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Architect Interviews | Sue Emms, BDP and Rachel Haugh, SimpsonHaugh

Originally posted on GALLERATI:
Extracts from my day job | Place North West One of my favourite aspects of my day job is getting to talk to architects about their designs, motivations and what gets them up in the morning.…

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Deep, Deep in the Heart of Dixie

Originally posted on Tarnmoor:
The Stars and Bars Still Flies in a Corner of … Brazil? The Civil War ended a century and a half ago, but it is still being celebrated—strictly on the Rebel side, however—by descendants of the…

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May Day: The Art of Protest!

Originally posted on Give Us Art:
I don’t think I can add anything to this. It pretty much says it all. May 1st. “May Day” A day of significance throughout human history. It is/has been a day celebrating spring, a…

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Blu – New Mural in Bolivia

Originally posted on Bizarre Beyond Belief Magazine:
BLU was recently travelling through South America where he painted this signature mural in Cochabamba, Bolivia. In his usual social critique, BLU decides to make a mural statement painting a hand holding a…

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Music and Protest Conference Day 2: University of Limerick

Originally posted on Professor Paul Carr Music Consultancy:
? Due to simple lack of time today, I will not be posting any real detail about the conference today – but I have had time to include some brief notes below…

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Tories the party of business? Nope. More business owners support Labour

Originally posted on Pride's Purge:
(not satire – it’s the UK today!) Here’s some very interesting research that just about every part of the mainstream press ignored. A survey of small and medium-sized UK business owners by business comparison website…

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The two surprising NHS surveys the government hopes you don’t see

Originally posted on Pride's Purge:
(not satire – it’s the UK today!) There has been a concerted campaign in the mainstream press over the last few years to smear the NHS. Here’s a recent example: Daily Telegraph uses death of baby…

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Comedian Phill Jupitus

Originally posted on thepressphotographer:
Comedian Phill Jupitus had agreed with a reporter to take us on a guided tour of the newly refurbished Whitworth Art Gallery. The main reason I was there was to film the tour and interview Phill but…

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Bounceback Food closes in on 1,000th food bank donation

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General Election 2015. Party pledges on the arts.

Originally posted on Talk Culture To Me:
Britain’s creative industries are recognised internationally as a force to be reckoned with. This sector is now the fastest growing in the UK and worth a substantial 76.9 billion a year to the…

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