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Callum Waiana Madge
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Performance stuff in Scotland. Access Manager for Edinburgh International Festival. Always thinking three meals ahead.

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What's your sign?
Poster advertising a riverboat cruise from Belgium but with English text advertising: Team Building, Mice, Private Events
September 30, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Been reading about notorious dictator President Mobutu from Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the parallels to Trump are striking.

"Mobutu demanded absolute personal allegiance in return for the opportunity to accumulate wealth"
"Most public officials knew that regardless of their inefficiency and degree of corruption, they could reenter the government. To hold a government position required neither a sense of management nor a good conscience. On most occasions, effectiveness and a good conscience were major obstacles to political advancement. Mobutu demanded absolute personal allegiance in return for the opportunity to accumulate wealth".
February 23, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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Went to Scottish Ballet's relaxed performance of The Nutcracker yesterday, and this wee girl near me was asking some very legitimate questions.
- Why aren't they using real snow?
- Why is she spinning around?
- Where is the nutcracker?
View of the stage before the show starts. A curtain across the whole stage with a large double wooden door with text 'The Nutcracker's above it.
January 17, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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Farewell Bradford, I had a delightful time, very chilly but also very charming. Would like to return for a longer trip at some point. Maybe even to catch some more of the #bradford2025 events.
A large grand old building with a Bradford 2025 UK city of culture banner on it, in front of a snowy road. A large angular structure made of mismatched cubes with multicoloured images of brickwork, road signs and some cubes have a see through screen revealing dancers behind. A large TV screen that reads: Making events work for everyone summit, accessibility and inclusion at large scale events. Black text on a pink background. View of a Bradford street, with patches of snow, sun hitting an old building and hill with trees and buildings in the background.
January 11, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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Delighted to be in snowy Bradford for the Access Summit, ahead of the #bradford2025 opening celebrations this evening.
Photo of large old brick building, with a large advert on the side saying "Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture". In the foreground is a road with lots of snow piled up on the side.
January 10, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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Made my flat mate dress the same as me for my birthday party.
Man and a woman both in black trousers and t-shirt, with leather belt and cream waistcoat. They are standing, nonchalantly leaning against a cream was, looking away from each other. Man and a woman both in black trousers and t-shirt, with leather belt and cream waistcoat. They are posing next to the cream wall,as if one of them has made a funny joke and they are laughing about it.
December 10, 2024 at 7:06 PM
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This feels like the key part of the Greg Wallace story.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Quote from linked article "I’d like to say I’m surprised by these reports, but... I guess my reaction is it was a matter of when, not if these stories started to emerge," Philippa Childs, head of Bectu, told BBC News. She said it was difficult for freelancers to be able to make complaints because of the precarious nature of the industry. "They’re always concerned about where their next job is coming from or indeed are they going to be able to establish themselves in the industry," she said. "So there is quite a tendency not to report, to feel that it’s not safe to report, to feel that even if they do report, the production company or the broadcaster are not going to take them seriously and are not going to take action because of the power that people on screen might hold."
November 29, 2024 at 8:52 AM
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Pleased to see KLM airlines now have a 'non-binary' option when checking into a flight. I don't fly KLM very often, so maybe this has been around for ages, but this feels like a long overdue beginning step...
Screenshot of check in screen, with three gender options: male, female, non-binary
November 13, 2024 at 9:01 PM
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Nice evening celebrating 30 years of Birds of Paradise Theatre Company. There's obvs a way to go in the creative access world but events like this eve also demonstrate how far we have come in recent years also.
A man in a wheelchair gives a speech with a BSL interpreter, to a crowd of people, in front of a grand stair case A table and some boards and a pop up with branding and company information about Birds of Paradise. A close up of a board with lots of text about the history of Birds of Paradise.
November 12, 2024 at 8:32 PM
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Personal challenge: can I read all three Wolf Hall novels before the new series comes out.

I'm not hopeful, as they are beefy books, but let's go.
Cover of book Wolf Hall. Large red lettering on black cover, with partially obscured Tudor Rose.
October 31, 2024 at 7:53 AM
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Had a lovely time hosting Artlink's 40th anniversary last night. A wonderful charity doing excellent work, and even The Lord Provost of Edinburgh (and his mighty fine chain) came to join in the celebrations.
A grand church hall, with rows of people seated and facing away from the camera. Three people stand in front of them, one person is holding a mic and speaking - he has a very large and grand gold chain over his suit.
October 30, 2024 at 12:28 PM