Neil John Griffiths
@njgriff.bsky.social
functioning idealist, co-founder of @ARTSEMERGENCY.bsky.social & collaborator HARD ART COLLECTIVE 🍃
the new dark age is coming apace…
I am hearing that @uniofnottingham.bsky.social is suspending (i.e shutting down) *all modern language courses* in 2026-27. One of the largest departments in the UK. A shocking short sighted move that damages regional and national prospects @britishacademy.bsky.social @hetanshah.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
the new dark age is coming apace…
One of my best friends also happens to genuinely be one of my favourite living artists and they’ve at long last made a website: www.mrklart.com MRKL🧑🎨
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www.mrklart.com
October 17, 2025 at 3:03 PM
One of my best friends also happens to genuinely be one of my favourite living artists and they’ve at long last made a website: www.mrklart.com MRKL🧑🎨
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Leeds Peeps!
It’s the Leeds Care Leavers Christmas FUNdraiser on Sunday at 3pm. Please do come along and support us. We’ve got a big fundraising mountain to climb this year.
No need to book. Just rock up.
It’s the Leeds Care Leavers Christmas FUNdraiser on Sunday at 3pm. Please do come along and support us. We’ve got a big fundraising mountain to climb this year.
No need to book. Just rock up.
The Care Leavers Christmas Fundraiser at Slung Low | Leeds Inspired
Christmas comes early to Holbeck with an afternoon of festive fun and fundraising.
www.leedsinspired.co.uk
October 17, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Leeds Peeps!
It’s the Leeds Care Leavers Christmas FUNdraiser on Sunday at 3pm. Please do come along and support us. We’ve got a big fundraising mountain to climb this year.
No need to book. Just rock up.
It’s the Leeds Care Leavers Christmas FUNdraiser on Sunday at 3pm. Please do come along and support us. We’ve got a big fundraising mountain to climb this year.
No need to book. Just rock up.
Hello, if anyone sees this before the end of the day today, please nominate @artsemergency.bsky.social for a random prize draw of £5,000 here!
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Arts & Culture, nominate a charity - Movement for Good
Our final special draw of the year will award £5,000 to 10 charities
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October 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Hello, if anyone sees this before the end of the day today, please nominate @artsemergency.bsky.social for a random prize draw of £5,000 here!
culture.movementforgood.com?utm_source=E...
culture.movementforgood.com?utm_source=E...
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Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.
Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild
October 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.
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Not having a go at this, as the rise of racism and the far right around east Liverpool is a huge problem….but the opposition in Knowsley is the Green Party, and their rise in one of the most deprived bits of the country is a genuinely untold story. Work needs doing in this!
I went home, to one of Labour’s safest seats, and it felt like a newly minted Reform constituency | Kirsty Major
I went home, to one of Labour’s safest seats, and it felt like a newly minted Reform constituency | Kirsty Major
Knowsley is a Labour stronghold. But judging by the polls and the people I spoke to, the messages of the right are truly cutting through, says deputy Opinion editor Kirsty Major
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Not having a go at this, as the rise of racism and the far right around east Liverpool is a huge problem….but the opposition in Knowsley is the Green Party, and their rise in one of the most deprived bits of the country is a genuinely untold story. Work needs doing in this!
Having ditched Amazon earlier this year and drastically reduced my google use to work hours only (check out Ecosia instead) I’ve now migrated from Spotify to the far less evil Qobuz. It has all the tracks and I used an app called Soundiz to migrate my million playlists...
September 9, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Having ditched Amazon earlier this year and drastically reduced my google use to work hours only (check out Ecosia instead) I’ve now migrated from Spotify to the far less evil Qobuz. It has all the tracks and I used an app called Soundiz to migrate my million playlists...
I bought too many books for my birthday but it’s an amazing list I’m dead excited to read:
August 27, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I bought too many books for my birthday but it’s an amazing list I’m dead excited to read:
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💌 We're Letters Live charity partners @royalalberthall.bsky.social on 28 Nov 2025!
