# ![@arthistorynews Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::229436014.png) @arthistorynews Dr. Bendor Grosvenor 🇺🇦

Dr. Bendor Grosvenor 🇺🇦 posts on X about art, london, ai, russia the most. They currently have [-------] followers and [----] posts still getting attention that total [---------] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"@alexneedham74 One of the reasons Terry Dicks made it into my book 'Crap MPs'"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1222466190343393282)  2020-01-29T10:27Z 52.2K followers, [--] engagements


"And given what we know of Russias weakened economic and military state could it sustain either a conventional military retaliation from Nato or complete economic isolation from the world"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1569606730144776193)  2022-09-13T08:39Z 52.3K followers, [--] engagements


"If the words Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac give you PTSD about the [----] banking crash then just imagine what will happen when they get caught up in a crypto crash. JUST IN: U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency issues order to use Bitcoin & crypto as collateral for a mortgage. https://t.co/BQsEqlVzk9 JUST IN: U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency issues order to use Bitcoin & crypto as collateral for a mortgage. https://t.co/BQsEqlVzk9"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1938160134460449219)  2025-06-26T08:59Z 52.3K followers, [----] engagements


"Just El Greco doing his never-been-seen-before-or-since thing. One of the most original painters in Western art (the most). Adoration of the Name of Jesus (detail) late 1570s Spanish Royal Collection"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1948146382742667664)  2025-07-23T22:21Z 52.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Theres a [----] version of An Inspector Calls on iPlayer. The brilliant Bernard Hepton as the inspector"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1967351313400057971)  2025-09-14T22:14Z 52.3K followers, [----] engagements


"Oh those ugly stackable chairs even in the Sistine Chapel"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1981332806451028184)  2025-10-23T12:12Z 52.3K followers, 35.5K engagements


"Newly discovered Guido Reno makes 10.1m hammer at Artcurial in Paris smashing 2-3m estimate. Strong Old Master sales in Paris these days"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1993344039966613517)  2025-11-25T15:40Z 52.3K followers, [----] engagements


"What a time I had in the Turner & Constable exhibition at Tate. A superb display of brilliant pictures by two of our greatest artists. Poor Constable; still so misunderstood in the labels and catalogue but in his own modest and subtle way he more than holds his own"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1995929685826699477)  2025-12-02T18:54Z 52.2K followers, 10.7K engagements


"Spot the difference"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/2013526729667518931)  2026-01-20T08:19Z 52.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Fwiw I thought he looked and sounded beaten. And in ruling out military force over Greenland it feels like he has been beaten just enough. Good job everyone"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/2014003689539633419)  2026-01-21T15:54Z 52.2K followers, 13.3K engagements


"ITS 4D CHESS BUT ONLY I CAN SEE IT. The reason Trump forced Greenland to be the No. [--] topic at Davos was to keep European leaders from meddling in Americas Middle Eastern and Eastern European policy. 5/8 The reason Trump forced Greenland to be the No. [--] topic at Davos was to keep European leaders from meddling in Americas Middle Eastern and Eastern European policy. 5/8"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/2015032039523655895)  2026-01-24T12:00Z 52.2K followers, 14.5K engagements


"@policylaila I'm amazed you think this Trumpist meme game is going to do you any favours. Be serious"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/2015393267299356891)  2026-01-25T11:56Z 52.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Have a good Burns Night everyone. The first in which we can see him through the eyes of one of Scotland's greatest painters Henry Raeburn"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/2015488038302794235)  2026-01-25T18:12Z 52.2K followers, 14.3K engagements


"@Tess_Machling Suspect it evens out or is less energy intensive than having to use new/crap Google repeatedly. The main reason I use it is to try and get back to the days when internet search actually worked"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/2015824209667043782)  2026-01-26T16:28Z 52.2K followers, [---] engagements


"Remember going on this as a kid when the brake was operated by a bloke standing between the carriages smoking a fag. The closure of a [---] year old wooden rollercoaster. I love these old fashioned theme parks The gentler rides are all I'm able to cope with and the nostalgia is wonderful. https://t.co/64ouUU4L3M The closure of a [---] year old wooden rollercoaster. I love these old fashioned theme parks The gentler rides are all I'm able to cope with and the nostalgia is wonderful. https://t.co/64ouUU4L3M"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/2016812568019390708)  2026-01-29T09:56Z 52.2K followers, [----] engagements


"This week's podcast is on the Wilton Diptych; what it's all about and who may have painted it. (Link in next post.)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/2016948054209822832)  2026-01-29T18:54Z 52.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Pair of Typhoons having a great time round us tonight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/2016995466718621698)  2026-01-29T22:02Z 52.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Charles I executed OTD in [----]. A sting in the tail of Henry VIIIs decision to make English monarchs head of the Church of England. (Pic by William Dobson Royal Collection)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/2017185121237872900)  2026-01-30T10:36Z 52.2K followers, [----] engagements


"I'm glad someone is thinking about how we support people made unemployable by AI. Exclusive @FT interview with Jason Stockwood newish minister of investment on how he was partly motivated to enter government to ensure conversations about how we should prep for AI impact on society and workforce are happening. A UBI That and his desire to stop Reform UK. https://t.co/oU8ylLUyr5 Exclusive @FT interview with Jason Stockwood newish minister of investment on how he was partly motivated to enter government to ensure conversations about how we should prep for AI impact on society and workforce are"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/2017187726018150713)  2026-01-30T10:46Z 52.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@julianHjessop @GBNEWS If a new technology comes along which makes a small number of people much richer at the expense of a much larger number of people then taxing the few gainers is not only perfectly reasonable but traditional no"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/2017188022362554832)  2026-01-30T10:47Z 52.2K followers, [---] engagements


"Goodness. Add the ability to read a whole book or watch a whole film to the entry criteria for university. If you can't do that don't bother. The modern attention-span crisis is not limited to the written word @rosehorowitch reports. Now professors are finding that they cant even get studentsfilm studentsto sit through movies: https://t.co/WHxFGDq6BK The modern attention-span crisis is not limited to the written word @rosehorowitch reports. Now professors are finding that they cant even get studentsfilm studentsto sit through movies: https://t.co/WHxFGDq6BK"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/2017260028248428623)  2026-01-30T15:34Z 52.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Glad to see this story in The Art Newspaper. I could never understand why the NG was so down on it. Its not quite as polished as his other portraits but thats likely because its a private family object"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/2017276236813262851)  2026-01-30T16:38Z 52.2K followers, 11.3K engagements


