Ruth Turner
@turnerre.bsky.social
Swim,walk,art,gardens,humanities
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"Composer Gavin Bryars looped and layered a recording of a rough sleeper to create something hypnotic."
Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet — how a homeless man’s singing became a contemporary classic:
Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet — how a homeless man’s singing became a contemporary classic:
Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet — how a homeless man’s singing became a contemporary classic
Composer Gavin Bryars looped and layered a recording of a rough sleeper to create something hypnotic
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August 21, 2026 at 4:15 AM
"Composer Gavin Bryars looped and layered a recording of a rough sleeper to create something hypnotic."
Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet — how a homeless man’s singing became a contemporary classic:
Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet — how a homeless man’s singing became a contemporary classic:
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Lamentation (flipped, detail), by Gerard David, 1515-23, 📸 by Roberto Schmidt
July 12, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Lamentation (flipped, detail), by Gerard David, 1515-23, 📸 by Roberto Schmidt
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Sorry to hear of the death of the artist David Hockney. His self-portrait, aged 17 in 1954, hangs in the David Hockney Gallery at Cartwright Hall, Bradford, one of Yorkshire's less-well known galleries, but a gem.
June 12, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Sorry to hear of the death of the artist David Hockney. His self-portrait, aged 17 in 1954, hangs in the David Hockney Gallery at Cartwright Hall, Bradford, one of Yorkshire's less-well known galleries, but a gem.
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Vermeer’s Girl With The Pearl Earring will be shown in Osaka, later this year, and the press conference was as Japanese as you’d expect
#Vermeer
#Vermeer
May 28, 2026 at 5:05 AM
Vermeer’s Girl With The Pearl Earring will be shown in Osaka, later this year, and the press conference was as Japanese as you’d expect
#Vermeer
#Vermeer
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Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed.
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
slate.com
May 23, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed.
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
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Very proud of Magdalen student Angus Barrett.
And the poem is truly chilling...
www.magd.ox.ac.uk/news/magdale...
And the poem is truly chilling...
www.magd.ox.ac.uk/news/magdale...
Magdalen Student wins 2026 Sir Roger Newdigate poetry prize - Magdalen College
Angus Barrett has won the 2026 Sir Roger Newdigate Prize for his poem, ‘The Deposition of Harry Goodsir, Assistant Surgeon’.
www.magd.ox.ac.uk
May 18, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Very proud of Magdalen student Angus Barrett.
And the poem is truly chilling...
www.magd.ox.ac.uk/news/magdale...
And the poem is truly chilling...
www.magd.ox.ac.uk/news/magdale...
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The Magdalen Reading, c. 1435, delicately turning the page, beside her alabaster jar of ointment, oil on panel, fragment of altarpiece by Rogier van der Weyden, influential Flemish artist (c.1400-1464), pupil of Robert Campin, court painter to Duke of Burgundy. ALT
National Gallery London
National Gallery London
May 18, 2026 at 4:58 AM
The Magdalen Reading, c. 1435, delicately turning the page, beside her alabaster jar of ointment, oil on panel, fragment of altarpiece by Rogier van der Weyden, influential Flemish artist (c.1400-1464), pupil of Robert Campin, court painter to Duke of Burgundy. ALT
National Gallery London
National Gallery London
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Master of shadows: Caravaggio, influential Italian Baroque artist, (1571-1610), used chiaroscuro to heighten dramatic tension.
Supper at Emmaus, 1601, National Gallery London
Supper at Emmaus, 1601, National Gallery London
April 12, 2026 at 5:25 AM
Master of shadows: Caravaggio, influential Italian Baroque artist, (1571-1610), used chiaroscuro to heighten dramatic tension.
Supper at Emmaus, 1601, National Gallery London
Supper at Emmaus, 1601, National Gallery London
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My strongest book-related belief is that the paperback should come first and then the hardback after for people who want a fancy edition.
October 16, 2025 at 5:17 PM
My strongest book-related belief is that the paperback should come first and then the hardback after for people who want a fancy edition.
And,Benjamin Zephaniah RIP
October 16, 2025 at 7:33 PM
And,Benjamin Zephaniah RIP
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BBC accused of 'extraordinary' anti-Green bias after party say the Laura Kuenssberg Show scrapped a promised interview with @zackpolanski.bsky.social on Sunday.
