Alec Finlay
@alecfinlay.bsky.social
artist and poet; ecological remediation and human recuperation; landscape, tea, limit and creativity; lives by the sea in Edinburgh; mostly sharing a daily poem here.
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The resignations of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness must be an opportunity for the BBC to turn a new leaf, rebuild trust and resist those like Nigel Farage who want to destroy it
We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.
We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.
November 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The resignations of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness must be an opportunity for the BBC to turn a new leaf, rebuild trust and resist those like Nigel Farage who want to destroy it
We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.
We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.
'you don't have to / own a hut // to feel happy / about huts'
November 10, 2025 at 7:39 AM
'you don't have to / own a hut // to feel happy / about huts'
for Rachel
her wolf waits
head on paws
for the diagnosis
and the day
her wolf must leap
10.XI.25
her wolf waits
head on paws
for the diagnosis
and the day
her wolf must leap
10.XI.25
November 10, 2025 at 7:29 AM
for Rachel
her wolf waits
head on paws
for the diagnosis
and the day
her wolf must leap
10.XI.25
her wolf waits
head on paws
for the diagnosis
and the day
her wolf must leap
10.XI.25
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Labour's 'national security threat' attacks on the SNP reveal how deeply embedded support for nuclear weapons has become in UK politics, a leading security academic has said
Expert highlights 'weird' catch to Labour's 'national security threat' attacks on SNP
www.thenational.scot
November 9, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Labour's 'national security threat' attacks on the SNP reveal how deeply embedded support for nuclear weapons has become in UK politics, a leading security academic has said
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‘There are thought to be close to a million deer in Scotland, with at least 100,000 culled annually.
Deer pressure on nationally and globally important protected areas is revealed in data we obtained via freedom of information from NatureScot, the Scottish Government’s wildlife agency’
Deer pressure on nationally and globally important protected areas is revealed in data we obtained via freedom of information from NatureScot, the Scottish Government’s wildlife agency’
Nearly 300 protected areas are being damaged or put at risk by Scotland’s rampant deer population, including breeding grounds for capercaillie – a bird facing extinction, The Ferret can reveal. theferret.scot/nearl...
November 9, 2025 at 11:47 AM
‘There are thought to be close to a million deer in Scotland, with at least 100,000 culled annually.
Deer pressure on nationally and globally important protected areas is revealed in data we obtained via freedom of information from NatureScot, the Scottish Government’s wildlife agency’
Deer pressure on nationally and globally important protected areas is revealed in data we obtained via freedom of information from NatureScot, the Scottish Government’s wildlife agency’
There were our own / there were the others; 23 silent walks for the centenary of WW1, at NT properties in England and Wales, with readings of poems from conflicts over the past 100 years. A collaboration with Ken Cockburn, Luke Allan and Heather Yeung. www.therewereourown-blog.com
there were our own / there were the others
A remembrance of those aff ected by conflict, to mark the anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War. Alec Finlay & National Trust.
www.therewereourown-blog.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:35 AM
There were our own / there were the others; 23 silent walks for the centenary of WW1, at NT properties in England and Wales, with readings of poems from conflicts over the past 100 years. A collaboration with Ken Cockburn, Luke Allan and Heather Yeung. www.therewereourown-blog.com
mancala
Sundays are for family evenings,
and, at fifty-nine, you can be sure
I’m glad of every game we play
9.XI.25
Sundays are for family evenings,
and, at fifty-nine, you can be sure
I’m glad of every game we play
9.XI.25
November 9, 2025 at 6:24 AM
mancala
Sundays are for family evenings,
and, at fifty-nine, you can be sure
I’m glad of every game we play
9.XI.25
Sundays are for family evenings,
and, at fifty-nine, you can be sure
I’m glad of every game we play
9.XI.25
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A reminder to other lochs to abandon the pressure to be perfect
maps.nls.uk/view/218516888
maps.nls.uk/view/218516888
November 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
A reminder to other lochs to abandon the pressure to be perfect
maps.nls.uk/view/218516888
maps.nls.uk/view/218516888
let’s agree the seals want to be liked
more than the dolphins
let’s agree a tiger, an elephant, a giraffe,
in no particular order
let’s agree no magic solutions have fallen
from the sky
let’s agree we’re all wearing corduroy;
now let’s discuss, is this identity politics?
8.XI.25
more than the dolphins
let’s agree a tiger, an elephant, a giraffe,
in no particular order
let’s agree no magic solutions have fallen
from the sky
let’s agree we’re all wearing corduroy;
now let’s discuss, is this identity politics?
8.XI.25
November 8, 2025 at 11:50 AM
let’s agree the seals want to be liked
more than the dolphins
let’s agree a tiger, an elephant, a giraffe,
in no particular order
let’s agree no magic solutions have fallen
from the sky
let’s agree we’re all wearing corduroy;
now let’s discuss, is this identity politics?
8.XI.25
more than the dolphins
let’s agree a tiger, an elephant, a giraffe,
in no particular order
let’s agree no magic solutions have fallen
from the sky
let’s agree we’re all wearing corduroy;
now let’s discuss, is this identity politics?