"@edwardstrngr @HP Oh dear. Learning the hard way that HP make the worst printers in the world. In fact possibly the worst products in the history of the world"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/2018297654413816085)  2026-02-02T12:17Z 52.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Thought I was all out of marmalade to drop but. Lord Mandelson gave Jeffrey Epstein advance notice of a 500bn bailout to save the Euro He messaged Epstein about the bailout on the evening of May [--] [----] It was formally announced the following morning https://t.co/btejzVTvxV Lord Mandelson gave Jeffrey Epstein advance notice of a 500bn bailout to save the Euro He messaged Epstein about the bailout on the evening of May [--] [----] It was formally announced the following morning https://t.co/btejzVTvxV"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/2018345461292159288)  2026-02-02T15:27Z 52.3K followers, [----] engagements


"None of this Mandelson stuff would matter a jot for the PM if he'd had his own ideas about what to do in power. But he didn't and here we are"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/2018367831671181605)  2026-02-02T16:56Z 52.3K followers, [----] engagements


"@torquay_de_mayo Yes or perhaps also an allusion to Edward II. But that depends on the legend being true"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/2018369595711664496)  2026-02-02T17:03Z 52.2K followers, [--] engagements


"@simon_schama my view is that poets generally make bad poetry readers Dylan Thomas excepted of course"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/2018384376778703020)  2026-02-02T18:01Z 52.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@jdmccafferty Lovely cat basket"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/2018417698259038433)  2026-02-02T20:14Z 52.3K followers, [---] engagements


"He'll still be a peer. Removing that requires legislation (even Andrew M-B is still technically a duke btw.) BREAKING: Peter Mandelson intends to step down from the House of Lords the Lords Speaker announces. He will cease to be a peer at midnight tonight. But he will retain his title as Lord Mandelson. BREAKING: Peter Mandelson intends to step down from the House of Lords the Lords Speaker announces. He will cease to be a peer at midnight tonight. But he will retain his title as Lord Mandelson"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/2018703559970128255)  2026-02-03T15:10Z 52.3K followers, [----] engagements


"@BijanOmrani @LucyCavColl Actually I've decided I'd like an upgrade already: Emeritus Professor of Looking at Old Paintings at the University of the Louvre"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/2019094612942508303)  2026-02-04T17:04Z 52.3K followers, [---] engagements


"Given Mandelson was merrily using a BTinternet email to do all the leaking it would be extraordinary if MI5 did NOT know about it. Imho in [----] MI5 must have raised the most serious concerns about M based on his by then well-known friendship with Epstein; not to have done so would be a grave dereliction of duty. One suspects their doubts were overridden by No [--]. If so the PM is toast. Imho in [----] MI5 must have raised the most serious concerns about M based on his by then well-known friendship with Epstein; not to have done so would be a grave dereliction of duty. One suspects their doubts"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/2019192001137094734)  2026-02-04T23:31Z 52.3K followers, 11.1K engagements


"Strong Old Master prices at Christie's New York today incl $30m Canaletto $5.6m Artemisia"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/2019194445770682532)  2026-02-04T23:40Z 52.3K followers, [----] engagements


"Disraeli in 1872: As I sat opposite the TreasuryBench the ministers reminded me of one of those marine landscapes not very unusual on the coasts of South America. You behold a range of exhaustedvolcanoes.Not a flame flickers on a single pallid crest"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/2019203001723039770)  2026-02-05T00:14Z 52.3K followers, 56.6K engagements


"The Old Master sales in NY are going a bit mad. The trend towards classic art continuing Cash looking for safe havens"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/2019453678936109441)  2026-02-05T16:50Z 52.3K followers, [----] engagements


"@defossardf And when MPs and Peers leave and the restoration begins then the palace will burn down"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/2019519776142553282)  2026-02-05T21:13Z 52.3K followers, [----] engagements


"@DrJStrategy @nfergus Historians in the future will just laugh at Nialls wishful thinking on Trump"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/2019664479303397838)  2026-02-06T06:48Z 52.3K followers, [----] engagements


"@wmarybeard The point I feel dear MB is that the two are linked - Mandelson was appointed and listened to because they dont have any decent ideas of their own of how to run the country"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/2019665686566776895)  2026-02-06T06:53Z 52.3K followers, [----] engagements


"Reform to take Trump cash for MAGA in the UK Under Sec Sarah Rogers met influential rightwing think tanks in Dec & spoke to key figures in Reform about a pot of cash to spread US values Her primary targets are the UKs Online Safety Act and the EUs Digital Services Act which are viewed as attacking free speech & US tech Under Sec Sarah Rogers met influential rightwing think tanks in Dec & spoke to key figures in Reform about a pot of cash to spread US values Her primary targets are the UKs Online Safety Act and the EUs Digital Services Act which are viewed as attacking free speech & US tech"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/2019683792169185772)  2026-02-06T08:05Z 52.3K followers, [---] engagements


"@ThatAlexWoman Have you made this up"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/2019695016529338565)  2026-02-06T08:49Z 52.3K followers, [----] engagements


"@pastormarkburns @jaketapper Believe that and youll believe anything"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/2019883894053507272)  2026-02-06T21:20Z 52.3K followers, [----] engagements


"@dsmitheconomics it seems to me the first question is not UBI etc. but whether we - in the form of government - will ever have the means to fairly tax the AI winners The few winners will be very very rich and very very powerful"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/2020263869990453353)  2026-02-07T22:30Z 52.3K followers, [----] engagements


"@SustainableTall Yes. Genoa probably the worst example"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/2021130829133398065)  2026-02-10T07:55Z 52.3K followers, [----] engagements


"@davidgmwilson @Dannythefink Its Doms job application to join Reform"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/2021344179121729687)  2026-02-10T22:03Z 52.3K followers, [--] engagements


