I'll be spoiling myself in July.. Davenant at the Library, down the road for Chris Killip's The Last Ships at the Laing, then to the Baltic for Tish Murtha

This is an interesting article. It’s easy to write these people off as idiots and bigots but anyone who has spent time talking to people in blighted post-industrial towns will understand their views reflect a much deeper malaise and the abandonment of the social contract by successive governments.

“No Pride 4 some without liberation 4 ALL of us” trans rights protest from my Rebellion! series. #Photography

The zine for Rebellion! is now available in my shop. It has 55 photos distilled down from 40,000 taken over the life of the project. I’m very pleased with the quality of the printing and hope you like it https://marcdavenant.com/product/rebellion-zine/

North easterners: get yourselves along to this. Zine review here: silentwordsspeakloudest.blogspot.com/2026/05/oppo...

The Rebellion! exhibition on protest is now open at Newcastle City Library and will be there until the end of August. There’s a great cafe next to the exhibition and the zine can be bought in the shop on the floor below.

And “phone ins” are 10 x worse

Born in New York in 1938, Meyerowitz is widely acknowledged to be one of the first photographers – among others such as William Eggleston and Stephen Shore – to bring colour photography from the periphery to the centre of fine art photography. apple.news/AGpr_DxwyQ--...

I know of two occasions where BBC journalists have stopped someone in the street, asked their opinion and then asked if they would mind expressing the opposite opinion just for the camera. One was in Stratford in 2012 with a question about the Olympics. Vox pops can’t be trusted.

Early stroll. I practice the delicate art of walking and peeling an orange at the same time. A slug’s slow progress. A shouty man in a passing car. The Museum sign seems to point to me. A mirror lost in that hedge.

Time ties its laces, Strolls on. They become untied. Time ties its laces.

Tuscarora Chief Clinton Richard and members of the Indian Defense League of America cross the International Bridge at Niagara Falls in 1928. A reminder of crossing privileges as enshrined in The Jay Treaty, signed in June, 1795, and ratified by the US Senate in June, 1795. In 1956, Canada’s

Happy Pride Month. If you're a gay man, please remember your power. People often think that gay men are innately fashionable, which means if you wear some stupid shit for long enough, straight people, including homophobes, will copy you and then you can laugh at them.

“... when I was young, I didn't really understand my father when he shipped out. But now that I’ve shipped out I give him a whole new respect. 
We wanted to sail. That's what we did. We sailed on ships” robertgumpert.com/from-the-sea...

I know of two occasions where BBC journalists have stopped someone in the street, asked their opinion and then asked if they would mind expressing the opposite opinion just for the camera. One was in Stratford in 2012 with a question about the Olympics. Vox pops can’t be trusted.

Relax guys, enhancing photos with #AI doesn't always work: 1/6

Happy #PrideMonth! 🌈 Fashionable, feminine, and a rebellious source of entertainment. In the Johnson Publishing Company Archive, you'll find iconic images of drag ball performers from the 1940s–60s. [🧵1/4]

its always either a posh finishing school for girls or a place tarquins reside once they change job

You just have to look at the list of trustees in every national museum and gallery in Britain to realise that there is a crisis in working class representation when it comes to the governance of these organisations which are funded by us all.

Early stroll. Clouds dominate the sky. A pair of trees mirror each other. A man in a red jacket waits for the first bus. The syntax of a long line of dropped crisps. A cockerel shouts at the world.

Morning all. Photographer John Bulmer View Over Potteries (also known as "Potteries) 1962.

The front of the extreme right wing, anti-immigration, ‘Christian’ nationalist ‘Walk with Jesus’ protest last Saturday at Marble Arch just before they set off. Some people might find this scene unsettling and somewhat reminiscent of the NF protests in the 1970s, just sold with different wrapping.

For millennia we learne mythes of dangers from the voyde who lure wyth human voyces, who hide behinde human faces, to weaken the bondes of communitye, to steal thoughtes, to hurt soules, to sow discord. And then we make that reale ourselves wyth Gen A.I. homunculi.

