Davenant 📸
@marcdavenant.bsky.social
Photographer, writer, two time winner of the Portrait of Britain. My book ‘Outsiders’ documenting homelessness is available from Bluecoat Press. My website is https://marcdavenant.com
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The first display of my Rebellion! exhibition, exploring protest as part of our cultural identity, will be at Newcastle City Library from June to August this year.
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All is rotten in the old boys club...
February 2, 2026 at 11:45 AM
All is rotten in the old boys club...
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"An exceptional first novel.....restless, vital, poetic, often humorous. Keshed is original, difficult and revelatory. In it there are echoes of James Kelman and Hubert Selby Jr, but Hennigan's voice is entirely his own." - Alice Jolly, Times Literary Supplement.
#GetKeshed
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A pinned thread about my new novel, Keshed, publishing on 12th Feb 2026 with @ortacpress.bsky.social. Pre-orders available now from all the usual bookshops/websites. See thread for some early pre-press takes from some AMAZING writers and links to other stuff.
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February 1, 2026 at 10:33 PM
"An exceptional first novel.....restless, vital, poetic, often humorous. Keshed is original, difficult and revelatory. In it there are echoes of James Kelman and Hubert Selby Jr, but Hennigan's voice is entirely his own." - Alice Jolly, Times Literary Supplement.
#GetKeshed
#GetKeshed
I’ve always wondered why misleading Parliament is a cardinal sin for MPs but misleading voters is just considered business as usual.
February 2, 2026 at 11:43 AM
I’ve always wondered why misleading Parliament is a cardinal sin for MPs but misleading voters is just considered business as usual.
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From The Last Stand photobook.
Studland Bay, Dorset, England, 2011
In April 1944, after months of intensive planning and practice, a full-scale D-Day rehearsal for the Normandy landings was held in Studland Bay. ‘Exercise Smash,’ in which live ammunition was used, was watched from...
Studland Bay, Dorset, England, 2011
In April 1944, after months of intensive planning and practice, a full-scale D-Day rehearsal for the Normandy landings was held in Studland Bay. ‘Exercise Smash,’ in which live ammunition was used, was watched from...
February 2, 2026 at 9:50 AM
From The Last Stand photobook.
Studland Bay, Dorset, England, 2011
In April 1944, after months of intensive planning and practice, a full-scale D-Day rehearsal for the Normandy landings was held in Studland Bay. ‘Exercise Smash,’ in which live ammunition was used, was watched from...
Studland Bay, Dorset, England, 2011
In April 1944, after months of intensive planning and practice, a full-scale D-Day rehearsal for the Normandy landings was held in Studland Bay. ‘Exercise Smash,’ in which live ammunition was used, was watched from...
All lobbying correspondence, emails, texts etc and transcripts of conversations should have to be posted on a publicly accessible website promptly along with the replies. Nothing should be redacted and no lobbying should happen in secret. Democracy dies in darkness.
It's rare to see how lobbyists operate. But the Epstein-Mandelson correspondence shows us what happens all the time: plutocrats and government ministers conspiring against the public interest. This is why all lobbying should be in the public domain, but despite Labour and Con promises, it's not. 🧵
February 2, 2026 at 9:54 AM
All lobbying correspondence, emails, texts etc and transcripts of conversations should have to be posted on a publicly accessible website promptly along with the replies. Nothing should be redacted and no lobbying should happen in secret. Democracy dies in darkness.
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Remembering the last time I stumbled upon a far right march and just happened to be wearing my Wonderful Bangladesh tshirt 😂
February 1, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Remembering the last time I stumbled upon a far right march and just happened to be wearing my Wonderful Bangladesh tshirt 😂
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It's rare to see how lobbyists operate. But the Epstein-Mandelson correspondence shows us what happens all the time: plutocrats and government ministers conspiring against the public interest. This is why all lobbying should be in the public domain, but despite Labour and Con promises, it's not. 🧵
February 2, 2026 at 8:20 AM
It's rare to see how lobbyists operate. But the Epstein-Mandelson correspondence shows us what happens all the time: plutocrats and government ministers conspiring against the public interest. This is why all lobbying should be in the public domain, but despite Labour and Con promises, it's not. 🧵
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Billie Eilish during her #GRAMMYs speech for Song of the Year:
“As grateful as I feel, I don’t need to say anything except that, no one is illegal on stolen land. It’s really hard to know what to say and what to do right now, I feel hopeful in this room and we need to keep protesting… fuck ICE.”