Join incredible performers + our very own CEO @njgriff.bsky.social for what will be a fantastic celebration of the power of the written word. PLUS % of tix sales will be donated to AE!
🎟️ https://bit.ly/416kYmb
Join incredible performers + our very own CEO @njgriff.bsky.social for what will be a fantastic celebration of the power of the written word. PLUS % of tix sales will be donated to AE!
🎟️ https://bit.ly/416kYmb
July 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
💌 We're Letters Live charity partners @royalalberthall.bsky.social on 28 Nov 2025!
Join incredible performers + our very own CEO @njgriff.bsky.social for what will be a fantastic celebration of the power of the written word. PLUS % of tix sales will be donated to AE!
🎟️ https://bit.ly/416kYmb
Join incredible performers + our very own CEO @njgriff.bsky.social for what will be a fantastic celebration of the power of the written word. PLUS % of tix sales will be donated to AE!
🎟️ https://bit.ly/416kYmb
Fuck yeah www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Voting age to be lowered to 16 across UK by next general election
16- and 17-year-olds will be able to vote in all elections as part of changes including easier voter registration and crackdown on foreign interference
www.theguardian.com
July 17, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Fuck yeah www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Delighted to see some organising on the left in party politics. Please please please find space in this new party for citizen assemblies or other forms of democratic deliberation. Legitimacy and relevance is very very important imho
July 4, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Delighted to see some organising on the left in party politics. Please please please find space in this new party for citizen assemblies or other forms of democratic deliberation. Legitimacy and relevance is very very important imho
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"What young people need now is not new schemes, it’s consistency, it’s someone they can trust enough with their best most aspirational self" - @njgriff.bsky.social AE CEO
Can you donate £2 a month to help keep our mentoring & community projects running?
👉 www.arts-emergency.org/donate
Can you donate £2 a month to help keep our mentoring & community projects running?
👉 www.arts-emergency.org/donate
June 12, 2025 at 1:17 PM
"What young people need now is not new schemes, it’s consistency, it’s someone they can trust enough with their best most aspirational self" - @njgriff.bsky.social AE CEO
Can you donate £2 a month to help keep our mentoring & community projects running?
👉 www.arts-emergency.org/donate
Can you donate £2 a month to help keep our mentoring & community projects running?
👉 www.arts-emergency.org/donate
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Our privatised water system is broken - but water companies are doing everything they can to keep the Ponzi scheme staggering on.
A solution exists. Your MP needs to hear about it: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
A solution exists. Your MP needs to hear about it: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
June 25, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Our privatised water system is broken - but water companies are doing everything they can to keep the Ponzi scheme staggering on.
A solution exists. Your MP needs to hear about it: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
A solution exists. Your MP needs to hear about it: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
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We're asking people to commit to donating £2/month - hopefully something a good many people reading this post can consider... think of it as a long-term investment for a better brighter future and more inclusive creative culture. ☀️
👉 www.arts-emergency.o...
👉 www.arts-emergency.o...
June 29, 2025 at 9:57 AM
We're asking people to commit to donating £2/month - hopefully something a good many people reading this post can consider... think of it as a long-term investment for a better brighter future and more inclusive creative culture. ☀️
👉 www.arts-emergency.o...
👉 www.arts-emergency.o...
Does it worry you to think sharing writing like this will be illegal in a matter of days? open.substack.com/pub/clarejfa...
Nothing makes sense any more - in solidarity with Palestine Action
Everything is out of proportion because it suits those who abuse power to keep it that way.
open.substack.com
June 28, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Does it worry you to think sharing writing like this will be illegal in a matter of days? open.substack.com/pub/clarejfa...
