Ben Austwick
@benaustwick.bsky.social
He/him
benaustwick.co.uk
Hold kindness in your heart like a knife at the throat of the world
benaustwick.co.uk
Hold kindness in your heart like a knife at the throat of the world
Pinned
Irish rainforest — Ben Austwick
Temperate rainforests are having a bit of a moment, and I’ve found myself looking around for signs I might be in one when I’m out on a walk, even in Kent and London where there definitely aren’t any. ...
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New blog post - Irish rainforest www.benaustwick.co.uk/blog/irish-r...
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Rev. Jesse Jackson's "I *am* somebody..." remains one of the all-time great pieces of 20th century rhetoric / agitprop
And he could deliver it at a Black separatist meeting, the Democratic National Convention, or on god-blessed Sesame Street (see below 🥹)
RIP to the Voice of the Voiceless
And he could deliver it at a Black separatist meeting, the Democratic National Convention, or on god-blessed Sesame Street (see below 🥹)
RIP to the Voice of the Voiceless
February 17, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Rev. Jesse Jackson's "I *am* somebody..." remains one of the all-time great pieces of 20th century rhetoric / agitprop
And he could deliver it at a Black separatist meeting, the Democratic National Convention, or on god-blessed Sesame Street (see below 🥹)
RIP to the Voice of the Voiceless
And he could deliver it at a Black separatist meeting, the Democratic National Convention, or on god-blessed Sesame Street (see below 🥹)
RIP to the Voice of the Voiceless
Love this idea, not exactly new I know but I'm going to try it
February 17, 2026 at 10:29 AM
Love this idea, not exactly new I know but I'm going to try it
AI's most immediate, obvious threat is as a force multiplier. The fraudster can create several AI accounts to carry out their work, governments can create tens of thousands or more. There are no honest applications for this
February 17, 2026 at 8:55 AM
AI's most immediate, obvious threat is as a force multiplier. The fraudster can create several AI accounts to carry out their work, governments can create tens of thousands or more. There are no honest applications for this
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Alfred Watkins
Arthur’s Stone, Dorston, Green Way Sighted to and Beyond the Mound
Black and white photograph, published as fig.14 of Alfred Watkins, The Old Straight Track, Methuen, 1925
Hereford Library no.264
Arthur’s Stone, Dorston, Green Way Sighted to and Beyond the Mound
Black and white photograph, published as fig.14 of Alfred Watkins, The Old Straight Track, Methuen, 1925
Hereford Library no.264
February 17, 2026 at 8:48 AM
Alfred Watkins
Arthur’s Stone, Dorston, Green Way Sighted to and Beyond the Mound
Black and white photograph, published as fig.14 of Alfred Watkins, The Old Straight Track, Methuen, 1925
Hereford Library no.264
Arthur’s Stone, Dorston, Green Way Sighted to and Beyond the Mound
Black and white photograph, published as fig.14 of Alfred Watkins, The Old Straight Track, Methuen, 1925
Hereford Library no.264
The Pompidou Centre wouldn't last a week without maintenance
Claude Auclair
End of the World (back cover illustration for Métal Hurlant)
1977
Ink and color illustration
Science fiction
End of the World (back cover illustration for Métal Hurlant)
1977
Ink and color illustration
Science fiction
February 16, 2026 at 9:53 PM
The Pompidou Centre wouldn't last a week without maintenance
ENYA'S CASTLE!! Top left in pic one, with Bono's house underneath to the right (spit); and middle right in pic 2, with Killiney in the background
February 16, 2026 at 7:33 PM
ENYA'S CASTLE!! Top left in pic one, with Bono's house underneath to the right (spit); and middle right in pic 2, with Killiney in the background
New blog post - Irish rainforest www.benaustwick.co.uk/blog/irish-r...
Irish rainforest — Ben Austwick
Temperate rainforests are having a bit of a moment, and I’ve found myself looking around for signs I might be in one when I’m out on a walk, even in Kent and London where there definitely aren’t any. ...
www.benaustwick.co.uk
February 16, 2026 at 3:08 PM
New blog post - Irish rainforest www.benaustwick.co.uk/blog/irish-r...
Not using sustainable materials makes you look so dull and old fashioned now www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Is this the world’s most eye-popping restaurant? The architectural marvel – in a Leipzig industrial estate
This extraordinary diner is the final wonder of the great Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, who dreamt it up at the age of 103. And it’s a fine place for a sunset kombucha and gin
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Not using sustainable materials makes you look so dull and old fashioned now www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Snowdrops in Glendalough
February 16, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Snowdrops in Glendalough
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Japan & the UK are absolutely sham democracies. Germany’s an outpost of the US. France ignored its elections of the popular front to keep trying to install centrist PM and its paralysed the government. Glad you enjoy the ritual of voting unimpeded I guess but let’s be real here
It's great to live in a country (Canada, Japan, UK, France, Germany, Sweden, Italy, etc.) where citizens don't worry about if the next election will be canceled, if they will be allowed to register to vote, if they will have to stand in line for hours to vote, or if their vote will be counted.
