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Emeritus Professor of Political Thought, Oxford Brookes, writes on Hegel, Marx, Lyotard and the History of Political Thought with a dash of Iris Murdoch and Bob Dylan

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Gary Browning @gary1234.bsky.social · 15d
Tomorrow is a long time but it will come along and I will be talking on Dylan at Oxford Brookes University on
BOB DYLAN AND THE QUESTION OF INFLUENCE

GPES: 2nd Annual Bob Dylan Evening (Music, Paper, Wine)
Monday, 3 November⋅16:00 – 18:00 John Henry Brookes Building ROOM 301

DO COME ALONG

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Gary Browning @gary1234.bsky.social · Apr 20
THINK HUMAN FESTIVAL at Oxford Brookes, May 7th-10th- sign up on eventbrite for events that matter- Ukraine, New Labour Politics, Film Music, and if you can, do see the film on Olive Gibbs- A Remarkable Woman, on May 8th 6.00 pm, John Henry Brookes Building- she was on the right side of history.

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Gary Browning @gary1234.bsky.social · Apr 9
Fantastic event!
thinkhumanfest.bsky.social Think Human @thinkhumanfest.bsky.social · Apr 9
Discover the legacy of Olive Gibbs - peace campaigner, politician and education advocate - through a film screening of ‘Olive Gibbs: A Remarkable Woman’ followed by a panel discussion on her enduring legacy
📍Headington Campus
🗓️ Thursday 8 May ⏰6pm
Register here👇
bit.ly/4iSvx2Z
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Olive Gibbs: A Remarkable Woman - Film screening and discussion
Film screening and discussion celebrating Olive Gibbs, twice lord mayor of Oxford, influential anti-nuclear and community campaigner.
bit.ly

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Think Human @thinkhumanfest.bsky.social · Apr 9
Discover the legacy of Olive Gibbs - peace campaigner, politician and education advocate - through a film screening of ‘Olive Gibbs: A Remarkable Woman’ followed by a panel discussion on her enduring legacy
📍Headington Campus
🗓️ Thursday 8 May ⏰6pm
Register here👇
bit.ly/4iSvx2Z
@gary1234.bsky.social
Olive Gibbs: A Remarkable Woman - Film screening and discussion
Film screening and discussion celebrating Olive Gibbs, twice lord mayor of Oxford, influential anti-nuclear and community campaigner.
bit.ly

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Gary Browning @gary1234.bsky.social · Apr 4
Fantastic Festival with lots of wonderful events. Check out events including a fabulous film of the great local Oxford persona, Olive Gibbs- May 8th!

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Jeff Slate @jeffslate.bsky.social · Apr 4
Today is the anniversary of the writing and recording of “Handle With Care” by the Traveling Wilburys. Catch us at Cafe Wha? on Sunday, May 4th when we kick off Bob Dylan’s birthday month with a Wilbury-inspired set!

TICKETS: tinyurl.com/ZIMMY84

#travelingwilburys #handlewithcare #bobdylan

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Think Human @thinkhumanfest.bsky.social · Apr 1
@ThinkHumanFest
is coming to Oxford Brookes University, 7-10 May! 🎉
Highlights include explorations of War & Peace in Ukraine, New Labour in Power,
Navigating Hybrid Work & more!
brookes.ac.uk/about-brooke... #ThinkHumanFestival #OxfordBrookes #FreeEvents
Think Human Festival 2025: A celebration of ideas, creativity, and community - Oxford Brookes University
Oxford Brookes University will host the Think Human Festival 2025 from Wednesday 7 to Saturday 10 May, offering a four-day programme of free public events exploring contemporary social issues, creativ...
brookes.ac.uk

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Dr Elizabeth Mackintosh @drelizabethmac1.bsky.social · Mar 28
Theology, Philosophy and Religion Essay Competition from the isrsa.co.uk & academylearning.com
#TeamRE @alevelphilosophy.bsky.social #RSTeachers #PhilosophyTeachers #Enrichment #philsky #theosky

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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · Mar 16
Despite drawbacks, several good points here: (1) Dundee University is genuinely fighting for its life; (2) some uni management teams in some unis are out of control; (3) the multiple UK govts don't even have a clue what's going on, no controls and no plan... (1/2) www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...
Nigeria currency crisis leaves Dundee University fighting to survive
Profuse spending left the institution ill-prepared for a sharp drop in foreign students after Nigeria, a fertile recruiting ground, devalued its currency
www.thetimes.com

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Gary Browning @gary1234.bsky.social · Mar 15
Wonderful event, with the legendary Scarlet Rivera and the fabulous Jan Butler and Constantine Sandis
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Video recording of the A Complete Unknown @thinkhumanfest.bsky.social webinar on the #BobDylan biopic.

With Scarlet Rivera, @gary1234.bsky.social, Jan Butler, and Hugo Boss Baby (who makes prolonged appearances around the 14.45, 33.40, and 1.18.30 marks).

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPTj...

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Constantine Sandis @csandis.bsky.social · Mar 15
Video recording of the A Complete Unknown @thinkhumanfest.bsky.social webinar on the #BobDylan biopic.

With Scarlet Rivera, @gary1234.bsky.social, Jan Butler, and Hugo Boss Baby (who makes prolonged appearances around the 14.45, 33.40, and 1.18.30 marks).

