Ben McKnight
@benmcknight.bsky.social
Arts and culture comms incl Hull City of Culture, Manchester International Festival, UNBOXED, Paraorchestra, SXSW London, Mayor of London, and more. Let's work towards a common good.
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Wikipedia, the online nonprofit encyclopedia, is urging AI companies to stop scraping its pages and to use its paid API instead.
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Wikipedia, the online nonprofit encyclopedia, is urging AI companies to stop scraping its pages and to use its paid API instead.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Wikipedia, the online nonprofit encyclopedia, is urging AI companies to stop scraping its pages and to use its paid API instead.
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#WeekendSingles starring The Beatles, The Last Poets, Darrell Banks, Jeb Loy Nichols, The Wild Swans, Jane Birkin, The Clientele, Jackie Mittoo, Throbbing Gristle, Blancmange, The Slits and The Pop Group, The Gist, Sandie Shaw, The Exits, and Wire
October 19, 2025 at 9:10 AM
#WeekendSingles starring The Beatles, The Last Poets, Darrell Banks, Jeb Loy Nichols, The Wild Swans, Jane Birkin, The Clientele, Jackie Mittoo, Throbbing Gristle, Blancmange, The Slits and The Pop Group, The Gist, Sandie Shaw, The Exits, and Wire
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The way I just SCREAMED when I’ve seen that Chris Watson and Stephen Mallinder are going to do a CABARET VOLTAIRE show IN SHEFFIELD in october to mark CV50 - TEENAGE KARL IS SCREAMING
@sensoriafestival.bsky.social
@sensoriafestival.bsky.social
May 13, 2025 at 9:19 AM
The way I just SCREAMED when I’ve seen that Chris Watson and Stephen Mallinder are going to do a CABARET VOLTAIRE show IN SHEFFIELD in october to mark CV50 - TEENAGE KARL IS SCREAMING
@sensoriafestival.bsky.social
@sensoriafestival.bsky.social
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The Normal Heart, Larry Kramer’s blistering play about AIDS and AIDS activism, opened in New York on April 21 1985.
April 22, 2025 at 11:34 AM
The Normal Heart, Larry Kramer’s blistering play about AIDS and AIDS activism, opened in New York on April 21 1985.
April 13, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Royal Ballet and Opera are offering an Apprenticeship in Props Carpentry #theatrejobs #artsjobs
Props Carpenter Apprentice | Royal Ballet and Opera
Application deadline: 9am, Monday 12th May 2025
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April 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Royal Ballet and Opera are offering an Apprenticeship in Props Carpentry #theatrejobs #artsjobs
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💰👀Looking for Arts Council England funding?
Future Artists are providing a detailed walkthrough of the ACE Project Grants application process, with a focus on the under 30k funds.
Taking place online - April 22nd.
Future Artists are providing a detailed walkthrough of the ACE Project Grants application process, with a focus on the under 30k funds.
Taking place online - April 22nd.
The Producer and the Arts Council - Strategies for Successful Grant Funding
Are you a Producer or Artist - are you looking to get a grant from Arts Council England of between £1000 and £100,000 to create work?
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April 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM
💰👀Looking for Arts Council England funding?
Future Artists are providing a detailed walkthrough of the ACE Project Grants application process, with a focus on the under 30k funds.
Taking place online - April 22nd.
Future Artists are providing a detailed walkthrough of the ACE Project Grants application process, with a focus on the under 30k funds.
Taking place online - April 22nd.
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Sad to hear of the death of Gang Of Four/Shriekback's Dave Allen. I visited him at home in Phoenix, AZ in 1994 to talk about his World Domination Recordings label, and he was lovely. And what a bassist. I could post so many GO4 tracks but here's a Shriekback banger. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bMM...
Shriekback - Nemesis (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by ShriekbackVEVO
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April 7, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Sad to hear of the death of Gang Of Four/Shriekback's Dave Allen. I visited him at home in Phoenix, AZ in 1994 to talk about his World Domination Recordings label, and he was lovely. And what a bassist. I could post so many GO4 tracks but here's a Shriekback banger. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bMM...
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This was a dark, but brilliant evening – always a treat to see Vladimir Jurowski back with the @lporchestra.bsky.social. And another chance to hear Lyatoshynsky 3 in concert! bachtrack.com/review-jurow...
White hot intensity in Jurowski’s Lyatoshynsky
The London Philharmonic welcomes back its Conductor Emeritus Vladimir Jurowski for a typically challenging programme of dark Russian and Ukrainian scores.
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April 3, 2025 at 8:35 AM
This was a dark, but brilliant evening – always a treat to see Vladimir Jurowski back with the @lporchestra.bsky.social. And another chance to hear Lyatoshynsky 3 in concert! bachtrack.com/review-jurow...
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An insider look at our INCREDIBLE Season Launch 🎉
A magical night packed with our artist community to celebrate all the STELLAR work we have coming in 2025!
There's more than one way to be South Asian at Tara Theatre 🤎
A magical night packed with our artist community to celebrate all the STELLAR work we have coming in 2025!
There's more than one way to be South Asian at Tara Theatre 🤎
March 31, 2025 at 2:30 PM
An insider look at our INCREDIBLE Season Launch 🎉
A magical night packed with our artist community to celebrate all the STELLAR work we have coming in 2025!
There's more than one way to be South Asian at Tara Theatre 🤎
A magical night packed with our artist community to celebrate all the STELLAR work we have coming in 2025!
