Campaigner, art activist and musician - for art and culture, climate justice and ethics. Co-director of @Cult_Unstained. He/they.
Joined March 2012
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The @britishmuseum is closing early due to extreme heat.
In October, it opens a new major exhibition sponsored by fossil fuel giant, BP.
#jointhedots #climate
Due to the Red National Severe Weather Warning, the Museum will close at 15.00 BST on Monday 18 and Tuesday 19 July.
Ticket bookers for permanent collection visits and special exhibitions will be notified of the closure and next steps for their booking: ow.ly/9ZZ430sof8i
ALT A photograph of the front of the Museum, showing the colonnade and pediment, with a flag flying in the blue sky overhead.
Chris Garrard retweeted
The brutality of these awful regimes @AlsisiOfficial
@Keir_Starmer
We are forced to share live documentation of our mother's slow death in one final attempt to get them to recognise the urgency of our situation, reach a resolution, and save her before it is too late!
#FreeAlaa
Some crucial context - for transparency - which Cullinan skilfully fails to mention, is that the @britishmuseum takes money from big oil (BP) and tobacco (JTI).
There’s a debate to be had about arts funding but the ethical consensus really is pretty clear on these industries…
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A crucial distinction - one wilfully overlooked here by the (BP-sponsored) @britishmuseum Director Nick Cullinan - is there is opposition to *unethical* cultural sponsorship that furthers damaging fossil fuel, arms and rights violating businesses…not sponsorship in general. 🙄
Think twice before attacking corporate sponsorship of the arts on.ft.com/3Rp4m3M | opinion
There are challenges for arts funding but the Director of the @britishmuseum is well placed to champion the alternatives and solutions - while *actually* applying ethical standards to his sponsors and getting his own house in order…
…but if the coal-mining and weapons-manufacturing conglomerate #Adani does it, that’s fine for Bob Ward… 🙃
No, #Rosebank shouldn’t be approved.
But nor should the @sciencemuseum be giving endorsement to a major fossil fuel producer in Adani.
theguardian.com/environment/…
Some important points made by @GarethRubin in the @guardian - but disagree with his take on Fossil Free Books.
Applying ethical standards to corporate sponsors is just good practice, and the sector should be responsive to concerns of stakeholders… 1/2
theguardian.com/commentisfre…
Important that we don’t conflate opposition to those companies that cross an ethical red line w/ opposition to sponsorship in general.
After all, it was @BaillieGifford that could have divested and backed book festivals.
But instead, it bailed and blamed authors in FFB. 2/2
Chris Garrard retweeted
I’m thinking of running as an MP so I can lose and get into the House of Lords.
Criticised previous government for appointing cronies.
Lost their seat.
Given peerages, despite PM Starmer promising House of Lords reform.
Not a great look, is it? 🙄
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Ethical standards in fundraising being enforced by @childrensociety… theguardian.com/uk-news/2024…