Tom Wilkinson
@tmowilkinson.bsky.social
historian of art and architecture
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Tom Wilkinson
@tmowilkinson.bsky.social
· Nov 16
My new(ish) book, 'Emergency Money: Notgeld in the Image Economy of the German Inflation, 1914-1923' is about a very strange form of currency - & the relationship between visual culture & economics in a moment of extreme crisis. Discounted copies are available here: www.speedyhen.com/Product/Tom-...
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In this issue’s Typology essay, @tmowilkinson.bsky.social takes us through the evolution of petrol stations, from ‘a series of giant shells’ in North Carolina to ‘a Chinoiserie nightmare in Beckenham’.
July 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
In this issue’s Typology essay, @tmowilkinson.bsky.social takes us through the evolution of petrol stations, from ‘a series of giant shells’ in North Carolina to ‘a Chinoiserie nightmare in Beckenham’.
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The UK, who were number 1 on this list not so long ago, now don't appear until the third post in the thread.
🏳️🌈 Here is ranking on the #RainbowMap 2025 🌈
1. Malta – 88.83%
2. Belgium – 85.31%
3. Iceland – 84.06%
4. Denmark – 80.10%
5. Spain – 77.97%
6. Finland – 69.85%
7. Greece – 69.18%
8. Germany – 69.10%
9. Norway – 68.60%
10. Luxembourg – 68.41%
11. Portugal – 66.99%
1. Malta – 88.83%
2. Belgium – 85.31%
3. Iceland – 84.06%
4. Denmark – 80.10%
5. Spain – 77.97%
6. Finland – 69.85%
7. Greece – 69.18%
8. Germany – 69.10%
9. Norway – 68.60%
10. Luxembourg – 68.41%
11. Portugal – 66.99%
May 15, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The UK, who were number 1 on this list not so long ago, now don't appear until the third post in the thread.
You don't need an embryonic gulag honey, we have a whole archipelago at home
April 15, 2025 at 10:30 PM
You don't need an embryonic gulag honey, we have a whole archipelago at home
The @nytimes.com picked Emergency Money as one of their best art books of 2024 www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/a...
December 18, 2024 at 9:14 AM
The @nytimes.com picked Emergency Money as one of their best art books of 2024 www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/a...
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NEW: Why do we always think crime is rising, even when it isn’t?
This week I looked at one of the big data mysteries. Britain is 2/3 less violent than the 1990s; thefts were higher pre-lockdown
Why, then, doesn’t it feel like it?
1/8
@thetimes.com
🔗 www.thetimes.com/article/b63d...
This week I looked at one of the big data mysteries. Britain is 2/3 less violent than the 1990s; thefts were higher pre-lockdown
Why, then, doesn’t it feel like it?
1/8
@thetimes.com
🔗 www.thetimes.com/article/b63d...
December 1, 2024 at 9:26 AM
NEW: Why do we always think crime is rising, even when it isn’t?
This week I looked at one of the big data mysteries. Britain is 2/3 less violent than the 1990s; thefts were higher pre-lockdown
Why, then, doesn’t it feel like it?
1/8
@thetimes.com
🔗 www.thetimes.com/article/b63d...
This week I looked at one of the big data mysteries. Britain is 2/3 less violent than the 1990s; thefts were higher pre-lockdown
Why, then, doesn’t it feel like it?
1/8
@thetimes.com
🔗 www.thetimes.com/article/b63d...
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Smithfield is the last unconfected remnant of the City’s history as a real city, a visceral place of everyday, round-the-clock life. It is about to end. @edwinheathcote.bsky.social in FT. Question is: what do we do about it?
on.ft.com/4eOCZcM
on.ft.com/4eOCZcM
Sham urbanity dispatches Smithfield to the knacker’s yard
The City of London’s closure of the old meat market displays an insulting disrespect for trade and civic pride
on.ft.com
November 30, 2024 at 4:43 PM
Smithfield is the last unconfected remnant of the City’s history as a real city, a visceral place of everyday, round-the-clock life. It is about to end. @edwinheathcote.bsky.social in FT. Question is: what do we do about it?
on.ft.com/4eOCZcM
on.ft.com/4eOCZcM
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Back in 2016 I was shocked about Black and Asian people voting for Brexit because they thought it would mean more job opportunities. They were proven right.