Green sources say the show also refused to interview Polanski after he was elected as leader last month
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/06/b...
Green sources say the show also refused to interview Polanski after he was elected as leader last month
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/06/b...
October 6, 2025 at 10:30 AM
BBC accused of 'extraordinary' anti-Green bias after party say the Laura Kuenssberg Show scrapped a promised interview with @zackpolanski.bsky.social on Sunday.
Green sources say the show also refused to interview Polanski after he was elected as leader last month
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/06/b...
Green sources say the show also refused to interview Polanski after he was elected as leader last month
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/06/b...
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To add to this: Sadiq Khan took a big political risk by doing this, and it appears to have paid off - or rather, the policy has worked as intended.
London Labour will be (quite reasonably) hoping voters notice...
London Labour will be (quite reasonably) hoping voters notice...
Some good news.
London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
October 1, 2025 at 7:06 AM
To add to this: Sadiq Khan took a big political risk by doing this, and it appears to have paid off - or rather, the policy has worked as intended.
London Labour will be (quite reasonably) hoping voters notice...
London Labour will be (quite reasonably) hoping voters notice...
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when I worked in an independent bookstore, the owner told me the most stolen book was one about getting your first period and if I saw anyone walking out with it, I should just let them go.
September 30, 2025 at 6:34 PM
when I worked in an independent bookstore, the owner told me the most stolen book was one about getting your first period and if I saw anyone walking out with it, I should just let them go.
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I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again.
Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐
Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐
September 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again.
Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐
Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐
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In London, hate will never win.
September 17, 2025 at 6:10 AM
In London, hate will never win.
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I've written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage, urging them to join me in condemning Elon Musk's dangerous remarks inciting violence yesterday.
As leaders, we must stand together and make clear Musk will face serious consequences for these actions.
As leaders, we must stand together and make clear Musk will face serious consequences for these actions.
September 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I've written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage, urging them to join me in condemning Elon Musk's dangerous remarks inciting violence yesterday.
As leaders, we must stand together and make clear Musk will face serious consequences for these actions.
As leaders, we must stand together and make clear Musk will face serious consequences for these actions.
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This is, as is Ian Dunt's wont, a terrific piece of writing.
Realistic, terrifying, hopeful and a call to arms. I commend it to conference.
Realistic, terrifying, hopeful and a call to arms. I commend it to conference.
The far-right is in its pomp. We will have to fight for our values like never before.
iandunt.substack.com/p/encounteri...
iandunt.substack.com/p/encounteri...
September 14, 2025 at 2:45 PM
This is, as is Ian Dunt's wont, a terrific piece of writing.
Realistic, terrifying, hopeful and a call to arms. I commend it to conference.
Realistic, terrifying, hopeful and a call to arms. I commend it to conference.
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Letter in The Observer today.
“I am a refugee. The UK made me a surgeon.”
“I am a refugee. The UK made me a surgeon.”
September 14, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Letter in The Observer today.
“I am a refugee. The UK made me a surgeon.”
“I am a refugee. The UK made me a surgeon.”
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How to get your garden ready for autumn: 17 expert tips you can do now – and what to skip
How to get your garden ready for autumn: 17 expert tips you can do now – and what to skip
Dry herbs, sow green manure, catch the rain: garden professionals share the simple jobs that will make all the difference come next spring
www.theguardian.com
September 14, 2025 at 7:56 AM
How to get your garden ready for autumn: 17 expert tips you can do now – and what to skip
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Art lovers rejoice: the National Gallery can finally show us when painting really gets exciting | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
Art lovers rejoice: the National Gallery can finally show us when painting really gets exciting | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
Curators can now chart the seismic shifts in 20th-century art – and include more works by women and artists of colour, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
www.theguardian.com
September 14, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Art lovers rejoice: the National Gallery can finally show us when painting really gets exciting | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
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Worth reading Smajo's full story. He knows what happens when neighbours turn on each other. hmd.org.uk/resource/sma...
September 3, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Worth reading Smajo's full story. He knows what happens when neighbours turn on each other. hmd.org.uk/resource/sma...
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The ever-eloquent @rafaelbehr.bsky.social pointedly refusing to mince his words on what Farage has done for us. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
August 27, 2025 at 7:44 AM
The ever-eloquent @rafaelbehr.bsky.social pointedly refusing to mince his words on what Farage has done for us. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...