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Oh and they made, and distributed, this! www.hartlepool.gov.uk/downloads/do...

Popped copies in barbers, at car shows, pubs, docs surgeries etc - anywhere a man might pick it up and identify with what they're saying

But now they're 100% comfortable, have been creating their own art and are halfway through a six-week creative writing course.
Kind of the opposite of what you're saying - meeting them where they are - but it has been amazing. 2/2

Absolutely. For around 18 months I’ve been working with a group of lads from Andy’s Man Club, using the work of John Wilson McCracken (an artist in our collection who struggled with mental health).

Most had never set foot in an art gallery before... 1/2

"research shows she would be wise to"
That pretty much rules it out then 🙄

because nobody else seems to be saying what he is saying with such gusto. I'm probably more aligned to Ed Davey but Zack is pretty inescapable at the moment. Definitely the anti-Farridge 2/2

The way you put it here Alex, is pretty much how Lewis Goodall put it to Zack in an interview I listened to yesterday. Left-wing populism is how he described it. If the definition of populism is saying whatever it will take to get you elected then that's bad. However, I feel drawn to Zack 1/2

No, thank you! You've even made me bite the bullet and arrange a winter solstice sunrise trip to Castlerigg - I've wanted to do it for years.

That sounds like a great approach! The quality of the writing makes it easy to imagine you're there - at any of the points in the history of these sites.

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Could have been President Bush, which would fit with 2008, and the term Mr Big I suppose, but Bush has denied meeting Leftky that night so... 🤷🏼‍♂️ Who are you thinking?

Me too...

And the absolutely amazing Palestinian artist Malak Mattar ♥️ 🇵🇸