Steve Eely

She’s got to think she’s going to get clipped.

Toynbee is part of the problem.

Peter Mandelson issues secret notice demanding press leave him alone – read in full LATE on Friday evening, this notice was circulated from representatives of Peter Mandelson, via press regulator IPSO and the Press Association news…

Contemptible. www.thenational.scot/news/2583451...

Exclusive: Detention Center Captives Are Throwing Lotion Bottles Wrapped With Notes to Organizers Outside Otay Mesa Facility ~ L.A. TACO “For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh," an Otay Mesa captive communicated through handwritten note. "We are all in one big room with no doors...

Concentration camps:

“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."

NBC is editing out JD Vance being booed at the Olympics. CBS and ABC paid millions in bogus settlements to fund Trump. CNN made Scott Jennings a rightwing star. The Washington Post just laid off 300 journalists.

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Weraal

Probably crawled into chariot engines.

Anthea.

Isla St. Clair? Give us a twirl.

A photo of the front cover of issue 1668 of Private Eye magazine, with the caption “on shelves now.” The main cover line reads “LORD MANDELSON IN DISGRACE.” The central image shows a blurred, photograph of a Mandelson standing indoors wearing a T-shirt and underwear, holding a folder. Surrounding the image are multiple speech bubbles, including: “I’ve let myself down, my party down and my trousers down,” “He’s going to pay for this – which makes a change!”, “Talk about a cheques offender!”, “He will need some decent briefs!”, “Time to strip him of his title as well!”, “Oh no! He’s into M&S!” and “Can we have a cover up, please!”

Lord Mandelson in disgrace

The new Private Eye is out now.

I’m giving a talk on ‘The Ecology of Eely’ - the interlocking artistic, scientific, public and other contexts that informed and shaped the poem’s development - at the ‘Poetry’s Environments’ conference at the University of Leeds in June.

Churchwarden linked to foreign-born billionaire is behind £200k Reform gift The man whose firm made the donations will not discuss where the money came from, nor his ties to wealthy Farage allies who may not hold citizenship Gabriel Pogrund, Whitehall Editor Saturday January 31 2026, 8.00pm, The Sunday Times Share A churchwarden from Potters Bar who works for the family of a highly secretive, Kazakhstan-born billionaire can be revealed as the man behind £200,000 of donations to Reform UK., John Richard Simpson is a 59-year-old

Why isn't this a major news story?

Three copies of 'Eely' by Steve Ely, against a dark green background.

Daybreak in the wreck of Dogger. Gulls drifting
over the slowly rising sea. Seals hauled out
on sandbanks, bleached ribs of stranded whales.
Dunlin and knot, swarming the mudflats,
armies of silt-spearing godwit and whaup.

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Ellis Island?

Listen here to catch up with the launch of the @whalebackcity.bsky.social pamphlet Eco Sonnet Chain. Brought to you by the Poetry Worth Hearing podcast.

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It was bastards

I'd almost forgotten I'd written this summary of Ted Hughes's neglected sequence 'Capriccio'. thetedhughessociety.org/capriccio

I had to go for a lie down.

Dag gadol

The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.

I may be in danger of becoming the poets’ poet. Nice though.

No, first I’ve heard of it!

Yes she is!

A female kākāpō in a roost in a hollow log. Credit: Andrew Digby

Many more #kakapo matings:
WH: Pura + Gulliver, Nora + Tutoko, Tumeke + Gulliver
Anchor: Kohengi + Tuterangi, JEM + Awhero, Phoenix + Jamieson, Ongaonga + Tuterangi, Galaxy + Ngatapa, Eva + Tamahou, Roha + Kokoto, Evohe + Henry
Te Kākahu: Rimu + Jack
Pic: Rimu
#conservation #parrots

Good morning Ian. Nice to connect with you again.

Thursday is the new Friday

I'm too hot (hot damn)
Call the police and the fireman
I'm too hot (hot damn)
Make a dragon wanna retire, man

‘Invent’