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In Ñspel: The Observer view on the shortsighted cuts to the BBC World Service

‘Nearly 400 jobs will be lost, along with a considerable amount of journalistic expertise’. Photograph: Lewis Whyld/PA
‘Nirli 400 jobz wl b lost, alñ wɖ a cnsidṛbl amǎnt v jrṇlistic xṗtīz’. Foṭgraf: Luis Waild/PA

Ɖ Obzrvr vy on ɖ śortsîtd cuts t ɖ BBC Wrldsrvis

(Transcription of an editorial published in the Observer on 2 October 2022)

Rmuvñ rediobrōdcasts in sevṛl lanḡjz wl svirli damij Britn’z abiḷti t pṛmot its prîoṛtiz n valyz

Súnde 2 Octobr 2022

Fr Ireńnz suḟrñ a vayḷnt cracdǎn bî a rpresiv reźīm opozd t fri spīć, indipndnt mīdia n opn dbet, trustd sorsz v unbayst, facćl inḟmeśn r v criticl importns. Fr ɖs n uɖr rīznz, last wīc’s anǎnsmnt ɖt ɖ BBC z t end Prśn lanḡj rediobrōdcasts z bʈ dsmeyñ n śortsîtd.

Ɖ dsiźn formd part v a wîdr pacij v pland BBC Wrldsrvis cuts ɖt wl olso end rediobrōdcasts in līdñ lanḡjz sć az Ćînīz, Aṛbic, Hindi n Indnīźn. TV bŭḷtinz in Gjrāti, S’māli n Urdu wl sīs, tù. In ol, nirli 400 jobz wl b lost, alñ wɖ a cnsidṛbl amǎnt v jrṇlistic n cuntri xṗtīz.

BBC manijrz sd ɖ £28m cuts wr ɖ rzult v yirz v b’lo-infleśn lîsnsfī incrisz n ɖ cuṛnt lîsnsfī frīz. Ɖe clemd ɖ Wrldsrvis wd cntiny t dlivr ɖ “bst jrṇlizm” in Ñgliś wrldwîd, n wd stl b hŕd in 40 lanḡjz. Oṿol, it rīćz 364 miłn ppl wīcli – ɖo it cd b mni mor.

In ɖ ej v fec nyz n pvesiv sośl-mīdia disinḟmeśn, sć justiḟceśnz wl b no conṣleśn t Ireńnz n non-Ñgliś spīcrz unebl t axes rlaybl ǎtlets. Yt ɖ BBC z nt sol̦i t blem. Ɖz cuts wr forst upn it bî Cnsrṿtiv ministrz hu dslîc ɖ naśnl brōdcastr mor ɖn ɖe valy ɖ naśnl inṭrest.

Ɖ BBC, n ɖ Wrldsrvis in ptiklr, repriznts importnt soft-pǎr tūlz ɖt r ɖ envi v uɖr dmocṛsiz. Ɖe pform an importnt rǒl in pṛjctñ Britn’z prîoṛtiz n valyz abrōd. Ɖe xplen ɖs cuntri t ɖ wrld n in dwñ so pṛmot its îdīaz, culćr n products. Fr ɖ būstrz v “Globl Britn” t nīdlisli handicap ɖ BBC bî starvñ it v fundz z strenjli insylr. Miśél Doṇln, ɖ ny culćr secṛtri, z t rvizit ɖ dsiźn v hr prīdisesr, Nedīn Doriz, t aboliś ɖ lîsnsfī – a snṣbl step, gvn ɖr z no cnsnss abt an oltrṇtiv. Mnẃl, Jemz Clevrli, ɖ ny foṛn secṛtri, śd rvizit ɖ il’dvîzd 2010 dsiźn t hōlt most Foṛn Ofis fundñ v ɖ Wrldsrvis.

