I am in a bar in Sofia listening to some spiky, funky, Bulgarian rock.
There is a lot of quite entertaining shouting, an idiosyncratic version of ‘What shall we do with the drunken sailor’, and a washboard.
Then more shouting.
Excellent.

There is no end to the wickedness and unkindness of this administration. theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

There is no end to the wickedness and unkindness of this administration. theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

There is no end to the wickedness and unkindness of this administration.
theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

Up London this evening, to celebrate the publication of ‘The Book-Makers: A History of the Book in 18 Remarkable Lives’, by our friend and colleague Prof. Adam Smyth.
Balliol College Faculty of English TORCH Oxford Humanities Division Adam Smyth

Today I have mostly been busy on the beach just east of Settlers Rock on Block Island.

Today I have mostly been busy on the beach just east of Settlers Rock on Block Island.

Today I am mostly at Metuchen NJ because my train was in an earthquake.

Also great at Harvard Art Museums

Zhan Wang: Sculpture in the Form of a Nine-Hole Scholar's Rock
Follower of Rogier van der Weyden: Virgin and Child (detail)
Albert Bierstadt: Rocky Mountains, 'Lander's Peak,' (detail)
LaToya M. Hobbs, Carving Out Time, Scene 5 - The Studio (detail)

One of the ways that some festivals make the numbers add up these days is through branded sponsorship deals. It’s not something we’ve considered before, but given the belt-tightening times we’re all living through, we are definitely facing the same pressures. So... 🧵