8.XI.25
word-mntn (Creag nan Carrachan, lovage crag, from the end of the road, Ratagan)
November 7, 2025 at 7:51 AM
word-mntn (Creag nan Carrachan, lovage crag, from the end of the road, Ratagan)
after Lautner, for Helen
it's going to be beautiful in thinking
it's going to be beautiful after drawing
it's going to be beautiful in imagining
it's going to be beautiful after digging
it’s going to be beautiful in living
7.XI.25
it's going to be beautiful in thinking
it's going to be beautiful after drawing
it's going to be beautiful in imagining
it's going to be beautiful after digging
it’s going to be beautiful in living
7.XI.25
November 7, 2025 at 7:48 AM
after Lautner, for Helen
it's going to be beautiful in thinking
it's going to be beautiful after drawing
it's going to be beautiful in imagining
it's going to be beautiful after digging
it’s going to be beautiful in living
7.XI.25
it's going to be beautiful in thinking
it's going to be beautiful after drawing
it's going to be beautiful in imagining
it's going to be beautiful after digging
it’s going to be beautiful in living
7.XI.25
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Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
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Lovely interview with Anthony Barnett www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Anthony Barnett: “The Sixties were a catastrophic failure”
The writer and campaigner on nationalism, the rise of the new right and how a fractured left can organise in response
www.newstatesman.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Lovely interview with Anthony Barnett www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
time for the sea-
birds is the X
of sunrise, the Y
of sunset, & Z
of the tide
birds is the X
of sunrise, the Y
of sunset, & Z
of the tide
November 6, 2025 at 8:07 AM
time for the sea-
birds is the X
of sunrise, the Y
of sunset, & Z
of the tide
birds is the X
of sunrise, the Y
of sunset, & Z
of the tide
let’s agree
let’s agree that peace is not a real estate deal
let’s agree that last song was by Eric Costello
from Colorado
let’s agree it’s the mattress that counts,
not the bed
let’s agree that bracken can be rocks
shining in the sun
6.XI.25
let’s agree that peace is not a real estate deal
let’s agree that last song was by Eric Costello
from Colorado
let’s agree it’s the mattress that counts,
not the bed
let’s agree that bracken can be rocks
shining in the sun
6.XI.25
November 6, 2025 at 8:04 AM
let’s agree
let’s agree that peace is not a real estate deal
let’s agree that last song was by Eric Costello
from Colorado
let’s agree it’s the mattress that counts,
not the bed
let’s agree that bracken can be rocks
shining in the sun
6.XI.25
let’s agree that peace is not a real estate deal
let’s agree that last song was by Eric Costello
from Colorado
let’s agree it’s the mattress that counts,
not the bed
let’s agree that bracken can be rocks
shining in the sun
6.XI.25
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I am SO happy to be able to share the wonderful cover for DISPATCHES FROM THE AVANT-GARAGE: THE ALTERNATIVE PRESS coming in March from Wayne State UP. The cover has it all—postcards, letterpress, a bison. Beautifully designed, as it happens, by Lindsey Cleworth, who grew up in my/our hometown.
November 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I am SO happy to be able to share the wonderful cover for DISPATCHES FROM THE AVANT-GARAGE: THE ALTERNATIVE PRESS coming in March from Wayne State UP. The cover has it all—postcards, letterpress, a bison. Beautifully designed, as it happens, by Lindsey Cleworth, who grew up in my/our hometown.
more let’s agree
let’s agree that for every law against
repeated protests, we need a law against
repeated wrongs
let’s agree that every moon is just super
let’s agree this ylang ylang smells of piano
let’s agree, I do them, you do them, we
all do them, the great things no-one ever sees
let’s agree that for every law against
repeated protests, we need a law against
repeated wrongs
let’s agree that every moon is just super
let’s agree this ylang ylang smells of piano
let’s agree, I do them, you do them, we
all do them, the great things no-one ever sees
November 5, 2025 at 7:36 AM
more let’s agree
let’s agree that for every law against
repeated protests, we need a law against
repeated wrongs
let’s agree that every moon is just super
let’s agree this ylang ylang smells of piano
let’s agree, I do them, you do them, we
all do them, the great things no-one ever sees
let’s agree that for every law against
repeated protests, we need a law against
repeated wrongs
let’s agree that every moon is just super
let’s agree this ylang ylang smells of piano
let’s agree, I do them, you do them, we
all do them, the great things no-one ever sees
word-mntn (Beinn na Caillich, Hag's Ben, Knoydart).
November 5, 2025 at 7:35 AM
word-mntn (Beinn na Caillich, Hag's Ben, Knoydart).
Happening tomorrow, on creative disabled access.
November 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Happening tomorrow, on creative disabled access.
'just this once / the air is stiller / than the stones', a very still autumn evening at Temple Wood, Kilmartin
November 4, 2025 at 7:51 AM
'just this once / the air is stiller / than the stones', a very still autumn evening at Temple Wood, Kilmartin
in life if one half
of the garden
is rain then one
half is sun so look
round the back
for an arc and be-
side the shed
for a little boat
full of leaves
4.XI.25
of the garden
is rain then one
half is sun so look
round the back
for an arc and be-
side the shed
for a little boat
full of leaves
4.XI.25
November 4, 2025 at 7:38 AM
in life if one half
of the garden
is rain then one
half is sun so look
round the back
for an arc and be-
side the shed
for a little boat
full of leaves
4.XI.25
of the garden
is rain then one
half is sun so look
round the back
for an arc and be-
side the shed
for a little boat
full of leaves
4.XI.25