Amnesty ad on Shell pulled from the Financial Times

Amnesty International press release explains what happened: Amnesty ‘disappointed’ by FT’s decision to pull ad targeting Shell Posted: 18 May 2010 Financial Times’ late call thwarts Amnesty’s campaign Amnesty International UK expressed its immense disappointment today at the Financial Times’

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Amnesty ad on Shell pulled from the Financial Times

Amnesty International press release explains what happened: Amnesty ‘disappointed’ by FT’s decision to pull ad targeting Shell Posted: 18 May 2010 Financial Times’ late call thwarts Amnesty’s campaign Amnesty International UK expressed its immense disappointment today at the Financial Times’

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Tadpoles!!

Courtesy of Roger Boughton, this is the recording of the tadpoles mentioned in the earlier post (Tadpoles sound like sausages). . . Thanks Roger!

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Tadpoles!!

Courtesy of Roger Boughton, this is the recording of the tadpoles mentioned in the earlier post (Tadpoles sound like sausages). . . Thanks Roger!

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I’m Just A Mouse

‘I’m Just A Mouse‘ is a downloadable book to go with our production of ‘If I Was A Mouse I Would Hide In Your Hood‘. The words are by me and the pictures are by Helen Nunn. Download. Enjoy. And

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I’m Just A Mouse

‘I’m Just A Mouse‘ is a downloadable book to go with our production of ‘If I Was A Mouse I Would Hide In Your Hood‘. The words are by me and the pictures are by Helen Nunn. Download. Enjoy. And

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Tadpoles sound like sausages

Last weekend I had a fantastic time at the Kindrogan Field Studies Centre on their first ‘Wildlife Sound Recording’ course. We were under the learned and expert instruction of Roger Boughton and Phil Riddett who are both part of the

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Tadpoles sound like sausages

Last weekend I had a fantastic time at the Kindrogan Field Studies Centre on their first ‘Wildlife Sound Recording’ course. We were under the learned and expert instruction of Roger Boughton and Phil Riddett who are both part of the

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Another One and Other Blog

Another One and Other Blog 22 August 2009 I’ve copied the text below. ‘The plinth has changed my life’ 00:10 GMT, Sunday, 23 August 2009 The Edinburgh Festival has taken over my life. Completely. I have had a show running

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Another One and Other Blog

Another One and Other Blog 22 August 2009 I’ve copied the text below. ‘The plinth has changed my life’ 00:10 GMT, Sunday, 23 August 2009 The Edinburgh Festival has taken over my life. Completely. I have had a show running

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On and off the plinth

This is a repost of my blog entry on the One and Other website. The original is at: http://www.oneandother.co.uk/blog/2009/07/on-and-off-the-plinth.html 4pm last Saturday (11 July) I did my hour, and thoroughly enjoyed it. I enjoyed walking around the plinth for a

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On and off the plinth

This is a repost of my blog entry on the One and Other website. The original is at: http://www.oneandother.co.uk/blog/2009/07/on-and-off-the-plinth.html 4pm last Saturday (11 July) I did my hour, and thoroughly enjoyed it. I enjoyed walking around the plinth for a

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Tank Man

On 11 July 2009 I spent an hour on the fourth plinth of Trafalgar Square as part of Anthony Gormley’s ‘One and Other’. During my hour I wrote a ten minute play inspired by the ‘Tank Man’ of the Tiananmen

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Tank Man

On 11 July 2009 I spent an hour on the fourth plinth of Trafalgar Square as part of Anthony Gormley’s ‘One and Other’. During my hour I wrote a ten minute play inspired by the ‘Tank Man’ of the Tiananmen

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On the plinth, One&Other

My blog on the One&Other website. This one is about my plans for the day itself – writing ‘Tank Man’. http://www.oneandother.co.uk/blog/2009/07/tank-man-on-the-plinth.html

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On the plinth, One&Other

My blog on the One&Other website. This one is about my plans for the day itself – writing ‘Tank Man’. http://www.oneandother.co.uk/blog/2009/07/tank-man-on-the-plinth.html

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Ebooks

I’m intrigued by eBooks and I’m sure I’ll have a reader soon. The debate has clearly started about what the new format for words will do to the culture of the book and I find it all fascinating. Although I

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Ebooks

I’m intrigued by eBooks and I’m sure I’ll have a reader soon. The debate has clearly started about what the new format for words will do to the culture of the book and I find it all fascinating. Although I

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Tea

All my life I’ve been a coffee drinker. I would even confess to a certain amount of disdain aimed at the ‘tea’ drinkers around me. I could never understand the appeal of ‘tea’ when the oportunity for coffee was also

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Tea

All my life I’ve been a coffee drinker. I would even confess to a certain amount of disdain aimed at the ‘tea’ drinkers around me. I could never understand the appeal of ‘tea’ when the oportunity for coffee was also

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Background to ‘Funny’

In the late ‘80s I was campaigning against human rights abuse. Around 1989 I was shown a document by a researcher that was very sensitive at the time. It documented the abuses meted out by the UK security services in

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Background to ‘Funny’

In the late ‘80s I was campaigning against human rights abuse. Around 1989 I was shown a document by a researcher that was very sensitive at the time. It documented the abuses meted out by the UK security services in

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Artist as Leader Research Report

Download the Artist as Leader Research by Professor Anne Douglas and Chris Fremantle.

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Artist as Leader Research Report

Download the Artist as Leader Research by Professor Anne Douglas and Chris Fremantle.

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Hannah and Harvey in Shetland (just)

Weather was bad. Oops. Flights were cancelled and ferries delayed. And we set off for Shetland. For a show the size of Hannah and Harvey the tour company consists of three stage management and the three actors. As this was

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Hannah and Harvey in Shetland (just)

Weather was bad. Oops. Flights were cancelled and ferries delayed. And we set off for Shetland. For a show the size of Hannah and Harvey the tour company consists of three stage management and the three actors. As this was

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Respect for Ken

The world lost a substantial amount of colour with the death of Ken Campbell. A bit of sadness today. Here’s a pic I took of him a few years ago. The most stately eyebrows on the planet.

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Respect for Ken

The world lost a substantial amount of colour with the death of Ken Campbell. A bit of sadness today. Here’s a pic I took of him a few years ago. The most stately eyebrows on the planet.

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Nearly Hannah and Harvey

Just under a month to the start of rehearsal of ‘Hannah and Harvey’. Eek. The draft of the script for the start of rehearsal is nearly ready, artwork is coming in for the projections, welding and hammering is about to

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Nearly Hannah and Harvey

Just under a month to the start of rehearsal of ‘Hannah and Harvey’. Eek. The draft of the script for the start of rehearsal is nearly ready, artwork is coming in for the projections, welding and hammering is about to

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Heritage Slavery Project – East Renfrewshire

I’ve been working with a group of students at Williamwood High School on the history of slavery in Scotland using photography. The students took photographs at Greenbank House in East Renfrewshire and at what is now the Gallery of Modern

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Heritage Slavery Project – East Renfrewshire

I’ve been working with a group of students at Williamwood High School on the history of slavery in Scotland using photography. The students took photographs at Greenbank House in East Renfrewshire and at what is now the Gallery of Modern

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