Tony Guillan
@TonyGuillan
I work with artists & technologists to tell stories in new ways | Producer/Curator | Opinions 100% mine
My @scotonsunday column on NHS Fife, a health board now dangerously out of control: scotsman.com/news/opinion/c…
Key point for me in this terrific (as per) piece from @j_amesmarriott:
In many ways, the most profound impact of AI will be to challenge us to grapple with the oldest question of all: what’s it all for? Good piece touching on that by @j_amesmarriott AI will leave a gaping void for workaholic world thetimes.com/comment/column…
In many ways, the most profound impact of AI will be to challenge us to grapple with the oldest question of all: what’s it all for? Good piece touching on that by @j_amesmarriott AI will leave a gaping void for workaholic world thetimes.com/comment/column…
Loved this @southbankcentre tonight. Fun, funny, vibey, weirdly soulful. I kept thinking about what might be left of digital humanity when the asteroid finally hits ☄️ Go see it tomorrow! Jeremy Nedd: from rock to rock... | Southbank Centre southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/jerem…
My new piece for @unherd explores how the government's decision to lower the voting age will turn social media feeds into the preeminent battlefield for political campaigning. Read my full article here: unherd.com/2025/07/the-da…
The ending of Planet of the Apes where Charlton Heston realizes it was Earth all along remains one of the most iconic twists in film history.
What movie had an ending so good you thought about it forever?
Great, rage-infused article from @jo_bartosch: “The public can see clearly who the real ‘swivel-eyed’ loons are: those who lock male rapists in women’s prisons, who drug confused children, and earnestly believe you can be born in the wrong body.” telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07/1…
This will be interesting @SimonFanshawe @edintfest The Truth We Seek: Artistic Freedom | Edinburgh International Festival eif.co.uk/events/the-tru…
The property-owning class should take a big hit. Yes, that includes me. Spot on editorial - and recommendations - from @matthewsyed @thetimes thetimes.com/article/9fafa6…
Good on Ozzy 🦇 banger of a track 🤘
3. Black Sabbath performing "War Pigs" one last time
‘“Luxury beliefs”…confer status on the upper class at little to no cost for them, while inflicting serious cost on the lower classes…the people who back Mamdani most resemble him: affluent, overeducated, and eager to prove their virtue at someone else’s expense.’
Zohran Mamdani's Luxury Beliefs: robkhenderson.com/p/zohran-mamda…
"Bullying over gender-critical views ‘stifles academic research’. Work on issues related to sex and gender is being undermined as universities fail to protect staff from being harassed over their beliefs, a report has found" new report by @ProfAliceS 👏thetimes.com/article/56a138…
“if you like your morality tales childishly uncomplicated…then this is the art collective you deserve…the group are terrible at changing opponents’ minds, or even at persuading relatively intelligent neutrals. Confirmation bias is an exceptionally blunt instrument.”
Not sure why this came to mind but I just remembered I once reviewed Led By Donkeys coffee table book @UnHerd unherd.com/2024/09/led-by…
This weekend felt like a good time to revisit Wolfe’s seminal (not seminal enough!) work of social criticism. Radical Chic: That Party at Lenny’s nymag.com/article/tom-wo…