Eni sć rīʈnc śd b xpandd t includ ɖ £4.2bn in cuts t Britn’z foṛn-ed bujit forst ʈru bî Boris Jonsn n ɖ ongwñ frīz on “non-isnśl” inṭnaśnl ed impozd ẃn Liz Trus wz foṛn secṛtri. Ɖ rīzn z ɖ sem. Bîlatṛl n multilatṛl asistns, d’rectd bî Clevrli’z FCDO, r potnt soft-pǎr tūlz ɖt advans YC globl inflụns – so ẃ saḅtāj ɖm?

Clevrli śd olso tec a sirịs lc at ɖs yir’z devstetñ foṛn-aferz cmiti fîndñz cnsrnñ ɖ 2021 wɖdrwl fṛm Afgaṇstan – ẃć Trus nvr dd. Ɖ cmiti îdnṭfaid “sstemic fełrz” v dploṃsi, intelijns n planñ, fr ẃć it larjli blemd ɖ Foṛn Ofis. Part v ɖ probḷm wz incompitnt līdrśp bî Doṃnic Raab, hu wz forst t rzîn.

Yt ɖr’z a wîdr iśu. Ɖ fact rmenz ɖt FCDO dploṃsi n hymaṇterịn oṗreśnz in plesz sć az Afgaṇstan n Ycren, YC inṭnaśnl ed n dveḷpmnt asistns, n ɖ BBC’z globl jrṇlizm – vîtl soft-pǎr tūlz – r ol struġlñ wɖ fînanśl cuts. Ɖer bujits, nvr jenṛs, r undr slf-daṃjñ preśr. Ɖs harmz Britn at ɖ vri momnt it nīdz ol ɖ clǎt it cn mustr in a hostîl, dsordrd wrld.

In ɖs peni-pinćñ contxt, ɖ rportd 45% incris in spendñ on Foṛn Ofis creditcardz ẃl Trus wz foṛn secṛtri rqîrz xpḷneśn. Pemnts includd £10,000 at Fortṇm & Mesn n ʈǎzndz mor spent on poś resṭronts n bytiproducts. Ẃt wz Trus ʈncñ? Hir z anɖr job fr ɖ Ofis fr Bujit Rsponsbiḷti.

Instroduction to Ñspel

PETER RANDALL-PAGE R.W.A. AND KATE MccGWIRE │ Royal West of England Academy, Bristol → 10 September 2015

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Kate MccGwire

Peter Randall-Page

“Bʈ artists xplor naćṛl fnoṃna, patnz n rṗtiśn, ytilîzñ naćṛl or fând mtirịlz wɖn ẃć t rflct ɖ riɖmz v nêćr”

Martin Evans BBC 22 June 2015

Continue reading PETER RANDALL-PAGE R.W.A. AND KATE MccGWIRE │ Royal West of England Academy, Bristol → 10 September 2015

ROBERT DAVIES: OF TIME AND THE RAILWAY │ MAC, Birmingham → 20 September 2015

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“Đs z a film abt ɖ rêlwelîn btwn Brmñm n Aḅristwiʈ. Đ jrni, filmd bî Robt Dêviz, fṛm ɖ drîvr’z cab v ɖ trên, hz bn rcordd wīcli ovr 12 munʈs, so ɖt ɖ ćenjñ hymn jiogṛfi v ɖ industrịl n farmñlandscep z cómplimentd bî ɖ fizicl ćenjz ɖt imrj ovr ɖ sīznz.”

CLIPS FROM THE FILM

BBC 6 July 2015
CULTURE24 26 March 2015

Continue reading ROBERT DAVIES: OF TIME AND THE RAILWAY │ MAC, Birmingham → 20 September 2015

THE GRAND TOUR: PABLO BRONSTEIN AND THE TREASURES OF CHATSWORTH │ Nottingham Contemporary → 20 September 2015

Pablo Bronstein at Chatsworth House. Photo: Hugo Glendinning
Pablo Bronstein at Chatsworth House. Photo: Hugo Glendinning

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“Bronstîn’z erydît drw̃z, pformnsz, frnićr n public art rlet t bʈ ɖ past n ɖ preznt in unsetlñli paṛdoxcl, smtmz hymṛs wez”

GRAND TOUR

Two William IV chairs installed by Pablo Bronstein at Nottingham Contemporary. Photo: Hugo Glendinning.
Two William IV chairs installed by Pablo Bronstein at Nottingham Contemporary. Photo: Hugo Glendinning.