“As grateful as I feel, I don’t need to say anything except that, no one is illegal on stolen land. It’s really hard to know what to say and what to do right now, I feel hopeful in this room and we need to keep protesting… fuck ICE.”
February 2, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Billie Eilish during her #GRAMMYs speech for Song of the Year:
“As grateful as I feel, I don’t need to say anything except that, no one is illegal on stolen land. It’s really hard to know what to say and what to do right now, I feel hopeful in this room and we need to keep protesting… fuck ICE.”
“As grateful as I feel, I don’t need to say anything except that, no one is illegal on stolen land. It’s really hard to know what to say and what to do right now, I feel hopeful in this room and we need to keep protesting… fuck ICE.”
Part of the Rebellion! exhibition looks at the impact of protests on those who are targeted by them…
A woman covers her face as the extreme right wing ‘Christian’ nationalist and anti-immigration UKIP protest passes by on Oxford Street, chanting “CHRIST IS KING!”.
Saturday from my Rebellion! project.
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Saturday from my Rebellion! project.
#Photography
February 2, 2026 at 8:29 AM
Part of the Rebellion! exhibition looks at the impact of protests on those who are targeted by them…
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www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... Morning listening: this really intriguing drama that I’ve not heard before. @bbcsounds.bsky.social
A Magician Amongst the Spirits by Bert Coules - BBC Sounds
Harry Houdini's ascent to a world famous escapologist - and a corroding obsession...
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February 2, 2026 at 8:14 AM
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... Morning listening: this really intriguing drama that I’ve not heard before. @bbcsounds.bsky.social
The Rebellion! exhibition will include a video with @imcmillan.bsky.social reciting the poem he wrote for the project, as well as folk singer Roo Bramley with their version of The Manchester Rambler - an early protest song about access to the countryside.
The first display of my Rebellion! exhibition, exploring protest as part of our cultural identity, will be at Newcastle City Library from June to August this year.
#Photography
#Photography
February 2, 2026 at 8:22 AM
The Rebellion! exhibition will include a video with @imcmillan.bsky.social reciting the poem he wrote for the project, as well as folk singer Roo Bramley with their version of The Manchester Rambler - an early protest song about access to the countryside.
A woman covers her face as the extreme right wing ‘Christian’ nationalist and anti-immigration UKIP protest passes by on Oxford Street, chanting “CHRIST IS KING!”.
Saturday from my Rebellion! project.
#Photography
Saturday from my Rebellion! project.
#Photography
February 2, 2026 at 8:10 AM
A woman covers her face as the extreme right wing ‘Christian’ nationalist and anti-immigration UKIP protest passes by on Oxford Street, chanting “CHRIST IS KING!”.
Saturday from my Rebellion! project.
#Photography
Saturday from my Rebellion! project.
#Photography
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“Detentions, Deportations, Remigration”
UKIP supporter dressed as a crusader gives his take on the core values of Christianity at the UKIP protest yesterday.
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UKIP supporter dressed as a crusader gives his take on the core values of Christianity at the UKIP protest yesterday.
#Photography
February 1, 2026 at 8:05 PM
“Detentions, Deportations, Remigration”
UKIP supporter dressed as a crusader gives his take on the core values of Christianity at the UKIP protest yesterday.
#Photography
UKIP supporter dressed as a crusader gives his take on the core values of Christianity at the UKIP protest yesterday.
#Photography
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Philip Seymour Hoffman’s last public appearance before his death on Feb. 2, 2014 was at the Sundance Film Festival.
This tintype portrait was taken by Victoria Will at the festival.
Haunting.
This tintype portrait was taken by Victoria Will at the festival.
Haunting.
February 1, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Philip Seymour Hoffman’s last public appearance before his death on Feb. 2, 2014 was at the Sundance Film Festival.
This tintype portrait was taken by Victoria Will at the festival.
Haunting.
This tintype portrait was taken by Victoria Will at the festival.
Haunting.
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Fist bump to anyone else caught between the need to bow down & accept the dire, broken reality of the attention economy to continue surviving via their creativity & a desire to disconnect which becomes more vast, and more potentially vital to their sense of inner peace, with every year that passes.
February 1, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Fist bump to anyone else caught between the need to bow down & accept the dire, broken reality of the attention economy to continue surviving via their creativity & a desire to disconnect which becomes more vast, and more potentially vital to their sense of inner peace, with every year that passes.
