I think this is important research. Land owners, farmers, local authorities, head gardeners and others need to stop their own obsessions with ‘tidiness’ and help educate others about the benefits of dead wood, long grass, scrub, ‘weeds’ etc. www.forestresearch.gov.uk/news/public-...

A small but hopefully significant bit of good news. Every little helps! www.optimistdaily.com/2025/11/puff...

Watched this last night. I actually think it creates an atmosphere better than the book, and it does Johnson’s dialogue and unique style justice. A beautiful film, well worth a watch.

Much more research required.. but a small dose of hope. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Tonight’s reading.

We need to nationalise our water infrastructure immediately and spend money preventing things like this, rather than lining the money of shareholders. Our system is so ridiculously backwards. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

This is absolutely appalling. "The UK will not contribute to a flagship fund for the world’s remaining tropical forests, in a bitter blow to the Brazilian hosts on the eve of the Cop30 climate summit." Absolutely pathetic. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Scotland’s third Land Reform Bill has been criticised as inadequate by land reform campaigners, but here’s one good bit: it will require owners of landholdings over 1,000 hectares to set out how they are boosting biodiversity Let’s do the same in England: treesforlife.org.uk/new-law-says...

Anyone fancy a road trip? www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...

Anyone planning to #GetKeshed needs to chase it down with a its poetic brother, @bobbygant.bsky.social amazing collection. @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social this is on Gardners, could it be added to your site so i can put it on my Keshed list pls? You'll sell shitloads 💪🙏 razurcuts.com/shop/a-decad...

Some more praise for Keshed by @stuhennigan.bsky.social, this time from @jamesscudamore.bsky.social. If this doesn't convince you to buy a copy...

Ten jewels of English nature at risk from development and Labour’s planning bill 1. Lodge Hill, Kent 2. Tipner West 3. Humber estuary 4. Thetford 5. Wolborough Fen 6. Sittingbourne 7. Surrey Heaths 8. Dibden Bay 9. Wensum Woodlands 10. Swanscombe Peninsula www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Situations like this is why the UK is one of the most nature depleted countries on earth. This government is as bad, if not worse than previous governments when it comes to the environment. Wolborough Fen must be protected. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

There is no reason whatsoever for the government not to support this simple, uncontroversial measure. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Five miles through Wykeham Forest today. Autumn feel with leaves starting to fall, Redpoll, Crossbill and Siskin overhead and lots of fungi on the forest floor.

Massive praise and a genuine honour to be in some way linked to Stu and Keshed. Keep your eyes peeled for Stu’s launch events! bsky.app/profile/stuh...

Not on @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social (i've requested it be added so it can go on this list) but if you read ONE of these titles, make it @bobbygant.bsky.social A Decade Of Drinking With Ghosts, a poetic brother to Keshed and one of the best sets i've read in ages 🙏👌🖤 razurcuts.com/shop/a-decad...

We are all living under the same sun. Same moon. Looks to the skies to feel small.

Nigel Farage is the biggest charlatan in British political history. And here's what his constitutents in Clacton really think:

Almost a full moon last night.

Compare to the 1970s rattlers still in operation on Northern Rail routes. bsky.app/profile/jone...

Small acts soon add up. Plant a tree at the next available opportunity! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

So frustrating watching farmers waste their time, money and energy cutting hedgerows back to within an inch of their life. No gain for the farmer, looks ridiculous and is incredibly damaging for wildlife. Madness.

Fuck the IOF forever. After bombing the hospital, their airstrike murders the medics and journalists who arrive to assist/document. No words...

The poetic brother of Keshed 🙏🙏🙏🙏

A year ago today we published this much lauded collection of poetry by @bobbygant.bsky.social A Decade Of Drinking with Ghosts was released to some hefty praise and continues to delight. Complex, humane and melancholic- Wendy Erskine You can order here: razurcuts.com/shop/a-decad...

Not a good time to have a government that is totally unserious about the climate crisis. www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

Thinking of selling all of my vinyl bar a handful of records…

People creating mad culture wars in their own head then posting about them as if it’s real is a crazy phenomenon. Saw some southern bloke today claiming the woke left are offended by pints and full English breakfasts, acting like he’s some sort of patriot for having a lager and a fry-up. Mental.

All you lovely peeps saying you can't wait to read Keshed would do well to check this out. @memorialdevice.bsky.social calls it my novel's poetic brother; as indeed Keshed is the fraternal prose twin of @bobbygant.bsky.social devastating collection. Out w/ @razurcutsmag.bsky.social 👌🙏✊️

Filey Food Festival - rows of oldies sat in deck chairs in the sun watching a brass band. A pure, high grade hit of YORKSHIRE right there.

Time for another shot of southern darkness.

Watched Dzien Swira last night. Translated roughly as ‘Day of the Wacko’. Like a psychotic Polish ‘Falling Down’, only slightly trippier. Directed by Marek Koterski.

A nice and peaceful morning at Long Nab. Three grey seals in the bay, a Quail calling from the fields above and hares absolutely everywhere.

Never tire of these views. Not a bad start to a shift this morning.

Heartbeat country today. Nostalgia overload for those Sunday evenings, clinging to the weekend before another week of school. Viewing figures peaked at 18 million, which in my opinion gives the show a decent claim to being a British cultural institution. Wholesome And underrated.

Moved by @bobbygant.bsky.social’s affecting collection of poems ‘A Decade of Drinking with Ghosts’ from @razurcutsmag.bsky.social. You can order here: razurcuts.com/shop/a-decad...

Seeing the work of the Impressionists at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris was a formative experience for me. Felt like I ‘got’ art for the first time, and it was no longer an upper-class thing that was out of reach for someone like me. Long live the lunatics. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

When warnings of Insectageddon were issued a few years ago, there was widespread denial. Less so now. It's devastating. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Sorry state of affairs when Boris Johnson and Kemi Badenoch are better on certain environmental issues than a Labour government. #nature #wildlife www.theguardian.com/environment/...

More of this please. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

What exactly is the point of this Labour government? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Action creates reality.

Scope shot of Lesser Yellowlegs at Filey Dams this morning. American wader doing a bit of sightseeing in Yorkshire.

#PoetrySky this great collection is a book you CAN judge by the cover. Every bit as bleary-eyed and melancholy as the image and title suggest, but free from the cliches of lush romanticism as the writer pieces together fractured shards of memory and self shattered by life at the bottom of a bottle.

As it is #IndiePressDay I’ll take the opportunity to plug the legends at @razurcutsmag.bsky.social and my book published last year (link below). They were an amazing team to work with. Please celebrate indie publishers today and everyday! razurcuts.com/shop/a-decad...

The Pope met JD Vance for 30 seconds and thought ‘fuck it, I’m done with this world.’ Can’t say that I blame him.

Today was a good day.