Amazing work by @animaldefenders.bsky.social and supporters! 33 lions were rescued from circuses 10 years ago. It’s wonderful to see twelve of them still living happy lives at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary. ❤️

Time to stop hating on rodents!

Looking back on the Illusion of Democracy series of paintings. This is the first from the series and is from 2016. THE ILLUSION OF DEMOCRACY I, 2016 oil and acrylic on canvas 76 x 76cm

Democracy series of paintings. This is one is from 2016. THE ILLUSION OF DEMOCRACY IV, 2016 oil and acrylic on canvas 102 x 102cm

This World Day for Laboratory Animals, we’re calling for an end to cruel monkey experiments. Monkeys in labs have to endure invasive, painful and distressing brain surgeries and induced heart attacks. It’s not just inhumane, it's unreliable science. #EndAnimalTesting #WDLA

For decades, cancer research has heavily relied on animal models. Artificially induced or genetically engineered these do not reflect cancer development in humans. ADI is calling for the adoption of advanced non-animal methods to end animal testing.

Looking back on the Illusion of Democracy series. This one is from 2016. THE ILLUSION OF DEMOCRACY III, 2016 oil and acrylic on canvas 76 x 76cm

Looking back on the Illusion of Democracy series. This one is from 2017. THE ILLUSION OF DEMOCRACY XX, 2017 oil and acrylic on canvas 80 x 80cm

Looking back on the Illusion of Democracy series of paintings that I started in 2016. THE ILLUSION OF DEMOCRACY XV, 2017 oil and acrylic on canvas 80 x 80cm

Looking back over some older paintings that still resonate today. This one is from 2024. TOWARDS THE UNIMAGINABLE, 2024 oil and acrylic on canvas 70 x 70cm

End the Grand National: Stop horse deaths at Aintree c.org/Zt5NKdSr via @UKChange

If dressing up as a giant bird stops gannet chicks being unnecessarily slaughtered then I’m all for it.

This is a brilliant, if chilling, reframing of the situation. The clarity and insight in Ash Oro’s writing always makes me feel a bit calmer even though what is approaching is potentially terrifying.

A LAMENTABLE LIFE FOR A LION. Cramped, stressful conditions, managed with violence, fear & intimidation. 🎪In the U.S., urge your members of Congress to support the reintroduction of the Traveling Exotic Animal & Public Safety Protection Act (#TEAPSPA)👉 bit.ly/SupportTEAPSPA

It's only worth going back to the Moon if it makes us look properly again at Earth, and appreciate how beautiful, precious and fragile what we have here is. The most famous images from Apollo aren't about the Moon - they're pictures of Earth. We need to stop taking our home for granted.

There are two bills to end traveling wild animal acts throughout NY that need your support TODAY! 🎪Contact your Assemblymember and urge them to support A5850 to ban traveling animal acts. nyassembly.gov/mem/search/ AND urge your Senator to support S3629A. www.nysenate.gov/find-my-sena...

🚨🚨 The 2015-2025 period was the warmest 11 years since observations started, with ocean heat and acidification at record levels, and continuing rises in sea levels and the retreat of glaciers www.ft.com/content/e839...

I really recommend a visit to @bexhillmuseum.bsky.social if you’re in the area. As well as this fabulous new display of shoes there is also a costume gallery, a transport gallery, train sets you can operate and all manner of fascinating objects. Support your local museum!

This is very good. Brilliantly researched, vitally important, beautifully delivered and quietly apocalyptic.

Delighted to have been invited to be part of this online exhibition hosted by @organmagazine.bsky.social It’s open now via this link.

Rather excited to be part of an online exhibition Three x Three alongside Clara Lemos and Declen Patten. Organised by the lovely people at Cultivate Gallery and hosted by The Organ. It’s open now via this link: organthing.com

🐭🐀🐒🐶🐰#EndAnimalTesting #BeTheirVoice #AnimalDefendersInternational 🔬Write to your MP (UK) or Congressperson (US) & tell them you want urgent replacement of animal use with advanced, non-animal methods. UK: bit.ly/4eN4Udr US: bit.ly/47NsiW7

Fabulous, fabulous story here. Watch the video embedded to hear some of the the songs. www.wbur.org/news/2026/02...

If you are a British citizen or UK resident you can help to end this suffering. Please help these greyhounds by signing this petition.

4 ways the Trump administration undermined public health in America over last 2 weeks youtube.com/shorts/fqqia...

🐘REMEMBER THEM ON JANUARY 10🐘 ADI & 30 other groups are hosting this year’s International Candlelight Vigil for Elephants, to honor the elephants who suffered & died in captivity in 2025. Join the Vigil4Elephants. SAVE THE DATE & SPREAD THE WORD.

I recommend following more libraries, museums and galleries - especially the small local ones - and all sorts of intriguing nuggets will brighten your day. Thanks to @themerl.bsky.social for this great starter pack! I’d like to add @bexhillmuseum.bsky.social as another recommendation.

Hey all you Hastings/St Leonards heads and Sussex Syd people. I'm making a 600 mile round trip to do this gig. Drop by and say hello. dice.fm/event/k6nm58...

Only the other day I was wondering why this didn’t happen, but apparently it does in sensible places like Finland.

Just finished this one. DISGUISED OBLIVION, 2025 Oil and acrylic on canvas 50 x 50cm

MOTH Club is facing an existential threat because Hackney Council is considering approval of a residential development next door under delegated authority - denying the venue and its community a public planning hearing despite more than 25,000 objections.

Work in progress in the studio today.

Elon Musk’s new pay package would feed all forty million Americans on SNAP for the next ten years. He wouldn’t notice the difference but the country would.

DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR, 2024 oil and acrylic on canvas 100 x 100cm

Some good news for animals in Colombia.

#ThrowbackThursday: 5 years ago this week, the Wild Animals and Circuses (Wales) Bill passed unanimously, banning the use of wild animals in circuses. After more than 100 years of animal suffering in circuses across Britain, Wales joined England & Scotland in ending the cruelty.

More than 500,000 wild animals are known to be involved in the tourism industry - many taken from the wild, kept in captivity, and trained and handled with physical violence, fear, and intimidation. Don’t be the reason they suffer this summer. #NoSelfiesPlease #BornToBeWild

Get connected to London’s grassroots music culture. We are proud to support a new campaign, alongside the Mayor of London and Transport for London, to celebrate London’s grassroots music ecosystem, from its artists, nightclubs, record shops, to music heritage locations and grassroots venues.

THE TRAGEDY OF KNOWING, 2024 oil and acrylic on canvas 122 x 152cm

RECIPE FOR DISASTER, 2025 60 x 60cm oil and acrylic on canvas

Evening sketching.

NAVIGATING THE FALL, 2025 oil and acrylic on canvas 70 x 70cm

Work in progress

Zebedee on tulip inspection duties.

Today is National Pet Day: Only adopt from shelters – Never buy from breeders. Animal shelters are full of thousands of dogs, cats, and other domestic animals are waiting for loving homes. #SaveAnimals #RescueAnimals #AnimalRescue

DEEPENING CONCERNS, 2023 oil and acrylic on canvas 50 x 50cm

Sketchbook drawing of Merlin the rescue puppy who now has a lovely new home. 🐾🐾❤️

DEVICES AND DELUSIONS, 2017 oil and acrylic on canvas 102 x 76cm

THE ILLUSION OF DEMOCRACY XX, 2017 oil and acrylic on canvas 80 x 80cm