Tamar Millen
@tamarmillen.bsky.social
Tired. Warrior/Worrier. Freelance Culture organiser and producer. PhD researcher in Design at Sussex - Designing The Conditions for Hope. Kinship carer to Nid1 & Nid2 Sheffield.
Yup once more. Ski Village T-shirt/tote - Etsy UK share.google/MH3dV3TUVU7o...
Ski Village T-shirt/tote - Etsy UK
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Victoria@beaniest.bsky.social · 2h agoSheffield Ski Village on fire again. I guess it felt left out.
In the olden days (2009 - 15) I would call on the hive mind of the other place. Does this place works similarly? I'm looking for a short poem/song lyrics or the like that may appeal to late teens. S/thing about death of a peer. Or Dylan's death having no dominion. What say you BSky?
Millen is in Milan. In name at least. Anticipations conference. This is not the PhD. Its a side quest. I am very proud of it. Thanks Vale for being the Italy rep.
Perhaps if we had treated deindustrialisation as the actual loss (to self/communities/place) it was and had acknowledged and supported the "grief" we would be in a better position. (*this is core to my PhD argument)
David Henig@davidheniguk.bsky.social · 2mo agoQuite how did we end up with European and North American politics dominated by unrealistic promises to bring back manufacturing jobs? Just a huge failure to adjust to reality on so many levels.
By rights its elevenses, I've been up since 5.30am writing. My #writethisdamnthesis2026 schedule was not made for 34 degrees.
I bought The Lion and The Cobra just before my 17th birthday, I know that album like "the back of my hand". I was due to see her perform a fortnight later but a gridlocked city made me late, I missed her. Friday I go see The Surge in Manchester. I love(d) her.
The Tonearm@thetonearm.com · last mo."I would blast Sinéad O’Connor’s music in my bedroom. Her voice was a shudder, her songs evocative enough to lend a cinematic vastness to my sadness, resonating long past the age of crossed wires and slammed doors." Universal Mother: granta.com/universal-mo...
Next Friday. All eyes to the front. ‘I hope she hears us through the clouds’: the rumbling, thrusting dance piece paying tribute to Sinéad O’Connor | Dance | The Guardian share.google/olh0mmIl1dZf...
‘People like me needed Sinéad O’Connor’: how the singer and activist inspired a new dance work
Tony-winning choreographer Sonya Tayeh was ‘broken up’ when she heard about the Irish singer-songwriter’s death three years ago. Now she and a group of over-40s female dancers are paying homage: ‘Peop...
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I am at the late(r) stages of ##writethisdamnthesis2026 all my ideas now feel bloody obvious. Im hoping this is part of the process.
This ##writethisdamnthesis2026 is interrupted to bring you a co authored (prof Ann Light and me!) short paper arriving at the Participatory Design Conference at Politecnico Di Milano this week. dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
Participative Intimacy in/as Design for Coexistence | Proceedings of the 19th Participatory Design Conference 2026, Vol. 2: Exploratory Papers and Doctoral Colloquium
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In a media landscape that monetises division and hatred - how can we create a sense of iagency that centres the gifts and strengths of everyone in the room in a way that sweeps beneath the tribal divisions to the heart of things? accidentalgods.life/brave-contai... #AccidentalGods #Podcast
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When we talk about building community, we often get stuck trying to bridge tribal divides, particularly in a media landscape designed to monetise division, amplify hatred, and draw us into cycles of r...
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You are creating that debate. There is no debate. There is a far right talking point and a media willing to traffic it into the mainstream.
Sky News@news.sky.com · 2mo agoHenry Nowak murder's has highlighted the debate on whether UK police are anti-white
In the early 90s I saw something on TV. A strange film. A woman in a rocking chair. I tried to find out what it was. Failed. The Internet wasn't a thing. No one else I knew saw it. It wasn't mentioned in any newspapers afterwards. No public reviews. I had missed the name.
Stand DOWN She validates and strengthens my argument. I win Tuesday.
Tamar Millen@tamarmillen.bsky.social · 3mo agoThe theory my whole PhD is centered around has just had an update published by the academic who first developed it. This could be the one or it could derail 3 years of work. Hold me. Im going in.
The theory my whole PhD is centered around has just had an update published by the academic who first developed it. This could be the one or it could derail 3 years of work. Hold me. Im going in.
Bought a book today. A lot of it covers my youth. Highly recommend. Groovy Laidback and Nasty The story of Sheffield's independent music scene. By @danieldylanwray.bsky.social Published by @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social
Saw the Kneecap video. It hit hard. Wrote a thing. open.substack.com/pub/tamarmil...
Irish Goodbye
Sorry for Your Troubles
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If ever there was proof we need good local journalism. Thank heavens @danhayesjourno.bsky.social left The Star, Sheffield is better for it.
Sheffield Tribune@sheffieldtribune.bsky.social · 4mo agoHow it started: How it's going:
My home city is being celebrated over on "BizNiz Facebook" for its recent "defence growth deal". The narrative is JOBS, MONEY for locals. I have this song on repeat in my head. Sad times. Would prefer the diving for pearls tbh. www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_aL...
Shipbuilding
YouTube video by Elvis Costello - Topic
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Just found out that I have lost an interview for my PhD. John Law and his messy method need updating to include menopause brain. I've been assured that this cognitive fuddle clears. BUT WHEN?
It was only yesterday that @jeremymillar.bsky.social mentioned The Girl Chewing Gum and I watched it again, and now this. ❤️
The Quietus@thequietus.com · 5mo ago'In The Black Tower, Smith’s most beloved work, the narrator describes how a strange brick building has been following him around London, looming over terraced housing and even stalking him through the countryside...' John Smith on The Girl Chewing Gum at 50 buff.ly/Akok4S2
Had a supervision for the #writethisdamnthesis2026 in Brighton last week. After, went to sit with the West Pier. We had a chat about living up to the potential everyone thought you had in the mid 70s, but being a bit frazzled in 2026.
PhD is being a git. I just needed to put that somewhere.
This time last year I was lucky to be part of a group that took part in Kazna Asker's LFW show. It was GLORIOUS. Looks like she knocked it away this year too. Fast-breaking fashion: Ramadan becomes part of London fashion week | Fashion | The Guardian share.google/nEMYNFNerwyl...
Fast-breaking fashion: Ramadan becomes part of London fashion week
British-Yemeni designer Kazna Asker paused her presentation at sunset to share iftar with the models, staff and guests
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