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This story is so important. Black children are disproportionately treated as adults and rarely viewed as innocent victims. Child Q *a schoolgirl* was wrongly suspected, on her periods, and stripped by officers to her intimate parts without an appropriate adult present. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Child Q strip-search: Met Police officers sacked for gross misconduct
The girl, who was wrongly suspected of possessing cannabis, was searched by police at her school.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 26, 2025 at 6:14 PM
This story is so important. Black children are disproportionately treated as adults and rarely viewed as innocent victims. Child Q *a schoolgirl* was wrongly suspected, on her periods, and stripped by officers to her intimate parts without an appropriate adult present. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Wish I could get to this:
‘Ordinary people enjoying themselves’: Beryl Cook exhibition to open in Plymouth
Exclusive: Show at The Box in artist’s home town spans entire career and includes previously unseen works
www.theguardian.com
June 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Wish I could get to this:
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EXCLUSIVE: US spy tech firm Palantir is working with UK police forces to develop a real-time surveillance network using sensitive personal data
Liberty Investigates' new story with @theipaper.com
inews.co.uk/news/police-...
Liberty Investigates' new story with @theipaper.com
inews.co.uk/news/police-...
Police use controversial AI tool that looks at people’s sex lives and beliefs
Senior MPs and privacy campaigners have expressed alarm at the deployment of Palantir’s AI-powered crime fighting software with access to sensitive personal information
inews.co.uk
June 16, 2025 at 3:41 PM
EXCLUSIVE: US spy tech firm Palantir is working with UK police forces to develop a real-time surveillance network using sensitive personal data
Liberty Investigates' new story with @theipaper.com
inews.co.uk/news/police-...
Liberty Investigates' new story with @theipaper.com
inews.co.uk/news/police-...
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Reciprocity is one of life’s greatest joys! AE is all about people helping each other, building community, giving strength and time to our limitless critical and creative faculties. It is WELL WORTH SUPPORTING so please consider a modest £2/MONTH pledge to help us run in 2026 👇❤️
"I don’t think I’d feel as focused or confident if it wasn’t for the mentoring"
- Davonte, 2024 London Mentee
It's simple. It's impactful. It's life-changing.
Mentoring works.
🚨 Can you pledge £2/month to fund Arts Emergency’s mentoring and community projects 👉 www.arts-emergency.org/donate
- Davonte, 2024 London Mentee
It's simple. It's impactful. It's life-changing.
Mentoring works.
🚨 Can you pledge £2/month to fund Arts Emergency’s mentoring and community projects 👉 www.arts-emergency.org/donate
June 14, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Reciprocity is one of life’s greatest joys! AE is all about people helping each other, building community, giving strength and time to our limitless critical and creative faculties. It is WELL WORTH SUPPORTING so please consider a modest £2/MONTH pledge to help us run in 2026 👇❤️
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The disability benefit cuts being introduced today would have made George Osborne blush.
We cannot underestimate their human and political cost.
The public will not forgive us if we remove support from those most in need of it.
We cannot underestimate their human and political cost.
The public will not forgive us if we remove support from those most in need of it.
June 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The disability benefit cuts being introduced today would have made George Osborne blush.
We cannot underestimate their human and political cost.
The public will not forgive us if we remove support from those most in need of it.
We cannot underestimate their human and political cost.
The public will not forgive us if we remove support from those most in need of it.
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Order online here (other indie bookshops are available!): bio.to/aMCMmF
No Friend To This House
Go to No Friend To This House.
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June 17, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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It’s #IndepedentBookshopWeek! Thank you to all the indie bookshops out there for everything you do - we need you! 💚 That’s why this gorgeous, sheepy edition of No Friend to This House is exclusively available from indies. I’ll be signing all of these next! Tag your favourite bookshop below… 🐏
June 17, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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Is it wrong to feel hopeful that the paltry turn out for the Big Dic energy ‘parade’ suggests a very loud minority of bigots and braggarts and the broligarch media that dramatises them are not here to stay, and are more a dip in Humanity’s overall rising trajectory towards???
June 15, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Is it wrong to feel hopeful that the paltry turn out for the Big Dic energy ‘parade’ suggests a very loud minority of bigots and braggarts and the broligarch media that dramatises them are not here to stay, and are more a dip in Humanity’s overall rising trajectory towards???