I went to university in Cardiff and the beautiful National Museum is home to - among other treasures - a large French Impressionist painting collection. How can they close it?

Museum Wales: At least 90 jobs cut and Cardiff building may close - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

It’s crap?
It’s crap?
It’s crap?
It’s crap?
It’s crap?
It’s crap?

Six things that stand out for me in Liz Truss book - Chris Mason - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…

This unspeakable government. Piling cruelty upon cruelty. Just think of the exploited and trafficked women who are going to be deported to Rwanda. And for what? To perform some cruel charade for a few far right voters who won't even save them from electoral wipe out.

“What I have previously said, when asked about the deal, is that Rwanda is a police state without media freedom/freedom of speech. That means proper monitoring of the consequences & treatment of people sent there is not possible”.

Sally Hayden on being denied entry to Rwanda.

A heartbreaking article about what's happening at Goldsmiths, & the general Tory induced death spiral of the humanities in UK universities.

We're going to have to really fight to save an entire culture of enquiry & radicalism.

theguardian.com/education/2024…

Back from a long, perfect weekend in rural Suffolk. Here’s a hare from yesterday

LOL

I was in Sheffield that day. Never ever forgotten.

Hillsborough, 35 years on: the pain of injustice remains raw as ever | Hillsborough disaster | The Guardian theguardian.com/football/2024/…

Here we have almost everything which people in over-populated countries regard now as luxuries – silence, space, gardens, comparatively clear air; all this, and stunted imaginative growth..
– Janet Frame, Dunedin, April 14 1970

Orford, Suffolk