Today’s poem is called ‘Billionaire in a Midlife Crisis’.

When Angela Rayner underpaid £40,000 in stamp duty, Richard Tice said it was "morally completely indefensible” and she should resign if she had “any moral decency”. Now we learn he set up four shell companies that let him avoid paying £100,000 he owed in tax and to then transfer the cash to Reform

“I’ll be voting for Reform - it can’t get any worse” Oh it really can. You put a bunch of corrupt, racist, incompetent, lying Trumpists in charge and things will get very much worse. Potholes and empty shops will feel unimportant compared to the loss of the NHS, social care and a torched economy.

Happy #Scape Day! This #watercolour #painting sold a while ago, but it remains one of my favourites. Some works are harder to part with than others, but this one found a lovely new home. #art #watercolor #landscape #minimalist #originalart #artcollector #abstractart #abstract | karinacoghlin.com

Watercolour landscape on thick cotton paper. A small series of these paintings are available on my website, if you would like to see | karinacoghlin.com #watercolour #originalart #landscape #landscapepainting #art #abstractart #watercolor #smallworksonpaper #minimalistart #suffolkartist #ukartist

I saw this in the letters section of the Guardian today which gave me a laugh: "I dream of having a name that someone asks me to spell." Mary Smith (nee Jones) 😁 (Also: I dream of the exact opposite!)

She Dares to Claim the Sky. #Limitededition #artprint from a #watercolour #painting Someone bought two of these prints recently and I would love to know who they are for. I've written about why I painted it and what inspired the title, if you would like to see: www.karinacoghlin.com/journal/she-...

These paintings are a few years old now, but I am reminded of how much I loved painting seascapes when I first started experimenting with different media. These are acrylic, which I don't tend to use these days. #art #seascapes #paintings #calm #abstractart #blue #landscapes | karinacoghlin.com

Impossible to disagree with a single word that Ben Rhodes (Obama era NSC official) is saying here:

A quick little painting of a pear. For no reason at all. #watercolour #watercolor #painting #sketch #pear #fruit #art #originalart | karinacoghlin.com

A misty, moody seascape in acrylic. Hope you have a happy Tuesday :) #seascape #abstractart #abstractseascape #painting #art #keepcreating #coastalart #calmart #meditativeart #mistyseascape | karinacoghlin.com

A quiet little watercolour painting for this week's #scape day. Happy Friday x #watercolour #watercolor #landscape #art #painting #mutedpalette #tree #landscapepainting #gentlelandscape #minimalistart #originalart #watercolourpainting #watercolorpainting | karinacoghlin.com

How Australia killed populism open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...

You might have formed the impression that Paul Johnson, former director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, knows what he's talking about. The media treats him like the voice of God. But here he is - and not for the first time - talking out of his hat. Let's break it down in a short thread. 🧵

They haven’t identified the strain yet but multiple strains of bacteria which commonly cause meningitis and sepsis can be vaccinated against and even if you missed vaccination at school, you can be vaccinated up to age 25: www.nhs.uk/vaccinations...

About time!

Reform is too thick to hide their real motive for power. It’s not to make us wealthier. It’s not to improve our public services. It’s not even to manage immigration. It’s to wildly enrich themselves by dumping the rules and regulations that protect us from exploitation, discrimination and risk.

A little bit of serenity for #scape day, landscapes in monotone. Watercolour on cotton paper. Hope you have a good weekend x #painting #art #serenescene #landscapes #watercolour #watercolor #ukartist #keepcalm #calmart #snowscene #winterlandscape #snow #paynesgrey | karinacoghlin.com

I love it when David beats Goliath. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Awks for Tories & Reform who want to keep us hooked on fossil fuels: new @theCCCuk report shows transition to net zero will cost less than a single oil shock - £4bn a year - as well as delivering health & security benefits

Sharing a peaceful little landscape painting for #scape day! Tisha Mark ©2026, Homeland No. 2604, oil on gessobord, 4"x4" Original is available with maple frame (ships when dry, approx 2-3 weeks): tishamark.com/shop #art #painting #SciArt #bsnm #ArtSky

A little something for #Scape day. Friday has come around again so quickly! Hope you have a good weekend, if that's even possible these days. The rage is real. 😡 #art #watercolour #watercolor #keepcreating #peace #nature #landscape #paintings #originalart | karinacoghlin.com

Historian, author, and BAFTA-winning filmmaker @davidolusoga.bsky.social speaks to geneticist and Humanists UK Vice President @adamrutherford.bsky.social in the Spring issue of @newhumanist.bsky.social about religion, empire, politics, The Traitors, and more ⬇️ newhumanist.org.uk/articles/651...

Happy Women's History Month! A great time to learn more about women's contributions to the humanist movement in the last couple of hundred years...

Did you see this headline? Did you feel the requisite anger and rage at asylum seekers that The Sun was asking of you? Did you maybe blame Starmer because.... um... it was probably his fault🤷‍♀️ Would you like to know the reality behind the headline? Course you would!😜 Let's take a look 🧵 1/25

My contribution to #scape day: A quiet winter landscape in watercolour on thick cotton paper. Hope you have a lovely weekend. #friday #weekend #art #landscape #abstractart #abstractlandscape #painting #watercolour #watercolor #watercolourlandscape #paynesgrey #quiet karinacoghlin.com

An abstract landscape in watercolour on cotton paper with deckled edges. #art #watercolour #watercolor #panting #landscape #abstractlandscape #landscapepainting #mutedpalette #countryside | karinacoghlin.com

Having a clear out of first lines for poems I shall never write. Please help yourself to any of these.

