art, but not everyone is a fine artist.

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[Courage.Media @CourageMedia___]

When it comes to environmental issues, romanticism reveals the emptiness of activist lexicon. @_BellaEpoque

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[Ayaan Hirsi Ali @Ayaan]

When it comes to environmental issues, romanticism reveals the emptiness of activist lexicon. @_BellaEpoque

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[Jeremy Wayne Tate @JeremyTate41]

The handwriting of famous authors - thread 🧵

1. Fyodor Dostoevsky's manuscript draft of The Brothers Karamazov

[Ayaan Hirsi Ali @Ayaan]

Archival mechanisms are presented as the battlegrounds of power. It is no surprise, therefore, that Democrats turned to the archives as part of their political machinery.

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[Courage.Media @CourageMedia___]

Archival mechanisms are presented as the battlegrounds of power. It is no surprise, therefore, that Democrats turned to the archives as part of their political machinery.

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[Ayaan Hirsi Ali @Ayaan]

Art and exhibitions used as litmus tests for political opinion.

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[Bella Époque @_BellaEpoque]

My article this week reflects on the planned Gaza Biennale. @CourageMedia___

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[Ayaan Hirsi Ali @Ayaan]

Beautiful art invites us to revise old habits.

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[Bella Époque @_BellaEpoque]

My Christmas Courage!

[The Free Speech Union @SpeechUnion]

🚨FSU founder Toby Young has been awarded a peerage! Our Chairman @NigelBiggar, a regius professor of moral and pastoral theology at the University of Oxford, has also been ennobled! They were nominated by @KemiBadenoch, the Tory leader.

🗞️ Full story here:

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👏 Everyone at the FSU is absolutely thrilled for them both — it's great that the work of the organisation has been recognised in this way.

❤️ Thank you to the many people leaving such supportive comments below the line on this story, as well as on Twitter.

👊 Find out more about the vital work we do, standing up for the speech rights of our 24,000 members at the link below.

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