Rebecca Farkas
@rebeccafarkas.bsky.social
I really did run away from the circus to become an artist. I’m also a freelance marketer for arts organisations and artists. UK based.
Marketing: http://fabartboost.co.uk
Art: https://rebeccafarkas.co.uk
Marketing: http://fabartboost.co.uk
Art: https://rebeccafarkas.co.uk
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Brexit.
Ten years have passed. Arguments raged. Our economic issues were due to global shocks.
But no, new data shows UK falling behind 33 comparable countries.
We took back control - straight into a self inflicted economic slowdown.
Ten years have passed. Arguments raged. Our economic issues were due to global shocks.
But no, new data shows UK falling behind 33 comparable countries.
We took back control - straight into a self inflicted economic slowdown.
New: Boris Johnson’s ‘Brexit Titanic success’ was half right
Nearly ten years on, the first full assessment of Brexit confirms what millions warned: Britain made itself poorer
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Brexit.
Ten years have passed. Arguments raged. Our economic issues were due to global shocks.
But no, new data shows UK falling behind 33 comparable countries.
We took back control - straight into a self inflicted economic slowdown.
Ten years have passed. Arguments raged. Our economic issues were due to global shocks.
But no, new data shows UK falling behind 33 comparable countries.
We took back control - straight into a self inflicted economic slowdown.
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FUCK IT. LET’S MAKE IT FOUR SIGNED HARDBACKS.
Competition remains open until tomorrow am.
Competition remains open until tomorrow am.
Author wrote best book he's ever written.
Publisher disintegrated/fucked off with author's earnings.
Book was finally published by new publisher.
Author has bought two hardbacks, for full price, to give away, signed.
Please repost/reply if you'd like a chance to win one..
bsky.app/profile/zygo...
Publisher disintegrated/fucked off with author's earnings.
Book was finally published by new publisher.
Author has bought two hardbacks, for full price, to give away, signed.
Please repost/reply if you'd like a chance to win one..
bsky.app/profile/zygo...
November 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
FUCK IT. LET’S MAKE IT FOUR SIGNED HARDBACKS.
Competition remains open until tomorrow am.
Competition remains open until tomorrow am.
I’m not being funny, but why would I want a sneak peak of a company’s Christmas advert? I understand you’ve worked hard on it and all that, but really?
November 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I’m not being funny, but why would I want a sneak peak of a company’s Christmas advert? I understand you’ve worked hard on it and all that, but really?
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October 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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NHS trusts are locked into paying private companies more than £20 billion 😮🚨, and it looks like Wes Streeting and Keir Starmer are planning more NHS privatisation…
October 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
NHS trusts are locked into paying private companies more than £20 billion 😮🚨, and it looks like Wes Streeting and Keir Starmer are planning more NHS privatisation…
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This Wednesday! What Curators Want with Marie-Anne McQuay and Rhia Davenport.
📆 22nd October | 7 pm
Presentations from two curators about what makes them tick and what makes a good curatorial relationship, with a chance to ask questions!
Tickets are FREE, head here: buff.ly/uBAcKrm
📆 22nd October | 7 pm
Presentations from two curators about what makes them tick and what makes a good curatorial relationship, with a chance to ask questions!
Tickets are FREE, head here: buff.ly/uBAcKrm
October 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
This Wednesday! What Curators Want with Marie-Anne McQuay and Rhia Davenport.
📆 22nd October | 7 pm
Presentations from two curators about what makes them tick and what makes a good curatorial relationship, with a chance to ask questions!
Tickets are FREE, head here: buff.ly/uBAcKrm
📆 22nd October | 7 pm
Presentations from two curators about what makes them tick and what makes a good curatorial relationship, with a chance to ask questions!
Tickets are FREE, head here: buff.ly/uBAcKrm
“Growth, no matter what they tell you, is not a “vibe” – it’s a result, a consequence.
You get growth when kids are taught in safe buildings with adequately supported teachers, when workers aren’t sick for months waiting on operations or mental health support, when freight moves on time…”
You get growth when kids are taught in safe buildings with adequately supported teachers, when workers aren’t sick for months waiting on operations or mental health support, when freight moves on time…”
Labour whispers “hard choices.”
The Tories shout “more cuts.”
Reform shouts “maths is optional.”
The Bear hears only one thing: snip-snip-snip.
The Tories shout “more cuts.”
Reform shouts “maths is optional.”
The Bear hears only one thing: snip-snip-snip.
The ceaseless snip-snip-snip of a dying state
Fifteen years of cuts have left the UK trying to "efficiency" its way out of a collapse – and somehow still expecting growth to show up as well
eastangliabylines.co.uk
October 19, 2025 at 8:05 AM
“Growth, no matter what they tell you, is not a “vibe” – it’s a result, a consequence.