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPTj...

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Gary Browning @gary1234.bsky.social · Mar 1
Still time to sign up for this brilliant event
gary1234.bsky.social Gary Browning @gary1234.bsky.social · Feb 20
Looking forward to this event. The discussants know lots about Dylan, music, film and what people do. I’m there to listen and to ask questions
gary1234.bsky.social Gary Browning @gary1234.bsky.social · Feb 14
Coming up is a discussion of A Complete Unknown, the Bob Dylan biopic, on March 3rd, 5.00 pm UK time. Wonderful participants and terrific event.
Do sign up to the Webinar www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1237147103...

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Gary Browning @gary1234.bsky.social · Feb 20
Looking forward to this event. The discussants know lots about Dylan, music, film and what people do. I’m there to listen and to ask questions
gary1234.bsky.social Gary Browning @gary1234.bsky.social · Feb 14
Coming up is a discussion of A Complete Unknown, the Bob Dylan biopic, on March 3rd, 5.00 pm UK time. Wonderful participants and terrific event.
Do sign up to the Webinar www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1237147103...
A Complete Unknown - a webinar discussion.
An opportunity to hear a range of experts reflect on the Oscar nominated Bob Dylan biopic and have your questions answered.
www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Gary Browning @gary1234.bsky.social · Jan 31
and yet I don't quite believe in the night, While I do believe in bringing that bottle over here

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Gary Browning @gary1234.bsky.social · Jan 31
There's more than one way to tell

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Gary Browning @gary1234.bsky.social · Jan 31
Are there ideas without people and events, and can events exists without people and ideas? And we need to think about people and what they do. We need a dialectical approach

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Gary Browning @gary1234.bsky.social · Jan 31
Great voice and songs too
nicholaspegg.bsky.social Nicholas Pegg @nicholaspegg.bsky.social · Jan 30
Another great artist has left us. Among many remarkable accomplishments in an often wayward but always luminous career, Marianne Faithfull gave us one of the finest, cleverest, brightest, darkest, most heartbreaking Ophelias of her generation. Sweets to the sweet. Farewell.

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Nicholas Pegg @nicholaspegg.bsky.social · Jan 30
Another great artist has left us. Among many remarkable accomplishments in an often wayward but always luminous career, Marianne Faithfull gave us one of the finest, cleverest, brightest, darkest, most heartbreaking Ophelias of her generation. Sweets to the sweet. Farewell.

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Gary Browning @gary1234.bsky.social · Jan 29
Being truthful about thigs matters, and when the dust settles, and there will be a lot of dust, what you have said will continue to matter

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Gary Browning @gary1234.bsky.social · Jan 28
Gramsci's always worth reading, and now, more than ever!
schuringa.bsky.social Christoph Schuringa @schuringa.bsky.social · Jan 28
Gramsci’s first sentence here, heard in our time, is bound to seem extremely demanding but it’s also, I think, highly apt

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Gary Browning @gary1234.bsky.social · Jan 28
We really enjoyed editing this book. A wonderful set of contributors, all with something to say. Some know Bob some know the songs, some know this and that along the way. Well worth reading, buying or stealing

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Gary Browning @gary1234.bsky.social · Jan 28
Terrific that Chalamet went for offbeat songs of Dylan, Really great to hear 3 Angels sounding interesting. Let's hear, Something's Burning' next

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Christoph Schuringa @schuringa.bsky.social · Jan 28
Gramsci’s first sentence here, heard in our time, is bound to seem extremely demanding but it’s also, I think, highly apt

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Gary Browning @gary1234.bsky.social · Jan 18
No way.Jose

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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · Jan 17
Absolutely no chance of any of this happening while universities are on their knees.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Lisa Nandy vows to bulldoze barriers in arts and turbocharge growth
Culture secretary announces investment in arts at Gateshead summit and accuses Tories of stifling creative industries
www.theguardian.com

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Phil Edwards - Live for Films @liveforfilms.bsky.social · Jan 17
I did a drawing of David Lynch

#davidlynch

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Imprint Academic @imprintacademic.bsky.social · Jan 17
As 'A Complete Unknown' is out in UK cinemas today, why not further your Bob Dylan knowledge by getting a copy of 'Dylan at 80' by Gary Browning and Constantine Sandis?

Buy your copy here: www.imprint.co.uk/product/dylan/
Dylan at 80
2021 marks Bob Dylan's 80th birthday and his 60th year in the music world. It invites us to look back on his career and the multitudes that it contains. The essays in this book explore the Nobel laure...
www.imprint.co.uk

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Gary Browning @gary1234.bsky.social · Jan 3
I take my cap off to him

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Gary Browning @gary1234.bsky.social · Jan 3
Why ironic? It’s wonderful. Letters mean a lot

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Gary Browning @gary1234.bsky.social · Dec 31
Thanks for sharing. Always difficult to know how to respond to problematic criticism
aliciaandrz.bsky.social Alicia Andrzejewski (she/her) @aliciaandrz.bsky.social · Dec 30
I was giving my daughter a bath & she asked why I seemed sad. I told her I published a piece of writing & people were reaching out to me with notes about it & some were nice but some were really mean.

she paused & then responded, “can’t you just keep the nice notes & throw the rest away?”