Dr Susan Jones
@susandrjonesarts.bsky.social
Independent arts researcher and commentator on artists’ livelihoods and arts policy interrelations www.padwickjonesarts.co.uk
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It was an honour to be invited by MIAAW Owen Kelly and Sophie Hope to talk about my longitudinal, qualitiative study *Artists' lives: Ecologies for resilience*.
This 1-hour podcast 'Position, influence and income' covers the study's findings and other outcomes.
www.miaaw.net/season/2026
This 1-hour podcast 'Position, influence and income' covers the study's findings and other outcomes.
www.miaaw.net/season/2026
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One year in of Trump’s second term and it already feels like a decade.
I don’t feel we talk about this enough, but the amount of PTSD we’re all experiencing as a result of Donald Trump is off the charts.
Basically we’ve been living in trauma since 2016. Let that sink in - a decade of chaos. 😕
I don’t feel we talk about this enough, but the amount of PTSD we’re all experiencing as a result of Donald Trump is off the charts.
Basically we’ve been living in trauma since 2016. Let that sink in - a decade of chaos. 😕
January 21, 2026 at 11:26 AM
One year in of Trump’s second term and it already feels like a decade.
I don’t feel we talk about this enough, but the amount of PTSD we’re all experiencing as a result of Donald Trump is off the charts.
Basically we’ve been living in trauma since 2016. Let that sink in - a decade of chaos. 😕
I don’t feel we talk about this enough, but the amount of PTSD we’re all experiencing as a result of Donald Trump is off the charts.
Basically we’ve been living in trauma since 2016. Let that sink in - a decade of chaos. 😕
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I think part of the reason everyone is so blown away by this Carney speech is it's so long since we heard an actual grown-up articulate serious thoughts about the world. Empty vessels have been making a lot of noise
Mark Carney's speech really is terrific: full text is here and very much worth your time.
The Carney doctrine
Open comment thread on the PM's Davos speech
paulwells.substack.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:28 AM
I think part of the reason everyone is so blown away by this Carney speech is it's so long since we heard an actual grown-up articulate serious thoughts about the world. Empty vessels have been making a lot of noise
#visualartists are encouraged to be visible: proactive when sifting all opps on offer. But as screen grabs from Arts Council England's job site and @Jobs.ac show, there's *nothing* advertised.....So who in 'creative industries' is making a song and dance about this to Government and policymakers?
January 12, 2026 at 5:17 PM
#visualartists are encouraged to be visible: proactive when sifting all opps on offer. But as screen grabs from Arts Council England's job site and @Jobs.ac show, there's *nothing* advertised.....So who in 'creative industries' is making a song and dance about this to Government and policymakers?
It was an honour to be invited by MIAAW Owen Kelly and Sophie Hope to talk about my longitudinal, qualitiative study *Artists' lives: Ecologies for resilience*.
This 1-hour podcast 'Position, influence and income' covers the study's findings and other outcomes.
www.miaaw.net/season/2026
This 1-hour podcast 'Position, influence and income' covers the study's findings and other outcomes.
www.miaaw.net/season/2026
January 5, 2026 at 12:43 PM
It was an honour to be invited by MIAAW Owen Kelly and Sophie Hope to talk about my longitudinal, qualitiative study *Artists' lives: Ecologies for resilience*.
This 1-hour podcast 'Position, influence and income' covers the study's findings and other outcomes.
www.miaaw.net/season/2026
This 1-hour podcast 'Position, influence and income' covers the study's findings and other outcomes.
www.miaaw.net/season/2026
Today’s hospital waiting room/corridor vista - captions anyone?
December 9, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Today’s hospital waiting room/corridor vista - captions anyone?
New term of the day “high windshit parts of the UK.” @theguardian.com weather story typo seems appropriate…
December 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM
New term of the day “high windshit parts of the UK.” @theguardian.com weather story typo seems appropriate…
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It’s really fun to be a historian. We are fun at parties. We will absolutely not ruin your traditions by explaining the history of them.
December 1, 2025 at 12:31 PM
It’s really fun to be a historian. We are fun at parties. We will absolutely not ruin your traditions by explaining the history of them.
At last! An independent longitudinal qualitative study getting to heart of why artists do what they do and how, identifying barriers & brakes & how ACE’s institutions favouring policies >2010 impacted + conditions for artists’ emotional, environmental & economic resilience. DM for pre pub copy.😊
December 1, 2025 at 12:08 PM
At last! An independent longitudinal qualitative study getting to heart of why artists do what they do and how, identifying barriers & brakes & how ACE’s institutions favouring policies >2010 impacted + conditions for artists’ emotional, environmental & economic resilience. DM for pre pub copy.😊
@guardian this story headline is plain wrong www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The impression is of asylum seekers ordering taxis on whim & fancy & bamboozling taxpayers when the excessive use of taxis arises from poor systems in agencies administering asylum
programmes. Apology due!