You get growth when kids are taught in safe buildings with adequately supported teachers, when workers aren’t sick for months waiting on operations or mental health support, when freight moves on time…”
You get growth when kids are taught in safe buildings with adequately supported teachers, when workers aren’t sick for months waiting on operations or mental health support, when freight moves on time…”
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They lie about the ECHR.
Just like they lied about Brexit. Claiming if we just got rid of that ‘European’ thing, we’d be free, we’d have control, all our problems solved…
It’s NOT TRUE.
We’d inflict more chaos on ourselves and torch our own human rights framework for NOTHING.
For liars.
Again.
Just like they lied about Brexit. Claiming if we just got rid of that ‘European’ thing, we’d be free, we’d have control, all our problems solved…
It’s NOT TRUE.
We’d inflict more chaos on ourselves and torch our own human rights framework for NOTHING.
For liars.
Again.
The European Convention on Human Rights is being misrepresented in the UK, says former Supreme Court President Lady Hale👇
🔗 www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home... via @the-independent.com
“It seems so short-sighted. I’m sorry, I’m really, really worried about it.”
#ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms
🔗 www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home... via @the-independent.com
“It seems so short-sighted. I’m sorry, I’m really, really worried about it.”
#ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms
October 16, 2025 at 6:20 AM
They lie about the ECHR.
Just like they lied about Brexit. Claiming if we just got rid of that ‘European’ thing, we’d be free, we’d have control, all our problems solved…
It’s NOT TRUE.
We’d inflict more chaos on ourselves and torch our own human rights framework for NOTHING.
For liars.
Again.
Just like they lied about Brexit. Claiming if we just got rid of that ‘European’ thing, we’d be free, we’d have control, all our problems solved…
It’s NOT TRUE.
We’d inflict more chaos on ourselves and torch our own human rights framework for NOTHING.
For liars.
Again.
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The reason the Right are so invested in the myth that the arts have no value isn’t because the arts don’t generate wealth (they do); it’s that studying the arts teaches people to imagine better ways of judging the value of an idea than by counting how much money it makes…
October 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The reason the Right are so invested in the myth that the arts have no value isn’t because the arts don’t generate wealth (they do); it’s that studying the arts teaches people to imagine better ways of judging the value of an idea than by counting how much money it makes…
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The Bishop of Birmingham has written to the Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick about his comments about Handsworth
October 7, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The Bishop of Birmingham has written to the Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick about his comments about Handsworth
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The people (Tories and Reform) who tell you your rights are safe if we leave the ECHR as they’ll replace them with British laws also told you our trade, borders and NHS was safe if we left the EU because they’d negotiate amazing trade deals, take control of our borders and fix the NHS…..
October 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The people (Tories and Reform) who tell you your rights are safe if we leave the ECHR as they’ll replace them with British laws also told you our trade, borders and NHS was safe if we left the EU because they’d negotiate amazing trade deals, take control of our borders and fix the NHS…..
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We flounced out of the EU on the say-so of politicians who lied to us. And what a total shitshow that’s turned out to be. The polar opposite of what they promised. Now the call to flounce out of the ECHR. By the same people. Telling the same lies. Has the country been kicked in the head by a horse?
October 5, 2025 at 7:04 AM
We flounced out of the EU on the say-so of politicians who lied to us. And what a total shitshow that’s turned out to be. The polar opposite of what they promised. Now the call to flounce out of the ECHR. By the same people. Telling the same lies. Has the country been kicked in the head by a horse?
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Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."
President Macron: “Europeans, let's wake up!
We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”
defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...
We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”
defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...
October 4, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."
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Keeping people in poverty is an expensive luxury.
My column on the false economies of austerity, which costs us all a fortune. Despite the government's claims, austerity continues under Labour. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My column on the false economies of austerity, which costs us all a fortune. Despite the government's claims, austerity continues under Labour. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It hurt when I crashed my bike into a pothole – and it taught me the true price of austerity | George Monbiot
Fixing that hole could have cost under £100; the cost of not doing so is limitless. My prang highlights the neoliberal folly of false economies, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
October 4, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Keeping people in poverty is an expensive luxury.
My column on the false economies of austerity, which costs us all a fortune. Despite the government's claims, austerity continues under Labour. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My column on the false economies of austerity, which costs us all a fortune. Despite the government's claims, austerity continues under Labour. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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"If we lose hope, we're doomed."
We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
October 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"If we lose hope, we're doomed."
We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
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“Farage “broke Britain" with Brexit and is now, outrageously, capitalising on the vast damage he caused”
Article argues there’s no need to mention Reform’s racism as the Brexit shitshow is failure enough.
But that had its roots in racism too. So let’s do both.
app.independent.co.uk/edition/uk.c...
Article argues there’s no need to mention Reform’s racism as the Brexit shitshow is failure enough.
But that had its roots in racism too. So let’s do both.
app.independent.co.uk/edition/uk.c...
October 2, 2025 at 6:26 AM
“Farage “broke Britain" with Brexit and is now, outrageously, capitalising on the vast damage he caused”
Article argues there’s no need to mention Reform’s racism as the Brexit shitshow is failure enough.
But that had its roots in racism too. So let’s do both.
app.independent.co.uk/edition/uk.c...
Article argues there’s no need to mention Reform’s racism as the Brexit shitshow is failure enough.
But that had its roots in racism too. So let’s do both.
app.independent.co.uk/edition/uk.c...
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Leaving the ECHR won’t “Take Back Control” – it will hand your rights to politicians
The myths are seductive, the reality is very different – without the ECHR your freedoms rest on whichever Home Secretary wakes up grumpy
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/jus...
The myths are seductive, the reality is very different – without the ECHR your freedoms rest on whichever Home Secretary wakes up grumpy
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/jus...
Leaving the ECHR won’t “Take Back Control” – it will hand your rights to politicians
The myths are seductive, the reality is very different – without the ECHR your freedoms rest on whichever Home Secretary wakes up grumpy
eastangliabylines.co.uk
September 26, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Leaving the ECHR won’t “Take Back Control” – it will hand your rights to politicians
The myths are seductive, the reality is very different – without the ECHR your freedoms rest on whichever Home Secretary wakes up grumpy
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/jus...
The myths are seductive, the reality is very different – without the ECHR your freedoms rest on whichever Home Secretary wakes up grumpy
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/jus...
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This summer I've been working, alongside a fantastic team of artists and community workers, with people who've come to Shropshire as refugees, asylum seekers and just those in search of a better life for their families. I wrote this a few weeks ago. It seems best to just share it.
September 26, 2025 at 8:53 AM
This summer I've been working, alongside a fantastic team of artists and community workers, with people who've come to Shropshire as refugees, asylum seekers and just those in search of a better life for their families. I wrote this a few weeks ago. It seems best to just share it.
“This is not harmless; it is a distortion of democracy by endlessly platforming Farage and granting him spectacle status. The press has manufactured legitimacy for a man and a party that has done almost nothing to earn it.”
"This indulgence is reckless
If Labour or the Conservatives gave oxygen to such conspiracies, the media would be merciless. When Farage and friends do it, it is filed under “colour” – part of the spectacle."
If Labour or the Conservatives gave oxygen to such conspiracies, the media would be merciless. When Farage and friends do it, it is filed under “colour” – part of the spectacle."
The Farage ‘mirage’: how the media is warping our politics
It is time that the media fulfils its role to critically examine politician’s statements and call them out when they stray from the truth
bylines.scot
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
“This is not harmless; it is a distortion of democracy by endlessly platforming Farage and granting him spectacle status. The press has manufactured legitimacy for a man and a party that has done almost nothing to earn it.”
Today I asked my neighbour to stop calling me Becky and to use Becca or Rebecca. We’ll see if she remembers or not!
This happens quite regularly, and I wonder why people do this? I have introduced myself as Rebecca at work events and the other person has immediately switched to Becky.
This happens quite regularly, and I wonder why people do this? I have introduced myself as Rebecca at work events and the other person has immediately switched to Becky.
August 21, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Today I asked my neighbour to stop calling me Becky and to use Becca or Rebecca. We’ll see if she remembers or not!
This happens quite regularly, and I wonder why people do this? I have introduced myself as Rebecca at work events and the other person has immediately switched to Becky.
This happens quite regularly, and I wonder why people do this? I have introduced myself as Rebecca at work events and the other person has immediately switched to Becky.
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Every tech update now is like: "Great news, the word processor you've relied on for twenty years has learned to juggle! Is it good at it? No! Does it help in any way? Of course not! Has it made it insufferable to use? Oh, absolutely."
August 19, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Every tech update now is like: "Great news, the word processor you've relied on for twenty years has learned to juggle! Is it good at it? No! Does it help in any way? Of course not! Has it made it insufferable to use? Oh, absolutely."
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the scenario we all feared
August 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
the scenario we all feared
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Having my book stolen by Meta to train their large language models doesn't feel great. But it does present me with another opportunity to declare how much, and how vehemently, I hate everything that Big AI's snake-oil peddling hypemen stand for.
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
Séamas O'Reilly: I discovered my own memoir had been used to train Meta AI
I hate that writers and artists must suffer the indignity of being pickpocketed by the richest men who’ve ever lived.
www.irishexaminer.com
April 5, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Having my book stolen by Meta to train their large language models doesn't feel great. But it does present me with another opportunity to declare how much, and how vehemently, I hate everything that Big AI's snake-oil peddling hypemen stand for.
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
I know that English is very hard for people from other countries to learn, but I would like to say that trying to learn Hungarian grammar and verb conjugations may actually kill me. I may spontaneously implode.
July 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I know that English is very hard for people from other countries to learn, but I would like to say that trying to learn Hungarian grammar and verb conjugations may actually kill me. I may spontaneously implode.
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We should have listened when the modems screamed at us.
July 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
We should have listened when the modems screamed at us.