By the brilliant @ruth_millington on the decline of Birmingham Museum (@BM_AG)
'Where there were once beautifully decorated ceramics by Victorian designer William De Morgan and objects by Morris & Co is now a large photograph of… a piece of bread. Mounted poorly on a tacky piece of board, the caption says “Crusty Cob” and asks: “What is your favourite filling?”
https://t.co/F6629ya3M1
Coming up on 8th July, delighted to be giving a talk online for Central RPS group @The_RPS
Jamaica of the Mind: Photography, Visual Culture, and Researching Colonial Histories, linked to my current PhD research and previous projects - Boulton & Watt
https://t.co/Nk3d5pnPO0
✊ Tomorrow we MARCH!
We need to be on the streets of London in our hundreds of thousands. For Palestine. Against the far right.
Join us!
@HackneyAbbott@johnmcdonnellMP@jeremycorbyn
4000 officers to be deployed, facial recognition, drone surveillance, armoured vehicles, riot police, all costing over £4 million
https://t.co/aIs15XndSP
This isn't a surprise as it was clear from the get go they wouldn't win enough seats given the size of Brum. It's targeted and financed disruption of local democracy. They don't have any policies or political experience to make any difference to the life of brummies
🗳️ Reform UK has admitted there is “no viable route” to taking control of Birmingham City Council - despite becoming the largest party after last week’s elections.
The party made major gains across the city, but still fell short of the 51 seats needed for power.
Attempts by some to connect the series of horrific anti-Semitic attacks in north London with marches in solidarity with Palestine are false.
Our statement on calls for a moratorium on Palestine demonstrations.