Images from the UKIP march in Blackpool. 30.05.26 Work goes towards my long term project "Eyes on the right". #eyesontheright #blackpool #uk #demo #photography #socialdocumentary

You can visit the Rebellion! exhibition on protest at Newcastle City Library from tomorrow. First impression from visitors yesterday is that it’s going to stimulate a lot of debate and people seemed fascinated by the video.

I like this poem by Samantha Wynne-Rhydderch from her new collection Milk Wood Memoir. I’ll be talking to Samantha soon for a future edition of The Verb.

I mean, technically Christianity is a foreign import and truly indigenous Brits would be pagans...

Noisy Valley launch & celebration at the Workers Gallery! Thanks to everyone who contributed to the event and especially @myfanwytristram.bsky.social for taking the protest stories of the Valleys out into the world with such kindness, care and creativity! Thanks too to @selfmadehero.bsky.social 🤗

An old pastel of mine showing Cambridge market with the Reynold's Sweets stall and Great St Mary's Church. Found a buyer years ago.

You can visit the Rebellion! exhibition on protest at Newcastle City Library from tomorrow. First impression from visitors yesterday is that it’s going to stimulate a lot of debate and people seemed fascinated by the video.

Early stroll. Dead plants in a grey pot. An abandoned shirt on the floor; it’s the same colour as the one I’m wearing. A passing taxi, monetising time and space. A mown lawn like a shaved head. A CAT is MISSING: a poster in a bus shelter tells me.

49 years ago today The BBC announced a ban on the new Sex Pistols single 'God Save The Queen' saying it's, "in gross bad taste". #punk #punks #punkrock #GodSaveTheQueen #sexpistols #history #punkrockhistory

Yf you have more than one billion dollars and you are not buildinge free, safe, fun theme parkes for familyes to visit then you are an asshole -- sorrye those are the rules.

jesus god can he not just die already

The problem is that “I am often scared and angry about social change” does not inherently lend itself to interesting art. You can be as technically skilled as the greats, but art with nothing interesting to say is just a commodity.

“This consistent pattern of conduct implies that Canadian authorities have sustained a strategy to evade accountability under international law."

Early stroll. First shadows in first light. A snail’s silver trail like a ghost worm. A drying pattern from a spilled drink. The waste bins are numbered: I pass number 2300 like I do every day. The distant dance of birds in the distance.

You can see shocking footage of the state-sponsored police riot at Orgreave on the screen in the Rebellion! exhibition which has just opened at Newcastle City Library.

The Rebellion! exhibition has now been installed at Newcastle City Library and is open to visitors from tomorrow. Initial reaction to the video has been surprisingly good. Passers by seemed fascinated by it which is a good sign.

Ich thynke but litel of a Mondaye bleake Tuesday grey and Wednesdaye eke Thursdaye Ich care not for thee Yet Fridaye Ich am yn love [catchye hurdy-gurdy riff] Mondaye thou kanst fall awaye Tuesdaye, Wednesdaye, myne herte slaye No mirthe ys founde upon Thursdaye Yet Fridaye Ich am yn love

Hilariously I forgot to print the panel which says who took the photos and developed the exhibition so at the moment it’s completely anonymous in the exhibition itself.

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It's a great poem. I read it in his voice!

If you're into wearing clothes and stuff, my people have told me to inform your people that there is FREE SHIPPING on all t-shirts etc. Thx xx 🪶 edwardphilipsart.teemill.com

Tech billionaires should not be able to tilt British democracy from Silicon Valley boardrooms. Here’s how we could legislate to stop social media platforms amplifying the Far Right for profit or political influence. 🧵

As we were testing the video for the Rebellion! exhibition installation we turned around and three people had stopped, one was saying ‘look it’s @imcmillan.bsky.social on the telly!’ They were transfixed by him reciting his poem The Voices Raised.

You can see shocking footage of the state-sponsored police riot at Orgreave on the screen in the Rebellion! exhibition which has just opened at Newcastle City Library.

Why would it baffle anyone - the man has always given the middle finger to everyone but himself: a crook, abuser, liar and cheat of long standing. How could anyone be surprised? english.elpais.com/opinion/2026...

The Rebellion! exhibition has now been installed at Newcastle City Library and is open to visitors from tomorrow. Initial reaction to the video has been surprisingly good. Passers by seemed fascinated by it which is a good sign.

South Sea Bubble 2