Gillian Darley
@gmdarksky.bsky.social
Writer, reader, perambulator, observer.
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‘It would take us until the 22nd century to make the world noticeably fuller of people. But we can already see the way falling birth rates affect national politics and economics.’
David Runciman on the depopulation problem.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
David Runciman on the depopulation problem.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
David Runciman · Are we doomed? The End of the Species
Are we doomed to die out? We find ourselves at the only point in the history of the species when the rate of population...
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November 17, 2025 at 12:09 PM
‘It would take us until the 22nd century to make the world noticeably fuller of people. But we can already see the way falling birth rates affect national politics and economics.’
David Runciman on the depopulation problem.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
David Runciman on the depopulation problem.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Rachel Cooke. Gone. I can’t believe it. Best of a very good bunch.
November 15, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Rachel Cooke. Gone. I can’t believe it. Best of a very good bunch.
Reposted by Gillian Darley
Boris Johnson says the idea that criticism of the BBC is being organised by the right is ‘complete and utter bollocks’, which makes me think there might be something in it.
November 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Boris Johnson says the idea that criticism of the BBC is being organised by the right is ‘complete and utter bollocks’, which makes me think there might be something in it.
November 5, 2025
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November 5, 2025
New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, a member of both the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America, began his victory speech last night with a nod to Eugene V.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:32 AM
November 5, 2025
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Just learned that the firm responsible for the new Cairo museum also designed the Giant’s Causeway museum in N Ireland - Heneghan Peng. Strange but true!
November 1, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Just learned that the firm responsible for the new Cairo museum also designed the Giant’s Causeway museum in N Ireland - Heneghan Peng. Strange but true!
‘A model of social responsibility’: almshouses in the modern age - Apollo Magazine. Said it then, and now duly recognised and awarded.
October 17, 2025 at 12:49 PM
‘A model of social responsibility’: almshouses in the modern age - Apollo Magazine. Said it then, and now duly recognised and awarded.
So good to hear that WWM’s Appleby Blue won the big prize! I wrote about it (and Lord Leicester’s hospital, Warwick) in Apollo, February 2024. Fantastic clients too.
October 17, 2025 at 7:28 AM
So good to hear that WWM’s Appleby Blue won the big prize! I wrote about it (and Lord Leicester’s hospital, Warwick) in Apollo, February 2024. Fantastic clients too.
Well deserved plaudit for BBC director Peter Symes in Last Word on Tony Harrison. A real partnership, pioneering horse and carriage for poetry on television.
October 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Well deserved plaudit for BBC director Peter Symes in Last Word on Tony Harrison. A real partnership, pioneering horse and carriage for poetry on television.
Repurposing to follow? Treviso.
October 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Repurposing to follow? Treviso.
Glorious Titian panel at the Scoletto (little Scuola) at San Antonio Padua. Look carefully. It is sublime.
October 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Glorious Titian panel at the Scoletto (little Scuola) at San Antonio Padua. Look carefully. It is sublime.
Perfect place to eat a Monday evening meal. Trattoria al Bersaglieri, Padua. OTTIMO.
October 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Perfect place to eat a Monday evening meal. Trattoria al Bersaglieri, Padua. OTTIMO.
And here it is. Considered Giovanni Bellini’s masterpiece
October 5, 2025 at 6:42 PM
And here it is. Considered Giovanni Bellini’s masterpiece
This is how the Fondazione Querini Stampali has chosen to welcome home its exquisite Giovanni Bellini. Outrageous and inexplicable.
October 5, 2025 at 6:41 PM
This is how the Fondazione Querini Stampali has chosen to welcome home its exquisite Giovanni Bellini. Outrageous and inexplicable.
And in Leiston, the inspired Long House Museum, where Richard Garrett delved for many decades. Other Garretts (at Snape) include Elizabeth and Millicent. What a family.
September 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
And in Leiston, the inspired Long House Museum, where Richard Garrett delved for many decades. Other Garretts (at Snape) include Elizabeth and Millicent. What a family.
Excellent day in Leiston for #bookfestival. Matters rural and natural aptly discussed as Sizewell C and massive grid works lacerate the Suffolk coast. So many good topics and books featured. Check it at
www.leistonbookfestival.org.uk
www.leistonbookfestival.org.uk
www.leistonbookfestival.org.uk
September 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Excellent day in Leiston for #bookfestival. Matters rural and natural aptly discussed as Sizewell C and massive grid works lacerate the Suffolk coast. So many good topics and books featured. Check it at
www.leistonbookfestival.org.uk
www.leistonbookfestival.org.uk
Urban renewal. Currently the dirtiest of all words.
September 18, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Urban renewal. Currently the dirtiest of all words.
Green grew the pavements, oh!
For older pedestrians, a zone of continuous peril. Thanks a bunch. One very near death experience in these days, enough.,
For older pedestrians, a zone of continuous peril. Thanks a bunch. One very near death experience in these days, enough.,
September 11, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Green grew the pavements, oh!
For older pedestrians, a zone of continuous peril. Thanks a bunch. One very near death experience in these days, enough.,
For older pedestrians, a zone of continuous peril. Thanks a bunch. One very near death experience in these days, enough.,
Eden Dock, Canary Wharf. Transformative landscape. Seen in perfect conditions, with thanks to the London Society. Join, why don’t you?
September 5, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Eden Dock, Canary Wharf. Transformative landscape. Seen in perfect conditions, with thanks to the London Society. Join, why don’t you?
Among my heirlooms, a Beatles ticket from June 1965 (in Rome) and a receipt for a paltry sum, for who knows what, from that noted fraud Inigo Philbrick. He’s on your TV at the moment.
August 28, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Among my heirlooms, a Beatles ticket from June 1965 (in Rome) and a receipt for a paltry sum, for who knows what, from that noted fraud Inigo Philbrick. He’s on your TV at the moment.
Freesias, white of course. Inky dark gladioli. One step at a time. Calm after a day battling endnotes. Autotherapy.
August 27, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Freesias, white of course. Inky dark gladioli. One step at a time. Calm after a day battling endnotes. Autotherapy.
HATING the inchoate hatred. Hurricanes come over the Atlantic - so does the ordure.
August 26, 2025 at 12:27 PM
HATING the inchoate hatred. Hurricanes come over the Atlantic - so does the ordure.
Obituary of Andrew Saint in Times. Sparkling and spot on. Anyone prepared to leak the identity of the author?
August 25, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Obituary of Andrew Saint in Times. Sparkling and spot on. Anyone prepared to leak the identity of the author?
As September approaches, I realise it’s fifty years since my Villages of Vision was published by the Architectural Press. Bit dumbfounding.
August 21, 2025 at 6:46 PM
As September approaches, I realise it’s fifty years since my Villages of Vision was published by the Architectural Press. Bit dumbfounding.
£9 and 90 minutes. IKEA Strandad lamp. The RELIEF!
August 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
£9 and 90 minutes. IKEA Strandad lamp. The RELIEF!