The Trump administration is doing more harm to America in months than the Iranian regime has managed to achieve in decades. Destroying the country’s standing at home and abroad.
“Self-driving taxis safe” says self-writing article.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
Spot on ⬇️
@stellacreasy.bsky.social: "The performative cruelty of repeatedly demanding that refugees prove they are still refugees – or else face deportation – cannot be understated. It is also a waste of money given that so few refugees, when retested, will change status."
I’m deeply honoured to receive the Royal Television Society 2026 Special Award. Thank you RTS and many thanks to the great BBC team in Moscow.
And there's more information - and some poems - on my website www.patrickhowse.de/poetry/
The poems explore belonging, love, and loss. They're also concerned with the return of Fascism and war to Europe. They look at the displaced, refugees, and at the complexities of identity. Illustrated by me, and by my daughter Eleanor.
My #poetry collection The Tree at the Edge of the Mountains now available as an e-book. Drawing on the traditions of Edward Thomas and Ted Hughes the poems were inspired by the wild landscapes of Bavaria.
books2read.com/u/491Qjw
Watching Hegseth, I'm reminded of Edwin Muir's poem, The Combat.
Swells and swells in his fury till
You'd almost think it was despair.
www.bbc.com/news/live/c6...
Chris Mason on the BBC's Gorton and Denton by-election 'Newscast' suggesting that Reform's massive defeat is somehow still good for them because they collectively (alongside the Greens) got such a large section of the vote, like in Caerphilly with Plaid.
I'm not sure that's how elections work...
Statement from Matt Goodwin, UK candidate: Reform "Given the reports we are reading in UK media about family voting and sectarianism, I am deeply concerned about the extent to which the Gorton and Denton parliamentary by-election is a free, fair, and democratic election." 11:21 pm . 26 Feb 26. 286K Views
Not just a loser.
But a bad loser.
The life's work of anyone who gives a damn about humanity is to resist the economic elite, demand the taxes that reduce their power and defend the space in which the rest of us can thrive. If your "elected representatives" aren't helping with that, they are not your representatives, but theirs.
I’m not sure which annoys me more - the easily rubbishable idea that a government’s job is just to follow the will of the ‘vast majority’, or the notion that votes cast under FPtP could give him the faintest idea of what the ‘vast majority’ thinks.
I've tarted up my website, adding a page about my poetry - take a look: www.patrickhowse.de/poetry/
Check out my new e-book, The Tree at the Edge of the Mountains. It's a collection of 30 poems, reasonably priced, and illustrated with original artwork by me, and my daughter Eleanor
books2read.com/u/491Qjw
NEW!
Contemporary English poetry rooted in the landscapes of Europe. Working in the traditions of Ted Hughes and Edward Thomas, Patrick Howse explores belonging, nature and love in a time of pandemic, intolerance and war. Available as an ebook:
books2read.com/b/491Qjw #poetry
🚨🚨Biggest #EU news of today: #Iceland looks to fast-track vote on joining EU as referendum on EU accession could come as early as August, departing from original plan for 2027 ref. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/icel...
There is a pattern forming across Europe. Given the US government’s stated intent to disrupt our democracies, we can expect more. Expulsions ahead?
"I’ve been lucky enough to find my peace in the beautiful landscapes of southern Germany. Many of these poems were inspired by my visits to the hills and mountains of Bavaria, and this book is also a love letter to them."
It's illustrated with sketches by me, and by my daughter Eleanor.
In the introduction I write:
"Belonging and loss are themes many of poems explore – but here they are accompanied by new hope, a new home, and new love..."
I'm very happy to say that my new collection of poems, *The Tree at the Edge of the Mountains*, is published today (Monday 23rd) as an e-book.
The thirty poems pursue the traditions of Edward Thomas and Ted Hughes.
You can buy it here: books2read.com/u/491Qjw
AHEM.
#carefulnow
By refusing to even consider a customs union, Keir Starmer himself is the biggest block to closer ties with Europe.
Unless he changes that stance, this is all just meaningless blather
It's reasonably priced and illustrated by me, and my daughter Eleanor. You can pre-order the book wherever you get your e-books, or here: books2read.com/u/3L7g5D - if you're kindly disposed towards me, PLEASE SHARE!
The poems explore belonging, love, loss, war and its after-effects, and the plagues that afflict us, for they were written at a time of pandemic, and the return of Fascism and war to Europe. They look at the displaced, at exclusion, and at the complexities of identity.
My new e-book, The Tree at the Edge of the Mountains, is published on 23rd February. My imagery draws heavily on the landscapes of Bavaria, and that connection to the environment in which the poems were written follows in the tradition of Edward Thomas. www.youtube.com/shorts/4p3aR...
The trajectory from, “Trump will give Ukraine to Tomahawks to attack Russia” to “Trump has starved Ukraine of Patriots to help Russia” is the single greatest example of the failure of people to understand what Trump is and has always been.
Hi Cathy, i was just thanking you for the repost - Keep taking the drops!
The poems explore belonging, love, and loss. They're also concerned with war and its after-effects, and the plagues that afflict us, for they were written at a time of pandemic, and the return of Fascism and war to Europe.
Preorder it here: books2read.com/u/3L7g5D