"If you wanted to argue Britain is becoming an un-developing country flying from Zurich Airport (runs like a Rolex part state-owned) into Edinburgh Airport (grim smells of sewage owned by BlackRock) would be a good place to start"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2022962511021248980)  2026-02-15T09:13Z 52.3K followers, 155.6K engagements


"@campbellclaret Ah hence all those tweets about how wonderful Budapest was"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/2023823246626615533)  2026-02-17T18:13Z 52.3K followers, [----] engagements


"Sunak pushed AI in office and now works for Anthropic. In the Sunday Times he urges the UK govt to 'turbocharge' AI in the public sector. How does this fit with the conditions under which he was allowed as a former PM to join Anthropic Action this day would be a good motto for this Prime Minister when it comes to AI. Therell never be a quiet week when he can turn to it so he must just get on with it. We must move quicker if our country is to flourish. https://t.co/c2kpxh1euT Action this day would be a good motto for this Prime Minister when it comes to AI. Therell never be a quiet week when"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2023069869076316620)  2026-02-15T16:20Z 52.3K followers, 10.9K engagements


"RT @PhillipsPOBrien: The US is coming down hard on Ukraine to force it to make major concessions to Putin. Congratulations Republicans y"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/2023686433936945614)  2026-02-17T09:10Z 52.3K followers, [----] engagements


"@ziv_ravid No the honest answer is 'I don't know but we should really be thinking seriously about this'"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/2023868084281635020)  2026-02-17T21:12Z 52.3K followers, [---] engagements


"@SarahABendall @LucieWhitmore @Freya_Gowrley Not alas so for the V&A. Hoping to see a change there soon though"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1026127998389559296)  2018-08-05T15:29Z 51.5K followers, [--] engagements


"Faker John Myatt saying it would be "immoral" to confess to all his fakes because people have spent money on them. What a tossingly stupid argument. #FakeorFortune"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1028745018310320128)  2018-08-12T20:48Z 53.1K followers, [---] engagements


"@BBCJLandale I greatly appreciate your reporting and your response and while I can see that might have been the intention I think in this case the wording was not as clear as it should have been. I'm sorry - really - to be pedantic but on this day these little things are so important"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1176567560755716102)  2019-09-24T18:42Z 51.2K followers, [--] engagements


"If this was Macau all travellers from Italy would be isolated for [--] days. Macau has had just ten cases all recovered. In the UK not even a leaflet. Why are we not taking this seriously Just landed in London from Milan. Zero checks. No info. How can it be possible #COVID2019 https://t.co/4z81iKLtu1 Just landed in London from Milan. Zero checks. No info. How can it be possible #COVID2019 https://t.co/4z81iKLtu1"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1236749934939926529)  2020-03-08T20:25Z 51.5K followers, [---] engagements


"@TomChivers Thanks for this. Clear and timely. Pardon an ignorant question; are we sure the ONS survey doesn't also have a degree of FPR I understand that if we assume it's perfect we can use it as benchmark for the wider testing. But if it isn't might the FPR rate in fact be even lower"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1308418303375876099)  2020-09-22T14:50Z 51.2K followers, [--] engagements


"@mrjohnofarrell Poor Ernie. Did he take being in Eric's shadow as well as he appeared to on screen"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1311612044030902273)  2020-10-01T10:20Z 51.2K followers, [--] engagements


"@TomChivers Are they still only toasted on one side as if nobody would ever think to turn them over"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1317833898253049858)  2020-10-18T14:24Z 51.2K followers, [--] engagements


"Yes. Like the Winter Fuel Allowance where the government sends [---] to pensioners to be spent on anything they like"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1349303755012001794)  2021-01-13T10:34Z 52.9K followers, [---] engagements


"@TomChivers v good on @BBCPM just now"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1353759129282732037)  2021-01-25T17:38Z 51.2K followers, [--] engagements


"How lovely to see these animations being given the museum treatment. Personally I think early Disney films (like Pinocchio) deserve to be valued as truly great works of art. Delve into the magic of the hand-made animation process alongside Met conservator Rachel Mustalish who gets up close and personal with some Disney animation cels. ✨ https://t.co/MCbYg4rxFr Delve into the magic of the hand-made animation process alongside Met conservator Rachel Mustalish who gets up close and personal with some Disney animation cels. ✨ https://t.co/MCbYg4rxFr"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1486078059933577217)  2022-01-25T20:46Z 51.4K followers, [--] engagements


"@KennyFarq @thetimes Mainly because I'm more confident than you it could be won. And in the absence of any other legal/permitted options it has to be tried"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1577427005196226560)  2022-10-04T22:34Z 51.3K followers, [--] engagements


"@mrjohnofarrell What was Ian Bannen like Always love seeing him in things"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1582700161012490240)  2022-10-19T11:48Z 51.2K followers, [--] engagements


"2.4m for this Portrait of Henrietta Maria @ChristiesInc tonight by Sir Anthony Van Dyck who died #otd in 1641"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1600932326778671105)  2022-12-08T19:16Z 51.5K followers, [---] engagements


"@RevRichardColes That looks like one of Boschs depictions of purgatory"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1678335561382129664)  2023-07-10T09:46Z 50.4K followers, 14.6K engagements


"This is very good"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1678386151386644483)  2023-07-10T12:50Z 51.6K followers, [----] engagements


"@faynoeharris Thanks Fay Currently getting v excited about all things Wedgwood"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1678464637497384981)  2023-07-10T18:03Z 51.6K followers, [--] engagements


"Todays annual report reveals the ongoing arts disaster at the BBC. First look at how little funding arts & music gets compared to other genres. 1/3"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1678765187086827522)  2023-07-11T13:57Z 50.6K followers, 21.8K engagements


"@fromTGA @BBCNews @BBC Yes similarly weak on the Progozhin stuff at first"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1678839594236755971)  2023-07-11T18:53Z 51.6K followers, [---] engagements


"Ive noticed in my Quixotic attempt to write a book on all British art the arbitrary way we seek to compartmentalise everything up into periods. Usually the narrative begins with before X artists didnt do Y. But they did Where does this compartmentalising urge come from"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1679101409449353216)  2023-07-12T12:16Z 51.6K followers, 21.1K engagements


"@Stephen25367746 About that definition. I seem to be including everything even wallpaper"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1679121785004990466)  2023-07-12T13:37Z 51.6K followers, [---] engagements


"The great Scottish painter Allan Ramsay died #OTD in [----]. Known for his elegant society portraits Ramsay could also summon emotions rarely seen on canvas. In [----] he made an oil sketch of his eldest son Allan on his deathbed. 1/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1689587179876487168)  2023-08-10T10:39Z 51.6K followers, 57.8K engagements


"Impressive sleuthing from the Telegraph here to find one of the British Museum's items listed on eBay. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/08/17/stolen-british-museum-items-worth-50000-offered-ebay-40/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/08/17/stolen-british-museum-items-worth-50000-offered-ebay-40/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1692294263583731789)  2023-08-17T21:56Z 53.1K followers, 30.7K engagements


"On the left the latest Bonnie Prince Charlie death mask 'scientific' recreation. On the right one from [----]. 1/2"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1692535075106173290)  2023-08-18T13:53Z 53.1K followers, 19.5K engagements


"They did a forensic recreation of the Duke of Wellington from his death mask and OMG"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1692557986898608214)  2023-08-18T15:24Z 51.6K followers, 29.1K engagements


"@calmeilles @EeHRN @melissaterras Already done in the UK thanks to @artukdotorg"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1692604228550672454)  2023-08-18T18:27Z 51.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@calmeilles @EeHRN @melissaterras @artukdotorg Honestly I give up. I'm not railing. You said 'ideally there would be.' and all I tried to do was say your ideal preference already exists. Anyway I'll leave you to it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1692639519495901331)  2023-08-18T20:48Z 50.4K followers, [--] engagements


"Some 👀 details here. The suggestion is the BM were given evidence things had been sold on eBay but maintained the items were still in the museum. https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-66582935.amp https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-66582935.amp"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1694233288544489643)  2023-08-23T06:21Z 52.9K followers, 20.8K engagements


"The BM needs to come out soon and say what is missing otherwise it will look as if they dont know. And thats probably a more serious problem than the thefts themselves"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1694286618243272756)  2023-08-23T09:53Z 51.6K followers, 21.5K engagements


"@drjennings @YouGov At this rate if they did an Everything's Gone to Shit week something might work out in their favour"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1699180445227733223)  2023-09-05T21:59Z 50.6K followers, [----] engagements


"It was a perfect evening for the harvest"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1699566279512764604)  2023-09-06T23:32Z 51.6K followers, 16.7K engagements


"@MAbsoud Weren't those worrying about the UK's handling focused on mortality and health outcomes I don't see why combining that data with GDP growth helps resolve the question"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1700965060200268173)  2023-09-10T20:10Z 50.4K followers, [----] engagements


"@ChrisGiles_ There was me thinking it was the job of a government to look for bad things coming not wait for others to see them first"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1703342334597804146)  2023-09-17T09:37Z 51.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Whats with the sound quality on @Spotify Everything has the hiss of an old gramophone player"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1703510221081940039)  2023-09-17T20:44Z 51.6K followers, [----] engagements


"I note also: - The number of highest paid senior staff has risen again (no Covid reduction there during Covid). - Houses that had their opening times reduced as part of the cost cutting flex our mansion offer policy are still on reduced times. 2/2"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1703683226940682729)  2023-09-18T08:11Z 50.8K followers, [----] engagements


"@SovereignWill Seems crazy to me how much we tax (say) local retailers but theres zero carbon tax on an item sold direct from China"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1704586293852701025)  2023-09-20T20:00Z 51.6K followers, [--] engagements


"I see the British Museum has stopped selling NFTs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1706254331446436163)  2023-09-25T10:28Z 51.6K followers, 22.5K engagements


"Might be related"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1706254561894142247)  2023-09-25T10:29Z 51.6K followers, 15.9K engagements


"So important this. Were unthinkingly allowing tech companies to take and profit from our combined intellectual property"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1706580371230372254)  2023-09-26T08:04Z 50.4K followers, 10.1K engagements


"A sensible if partial climbdown. Im thinking of those presenters without Gary Linekers high profile who lost jobs under the previous rules simply for saying what they think"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1707372212406120552)  2023-09-28T12:30Z 51.6K followers, [----] engagements


"I hear this a *lot* about the British Museum - it insists its existing photos are not good enough for publication and makes authors pay for new photography on top of licensing fees. Even when a perfectly fine publishable photo exists. It's a shakedown"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1707828681685557267)  2023-09-29T18:44Z 51.6K followers, 17.1K engagements


"Aaargh A classic example of how the British Museum demanding payments for image licenses stops research and publication dead in its tracks. (And presumably makes it easier for things to go missing.)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1708040532805468631)  2023-09-30T08:46Z 51.6K followers, 30.2K engagements


"@lootplunder @Sathnam @britishmuseum The British Museum: we will steal your cultural objects because we are the museum of the world. The Stolen From: can we at least publish photos them The British Museum (actually just The British): No"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1708044676375220713)  2023-09-30T09:02Z 51.6K followers, [--] engagements


"Aha the film is on Channel [--] tonight https://www.channel4.com/programmes/boiling-point https://www.channel4.com/programmes/boiling-point"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1708071395710640431)  2023-09-30T10:48Z 53.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@RishiSunak @Conservatives Can you tell us how much local government funding has been cut since 2010"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1708461183383052758)  2023-10-01T12:37Z 51.6K followers, [---] engagements


"Liz Truss eh. Has there been a brassier neck"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1708821344333201594)  2023-10-02T12:28Z 51.6K followers, [----] engagements


"PS this is the bit I keep thinking about from the NG's own 'constitution'. But their approach is now to actively discourage scholarship on the grounds it might harm their own book sales"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1709219066865397916)  2023-10-03T14:49Z 51.6K followers, 12.8K engagements


"@EmilyPegues As I make clear in the thread I'm not asking to scoop research. My book will be out after theirs (but goes to press before). And in any case I'd draw a distinction between research and data. On the data I'd have said a curatorial responsibility is to share not guard"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1709235340777599237)  2023-10-03T15:53Z 51.6K followers, [----] engagements


