Gary Browning
@gary1234.bsky.social
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
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
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
November 2, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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
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
Oxford Brookes Think Human Festival highlights the importance of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences for communities. This year there are some fantastic events, free and open to all, from 7th - 10th May. Find out more and register to attend here: www.brookes.ac.uk/think-human
Think Human at Oxford Brookes University - Oxford Brookes University
Think Human Festival events across Oxford provide opportunities to discuss and reflect on the importance of understanding ourselves as human beings, our relationships with others and the challenges we...
www.brookes.ac.uk
April 30, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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.
April 20, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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.
Fantastic event!
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
📍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.
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April 9, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Fantastic event!
Fantastic Festival with lots of wonderful events. Check out events including a fabulous film of the great local Oxford persona, Olive Gibbs- May 8th!
@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
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
April 4, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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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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
TICKETS: tinyurl.com/ZIMMY84
#travelingwilburys #handlewithcare #bobdylan
April 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Theology, Philosophy and Religion Essay Competition from the isrsa.co.uk & academylearning.com
#TeamRE @alevelphilosophy.bsky.social #RSTeachers #PhilosophyTeachers #Enrichment #philsky #theosky
#TeamRE @alevelphilosophy.bsky.social #RSTeachers #PhilosophyTeachers #Enrichment #philsky #theosky
March 28, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Theology, Philosophy and Religion Essay Competition from the isrsa.co.uk & academylearning.com
#TeamRE @alevelphilosophy.bsky.social #RSTeachers #PhilosophyTeachers #Enrichment #philsky #theosky
#TeamRE @alevelphilosophy.bsky.social #RSTeachers #PhilosophyTeachers #Enrichment #philsky #theosky
Here's a recording of a fun event. A Webinar on A Complete Unknown with the legendary Scarlet Rivera, and the fabulous Constantine Sandis and Jan Butler, Terrific comments from a great panel
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPTj...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPTj...
A Complete Unknown - A Think Human Webinar Discussion
YouTube video by Matthew Royan
www.youtube.com
March 20, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Here's a recording of a fun event. A Webinar on A Complete Unknown with the legendary Scarlet Rivera, and the fabulous Constantine Sandis and Jan Butler, Terrific comments from a great panel
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPTj...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPTj...
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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
March 16, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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/...
Wonderful event, with the legendary Scarlet Rivera and the fabulous Jan Butler and Constantine Sandis
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...
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...
March 15, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Wonderful event, with the legendary Scarlet Rivera and the fabulous Jan Butler and Constantine Sandis
Still time to sign up for this brilliant event
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
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...
Do sign up to the Webinar www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1237147103...
March 1, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Still time to sign up for this brilliant event
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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
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...
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
February 20, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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
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
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...
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
February 20, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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
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...
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
February 14, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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...
Do sign up to the Webinar www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1237147103...
Great voice and songs too
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.
January 31, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Great voice and songs too
Gramsci's always worth reading, and now, more than ever!
Gramsci’s first sentence here, heard in our time, is bound to seem extremely demanding but it’s also, I think, highly apt
January 28, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Gramsci's always worth reading, and now, more than ever!
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
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/
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
January 28, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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
No way.Jose
Absolutely no chance of any of this happening while universities are on their knees.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
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
January 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
No way.Jose
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January 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Thanks for sharing. Always difficult to know how to respond to problematic criticism
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?”
she paused & then responded, “can’t you just keep the nice notes & throw the rest away?”
December 31, 2024 at 8:54 PM
Thanks for sharing. Always difficult to know how to respond to problematic criticism
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Does anyone really believe that a university management team anywhere either should or could be asked to do this, esp when the uni has gone bust and everyone is looking for a new job? Of course they won't be able to, the whole thing will just cascade and students will be left with nothing. (1/2)
December 31, 2024 at 11:53 AM
Does anyone really believe that a university management team anywhere either should or could be asked to do this, esp when the uni has gone bust and everyone is looking for a new job? Of course they won't be able to, the whole thing will just cascade and students will be left with nothing. (1/2)
You never know whom you have in your class, so let's all try as hard as we can
Wonderful recollection of Bob Dylan learning folk music in a group class. Plus really great photo!
‘A Complete Unknown': USF professor recalls introducing folk music to a young Bob Dylan, as an undergrad giving folk music lessons in Minnesota
www.wtsp.com/article/feat...
www.wtsp.com/article/feat...
December 31, 2024 at 8:52 PM
You never know whom you have in your class, so let's all try as hard as we can
Surely time for University management to open up about the dangers and the need for investment and support for staff and students- maybe then, politicians will act
This is what will happen in the university sector:
*Shared services
*Mergers
*Widespread redundancies
*Big cuts to STEM and R&D
*Big unis get even bigger
*Squeezed cities, angry voters
*Huge geographical cold spots
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
*Shared services
*Mergers
*Widespread redundancies
*Big cuts to STEM and R&D
*Big unis get even bigger
*Squeezed cities, angry voters
*Huge geographical cold spots
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Why 2025 Could Be A Pivotal Year For Universities
Securing the future of UK universities will be one of many major challenges for the Government next year.
www.politicshome.com
December 31, 2024 at 3:29 PM
Surely time for University management to open up about the dangers and the need for investment and support for staff and students- maybe then, politicians will act
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We're almost ready to begin accepting submissions for our upcoming conference in Oxford titled 'Spinoza and Simone Weil: Influences and Interconnections,' with confirmation of funding from the Oxford Philosophy faculty, the BSHP, the Spinoza Gesellschaft, and the Mind Trust.
December 19, 2024 at 12:40 PM
We're almost ready to begin accepting submissions for our upcoming conference in Oxford titled 'Spinoza and Simone Weil: Influences and Interconnections,' with confirmation of funding from the Oxford Philosophy faculty, the BSHP, the Spinoza Gesellschaft, and the Mind Trust.