Mark Sheerin CULTURE24 17 July 2015
Mark Hudson TELEGRAPH 14 July 2015
“Wn v ɖoz hîṗcnspćlîzd xbiśnz ɖt mc prfct sens f y rīd ɖ kretr’z txts on ɖ we rnd – n vrćli nn f y d’nt”
ARTLYST 7 July 2015
BBC 4 July 2015
APOLLO MAGAZINE 3 July 2015
Hannah Ellis-Peterson GUARDIAN 7 October 2014
NOTTINGHAM POST 7 October 2014

East Midlands

CARSTEN HÖLLER: DECISION │ Hayward, London → 6 September 2015

Isometric Slides

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“Đ oʈntc Wili Wonca v cntmprri art”

Jesc Bunyard HUNGER TV 28 June 2015
Martin Gayford SPECTATOR 20 June 2015
Zoe Pilger INDEPENDENT 14 June 2015
Laura Cumming OBSERVER 14 June 2015
Rory Stott ARCH DAILY 10 June 2015
DEZEEN 9 June 2015
Rupert Hawksley TELEGRAPH 9 June 2015
Nick Compton WALLPAPER 9 June 2015
Adrian Searle GUARDIAN 8 June 2015
Alice Vincent TELEGRAPH 1 April 2015
Emily Gosling IT’S NICE THAT 31 March 2015
Freire Barnes TIME OUT
BBC RADIO 4
CULTURE WHISPER

London

SARAH LUCAS: TITS IN SPACE │ Whitworth, Manchester → 19 July 2015

Tits in Space, wallpaper, 2000, screenprint on paper
Tits in Space, wallpaper, 2000, screenprint on paper

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“Dvrs n smtmz plêfl apiṛnsz, harbrñ a mas v impliceśnz abt jendrsterịtîps, wor, deʈ, n ɖ vri we w cnsym ɖ wrld arnd s”

Sarah Lucas with her wallpaper Tits in Space, 2000, at the Whitechapel Gallery, 2013. Photo: Tina Hillier
Sarah Lucas with her wallpaper Tits in Space, 2000, at the Whitechapel Gallery, 2013. Photo: Tina Hillier

Sarah Crompton OBSERVER 10 May 2015
Louisa Buck TELEGRAPH 8 May 2015
BBC 6 May 2015
Charlotte Higgins GUARDIAN 6 May 2015
Adrian Searle GUARDIAN 5 May 2015
Karen Wright INDEPENDENT 5 May 2015
Alastair Sooke TELEGRAPH 5 May 2015
Caroline Roux FINANCIAL TIMES 1 May 2015
Alastair Sooke TELEGRAPH 10 September 2013

North West

JON TONKS: EMPIRE │ Ffotogallery, Penarth → 18 July 2015

A Gather of Sheep, Long Island Farm, Falkland Islands

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“Reznetñ wɖ a sens v Britiśṇs ẃć z rmarcbli recgnîzbl yt iṇscepbli strenj”

Guardian: "A couple on St Helena: 'Residents pose in their uniforms as if to emphasise their sense of belonging to Queen and country.' Photograph: Jon Tonks/Dewi Lewis"
Observer: “A couple on St Helena: ‘Residents pose in their uniforms as if to emphasise their sense of belonging to Queen and country.’ Photograph: Jon Tonks/Dewi Lewis”