"PPS. Just for fun here's some of my thinking. Over the last year or so I've been to see this picture at Westminster Abbey a few times. My connoisseurial hunch and considering the wider historical context is that it's related to the Wilton Diptych"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1709275899290353700)  2023-10-03T18:35Z 51.6K followers, [----] engagements


"This is a beautiful moment in the history of the Conservative Party"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1709291454638547390)  2023-10-03T19:36Z 51.1K followers, 44.6K engagements


"@lewis_goodall His ministers are busy telling us to stop talking about Russell Brand because there's an investigation but the PM can make tasteless jokes like this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1709546708906983433)  2023-10-04T12:31Z 50.4K followers, [----] engagements


"A PhD representing years of research which cannot be published online with illustrations because institutions like the British Museum refuse to allow scholars to use their own photos. Who gains by this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1710211676400677366)  2023-10-06T08:33Z 51.6K followers, 44.8K engagements


"A powerful defence in which Parris concludes however that the refusal to call Hamas 'terrorists' is wrong. Matthew Parris a former Conservative MP writes a powerful defence of the BBC against criticism in todays Times. https://t.co/RuXLDhM7du Matthew Parris a former Conservative MP writes a powerful defence of the BBC against criticism in todays Times. https://t.co/RuXLDhM7du"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1713140664211243200)  2023-10-14T10:32Z 51.3K followers, [----] engagements


"@DAaronovitch @campbellclaret I certainly see it's a dilemma. I think those pointing out that a tipping point has been reached however are right - John Ware's piece summarises it well - and the BBC high ups should consider a well timed review"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1713220864726979017)  2023-10-14T15:50Z 51.6K followers, [---] engagements


"@DominicWaghorn @juliamacfarlane @JohnSimpsonNews @TweetTheArticle Second language matters. The OED defines militant as engaged in warfare. War is always terrible but it has rules or at least is supposed to. If we classify terrorists as warriors we give them a veneer of justification"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1713324350756036753)  2023-10-14T22:42Z 50.4K followers, [--] engagements


"@DominicWaghorn @juliamacfarlane @JohnSimpsonNews @TweetTheArticle Third Hamas really is an avowedly terrorist organisation. There are many cases where there is a dilemma as to whether to use the terrorist label. But with Hamas it is accepted right there in their founding principles as well as their actions"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1713324489830760876)  2023-10-14T22:42Z 50.6K followers, [--] engagements


"This is a wild story about Berlusconi spending 20m on shit art he bought on TV. I think I need to become an art dealer again"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1715339049064452426)  2023-10-20T12:07Z 50.4K followers, 27.1K engagements


"V near the top of my bucket list is to walk the length of both Hadrian and Antonine walls"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1716043247171039444)  2023-10-22T10:46Z 50.4K followers, 12.1K engagements


"Government policy was 'let the old people get it'. In the scond wave when they knew how many would die. That's corporate manslaughter isn't it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1719330161177354540)  2023-10-31T12:27Z 50.4K followers, 21.2K engagements


"I've just caught the beginning of the Sunak Musk thing and oh dear. Off the scale cringe"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1720385366769725661)  2023-11-03T10:20Z 50.4K followers, 10.7K engagements


"A British Prime Minister - a *British Prime Minister* - sitting there like a chat show host reading off cue cards just to blow smoke up a billionaire's arse"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1720392207423717697)  2023-11-03T10:47Z 50.4K followers, [----] engagements


"@SuellaBraverman @Dines4Dales Really who lives on the streets as a lifestyle choice Have you ever tried it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1720732659754713428)  2023-11-04T09:20Z 50.4K followers, [----] engagements


"@orbit_silver As far as I can tell CH must be assuming that on both occassions the peak in cases coming at or very close to the date of lockdown is purely coincidental"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1721836982156890585)  2023-11-07T10:28Z 50.4K followers, [--] engagements


"Sad to see this story in the Guardian about people in the creative industries losing work. Freezing the BBC licence fee has played a big part. Also commissioners are increasingly going for fewer more generic programmes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1722207432682909998)  2023-11-08T11:00Z 50.4K followers, [----] engagements


"The thing is foreign policy is not his thing. China Libya Europe"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1724007852744794131)  2023-11-13T10:14Z 50.4K followers, [----] engagements


"@andreajenkyns Did Yoda write this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1724137966388367441)  2023-11-13T18:51Z 51.6K followers, 18.4K engagements


"The notable thing it seems to me is the Supreme Court has just said 'find a different country'. So if the government foams about leaving the ECHR we'll know it's not about asylum policy at all (and never was)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1724746019139666114)  2023-11-15T11:07Z 50.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Political karma is David Cameron joining a government run by one of his junior backbenchers which wants to ignore the rule of law to fix an immigration problem made worse by Brexit"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1724834589175070878)  2023-11-15T16:59Z 50.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Do they really think passing a law in the UK makes Rwanda a safe country What next a law to make North Korea a democracy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1724835584017875001)  2023-11-15T17:03Z 50.4K followers, 17.4K engagements


"Ive got accounts on all the other places but feel our duty is to stay here and help burn up the childs cash until his creditors take over and restore Twitter to what it was"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1726165024987865352)  2023-11-19T09:06Z 50.4K followers, 23.9K engagements


"Don't just pass a law saying Rwanda is safe put every country on the list. Then everywhere will be safe and nobody will need to seek asylum"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1726576216340349186)  2023-11-20T12:20Z 50.4K followers, 36.6K engagements


"@grantshapps @HMS_Forth What will we defend them with The army has about [-----] fewer troops than when you took office"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1726917341358039422)  2023-11-21T10:55Z 51.6K followers, [----] engagements


"I used to think Brexit was slowly killing the UK art market. In fact it's happening quite quickly. From The Art Newspaper: "imports to the UK in [----] were $2.8bn less than half their level in [----] the year before the Brexit vote.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1727707140884677052)  2023-11-23T15:14Z 50.4K followers, 11.4K engagements