The impression is of asylum seekers ordering taxis on whim & fancy & bamboozling taxpayers when the excessive use of taxis arises from poor systems in agencies administering asylum
programmes. Apology due!
UK asylum seekers to be banned from taking taxis to medical appointments
Move, which is part of crackdown on costs, comes after it emerged Home Office spends £15.8m a year on service
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:14 PM
@guardian this story headline is plain wrong www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The impression is of asylum seekers ordering taxis on whim & fancy & bamboozling taxpayers when the excessive use of taxis arises from poor systems in agencies administering asylum
programmes. Apology due!
The impression is of asylum seekers ordering taxis on whim & fancy & bamboozling taxpayers when the excessive use of taxis arises from poor systems in agencies administering asylum
programmes. Apology due!
On 3 Nov @starandshadow.bsky.social I'm contributing insight from my independent longitudinal, qualitative study of artists' lives to Artists' Graft. Other speakers are Kat Bevan, Theresa Easton, Dr Ewan McKenzie and Dr Tom Hopkin. Part of ESRC's Festival of Social Science 'Our working lives'.
October 20, 2025 at 3:48 PM
On 3 Nov @starandshadow.bsky.social I'm contributing insight from my independent longitudinal, qualitative study of artists' lives to Artists' Graft. Other speakers are Kat Bevan, Theresa Easton, Dr Ewan McKenzie and Dr Tom Hopkin. Part of ESRC's Festival of Social Science 'Our working lives'.
I was honoured to have Owen Kelly's consideration of my research 'Artists' lives: ecologies for resilience' as a MIAAW podcast. He describes the research's value as 'a detailed analysis of the lives #artists lead when #culture is seen as an industry".
Listen at podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...
Listen at podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...
October 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I was honoured to have Owen Kelly's consideration of my research 'Artists' lives: ecologies for resilience' as a MIAAW podcast. He describes the research's value as 'a detailed analysis of the lives #artists lead when #culture is seen as an industry".
Listen at podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...
Listen at podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...
Heads up for #Word365 users working independently! Here's how to avoid Word365 Microsoft increased subs for (the pretty irritating and largely unnecessary I've found) #Copilot #AI tool, follow instructions in this link to revert to cheaper Classic version.
www.itregulators.com/blog/microso...
www.itregulators.com/blog/microso...
Microsoft 365 charges for AI: Here’s how to opt out for Microsoft 365 Classic
Learn how to avoid the extra charges from Microsoft 365's Copilot feature and switch to Microsoft 365 Classic. Save money with this easy guide to opt-out of Copilot and continue with a traditional Mic...
www.itregulators.com
September 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Heads up for #Word365 users working independently! Here's how to avoid Word365 Microsoft increased subs for (the pretty irritating and largely unnecessary I've found) #Copilot #AI tool, follow instructions in this link to revert to cheaper Classic version.
www.itregulators.com/blog/microso...
www.itregulators.com/blog/microso...
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Starmer has always been better in opposition than when leading. Now that it *feels* like he’s opposition again maybe that’s the trick to keep him saying the right thing?
NEW - A punchy Keir Starmer at cabinet condemns the violence at Saturday's march "led by a convicted criminal" saying they had "sent a chill through the spines of people around the country, and particularly many ethnic minority Britons."
September 16, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Starmer has always been better in opposition than when leading. Now that it *feels* like he’s opposition again maybe that’s the trick to keep him saying the right thing?
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💶 Shape the future look of the euro!
The European Central Bank has launched a design contest for new euro banknotes with two themes:
🖼️ European Culture
🐦 R️ivers & Birds
Open to designers across the EU, submit your ideas by 18 August 12:00 CET
→ europa.eu/!cWfmdT
The European Central Bank has launched a design contest for new euro banknotes with two themes:
🖼️ European Culture
🐦 R️ivers & Birds
Open to designers across the EU, submit your ideas by 18 August 12:00 CET
→ europa.eu/!cWfmdT
August 6, 2025 at 7:03 AM
💶 Shape the future look of the euro!
The European Central Bank has launched a design contest for new euro banknotes with two themes:
🖼️ European Culture
🐦 R️ivers & Birds
Open to designers across the EU, submit your ideas by 18 August 12:00 CET
→ europa.eu/!cWfmdT
The European Central Bank has launched a design contest for new euro banknotes with two themes:
🖼️ European Culture
🐦 R️ivers & Birds
Open to designers across the EU, submit your ideas by 18 August 12:00 CET
→ europa.eu/!cWfmdT
Artists' lives: ecologies for resilience 2025 is now completed.
33,440 words
84pp
14 #artists' stories
If #artistslivelihoods is a research topic close to your own heart I'd be delighted to send you a personal copy. Just send me a DM.
33,440 words
84pp
14 #artists' stories
If #artistslivelihoods is a research topic close to your own heart I'd be delighted to send you a personal copy. Just send me a DM.