Meanwhile Magda or Arnas arrive fresh from a flight barely being able to even understand English and get jobs in cafés or bars. I wasn't ever interviewed even, because as you highlight they saw my name and put it on the rejection pile.
November 30, 2024 at 12:00 PM
Back in 2016 I was shocked about Black and Asian people voting for Brexit because they thought it would mean more job opportunities. They were proven right.
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Last few days of university redundancy news:
*Essex
*Leeds Trinity
*Leicester
*Loughborough
*Sheffield
*Sussex
*UEA
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
*Essex
*Leeds Trinity
*Leicester
*Loughborough
*Sheffield
*Sussex
*UEA
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
University of Essex to cut 200 jobs amid £29m shortfall
The University of Essex says it faces a
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Last few days of university redundancy news:
*Essex
*Leeds Trinity
*Leicester
*Loughborough
*Sheffield
*Sussex
*UEA
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
*Essex
*Leeds Trinity
*Leicester
*Loughborough
*Sheffield
*Sussex
*UEA
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Grow (as a transitive verb applied to anything inorganic - a business, market share, etc)
Journey
Presser
Staffer
Ouster (instead of ousting)
To hold space
Journey
Presser
Staffer
Ouster (instead of ousting)
To hold space
thoughtful
poignant
eyesore
pop (of colour)
nestled (village, town)
in-your-face
poignant
eyesore
pop (of colour)
nestled (village, town)
in-your-face
6 words I hate:
playful
vibrant
literary
gobsmacked
passed (died)
date (verb)
playful
vibrant
literary
gobsmacked
passed (died)
date (verb)
November 28, 2024 at 10:11 PM
Grow (as a transitive verb applied to anything inorganic - a business, market share, etc)
Journey
Presser
Staffer
Ouster (instead of ousting)
To hold space
Journey
Presser
Staffer
Ouster (instead of ousting)
To hold space
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Latest data shows that the number of homeless families continue to grow: Nearly 2% of households in London are now in temporary Accommodation. www.gov.uk/government/s...
November 28, 2024 at 10:08 AM
Latest data shows that the number of homeless families continue to grow: Nearly 2% of households in London are now in temporary Accommodation. www.gov.uk/government/s...
I blame the Museum of London
November 26, 2024 at 9:20 PM
I blame the Museum of London
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This is so wild. Edinburgh University owns half of the most expensive city in the UK outside of London, has a shocking amount of precariously employed teaching staff and is now one of the first to announce job cuts post NI announcement.
University cuts stories over the last few days:
*De Montfort
*Dundee
*Durham
*Edinburgh
*Northumbria
*Robert Gordon
*Sheffield
www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinbur...
*De Montfort
*Dundee
*Durham
*Edinburgh
*Northumbria
*Robert Gordon
*Sheffield
www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinbur...
Edinburgh University boss announces job losses due to national insurance hike
The university said it is opening a voluntary redundancy scheme and compulsory redundancies may be necessary "if unavoidable" due to the financial climate.
www.edinburghlive.co.uk
November 18, 2024 at 7:25 PM
This is so wild. Edinburgh University owns half of the most expensive city in the UK outside of London, has a shocking amount of precariously employed teaching staff and is now one of the first to announce job cuts post NI announcement.
Visited the hydropower plant at Birsfelden, just upstream of Basel, last week, with my long-suffering students at KIT (it was very cold). Surely one of the most beautiful power plants in the world. Designed by Hans Hofmann and built 1950-54.
November 25, 2024 at 1:28 PM
Visited the hydropower plant at Birsfelden, just upstream of Basel, last week, with my long-suffering students at KIT (it was very cold). Surely one of the most beautiful power plants in the world. Designed by Hans Hofmann and built 1950-54.
My new(ish) book, 'Emergency Money: Notgeld in the Image Economy of the German Inflation, 1914-1923' is about a very strange form of currency - & the relationship between visual culture & economics in a moment of extreme crisis. Discounted copies are available here: www.speedyhen.com/Product/Tom-...
November 16, 2024 at 11:43 AM
My new(ish) book, 'Emergency Money: Notgeld in the Image Economy of the German Inflation, 1914-1923' is about a very strange form of currency - & the relationship between visual culture & economics in a moment of extreme crisis. Discounted copies are available here: www.speedyhen.com/Product/Tom-...
Who wants a fight then?
November 16, 2024 at 10:24 AM
Who wants a fight then?