"@JensonButton Understand your Sky colleagues have to be diplomatic but the lack of any proper debate about how dull this season was feels jarring. It can't go on like this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1728813941080629697)  2023-11-26T16:32Z 50.4K followers, [----] engagements


"@karunchandhok Lifelong F1 fan here but I switched off the Abu Dhabi GP to watch the MotoGP and it was a thousand times more interesting"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1728867034384273512)  2023-11-26T20:03Z 50.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Re the Marbles the leak reported in the Observer today (that Labour are up for a return deal) was tactically foolish. It was too early to deviate from the traditional 'it's a British Museum issue' line. The Marbles will now become a party political issue. 1/2"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1729264002784538879)  2023-11-27T22:20Z 50.6K followers, 11.8K engagements


"The most interesting thing will be what Starmer says in response to any Tory 'save the Marbles' line. I suspect he won't want to risk being portrayed as 'weak' and will equivocate. That probably scuppers any return deal for the forseeable (regrettably IMO). 2/2"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1729264742835880085)  2023-11-27T22:23Z 50.5K followers, [----] engagements


"This might be the most damning revelation so far because it comes from someone we were entitled to assume knew better"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1729853776230555905)  2023-11-29T13:24Z 50.5K followers, [----] engagements


"V interesting to hear Starmer say at PMQs he wouldnt change the law re the Marbles. He couldve said they must stay here/will never leave etc. But sticking to the law still allows Osbornes long term loan plan to work tho it needs Greece to be pragmatic on legal title"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1729945292600992155)  2023-11-29T19:27Z 50.6K followers, [----] engagements


"@BibbyStockholm @SteveGaroood @thehistoryguy @BBCr4today @OfficialALW @elginmarbles @britishmuseum @SloaneHans This is what you call A Stupid Argument"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1730153703494029596)  2023-11-30T09:16Z 50.4K followers, [--] engagements


"This is a new one content warnings in Old Master catalogues. 🫣😂"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1730994569167228955)  2023-12-02T16:57Z 50.6K followers, 14.4K engagements


"@alanbritton Amazing in the old days I remember trying to get that kind of definition with me Pentax [--] 😂"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1731386538066366632)  2023-12-03T18:54Z 50.6K followers, [---] engagements


"I was surprised to see the Royal Collection downgrade this Holbein drawing of Bishop John Fisher to unidentified artist in the (excellent) new Holbein exhibition"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1732101932255269099)  2023-12-05T18:17Z 50.8K followers, 29.8K engagements


"@SashaSwire How much longer do we have to wait for the Brexit was a success articles"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1732339486724382751)  2023-12-06T10:01Z 50.6K followers, [---] engagements


"As far as I understood it (as a former government adviser on public records) there are laws about preserving government communications like this. You cant just erase them"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1732347507831611539)  2023-12-06T10:33Z 50.7K followers, 26.9K engagements


"Image Fees - there's an important development after a recent Court of Appeal ruling. It's Good News for historians and art historians (and art lovers generally). Long thread"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1733599719014687227)  2023-12-09T21:29Z 51.6K followers, 236K engagements


"For many of us that EU Directive looked like the end to image fees in the UK - but Brexit happened just before ratification was required in member states"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1733601260454957414)  2023-12-09T21:35Z 50.8K followers, [----] engagements


"In the UK museums and image libraries relied on the UK's Copyright Designs and Patents Act [----] which appeared to give copyright to your photo of the Constable simply because of the effort you took in taking it. This was called the 'sweat of the brow' concept"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1733601440738779373)  2023-12-09T21:36Z 50.8K followers, [----] engagements


"In other words you did not need to demonstrate any creative effort or add any personal touch to claim your copyright. BUT since [----] various EU and UK judgements have eroded the 'sweat of the brow' concept"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1733601570435325958)  2023-12-09T21:36Z 50.8K followers, [----] engagements


"And if you're a museum director or trustee think hard about your museum mis-selling licences for the last two decades. END"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1733604387421888891)  2023-12-09T21:47Z 51.6K followers, 11.9K engagements


"@HugoGye It's a terrible survey question. In no world are a third of young people in favour of immediately closing nightclubs for no reason"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1734223375042519480)  2023-12-11T14:47Z 50.8K followers, [----] engagements


"@cath_fletcher @kirsteenMM Most images on the BL website say this: "Public Domain in most countries except the UK" which was due to the old interpretation in the UK of copyright. The new interpretation means most of these items (if themselves out of copyright) are now public domain in the UK too"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1734332786192843030)  2023-12-11T22:02Z 50.8K followers, [--] engagements


"@neiljeffares But not doing so will give Russia total victory won't it As you say Russia will take the pain which means it will keep going until they're in Kyiv again"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1734494357237993680)  2023-12-12T08:44Z 50.8K followers, [---] engagements


"@RevRichardColes From his days 'fighting' in the Cold War"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1734516004162523503)  2023-12-12T10:10Z 50.8K followers, [----] engagements


"I think Christie's got there first but great that they're going to the Rijksmuseum"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1734934847397716136)  2023-12-13T13:54Z 51.1K followers, 23.8K engagements


"When the rooms youve come to see in the Louvre are ferm"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1735050180087443639)  2023-12-13T21:32Z 51.2K followers, 49K engagements


"@katierazz It is extraordinary that it took George Osborne to raise the alarm"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1735086548037619795)  2023-12-13T23:57Z 50.8K followers, [---] engagements


"Still it's not as bad as the time I drove to Liechtenstein to see the Liechtenstein Collection. 🤦♂"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1735302082687541484)  2023-12-14T14:13Z 50.8K followers, [----] engagements


"@F1 @cryptocom @Charles_Leclerc Classic example of F1's new 'tight' camera shots meaning we don't properly see the action"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1735706991216005145)  2023-12-15T17:02Z 51K followers, [---] engagements


"I'm about to start formatting about [----] footnotes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1735773817895559291)  2023-12-15T21:28Z 50.8K followers, [----] engagements


"@britishlibrary I'm afraid this is a curiously ill-judged statement. Glib misleading and not accepting the realities of what needs to change at the BL"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1736029764186435650)  2023-12-16T14:25Z 51.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@jairoamelo Read the consultation They will be destroyed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1736343692267421926)  2023-12-17T11:12Z 51.1K followers, 24.8K engagements


