Don’t want to be all doomsayer about the state of fashion but this email got me

Beautiful, sad, true The Guardian Long Read on how our libraries became our council offices, our community hubs, the fraying thread of local government and charities. Great reportage by AidaE theguardian.com/news/article/2…

🚨 ATTENTION YOUNG LONDON BASED THEATRE PRACTITIONERS!! 🚨 This weekend SLAVE PLAY is having a dress rehearsal and I want to invite some exciting young ppl…ideally ppl who do theatre or film…especially young ppl of color, queer kids, etc. Who’s around?

The Eurostar stations in London and Paris are so symbolic of the Western world’s backwards decline in service, tech and efficiency. Embarrassing. One passport machine reader working out of five today.

“If it comes across as being difficult or alienating for an English speaker, that’s the point.” Kristen Vida Alfaro of Tilted Axis on shaping the narrative of publishing away from its colonial, eurocentric history. tank.tv/magazine/issue…

Barbara Epler, president of the iconic independent publisher New Directions, provides us with a summer reading list – from Fire Island to 19th-century France, these are books to transport.

Composer Heiner Goebbels features on episode ten of Here is Where We Meet, discussing his mechanised installation ‘Stifter’s Dinge’, an invitation for audiences to experience different landscapes and weather systems. Listen on all good podcast platforms. tank.tv/podcast

Congrats to winner Chia Huang!

Congratulations to Corinne Bailey Rae on her Album of the Year Mercury Prize nomination!! Read our TANK interview with her about the making of the album in the Fall 2023, 25th anniversary issue which is still available to purchase shop.tank.tv/products/autum…

I discovered anchovy- stuffed olives there. The end of an institution, how sad for Soho’s vibrant retail mix.

Donors incl. musician Mica Levi, designers Simone Rocha & Wales Bonner, architect Sumayya Vally, Jeremy Corbyn, photographer Brigitte Lacombe ++ have donated lots to charity auction #ArtsForImpact, 100% of proceeds going to MSF International UK Palestine urgent care uk.givergy.com/ArtsforImpact-…

There's still time to bid on the incredible lots in the Arts for Impact auction raising money for urgent care in Palestine. With new lots from ˗ˏˋ ᶻᵐ ˊˎ˗, Ⓣⓐⓘ Ⓢⓗⓐⓝⓘ, Natalie Olah joining those from Wales Bonner, Simone Rocha and many more ➡️➡️➡️ uk.givergy.com/ArtsforImpact-…

New on TANKtv, another installment of News of the World. What would Malcolm X say about Trump's assassination attempt? tank.tv/17996/Assassin…

Last 12 hours to bid on something from the likes of Jeremy Corbyn Yasiin Bey Ⓣⓐⓘ Ⓢⓗⓐⓝⓘ Lubna Wales Bonner Simone Rocha Nabihah Iqbal fatima bhutto Krishna Istha Shumon Basar helen bullock bella freud Manijeh Verghese Fadi Kattan & so many more #artsforimpact MSF International

40 minutes left to get your bids in the Arts For Impact charity online auction, w/ 100% of proceeds going to MSF International for urgent medical relief in Palestine. From artwork donated by #yasiinbey to a jacket from #walesbonner to signed guitar pedal by #micalevi uk.givergy.com/ArtsforImpact-…

Very demure. Very considerate. #asai for Arts For Impact charity online auction (100% of proceeds will go to MSF International ) uk.givergy.com/ArtsforImpact-…

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Now on TANKtv, a whole channel dedicated to the AA School of Architecture. Director Ingrid Schroeder introduces the series with a wide-ranging account of what architecture is, and what it could be. tank.tv/18376/Intro

Good to hear CEO of Kurt Geiger on BBC Radio 4 Today this morning talking about the Conservative’s “own goal” decision a few years ago to remove VAT-free shopping for tourists in the UK, which results in far fewer of them shopping here. Now in Labour’s court to use the facts to reverse

Went for Aston Martin’s new #Vanquish launch in Venice, and managed to remind us all how he sold Casamigos for $1 billion pre-red carpet interview #georgeclooney