A minimalist landscape in honour of #scape day. Watercolour on thick cotton paper, in muted tones, which sort of reflect my current mood.... #art #watercolor #landscape #minimalistart #watercolour #painting #landscapepainting | karinacoghlin.com

A great explanation from Prof Christina Pagel on the current situation with measles in the UK: Where we are, how we got here and what we can do. Well worth a read to get a deeper understanding.

A moody seascape in acrylic. #painting #art #seascape #moody #blue #sea #coast #coastalart #abstractart #abstractseascape | karinacoghln.com

Three Pebbles art print. Originally a #watercolour #painting from a little while ago, when I first started working with watercolour. It was so meditative and calming to paint and has become one of my most popular art prints. #pebbles #art #watercolor #artprint #gicleeprint | karinacoghlin.com

New watercolour landscape for #scape day! Hope you have had a good week, despite all the rain, rain and yet more rain ☔ This painting is on lovely thick cotton paper 19 x 28cm. #painting #watercolour #watercolor #landscape #muted #calm #art #worksonpaper #originalart #suffolk | karinacoghlin.com

Little journal update with new work... #watercolour #watercolor #art #paintings #landscapepaintings #landscape #countryside #suffolk #originalart www.karinacoghlin.com/journal/new-...

A couple of watercolour landscapes done on left over bits of paper. I did these a little while ago, just really quick little paintings to use up paint and paper, but I am still quite fond of them. #sketch #landscape #paintings #watercolour #watercolor #art #smallworksonpaper | karinacoghlin.com

Icelandic Poppy. A little floral watercolour painting for you on this chilly Tuesday, now available as an art print. #poppy #icelandicpoppy #floral #flower #artprint #art #watercolor #watercolour #minimalistart #floralart #flowerart #painting #calmart #nature | karinacoghlin.com

I guarantee this will improve your day 🥰

The Express… and Farage… want Brexit to be even worse than this… Even more cost. More losses. More red tape. More queues. More businesses failing. Less tax revenue. Less investment. Less protection. Fewer rights. Less security. But more white. Their racism ruins us. bsky.app/profile/euro...

Please join us and help make history at the Gorton and Denton by-election! 💚. We have a brilliant candidate, Hannah Spencer, we have momentum and we have a vital message - that the politics of hope *can* win over the politics of hate. We can win this! @mcrgreenparty.bsky.social @greenparty.org.uk

Wednesday’s Walk It was a cold, misty start earlier in the week. But I was very grateful to get a break from the rain. At last it’s Friday…so let’s #Scape! Have a good day, friends. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekDforDramatic #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin

I am pleased with how well this painting has come out as a limited edition giclee print. The paper is textured cotton paper, making it look like an original watercolor painting. #art #seascape #giclee #artprint #limitededition #freedom #seabird #print #printer #indigo | karinacoghlin.com/art-prints

April's Return. A small #watercolour painting of a stoic little tree in the landscape. Painted on 300gsm cotton paper 20 × 20 cm #watercolor #landscape #landscapeart #landscapepainting #art #suffolk #countryside #nature #keepcreating #tree #field #gentleart #gentlelandscape | karinacoghlin.com

Why TF would you ‘give Reform a go’? Yes. They represent change. But not good change. Not the change people want. This lot would torch everything we value and rely upon (NHS, public services, our rights, protections…) in an absolute frenzy of corruption, prejudice and uselessness. FFS. Please don’t.

My contribution to #BlueSkyArtShow today. The theme is #cold so here are a few of my snowy landscapes. All in Payne's Grey #watercolour on cotton paper. Have a lovely weekend. #watercolor #landscapes #snowscenes #snow #monochrome #art #painting #landscapepainting | karinacoghlin.com

Winter Stillness (crop) Watercolour on 100% cotton paper. My snowy offering for #Scape day ❄️ #tgif #art #watercolor #watercolour #snowday #snowscene #landscape #painting #landscapepainting #originalart #watercolourpainting #minimalistart | karinacoghlin.com

New abstract landscape painting in watercolour. My current favourite earthy tones. #watercolour #watercolor #landscape #landscapepainting #art #landscapeart #earthytones #mutedpalette #keepcreating #art #painting #escape #nature #countryside #ukartist #abstractart #abstracts | karinacoghlin.com

New abstract watercolour landscape on thick cotton paper. Doing my best to switch off (at least for a short time) from the madness. #keepcreating #watercolour #watercolor #abstractart #landscape #art #painting #mutedcolours #watercolourart #minimalistart #landscapepainting | karinacoghlin.com

Where are the trees? We have A LOT of this landscape and less than 4% native woodland. This should be a rich mosaic of habitats, moor, bog, woodland, montane scrub…We force it to remain in this artificial state. We don’t need to give every inch of our uplands over to sheep, grouse and deer stalking.

An abstract landscape in watercolour on lovely thick cotton paper. Wishing you a happy Monday - I hope that is possible in this mad world... #watercolour #watercolor #art #landscape #painting #abstractart #watercolorpainting #escape #keepcreating #smallworksonpaper | karinacoghlin.com