"@muckyfellrunner This is the essential point"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1736368342271656187)  2023-12-17T12:50Z 51.1K followers, 13.1K engagements


"Admiring Holbeins portrait of Sir Henry Wyatt in the Louvre - and his daring reveal of a single brown tooth"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1738177825117467084)  2023-12-22T12:41Z 51.6K followers, 17K engagements


"Caspar and Jose are thinking of starting a band"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1738532251636302192)  2023-12-23T12:09Z 51.6K followers, 16.7K engagements


"Hello everyone many Christmas greetings from me and Caspar whos enjoying his extra carrots. Hope youre all having a lovely day"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1739302609616277527)  2023-12-25T15:10Z 50.4K followers, 23.6K engagements


"Saltburn is offensively shit on every level. I must warn you"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1740549428539162954)  2023-12-29T01:44Z 51.6K followers, 139.1K engagements


"Here is my article in The Art Newspaper on it. Please spread the word (and tell your publishers too)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1740799179709186292)  2023-12-29T18:17Z 50.4K followers, 15.9K engagements


"@owenboswarva Yup. One of those I dont write the headline moments But another key point is it will make it even less commercially sensible for museums to pursue charging. The sooner they see sense the better for them and us"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1740842475512606806)  2023-12-29T21:09Z 51.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@owenboswarva Although I would be interested in seeing a legal view of the validity of all those contracts which did rely on copyright"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1740842727405941151)  2023-12-29T21:10Z 51.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@joelgombin @Dorialexander They can certainly try and charge as RMN does but without copyright impossible to prevent re-use of images by others. (Italy different however.)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1741034740843528667)  2023-12-30T09:53Z 50.4K followers, [--] engagements


"@ronanbeckman @Majora__Z @egaffney4 @TheArtNewspaper Yup 3D is different alas"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1741218307682795648)  2023-12-30T22:02Z 51.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@GavinBarwell I think it's part of the long-term Tory malaise the idea that a single hired-in 'guru' can win them elections. I saw it up close with Crosby in '05. It's a mindset which stops the party thinking deeply about what it wants to offer voters and hence your all-over-the-placeness"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1741470064635781194)  2023-12-31T14:43Z [--] followers, [----] engagements


"@rcolvile Fascinating terminology. Houses have to be above a certain size before you 'take them on'"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1741472035388228088)  2023-12-31T14:51Z 51.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Tried to engage Van Dyck in conversation in the Louvre but not sure he was that interested"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1743782941296058796)  2024-01-06T23:53Z 50.7K followers, 17.9K engagements


"Admiring Abb Sugers pioneering gothic architecture at the Basilica Saint-Denis early 12th century. The use of pointed arches driven by a desire to bring more light the light of the Holy Spirit - pater luminen - into a church"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1743968955549536703)  2024-01-07T12:12Z 51.2K followers, 28.2K engagements


"@RevRichardColes Thanks. It's interesting how most of our discourse (as with AI at the moment) defaults to 'computer must be right'"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1744309347998388491)  2024-01-08T10:45Z 51.6K followers, [----] engagements


"I keep thinking of Ed Davey's letter to the SubPostmasters and how anyone in his position could write something so lamentably inadequate"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1744416243564560604)  2024-01-08T17:50Z [--] followers, 69.8K engagements


"There's a repeat of Britain's Lost Masterpieces tonight BBC4 9pm. Joos van Cleve and Francesco Trevisani in Brighton"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1744461339962015916)  2024-01-08T20:49Z 51.6K followers, 13.6K engagements


"@artlawalex This would truly have been an astonishing argument for the ministry to succeed with: 'if the painting had been presented in a better conservation state the Ministry would have denied the export licence.'"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1744646644707049684)  2024-01-09T09:05Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@JayMitchinson The thing is Im not sure the judiciary has covered itself in glory here either"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1745207247087526135)  2024-01-10T22:13Z 51.7K followers, [----] engagements


"This is good. Steve is right that at the heart of the Post Office scandal is the lack of political accountability. The fashionable culture in UK for arms length government and imprecisely defined operational independence is the root cause of post office scandal and much chaos elsewhere. Latest podcast: https://t.co/lCU5Bf1fCb The fashionable culture in UK for arms length government and imprecisely defined operational independence is the root cause of post office scandal and much chaos elsewhere. Latest podcast: https://t.co/lCU5Bf1fCb"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1745402020540862483)  2024-01-11T11:07Z 51.6K followers, 15.5K engagements


"@jdportes I don't know how widespread it was across sectors but certainly in my niche the art market UK-EU trade was undercounted pre-Brexit mainly because there was no mechanism for recording it. Post-Brexit and the imposition of import Vat everything then had to be recorded"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1745544361801064769)  2024-01-11T20:33Z 50.4K followers, [---] engagements


"@NicholasTyrone So much unthinking insta-reaction going on. Partly I suppose the demands of social media"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1745761373076795610)  2024-01-12T10:55Z [--] followers, [----] engagements


"@DanNeidle I'm afraid it does. The PO was a state owned operation using the full force of the state to hound innocent people. Only the state could have stepped in to stop the scandal earlier but ministers like Davey could hardly be bothered to have even a meeting with subpostmasters"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1745873267754197129)  2024-01-12T18:19Z 51.6K followers, [----] engagements


"@SpaJw @NickCohen4 Even a meeting was beyond him. Challenge your officials is basic ministerial stuff"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1745873702636388747)  2024-01-12T18:21Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@EdwardJDavey But why weren't you even interested enough to have an initial meeting with the subpostmasters"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1745874015766434044)  2024-01-12T18:22Z 51.6K followers, [----] engagements


""Bonuses have been paid to the executive team based on an apparent level of profitability which does not exist." We've a new report: the Post Office claimed 934m tax relief for its compensation payments to the postmasters it persecuted. That's outrageous. It's also unlawful - so the Post Office now faces an unexpected 100m tax bill. It may be insolvent. https://t.co/aaeCrRq0iV We've a new report: the Post Office claimed 934m tax relief for its compensation payments to the postmasters it persecuted. That's outrageous. It's also unlawful - so the Post Office now faces an unexpected 100m tax"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1745930936695316655)  2024-01-12T22:09Z 50.7K followers, 12.5K engagements


