James Mcconachie
@jamesmcconachie1.bsky.social
Poet, apparently. Forward Prize, BOTN and Pushcart nom. Occasional horseman, remote rural Spain. Words in blackbough, iambapoet, eatthestorms, Modron, Madrid Review, Bad Lilies, Dark Mountain project and more.
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The joy of beta-reading a friend’s marvellous poetry.
November 13, 2025 at 11:48 AM
The joy of beta-reading a friend’s marvellous poetry.
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If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next. Madrid, Spanish Republican Ministry of Propaganda, 1936
November 13, 2025 at 9:04 AM
If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next. Madrid, Spanish Republican Ministry of Propaganda, 1936
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Great new review from the lovely @raindegrey.bsky.social. Very grateful.
November 13, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Great new review from the lovely @raindegrey.bsky.social. Very grateful.
Share something that reminds you of your childhood… 🖤
November 13, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Share something that reminds you of your childhood… 🖤
‘Sharna, who was hoping to purchase a potato filled with cheese, beans and tuna, remembers the first time she saw them on TikTok.
"I thought they looked banging," she says.’
"I thought they looked banging," she says.’
thick festive bastard season fast approaching. here's the runners up www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Why I queued almost 24 hours in rainy Sheffield for a jacket potato'
Hundreds brave the rain in Sheffield for the opening of a potato-based social media sensation.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
‘Sharna, who was hoping to purchase a potato filled with cheese, beans and tuna, remembers the first time she saw them on TikTok.
"I thought they looked banging," she says.’
"I thought they looked banging," she says.’
My muthafuckin’ chainsaw is now working. I triumphed over irritation and impatience and took the teeny tiny (filthy) carb apart. Turns out the problem was not the machine, but the man. Onward..
November 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM
My muthafuckin’ chainsaw is now working. I triumphed over irritation and impatience and took the teeny tiny (filthy) carb apart. Turns out the problem was not the machine, but the man. Onward..
‘Many of them are easy to disbelieve; we’ve all met a few Walter Mitty characters in our lives, or just pathological liars, and it’s not difficult to sense an ulterior motive behind any given fantastical story.
Then there are the others…..’
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Then there are the others…..’
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Holding Them in the Light
Listen now | A bridge too far; the alien abduction phenomenon.
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November 12, 2025 at 10:37 AM
‘Many of them are easy to disbelieve; we’ve all met a few Walter Mitty characters in our lives, or just pathological liars, and it’s not difficult to sense an ulterior motive behind any given fantastical story.
Then there are the others…..’
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Then there are the others…..’
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Imagine Farage trying to defend this. The BBC bankrupted, a skeleton service of endless Dad’s Army repeats, no Countryfile or Antiques Roadshow, folks. It was fun while it lasted, give him a Blue Peter badge.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump says he has 'obligation' to sue BBC over speech edit
The US president indicates he will go ahead with a lawsuit against the BBC over how his speech was presented by Panorama.
www.bbc.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Imagine Farage trying to defend this. The BBC bankrupted, a skeleton service of endless Dad’s Army repeats, no Countryfile or Antiques Roadshow, folks. It was fun while it lasted, give him a Blue Peter badge.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The joy of repairing a machine designed not by an engineer but by an accounting department. Bastards.
November 11, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The joy of repairing a machine designed not by an engineer but by an accounting department. Bastards.
Worth squinting for; The Abduction - Stanley Kunitz
November 11, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Worth squinting for; The Abduction - Stanley Kunitz
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A commitment to express the inexpressible from @alinaetc.bsky.social @victoriamoul.bsky.social @shawnalemay.bsky.social @annettemakino.bsky.social @myheadtheforest.bsky.social @pi-and-anne.bsky.social @vanopticon.bsky.social @jamesmcconachie1.bsky.social 2/4
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Poetry Blog Digest 2025, Week 45
A personal selection of posts from the Poetry Blogging Network and beyond.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:34 AM
My friend the lovely Dutch influencer Esra Dekker is making a bag for me from reclaimed saddle leather. The straps and buckles are from the stirrup leather and girth pull.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
My friend the lovely Dutch influencer Esra Dekker is making a bag for me from reclaimed saddle leather. The straps and buckles are from the stirrup leather and girth pull.
I’ve been at countless events/demos where the footage was edited by the BBC to present a particular, sometimes mendacious narrative.
November 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I’ve been at countless events/demos where the footage was edited by the BBC to present a particular, sometimes mendacious narrative.
Beautiful warm morning. Surveying the rack and ruin of the garden, astonishing to see tomatoes and courgettes flowering and fruiting. Potatoes I must have missed sprouting again, after the rain. Water on for my neighbour’s cows, moving into my bottom field here to finish off the sorghum.
November 10, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Beautiful warm morning. Surveying the rack and ruin of the garden, astonishing to see tomatoes and courgettes flowering and fruiting. Potatoes I must have missed sprouting again, after the rain. Water on for my neighbour’s cows, moving into my bottom field here to finish off the sorghum.
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"Spanish youth are increasingly seduced by General Francisco Franco 50 years after the dictator's death, often unaware of his harsh rule and influenced by propaganda permeating social media, experts say."
www.thelocal.es/20251106/why...
www.thelocal.es/20251106/why...
Why do many young people in Spain think life was better under Franco?
Spanish youth are increasingly seduced by General Francisco Franco 50 years after the dictator's death, often unaware of his harsh rule and influenced by propaganda permeating social media, experts sa...
www.thelocal.es
November 10, 2025 at 10:08 AM
"Spanish youth are increasingly seduced by General Francisco Franco 50 years after the dictator's death, often unaware of his harsh rule and influenced by propaganda permeating social media, experts say."
www.thelocal.es/20251106/why...
www.thelocal.es/20251106/why...
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AFTER THE BURIAL × a new poem in Issue 2 of @aftershockpoetry in memory of my cousin, who took his own life earlier this year. With thanks to Max Wallis - loving the energy and urgency of Aftershock. So many poetry heroes in this issue, a proper banger 💥
November 10, 2025 at 9:19 AM
AFTER THE BURIAL × a new poem in Issue 2 of @aftershockpoetry in memory of my cousin, who took his own life earlier this year. With thanks to Max Wallis - loving the energy and urgency of Aftershock. So many poetry heroes in this issue, a proper banger 💥
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The Memorial at Mauthasen, Austria to the some 5,000 Spanish Republicans who were murdered in the camp. Erected in 1962, I believe this is the only major memorial at Mauthausen that wasn't paid for by the respective State of the victims, but rather by donations. No surprise why...
November 10, 2025 at 8:42 AM
The Memorial at Mauthasen, Austria to the some 5,000 Spanish Republicans who were murdered in the camp. Erected in 1962, I believe this is the only major memorial at Mauthausen that wasn't paid for by the respective State of the victims, but rather by donations. No surprise why...
Sad to see the end of Michael D Higgins’ time as pres.
November 10, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Sad to see the end of Michael D Higgins’ time as pres.
‘Middle-aged and lonely career onanists wandered around collecting autographs from superstars with faces like Laura Loomer, then shared a ripple of excitement as Seymour Butts entered the hall. ‘
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A Vein of Abiding Mineral
Vague formalisms, free verse vs rhyme across the Atlantic.
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November 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
‘Middle-aged and lonely career onanists wandered around collecting autographs from superstars with faces like Laura Loomer, then shared a ripple of excitement as Seymour Butts entered the hall. ‘
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