Ahh yes, blocking food getting into the country. Typically the kind of thing associated with “patriots”. #Dover

If you’d kill your dog because you can’t hunt anymore… You probably shouldn’t be allowed to have a dog

Open Call for new exhibition @HPBCLeeds Curated by George Storm Fletcher, writing & visual arts welcome Apply via @CuratorSpace curatorspace.com/opportuniti… #Opencall

Super nice launch of the Turner Prize in Bradford. Great to have this as part of the year of culture Only got round half of the exhibitions but really enjoyed. The Zadie Xa stuff is lovely

Euros taking over the country, Oasis playing huge shows, a new Labour Party… how very 1996 this all is

Kids in the pub going nuts, shouting all the England players’ names as they took pens. Absolute vibes 🦁 Loads of little girls shouting “Eng-er-land” 💪 🦁 #Lionessess #Euros2025

England! 🦁 What incredible team spirit What you’d give for the men’s team to play like this / pull off these kinds of games #Euros2025

Sad to see more cultural space under threat. Space in cities is increasingly subject to market forces, meaning it is often managed, owned, controlled by those / capital from outside. How should we retain & develop agency in cities? I wrote about this for Urban Inequalities link.springer.com/chapter/10… Whilst the private sector has radically shifted how it collects our preferences, our public sector hasn’t (and has been stripped of capacity). We need to expand local political autonomy. #cities #UrbanDevelopment #capabilityapproach @SpringerNature

Another venue struggling / potentially closing in Leeds. Feels like we increasingly have meetings about cultural strategy. Whilst small - medium scale culture increasingly struggles. How to get around the fact that cost & regulation just doesn’t favour many in cities?

Heading to Heaton Park today. This heat, British people, booze, Oasis’s first show in Manchester in nearly two decades… This is going to go one of two ways isn’t it 😅