"A fortuitous growth of vine leaf on this Apollo Belvedere at Versailles. What are the chances"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1746825690278658198)  2024-01-15T09:24Z 51.6K followers, 10.1K engagements


"I see its #museumselfieday. Have a go if you can and copy me in. Ill be heading to @DulwichGallery later so standby 🫣"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1747551793125507468)  2024-01-17T09:29Z 51.6K followers, [----] engagements


"I dont get this compulsory need to have a team nor that all men must be obsessed with football. If someone asked me my favourite team Id say McLaren. Or the Flemish Primitives. 'Absolute Car Crash': 'Sports Fan' Tory Minister Admits He Doesn't Have Favourite Football Team https://t.co/v0vMfQ3VGn 'Absolute Car Crash': 'Sports Fan' Tory Minister Admits He Doesn't Have Favourite Football Team https://t.co/v0vMfQ3VGn"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1747554617712423068)  2024-01-17T09:41Z 50.4K followers, 28.7K engagements


"Admiring Roubiliacs extraordinary Nightingale Tomb in Westminster Abbey. Built in [----] to commemorate Joseph and Elizabeth Nightingale it shows Joseph trying to ward off death after his wife died in childbirth. Anguish and grief in marble rarely come better than this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1747602333150642415)  2024-01-17T12:50Z 51.6K followers, [----] engagements


"@JonathanFoyle Nah that's from an old ladybird book isn't it @LBFlyawayhome"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1748445485289939274)  2024-01-19T20:41Z 51.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@drjennings My slogan for Labour would be "Let's start again""  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1748448788899893465)  2024-01-19T20:54Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@aliciakearns Yup we're utterly stuffed if he wins"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1749164418145849791)  2024-01-21T20:17Z 50.8K followers, [---] engagements


"@CharlieFenton2 @nationaltrust The first step is to get NT to take off the (c) symbol. Its misleading and not in accordance with copyright law. Then they need to stop telling people they cant reproduce images already online which are now in the public domain. For high res NT can charge what they like alas"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1750122729888424268)  2024-01-24T11:45Z 50.5K followers, [--] engagements


"One of my tests of a great landscape is if you can hear the weather. Constable nails it almost every time"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1750170490960851335)  2024-01-24T14:55Z 51.6K followers, 12.9K engagements


"A bit of carpet Or Holbein 😱"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1750178926494638256)  2024-01-24T15:29Z 51.6K followers, 21.6K engagements


"Lovely idea in the National Gallerys excellent Pisanello exhibition to have magnifying glasses so you can see his amazing details"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1750201008150421830)  2024-01-24T16:56Z 51.6K followers, 28.5K engagements


"@auctionaugur I dont know if its for privacy but for some reason google changed the function and ever since then its been way worse than it used to be. Now the only matches you get are from commercial sites like print on demand. Strange"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1750877203825385844)  2024-01-26T13:43Z 51.6K followers, [---] engagements


"Curious if anyone has bought a BA ticket with a tight turnaround (1hr) at Terminal [--] and then when you try and change it - after reading in the small print that the transfer window is actually only [--] minutes - they want to charge you many thousands of pounds"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1750899252891361420)  2024-01-26T15:11Z 51.6K followers, [----] engagements


"I tried Masters of the Air. Meh. Im not sure they can do WW2 stuff anymore. Everything seems so drama school"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1751061605188608039)  2024-01-27T01:56Z 51.6K followers, [----] engagements


"@iaindocherty Just my senses but having lived in London most of my life there's a step change now in the 'buzz' about the place. Or the lack of it. Quieter less pace on the streets less energy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1753762943441801551)  2024-02-03T12:50Z 51.6K followers, [---] engagements


"@DrOwenEmmerson Wow not seen that one before. Good spot"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1753763230390833605)  2024-02-03T12:51Z 51.6K followers, [---] engagements


"@GeorgeTrefgarne Crikey. Though if I had to bet its a sign of a concentrated US dominated tech economy which will dominate everything for the rest of us. Tesla aside"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1753804859839537301)  2024-02-03T15:37Z 51.6K followers, [--] engagements


"I'm fascinated by how we seem to have built two aircraft carriers which keep breaking down which haven't got enough planes because we can't afford them and which haven't got enough support ships because we can't man them"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1753946234878927346)  2024-02-04T00:59Z 51.7K followers, 44.4K engagements


"@DPJHodges I see Simon Clarke has deleted his irresponsible tweet but I see no clarification from him or any apology to the officer"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1754147001082482728)  2024-02-04T14:16Z 51.7K followers, [----] engagements


"@BBCr4today @Marthakearney Does he really think being so incurious and weak is what people want to see in a Prime Minister"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1755159349486334212)  2024-02-07T09:19Z 51.7K followers, [---] engagements


"@j_amesmarriott Vienna is always worth a visit. If only for the cakes and that room of Brueghels at the KHM"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1755334766704959770)  2024-02-07T20:56Z 51.7K followers, [----] engagements


"@adamcooperF1 @AstonMartinF1 @FT @WilliamsRacing @alo_oficial @lance_stroll They need to work on their photoshopping skills"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1755589810721362405)  2024-02-08T13:50Z 51.8K followers, [---] engagements


"It really was one for the ages. [--] minutes in here That Evan Davis interview with Laura Trott was mind blowing. How can the Treasury chief secretary be that clueless and financially illiterate That Evan Davis interview with Laura Trott was mind blowing. How can the Treasury chief secretary be that clueless and financially illiterate"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1755660650942988423)  2024-02-08T18:31Z 51.7K followers, 12.6K engagements


"@t0nyyates 'Bangkok'"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1755728529101111741)  2024-02-08T23:01Z 51.7K followers, [---] engagements


"Simon Jenkins being more than usually naive in his latest whats the point of NATO article. We dont need Article [--] anymore because Putin doesnt do invasions - he just disrupts borders. 🤡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arthistorynews/status/1757102763899601005)  2024-02-12T18:01Z 51.8K followers, 16.3K engagements

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