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Tim Cresswell

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Poet. Geographer.

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Early cherry blossoms in Kyoto

05.03.2026 13:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Early cherry blossoms in Kyoto

05.03.2026 13:36 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Citizens, Vagabonds, and Covid-19 Extract from final chapter of the The Citizen and the Vagabond: A Politics of Mobility

A final extract from The Citizen and the Vagabond: A Politics of Mobility. From the final chapter on turbulence and Covid-19
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20.02.2026 10:52 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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It has arrived!

14.02.2026 17:04 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Citizen and the Vagabond - Chapter Two Extracts - On Routes and Routing Midway upon the journey of our life

Two extracts from chapter two of the Citizen and the Vagabond - On routes and routing
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12.02.2026 11:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Citizen and the Vagabond - extract from Chapter One Thanks for reading Place Matters!

Two extracts from chapter one of my soon to be released book, The Citizen and the Vagabond.
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10.02.2026 10:57 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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The Citizen and the Vagabond - Introduction My new book, The Citizen and the Vagabond: A Politics of Mobility is winging its way to me from the University of Minnesota Press and will be officially published on March 17th.

A taster of my new book - coming soon! open.substack.com/pub/timcress...

09.02.2026 09:29 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ian McKellen performs β€œThe Strangers’ Case” speech from β€œSir Thomas More” on Colbert.

05.02.2026 13:07 πŸ‘ 9250 πŸ” 3614 πŸ’¬ 176 πŸ“Œ 725
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Exploring the super blocks and green corridors of Barcelona.

06.02.2026 09:28 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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On the Place of Rocks One of the most powerful ways that place works is as a form of categorization.

Some thoughts of moving rocks. open.substack.com/pub/timcress...

05.02.2026 10:36 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Taking advantage of a break in the rain on Mull

02.01.2026 12:03 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Lemon Saboyon pine nut tart from French Laundry Cookbook. Worth the effort!

01.01.2026 20:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Takeover: The Shore Poets - Buy tickets The Shore Poets are an informal but durable collective who have been providing a platform for poets since 1991. Each month, they showcase two poets alongside musicians, and of course, the night is alw...

In case anyone is in Edinburgh and loves eco poetry come and see the totally fabulous Karen Solie (and me) on November 22nd

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12.11.2025 11:19 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Moving On, Moving Out, and Moving Up?: How Spatial Mobility Became a Stand-in for Success Moving On, Moving Out, and Moving Up?: How Spatial Mobility Became a Stand-in for Success

New substack post on social and spatial mobility

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12.11.2025 09:28 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

New substack post connecting social and spatial mobility

12.11.2025 09:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Belonging to Place Indigenous Place-Thought, National Conservatism, and the Ethnostate Debate”

New substack post open.substack.com/pub/timcress...

06.11.2025 16:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks! I like it too.

01.09.2025 16:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Coming soon. The Citizen and the Vagabond. A Politics of Mobility.

19.08.2025 15:26 πŸ‘ 65 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

So honoured to join this list!

18.07.2025 10:24 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So honoured to join such a list of intellectual heroes!

18.07.2025 10:24 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Colorado clouds

07.07.2025 14:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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White King Bolete, Colorado

03.07.2025 20:19 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The World Turned Upside Down Versions of Globalism

Some thoughts on the use of "globalist"
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24.05.2025 16:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Searching for the Local in Kyoto Last month I spent some time in the area around Kyoto, Japan.

New substack post. Searching for Satoyama in Kyoto open.substack.com/pub/timcress...

12.04.2025 04:18 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Value of Local Knowledge One of the ways that the value of place and the local have been highlighted in recent decades has been through the notion of place-based, or local, knowledge.

A substack about Local (place-based) knowledge
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26.12.2024 10:23 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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Christmas Eve on Calgary Beach

24.12.2024 15:28 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Back in old stomping grounds. Aberystwyth at night.

04.12.2024 17:46 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Enjoyed this!

23.11.2024 09:23 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
a cartoon with two panels

panel one is a stick figure saying "oh! a fossil fuel!!" standing above a crudely drawn black lump under a brown ground

Panel two is them walking away and saying "I'll just leave it there"

The head of the person is not a drawn circle but the letter O, because the random software I used to draw it did that for unexplained reasons

a cartoon with two panels panel one is a stick figure saying "oh! a fossil fuel!!" standing above a crudely drawn black lump under a brown ground Panel two is them walking away and saying "I'll just leave it there" The head of the person is not a drawn circle but the letter O, because the random software I used to draw it did that for unexplained reasons

Please allow me to re-share my rough sketch of some advanced carbon capture technology

22.11.2024 11:20 πŸ‘ 10792 πŸ” 2112 πŸ’¬ 131 πŸ“Œ 104