Colin Silver

The deliberate and relentless killing of Palestinian journalists is sickening beyond words — and is a desperate attempt to silence the truth about Israel’s ongoing crimes against humanity.

Shame on all those who empowered Israel to murder with impunity.

'...while we are alive we cannot get to a star, any more than when we are dead we can take the train.' Vincent Van Gogh #Art #Letters #Artists

"If we don't save Gaza we would not have saved our international order. Humanity will be buried in Gaza."

The articulate rage of Dr Husam Zomlot, Head of the Palestinian Mission to the UK, needs to be heard by every Western leader enabling the genocide & starvation in #Gaza.

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The problem isn't just that Water is privatised in England, it's that the politicians are too. #ScottishIndependence 🎙️

A mother in a tent in Gaza clasping her starving child, who appears close to death.

“Just outside Gaza, tons of food, clean water, medical supplies, shelter items & fuel sit untouched with humanitarian organisations blocked from accessing or delivering them," write 109 aid agencies today.

Israel is committing Palestinian genocide and it is monstrous.

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The Bovey Tracey #craft fayre in #Devon was magical this year.

That's really nice. I'm trying ink #drawing - this one is a work in progress (the bathing house at Elberry Cove near Brixham). Will take a look at #drypoint

Another trip up #Dartmoor today with my #Nikon FE camera loaded with #Ilford HP5+ black and white film. I do love this beautifully engineered film camera. I think it's a thing of beauty. #Photography

#Photography on #Dartmoor today with my #Nikon FE and #Ilford HP5 film. The weather was nice and I had a flask of coffee with me so happy days.

I also suggest an alternative route, a politics of belonging, in which political power and control of local resources are returned to communities.

It keeps eternal whisperings around desolate shores...
#Keats, On the Sea.
#poetry

Study of a kingfisher in pencil. #art #drawing

For my money, this has to be one of the best cinemas in the UK. Totnes cinema is unbelievably atmospheric, shows great (often but not always esoteric) films and even has a bar so that you can enjoy a glass of something nice. It's perfect. #cinema #movies #films #Devon #Totnes

Steel, auto, quarrying, mining, shipbuilding; I've seen them all from the inside and my abiding impression is that it's hard, dirty work with long hours for the majority of employees. Moving to automation & robotics will be fascinating.

Franz Marc's Fate of Animals (1913) was about animals being caught up in human wars but today it could just as easily represent the effects of climate change and environmental destruction. The artist was killed in World War 1. #art #ecology #environment #warfare #painting

Been up on #Dartmoor today. It's bleak but beautiful. #photography #landscape

The death of John Keats: ending the myth of 'weakness' Written on the anniversary of his death on the 23rd February 1821

It's the anniversary of Keats' death and the end of my first week on Substack. This post was my contribution to dispelling the myth of Romantic weakness. It's also the anniversary of my book on Keats coming out mid-pandemic 😔 suziegrogan.substack.com/p/the-death-... #poetry #BookSky

Taking my new drawing hobby a step further with a butterfly. I think it's interesting how we perceive things both the same and differently in colour and black & white (if that makes any sense at all). #drawing #art #coloured-pencils

Everybody should be encouraged to take an interest in their local community, to help clean it up (literally), to grow food for it (or buy it from local producers) and contribute what skills they have to the betterment of it.

There some lovely walks on the coast of #Devon

Am still working on my #drawing and really enjoying it. To anyone feeling a bit stressed, I'd say pick up a pencil and try to draw something with care and attention. I believe you'll find it to be therapeutic. #art #mental-health

Amazing coincidence, I was just listening to the "Elon Musk" podcast about Musk, Bezos, the moon & mars and I thought, Why continue destroying a colourful, teeming-with-life paradise and move to some lifeless barren rocks? Why not take care of our unique, precious & fragile Earth instead?

James Henry Leigh Hunt, by Benjamin Robert Haydon (died 1846). Hunt is depicted as a young man with dark, wavy hair, intense eyes, and a strong gaze that conveys intellectual depth and determination. His facial features are sharply defined, with high cheekbones and a prominent nose, emphasizing his expressive and thoughtful demeanor. He wears a rich, deep red garment with intricate patterns, and his white collar is open and slightly upturned, adding a sense of romanticism and individuality. The background is dark and muted, focusing attention on Hunt’s face and expression.

#OTD in 1813.
Leigh Hunt is imprisoned for a libel of the Prince Regent in The Examiner (1812). He continues his literary work in prison & will be visited there by Lord Byron, Thomas Moore, among others.

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#books #literature

Wow! That's amazing.

I think that's brilliant 👏

The Story Behind Dylan Thomas’s “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” and the Poet’s Own Stirring Reading of His Masterpiece “Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”

"Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light."

The story behind Dylan Thomas's beloved poem and a rare recording of the poet himself reading it

"One must read Herodotus' book--and every great book--repeatedly; with each reading it will reveal another layer, previously overlooked themes, images, and meanings." Ryszard Kapuscinski Travels with Herodotus Translated by Klara Glowczewska

📚💙 #reading #HistBookChat

Look at Labour’s acts of environmental vandalism and ask: did I vote for this? | George Monbiot Our rivers, our wildlife, the air we breathe: the government is sacrificing all to the insatiable god of GDP – and mocking our objections, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

In my column today I argue that, unbelievably, Labour are worse on environmental issues than the Conservatives.
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I recently discovered Maria Graham's (later Maria Callcott's) amazing journal of her stay in Valparaiso and Santiago, Chile, in 1822. I'm astonished she isn't more widely known. Her powers of observation were exceptional and her journal is endlessly interesting. She needs a biographer.

Absolutely, and I agree with the person who said the Belgians do this rather well, too. The beautiful effects can be quite subtle.