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“Passion, however, does allow you to indulge in your task, a seemingly incompatible pairing of verb and predicate; but my argument is that passion can be domesticated - it is manageable and requires both the application of inspirational fuel and a steady hand to alternately stoke it and
February 1, 2026 at 7:45 PM
“Passion, however, does allow you to indulge in your task, a seemingly incompatible pairing of verb and predicate; but my argument is that passion can be domesticated - it is manageable and requires both the application of inspirational fuel and a steady hand to alternately stoke it and
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Currently booked for Newcastle, Birkenhead, Lichfield, Ynyshir and Hereford. Now open for bookings from 2028 onwards.
The first display of my Rebellion! exhibition, exploring protest as part of our cultural identity, will be at Newcastle City Library from June to August this year.
#Photography
#Photography
February 1, 2026 at 9:29 AM
Currently booked for Newcastle, Birkenhead, Lichfield, Ynyshir and Hereford. Now open for bookings from 2028 onwards.
“Detentions, Deportations, Remigration”
UKIP supporter dressed as a crusader gives his take on the core values of Christianity at the UKIP protest yesterday.
#Photography
UKIP supporter dressed as a crusader gives his take on the core values of Christianity at the UKIP protest yesterday.
#Photography
February 1, 2026 at 8:05 PM
“Detentions, Deportations, Remigration”
UKIP supporter dressed as a crusader gives his take on the core values of Christianity at the UKIP protest yesterday.
#Photography
UKIP supporter dressed as a crusader gives his take on the core values of Christianity at the UKIP protest yesterday.
#Photography
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A family suddenly realises that they are being followed by the extreme right wing UKIP protest, Oxford Street yesterday.
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February 1, 2026 at 4:40 PM
A family suddenly realises that they are being followed by the extreme right wing UKIP protest, Oxford Street yesterday.
#Photography
#Photography
A family suddenly realises that they are being followed by the extreme right wing UKIP protest, Oxford Street yesterday.
#Photography
#Photography
February 1, 2026 at 4:40 PM
A family suddenly realises that they are being followed by the extreme right wing UKIP protest, Oxford Street yesterday.
#Photography
#Photography
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Superb feature and photography
Road to ruins: Peter Mitchell’s crumbling Leeds – in pictures Demolished flats, boarded-up cinemas, disused buildings … Mitchell’s photographs of Yorkshire (and beyond) have established him as a key chronicler of a changing Britain
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Road to ruins: Peter Mitchell’s crumbling Leeds – in pictures Demolished flats, boarded-up cinemas, disused buildings … Mitchell’s photographs of Yorkshire (and beyond) have established him as a key chronicler of a changing Britain
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
February 1, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Superb feature and photography
Road to ruins: Peter Mitchell’s crumbling Leeds – in pictures Demolished flats, boarded-up cinemas, disused buildings … Mitchell’s photographs of Yorkshire (and beyond) have established him as a key chronicler of a changing Britain
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Road to ruins: Peter Mitchell’s crumbling Leeds – in pictures Demolished flats, boarded-up cinemas, disused buildings … Mitchell’s photographs of Yorkshire (and beyond) have established him as a key chronicler of a changing Britain
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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Thinkinge of askinge Chat GPT a questioun about your plannes, thoughtes, ideas? Trye a tarot deck ynstead. Cheaper, bettir for the environment, bettir resultes, not evil.
January 31, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Thinkinge of askinge Chat GPT a questioun about your plannes, thoughtes, ideas? Trye a tarot deck ynstead. Cheaper, bettir for the environment, bettir resultes, not evil.
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Early stroll. The moon is a ball thrown at a cloud. A long thin puddle in the shape of Chile. Birdsong turning morning’s page. Bright lights upstairs at the betting shop. A horse stands beside four traffic cones.
February 1, 2026 at 6:19 AM
Early stroll. The moon is a ball thrown at a cloud. A long thin puddle in the shape of Chile. Birdsong turning morning’s page. Bright lights upstairs at the betting shop. A horse stands beside four traffic cones.
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I foraged this near Boddinick, Cornwall, in autumn 2020, then brought it home to the edge of Dartmoor, where it provided the filling for several sandwiches over the following week. Roscoe, however, was unimpressed.
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January 31, 2026 at 8:37 PM
I foraged this near Boddinick, Cornwall, in autumn 2020, then brought it home to the edge of Dartmoor, where it provided the filling for several sandwiches over the following week. Roscoe, however, was unimpressed.
www.tom-cox.com/at-home-with...
www.tom-cox.com/at-home-with...