Retired Live Arts Photographer
Wanstead East London
Joined January 2018
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Robert Workman retweeted
EXCL: One of Britain’s most celebrated barristers advised Sheikh Hasina regime as it sought to pursue journalists behind blistering exposé of corruption
Desmond Browne KC acknowledged role after we found document in Hasina’s bedroom in ransacked home 1/5 thetimes.com/article/0a21a41…
Next Monday 11th Nov Badenoch will appear in front of the Post Offiice Horizon IT Inquiry. She will be asked if she or her civil servants asked PO Chair Henry Staunton to stall compensation to Sub-Postmasters in run-up to General Election
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Bette Bourne obituary theguardian.com/stage/2024/s…
Last night. J.K. Rowling’s supper with Martina Navratilova. Like Judy Chicago’s ‘Dinner Party’ or Caryl Churchill’s ‘Top Girls’
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Krishnan Guru-Murthy, "What's unconventional about Reform is that you're a company and you're a majority shareholder.. You're able to do whatever you want.. You can decide policy.. Whether you're the leader.. Who the candidates are.. You're a one man sort of internal dictatorship"
Nigel Farage, "That's how things start in life.. We will democratise over time"
KGM, "So you're going to stop being a company and become a normal political party?"
NF, "Oh, I don't know about that.. Does it really matter?"
KGM, "It does in that there is no internal party democracy to create policy"
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A beautiful photograph of a beautiful artist! Derek Jarman (1942-1994) captured by Robert Workman. From the latter's #archives @BishopsgateInst #LGBTQ+ #photography
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This week sees the release of the Infected Blood report and AND Paula Vennells giving evidence at the Post Office Inquiry.
The Eye first covered the contaminated blood story in 1987 and the Post Office in 2011.
Want to know what inquiries will be happening ten years from now - and support this sort of long-term journalism? Subscribe to Private Eye today: subsonline.co.uk
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When the legal claims began and the police started taking an interest 31 million emails were deleted by Murdoch executives. Coincidence? @Bynickdavies explains what is emerging
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If I can't get loads of likes for cute kittens reading Gay News, I don't know what can. Classic photo from the Robert Workman #archives @BishopsgateInst #LGBTQ+
Eye popping answers from Post Office investigator Stephen Bradshaw saying that his witness statements saying Horizon was robust were written for him by the Post Office and their lawyers Cartwright King! Live now!
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Postmasters 2/2:
3. All senior Post Office staff & directors involved in scandal 2010-20, banned for life from public sector jobs;
4. All NDAs relating to scandal to be scrapped by Parliament;
5. Compensation to be paid by 31 Dec 2024.
Keir Starmer should commit to same
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Dear @British_Airways
Please can you explain your approach to customer service? I was booked on the 08:20 BA885 from Bucharest to LHR this morning. I arrived early at the airport with my cello, with my two confirmed tickets, one for me and one for the cello. The bookings were
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NEW: Contingency plans for collapse of Thames Water are being drawn up amid fears Britain’s biggest water company cannot survive because of huge debt pile. theguardian.com/business/202…
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Full swing with staff & punters at the Gemini Nightclub in Huddersfield, 1978. The club was closed down by police in 1981 describing it as a 'cesspit of filth'. Pride relocated to Huddersfield that year in solidarity. Photos by Robert Workman from his #archives @BishopsgateInst
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Happy Friday, everyone! Starting the weekend off dancing bhangra to Bach's Prelude to Cello Suite No. 1 with the amazing @GurdeepPandher The fusion of classical music and vibrant bhangra moves brings pure joy and energy🎶 #HappyFriday
Dreadful scansion but wonderful sentiments!!!
Here’s a rousing new 🎶 version of the convict folk classic “Botany Bay” adapted as a cheerio to @BorisJohnson.
If you like it, you can show your appreciation by pre-ordering our NEW SINGLE out next Friday for #RefugeeWeek called “See Your Face Again”
👉 orcd.co/seeyourface
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If you LOVE LGBTQ+ History, do yourself a big favour & get over to IG & follow Robert Workman Archive. A incomparable look at Britain by the Gay News' in-house photographer, 1975-1984, from his #archives held @BishopsgateInst #photography
