David Lewis

In the Moment, by David Lewis 11 track album

My new album now available via Bandcamp

davidlewis3.bandcamp.com/album/in-the...

'A hubristic, colossal wreck' How tolerant will Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Turkey will be towards activists during COP31 next year?

Trying to find hope in an elite-orchestrated climate conference

Shouldn’t we always be wary of unitary ideas of ‘development’? Ambivalence is sensible and healthy, in my view. And aren’t ‘alternatives to development’ just other ways of thinking about development? I’ve never been very comfortable with the ‘post-development’ perspective.

Clearing system to rescue students whose universities go bust Risk of collapse shouldn’t stop students graduating, the skills minister says

Shall we sort our university system out so it doesn't eat itself? No! Let's organise a bankruptcy process instead! Britain: the country that prepares for failure. www.thetimes.com/uk/education...

Among Friends, by David Lewis 0 track album

A nice late album review from Fatea:

davidlewis3.bandcamp.com/album/among-friends
… “Among Friends" is an album that deserves a second chance. David Lewis knows how to put a song together, there's a lot here that entertains and is definitely worth the time to check out and who knows, grab a copy?’

Towards a development humanities — Development Studies Association David Lewis asks if it's time to be open imagining development in different ways and encourages us to consider the idea of what we can learn from the humanities.

Let’s discuss how the humanities can bring new insights to international development
#DSA #EADI #internationaldev #sida #FCDO
www.devstud.org.uk/2025/05/16/t...

I’m beginning to like this app just for that reason. So: can we expect Trump to start using Union Sundown soon as his walk on music?

Put Public Ownership of Water Back on the Table Privatisation of water isn’t failing - it is the failure. The Government is mid-way through a major review of the water sector. But so far, it has refused to consider a potential solution that’s backe...

Private companies are polluting our rivers, hiking up bills, and failing to deliver. 82% of us want public ownership – let’s make it happen!
Sign the open letter now & demand action! 👉
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pu...

A lovely record … hope you’re relaxing

Towards a ‘Development Humanities’: widening the multi-disciplinary field of development studies This paper proposes a new sub-field of Development Humanities (DH) that aims to extend the multidisciplinary base of Development Studies (DS) via a distinctive set of themes, analytical tools and d...

We need to bring more of the arts and humanities into Development Studies. Here’s why:

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

An interesting discussion piece

Hi Tim - it’s been too long, hope we can catch up soon, I’m back from travels in India in a couple of days.

Looking forward to watching this afternoon - great review, Robert.

The Guardian view on humanities in universities: closing English Literature courses signals a crisis With degrees disappearing and reading rates plummeting, the arts face a critical moment in education and culture

“Universities are in a shocking state, and the new government has barely begun the herculean task of stabilising the sector… a cultural shift that risks leaving future generations without the critical, empathetic and intellectual tools provided by literature.”

www.theguardian.com/education/20...