February 16, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Japan & the UK are absolutely sham democracies. Germany’s an outpost of the US. France ignored its elections of the popular front to keep trying to install centrist PM and its paralysed the government. Glad you enjoy the ritual of voting unimpeded I guess but let’s be real here
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we should give the phrase 'concrete monstrosity' a Grade II listing. Sure, examples are plentiful right now but we need to preserve it for future generations to illustrate how unimaginative the conservative mind is www.telegraph.co.uk/art/architec...
The Southbank Centre should be torn down, not listed
Some bleak brutalism ought to be preserved as an example to future architects of what not to do. Just not this concrete monstrosity
www.telegraph.co.uk
February 16, 2026 at 10:40 AM
we should give the phrase 'concrete monstrosity' a Grade II listing. Sure, examples are plentiful right now but we need to preserve it for future generations to illustrate how unimaginative the conservative mind is www.telegraph.co.uk/art/architec...
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Peak snowdrop time in South Lincolnshire and Peterborough - filling churchyards and popping up on lots of country road verges. Straightforward Snowdrop is most frequently encountered, but Greater Snowdrop and Green Snowdrop seem to be increasing locally
#wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social
#wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social
February 15, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Peak snowdrop time in South Lincolnshire and Peterborough - filling churchyards and popping up on lots of country road verges. Straightforward Snowdrop is most frequently encountered, but Greater Snowdrop and Green Snowdrop seem to be increasing locally
#wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social
#wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Bloke with tourettes on the plane fucking YES!
February 15, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Bloke with tourettes on the plane fucking YES!
The dead rat I found in the garden
an unctuous mass wholly free from bones
February 15, 2026 at 3:52 PM
The dead rat I found in the garden
Pretty sure this throbber was at one of the Dartford protests
February 15, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Pretty sure this throbber was at one of the Dartford protests
Display an album that was important to you when you were nineteen
February 15, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Display an album that was important to you when you were nineteen
Labour right DARVO
Sources told the BBC the US public affairs firm's report included information about journalist Gabriel Pogrund's Jewish beliefs and claims about his ideological position.
Labour think tank commissioned firm to investigate journalists, the BBC understands
Labour Together paid at least £30,000 to
www.bbc.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Labour right DARVO
We're only going to see Enya's castle
February 15, 2026 at 10:45 AM
We're only going to see Enya's castle
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Around this time I begin to look forward to #Canals and #Realfilm with the lads ( Ok we're not that young...)...
#Kentmere200 on the Glorious Shropshire Canal last year
#FilmPhotography
#Kentmere200 on the Glorious Shropshire Canal last year
#FilmPhotography
February 14, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Around this time I begin to look forward to #Canals and #Realfilm with the lads ( Ok we're not that young...)...
#Kentmere200 on the Glorious Shropshire Canal last year
#FilmPhotography
#Kentmere200 on the Glorious Shropshire Canal last year
#FilmPhotography
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Land of the extinct #burbot, River Wissey, E. England. The burbot, a freshwater codfish, was last seen in 1970. It needs floodplain slackwater for spawning. This is burbot heavan & whenever we survey this area there is anticipation. An aquatic Tasmanian tiger coming back soon...
February 14, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Land of the extinct #burbot, River Wissey, E. England. The burbot, a freshwater codfish, was last seen in 1970. It needs floodplain slackwater for spawning. This is burbot heavan & whenever we survey this area there is anticipation. An aquatic Tasmanian tiger coming back soon...
It's the Dublin portal! Krakow now unfortunately who are less easy to insult
February 14, 2026 at 9:14 AM
It's the Dublin portal! Krakow now unfortunately who are less easy to insult
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🚨 New on Substack: Part II of my look at evolving architectural trends in Camden takes in High Tech and the Dartmouth Park Hill Estate that evoked ‘memories of Edwardian villas and the welcoming scale of a delightful suburbia’
municipaldreams.substack.com/p/the-dartmo...
municipaldreams.substack.com/p/the-dartmo...
February 12, 2026 at 8:09 AM
🚨 New on Substack: Part II of my look at evolving architectural trends in Camden takes in High Tech and the Dartmouth Park Hill Estate that evoked ‘memories of Edwardian villas and the welcoming scale of a delightful suburbia’
municipaldreams.substack.com/p/the-dartmo...
municipaldreams.substack.com/p/the-dartmo...
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Alternative landscape with trees.
February 8, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Alternative landscape with trees.
Something that has my wholehearted support!
‘It’s not a documentary’: costume designers on ditching accuracy for spectacle
‘It’s not a documentary’: costume designers on ditching accuracy for spectacle
Wuthering Heights is the latest film to turn heads over anachronistic costumes, but it’s not by any means the first
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Something that has my wholehearted support!