Many of my written articles now available to read on my site: jenstout.net/articles
Kharkiv architecture, frontline dispatches, language politics, tall ships festivities, it's all there...
More to come, and more radio work, when I find time!
📸 Photography portfolio also on the site
I went through the process last year, came through with change of job title and 70% of former FT job with additional teaching. It's taking me all of subsequent academic session to try to adjust, increased stress due to new contractual conditions. So far not succeeding terribly well!
Pass it on: The Resistance is alive and well and angry. Reports of our demise might have been premature
Hetan Shah, chief executive of the British Academy, said inequality was “the primary story of the pandemic”. “You still find that people from poorer backgrounds are more likely to have been impacted,” Shah said, adding that the rate of long Covid in the most deprived households is double that of the most wealthy. “One of the dreadful things about the pandemic was that, as a side-effect, there was less money to invest in public services across the piece. The worry is that some of the trends we’re seeing, unless there’s active work to stop them, will continue.”
I’m quoted on the front page of the Observer today. They are looking back at the effects of the pandemic five years on. I say that it is primarily a story of inequalities. The poorest, disabled, young people have suffered the fallout, but this is easy to overlook
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The Microsoft authenticator app represents the absolute worst of progress in IT. There’s an evil to the mundane way it goes around fucking up your day in small but incredibly frustrating ways, over and over and over again
Don’t forget about tomorrow’s Take Down Tesla protests happening across the country! Since we launched the Elon boycott, Tesla’s stock has plummeted from over $400 to $262. Let’s keep the momentum going!
Here's one last look at our 'Contemporary Textiles' show. It's been such a wonderful exhibition! Thank you to all our artists and visitors.
You have until 4pm today to catch the show, as today is the final day! 🪡🎨
President Trump’s freeze on international aid has hampered Uganda’s ability to respond to an Ebola outbreak, U.S. officials said in private.
"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."
The Shetland Textiles Network is hosting its first public event of 2025. It is hybrid, so you can come along from anywhere in the world! Wednesday 26 February. Send an email to enquiries@shetlandtextilesnetwork.org for a link to join online.
Lerwick, Shetland. 22February 2025
Looking forward to reading at this, and hearing all the other New Writers. Come along or tune in online!