There's more than one way to be South Asian at Tara Theatre 🤎
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Happy birthday to Pete Wylie. Here's Sinful filmed for Wogan in 86. Everything about this is great - Pete and Josie are so cool while the dancing nuns doing the Koyaanisqatsi-style bridge is the icing on the cake
youtu.be/Ms8JI4Bc1Qc
youtu.be/Ms8JI4Bc1Qc
Pete Wylie | SINFUL (Wogan 1986)
YouTube video by RadioWah
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March 22, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Happy birthday to Pete Wylie. Here's Sinful filmed for Wogan in 86. Everything about this is great - Pete and Josie are so cool while the dancing nuns doing the Koyaanisqatsi-style bridge is the icing on the cake
youtu.be/Ms8JI4Bc1Qc
youtu.be/Ms8JI4Bc1Qc
Congratulations to @paraorchestra.bsky.social for being named Best Ensemble at this year's @royalphilsoc.bsky.social Awards 🎶🎶🎶👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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RPS Awards announce winners for 2025
Kazuki Yamada, Claire Booth and the Paraorchestra were among the winners announced on Thursday, which also honoured contemporary music record label NMC and Belfast’s Open Arts Community Choir.
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March 8, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Congratulations to @paraorchestra.bsky.social for being named Best Ensemble at this year's @royalphilsoc.bsky.social Awards 🎶🎶🎶👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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You can listen to David Soin Tappeser, half of artist duo Hyzoilic/Desires, discuss their research into salt for this work on BBC Art & Ideas:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
March 2, 2025 at 9:59 AM
You can listen to David Soin Tappeser, half of artist duo Hyzoilic/Desires, discuss their research into salt for this work on BBC Art & Ideas:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
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Brian Eno: Baby's On Fire - from his 1974 debut solo album, Here Come The Warm Jets; guitars by Robert Fripp and Paul Rudolph www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbU1...
Baby's On Fire (Remastered 2004)
YouTube video by Brian Eno - Topic
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February 8, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Brian Eno: Baby's On Fire - from his 1974 debut solo album, Here Come The Warm Jets; guitars by Robert Fripp and Paul Rudolph www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbU1...
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Today at 1pm: a new series on BBC Radio 3 devoted to the music of women composers.
"Why women, why now?"
"Why women, why now?"
BBC Radio 3 - Music Matters, Jenni Murray's Women Composers, Why women, why now?
Jenni is joined by Errollyn Wallen to celebrate the music of women composers
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February 8, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Today at 1pm: a new series on BBC Radio 3 devoted to the music of women composers.
"Why women, why now?"
"Why women, why now?"
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35 years ago today, Depeche Mode released "Enjoy the Silence," the second single from their Violator album, on the way to winning Best British Single at the Brit Awards.
February 5, 2025 at 9:45 PM
35 years ago today, Depeche Mode released "Enjoy the Silence," the second single from their Violator album, on the way to winning Best British Single at the Brit Awards.
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The biggest breach of U.S. government data is under way
The biggest breach of U.S. government data is under way
Elon Musk's DOGE has taken control and accessed large swathes of Americans' private information held by the U.S. federal government.
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February 5, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The biggest breach of U.S. government data is under way
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February 5, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Thank you @eastmidrailway.bsky.social @eastmidsrailway.bsky.social for reuniting me with the case I left on the train last Friday. 😊
February 4, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Thank you @eastmidrailway.bsky.social @eastmidsrailway.bsky.social for reuniting me with the case I left on the train last Friday. 😊
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David Hockney has drawn the world around him for 60 years – and the Bradford-born artist is now supporting DRAW!, a nationwide drawing project for Bradford 2025.
Each month in 2025, a different artist will invite us all to create a drawing inspired by a particular theme…
Each month in 2025, a different artist will invite us all to create a drawing inspired by a particular theme…
February 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
David Hockney has drawn the world around him for 60 years – and the Bradford-born artist is now supporting DRAW!, a nationwide drawing project for Bradford 2025.
Each month in 2025, a different artist will invite us all to create a drawing inspired by a particular theme…
Each month in 2025, a different artist will invite us all to create a drawing inspired by a particular theme…
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There are also a bunch of new artistic directors north of the border, including Alan Cumming at Pitlochry, Jemima Levick at Glasgow’s Tron & James Brining at Edinburgh’s Lyceum
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/f...
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Curtain up! Meet the new artistic directors with great plans for British theatre
Our theatre critic welcomes inspiring developments at stages across the UK, from the Young Vic to the Liverpool Everyman while, below, some of the top new recruits talk about working post-pandemic i...
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2025 at 3:25 PM
There are also a bunch of new artistic directors north of the border, including Alan Cumming at Pitlochry, Jemima Levick at Glasgow’s Tron & James Brining at Edinburgh’s Lyceum
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/f...
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/f...
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Right now, we’re deep in rehearsals, creating our new commissioned work with Dan Daw Creative Project. Check out our latest 'Postcards from the Studio' for a beautiful overview of Rehearsals Week 5, written by our Co-Artistic Director, Raquel Meseguer Zafe.
January 31, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Right now, we’re deep in rehearsals, creating our new commissioned work with Dan Daw Creative Project. Check out our latest 'Postcards from the Studio' for a beautiful overview of Rehearsals Week 5, written by our Co-Artistic Director, Raquel Meseguer Zafe.
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We are Candoco Dance Company! We've moved from X to Bluesky, and we're excited to connect with you here.
January 31, 2025 at 6:15 PM
We are Candoco Dance Company! We've moved from X to Bluesky, and we're excited to connect with you here.
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Boom!! That’s how it’s done!! 🇲🇽 🇨🇦
February 2, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Boom!! That’s how it’s done!! 🇲🇽 🇨🇦