July 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Artists' lives: ecologies for resilience 2025 is now completed.
33,440 words
84pp
14 #artists' stories
If #artistslivelihoods is a research topic close to your own heart I'd be delighted to send you a personal copy. Just send me a DM.
33,440 words
84pp
14 #artists' stories
If #artistslivelihoods is a research topic close to your own heart I'd be delighted to send you a personal copy. Just send me a DM.
Reposted by Dr Susan Jones
Very essential reading.
'Too often, government is looking for one answer to a problem that it can scale; the perfect pilot that can make a difference everywhere. It still sees change as an industrial process.' Electric blog from Vidhya Alakeson, Deputy Chief of Staff to the PM www.powertochange.org.uk/evidence-and...
The leaders who make things happen: lessons in governing from community business - Power to Change
Community businesses drive change where it matters most—locally. From leading Power to Change to advising Number 10, Vidhya Alakeson knows more than most th ...
www.powertochange.org.uk
July 24, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Very essential reading.
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Trump’s birthright citizenship order struck down again in new legal challenge
Trump’s birthright citizenship order struck down again in new legal challenge
www.independent.co.uk
July 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Trump’s birthright citizenship order struck down again in new legal challenge
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Has anyone senior in Labour considered telling people Reform is wrong? And why they are wrong. And what a threat they are to the NHS, to national security? That Farage seeks divide us, *he* is the threat to our institutions? Anyone? Anyone got *any confidence* in who they are at all? It's pathetic
May 11, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Has anyone senior in Labour considered telling people Reform is wrong? And why they are wrong. And what a threat they are to the NHS, to national security? That Farage seeks divide us, *he* is the threat to our institutions? Anyone? Anyone got *any confidence* in who they are at all? It's pathetic
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Todays doodle is a bit dark, stop chasing reform & back to pledges!!
The lowest turnout of voters 30% reform 777 out of 18,645 2nd lowest of any party.
The reason they won anything is apathy for the current parties
opencouncildata.co.uk
#art #oc #traditionalart #sketch #reform #politics #starmer
The lowest turnout of voters 30% reform 777 out of 18,645 2nd lowest of any party.
The reason they won anything is apathy for the current parties
opencouncildata.co.uk
#art #oc #traditionalart #sketch #reform #politics #starmer
May 4, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Todays doodle is a bit dark, stop chasing reform & back to pledges!!
The lowest turnout of voters 30% reform 777 out of 18,645 2nd lowest of any party.
The reason they won anything is apathy for the current parties
opencouncildata.co.uk
#art #oc #traditionalart #sketch #reform #politics #starmer
The lowest turnout of voters 30% reform 777 out of 18,645 2nd lowest of any party.
The reason they won anything is apathy for the current parties
opencouncildata.co.uk
#art #oc #traditionalart #sketch #reform #politics #starmer
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May 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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This was stunningly worrying to hear - as was the real possibility of losing democracy in the US. The consequences are unimaginable
US historian Stephen Hahn tells Matt Frei that Donald Trump is "hoping to have a real confrontation which might allow him to declare a national emergency and then rule truly as an autocrat."
Read and watch:
Read and watch:
‘Illiberalism is part of American tradition,’ says US historian
The Trump administration's deportation of citizens with a legal right to be in the US, defiance of federal law and campaign against the universities may have shocked many.
www.channel4.com
April 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
This was stunningly worrying to hear - as was the real possibility of losing democracy in the US. The consequences are unimaginable
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I was one of the first founders of the Culture Declares Emergency, which over 6 years has grown to c.2000 organisations & individuals committed to addressing the Earth Crisis through Culture. In that time, we've never asked individuals to donate. Until now! donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
Arts and Culture for a just & flourishing Earth – Big Give
Culture has the power to reach hearts, change minds and drive action. Culture Declares Emergency (CDE UK) - hosted by The Movements Trust - supports the cultural sector in inspiring and mobilising co...
donate.biggive.org
April 23, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I was one of the first founders of the Culture Declares Emergency, which over 6 years has grown to c.2000 organisations & individuals committed to addressing the Earth Crisis through Culture. In that time, we've never asked individuals to donate. Until now! donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
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Please sign this.
April 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Please sign this.
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A must-watch from the great @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
— the Trump-broligarchy are staging a global coup, and they have more information on more of us than the Stasi ever did.
But we can fight back. We must.
youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE
— the Trump-broligarchy are staging a global coup, and they have more information on more of us than the Stasi ever did.
But we can fight back. We must.
youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE
This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like | Carole Cadwalladr | TED
YouTube video by TED
youtu.be
April 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
A must-watch from the great @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
— the Trump-broligarchy are staging a global coup, and they have more information on more of us than the Stasi ever did.
But we can fight back. We must.
youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE
— the Trump-broligarchy are staging a global coup, and they have more information on more of us than the Stasi ever did.
But we can fight back. We must.
youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE
