Keith Jebb
@keithjebb.bsky.social
Writer, poet, reviewer, sometime creative writing lecturer, turn left at Labour and keep going.
The train arriving from the early Iron Age. (The Cambridge / Liverpool Street train, glimpsed from the edge of a private path I risked for a bit. The wood on the hill, which the tunnel and train passes through, has the remains of an oval ring camp hidden within the trees)
Toby Miller@tobytram.bsky.social · yesterdayThe swallows were hunting in the last of the sun. Disco stitching over bone dry grass.
Sand martins tunnel into steep sandy banks to nest. At Amwell Nature Reserve, conservationists have built an artificial cliff to give them somewhere new to breed. Rebecca Turner reports #birds #Birds
Nature reserve brings new hope for declining sand martins
New nesting banks are giving sand martins a lifeline in Hertfordshire, where populations of the UK’s smallest swallow are falling
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More dodginess from Farage?
opendemocracy.net@opendemocracy.net · 2w agoNew investigation into Scientologist and QAnon enthusiast John Mappin raises fresh questions about Farage's allies https://www.opendemocracy.net/nigel-farage-denies-link-to-crypto-conspiracist-john-mappin/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=content_studio
I wrote a Substack post about my Marjorie poems. I tweeted one of these pieces every day between September 2016 and November 2018 and made them into books. More at tinyurl.com/fdajhaje
Watching Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy, I was shocked to see the damage the chicken industry is doing to rivers, communities and animals. And now I’ve learned the Government wants to expand Big Chicken. I've signed the petition to stop it 👉 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
Stop Big Chicken Choking our Rivers
Watching Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy, I was shocked to see the damage the chicken industry is doing to rivers, communities and animals. And now I’ve learned the Government wants to expand Big ...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Hob Moor should be green. This summer, parts of this much-loved York nature reserve are dry, brown – and recently, on fire. As Andy Burnham considers further North Sea drilling, the consequences of a warming climate are getting harder to ignore. Joseph Lee-Doktor reports ⤵️
York wildfire brings North Sea drilling debate close to home
A fire on a much-loved York nature reserve highlights what is at stake as Andy Burnham considers further North Sea drilling
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The PM says he wants public control of water, but water companies are still spilling sewage and hiking up our bills. Add your name to make sure Burnham keeps his word. water-rip-off.goodlawproject.org/s/AvlgZH
Stop the water industry rip-off
The PM says he wants public control of water, but water companies are still spilling sewage and hiking up our bills. Add your name.
water-rip-off.goodlawproject.org
Jeff Bezos has just been crowned the world's third richest person...while Amazon dodges billions in tax. Right now, governments are negotiating new global tax rules. Tell the UK Government: don't cave to the super-rich.
Reform UK councillors in Kent wanted the national anthem played at the end of council meetings, but it blew up in their faces in the most hilariously petty way
Reform UK councillors in Kent wanted the national anthem played at the end of council meetings, but it blew up in their faces in the most hilariously petty way
Footage from a meeting in July shows opposition party members holding Reform UK to their (every last) word on the national anthem.
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I did my Brazilian Sonnets based on Browning. In the English Strain: robertsheppard.blogspot.com/2021/02/my-e.... (3rd vid down: all about Boris Johnson.) EBB's eyes in Patricia's composite 'sonneteer'. Great to see Tom Jenks at them...
My THE ENGLISH STRAIN is published today by Shearsman
Hurrah! The English Strain is published today by Shearsman, available here: https://www.shearsman.com/store/Sheppard-Robert-c28271934?offse...
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Tom Jenks@tomjenksuk.bsky.social · 3w agoNew Substack post on visualising Sonnets for the Portuguese by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. tinyurl.com/32uywpat
Have you watched Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy? I couldn't believe the extent of what factory chicken farms have been getting away with. Putting profits ahead of public health is unacceptable. It's a scandal, and the Government must step in and take action! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
Stop Big Chicken Choking our Rivers
Have you watched Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy? I couldn't believe the extent of what factory chicken farms have been getting away with. Putting profits ahead of public health is unacceptable. I...
you.38degrees.org.uk
A massive plastic pellet spill is threatening North Sea wildlife 🌊 Coastal communities are stepping up, but we need action. Join us and ask @andyburnham.bsky.social to launch an emergency response & hold polluters accountable! #NurdleSpill #StopPollution action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/tyn...
Tell Andy Burnham: Save the North Sea from plastic pellet disaster
One of the UK's biggest spills of plastic pellets (or “nurdles”) is flooding the North East’s coastline. It could harm wildlife in the North Sea for decades. Thousands of volunteers – including Friend...
action.friendsoftheearth.uk
Did you know a barrister is facing jail just for reminding a jury they have the right to vote with their conscience? This historic right has kept trials fair since 1670. We can't let it be silenced now. Add your name to defend fair trials👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Sign to protect the right to a fair trial
Imagine being called for jury duty, but advised against using your own common sense. ❗A top barrister is now facing contempt of court proceedings, simply for reminding a jury of their rights. If judg...
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08/05/26 AM: Did YOU have Breakfast? 14,000,000 children are starving in America! 770,000 more lost SNAP benefits! 1 in 4 around the world wakeup hungry! You can mute/block me. I don't care. I'll not stop! Will YOU Be Voting for Children to eat in 11/26 & giving to or working in a local food bank?
Travel platforms: Don’t advertise Tiger encounters in Thailand! actions.eko.org/a/travel-pla...
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I’ve just responded to the government’s consultation by saying no to Heathrow’s climate-wrecking third runway. Will you join me and tell the government you oppose expansion too? @friends-earth.bsky.social action.friendsoftheearth.uk/target/say-n...
Stop Heathrow's climate-wrecking third runway
Take action We're in a climate crisis, with out-of-control wildfires in the UK, France and Spain and an ongoing battle to clean up the air in our cities. So why is Andy Burnham's government backing pl...
action.friendsoftheearth.uk
Birdsong isn’t just a male thing. Female birds sing too – and in more than 70% of species worldwide, it matters more than we thought. Emma Phipps tells us more.
The hidden bias in bird research that impacts conservation
Scientists long focused on colourful male birds, but female birds may hold key clues to conservation and survival
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Billionaires like Elon Musk are racing to replace humans with AI. Join me to stop the race to replace: action.eko.org/a/support-pr...
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Hummingbird Hawkmoth on our buddleia. Never seen one before today.
New post just out: "Burnham's first mistake" Splitting 14 year olds into academic and vocational paths seems intuitive. But it's a terrible idea that risks increasing inequality, and closing down options for the young people that need them most. (£/free trial) open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/b...
Burnham's first mistake
The problem with his education plan
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🚨 After 40 years of research, Brazilian scientist Dr. Mariangela Hungria wins the World Food Prize for pioneering a $2 nitrogen-fixing bacteria treatment that replaces costly fertilizers, saves farmers $25 billion annually, and cuts 230 million tons of CO₂ emissions.
My huge thanks to Annie Fisher for this very generous and thoughtful review of Forgetfulness. I am truly honoured and grateful. And infinite thanks, as always, to Shearsman Books. substack.com/@thefridaypo...
What’s lost and found and lost again
Annie Fisher review 'Forgetfulness' by Ian Seed (Shearsman, 2026).
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