BBC 6 March 2014
Sean O’Hagan OBSERVER 29 December 2013
Iain Sarjeant ANOTHER PLACE
GRAIN
HYMAN COLLECTION
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Wales

PATAGONIA 150 │ Oriel Plas Glyn-y-Weddw, Pwllheli → 12 July 2015

Karl Davies
Karl Davies

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Delyth Llwyd Evans de JonesKarl Davies, Elin Huws, Elfyn Lewis, John Morris, Sue Morgan, Stephen J OwenLuned Rhys Parri

“An inspîrñ ny xibiśn t seḷbret ɖ 150 yirz sns ɖ frst Welś setlrz arîvd in Patgońa”

BBC 17 June 2015 (in Welsh)

Continue reading PATAGONIA 150 │ Oriel Plas Glyn-y-Weddw, Pwllheli → 12 July 2015

LOVE BITES: CARICATURES BY JAMES GILLRAY │ Ashmolean Museum of Art & Archaeology, Oxford → 21 June 2015

Enchantments lately seen upon the Mountain of Wales, or Shon-ap-Morgan’s Reconcilement to the Fairy Princess (1796). Hand-coloured etching. Courtesy of the Warden and Scholars of New College, Oxford/Bridgeman
Enchantments lately seen upon the Mountain of Wales, or Shon-ap-Morgan’s Reconcilement to the Fairy Princess (1796). Hand-coloured etching. Courtesy of the Warden and Scholars of New College, Oxford/Bridgeman

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“Đ xîld Npołn wz rportd t hv sd ɖt ɖ Britiś ingrevr dd mr ɖn ol ɖ armiz v Yṛp t brñ hm dân.”

Sandra Smith COTSWOLD LIFE 2 April 2015
ECONOMIST 30 March 2015
BBC 26 March 2015
Alexander Massouras TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION 26 March 2015
Martin Rowson GUARDIAN 21 March 2015

James Gillray, The Gout, 1799 © Courtesy of the Warden and Scholars of New College, Oxford / Bridgeman Images
James Gillray, The Gout, 1799 © Courtesy of the Warden and Scholars of New College, Oxford / Bridgeman Images

Continue reading LOVE BITES: CARICATURES BY JAMES GILLRAY │ Ashmolean Museum of Art & Archaeology, Oxford → 21 June 2015

DAVID HOCKNEY: PAINTING AND PHOTOGRAPHY │ Annely Juda Fine Art, London → 27 June 2015

Card Players #1 (2014). Acrylic on canvas, 122 x 183 cm
Card Players #1 (2014). Acrylic on canvas, 122 x 183 cm

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“Pêntrz hv olwz noun ɖr z smʈñ roñ wɖ pspctv.”

Ben Luke LONDON EVENING STANDARD 19 May 2015
Alastair Smart TELEGRAPH 18 May 2015
Zoe Pilger INDEPENDENT 17 May 2015
Mark Brown GUARDIAN 14 May 2015
YORKSHIRE POST 14 May 2015
Maisie Skidmore IT’S NICE THAT 28 April 2015
Mark Brown GUARDIAN 17 April 2015
Ananda Pellerin TIME OUT
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London

IDRIS KHAN: CONFLICTING LINES │ Victoria Miro, London → 6 June 2015

Church Walk Studio 11, 2015. Platinum Palladium Print, 30.5 x 40.6 cm, 12 x 16 in
Church Walk Studio 11, 2015. Platinum Palladium Print,
30.5 x 40.6 cm, 12 x 16 in

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Nick Compton WALLPAPER 5 May 2015
Justin Cartwright GUARDIAN 4 May 2015
Adam Jacques INDEPENDENT 3 May 2015
Mersa Auda UPCOMING 1 May 2015
BBC 30 April 2015
Catherine Milner HOW TO SPEND IT 26 April 2015

Continue reading IDRIS KHAN: CONFLICTING LINES │ Victoria Miro, London → 6 June 2015