Martin A Stott
@martinastott.bsky.social
Photographer, dad, veg grower, Morrisian. Citizen not subject. British & Irish. Labour, co-operator. Born at 312ppm. New photobook: Bartlemas: Oxford's hidden sanctuary out October Insta: martinstott6 Bartlemasphoto
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Legal experts, former government ministers and an ex-MI6 director criticise the process used to ban Palestine Action.
An independent commission said the definition of terrorism was too broad and parliamentary oversight and judicial scrutiny was needed.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
An independent commission said the definition of terrorism was too broad and parliamentary oversight and judicial scrutiny was needed.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Legal experts and politicians criticise process used to ban Palestine Action
Independent commission says definition of terrorism relied on by ministers is too broad and more parliamentary oversight is needed
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Legal experts, former government ministers and an ex-MI6 director criticise the process used to ban Palestine Action.
An independent commission said the definition of terrorism was too broad and parliamentary oversight and judicial scrutiny was needed.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
An independent commission said the definition of terrorism was too broad and parliamentary oversight and judicial scrutiny was needed.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Oxford charity Asylum Welcome is asking residents to place an orange light in their window during the Oxford Light Festival, 14-16 November. The light represents compassion for people fleeing war and persecution and is inspired by the colours of a lifebelt.
November 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Oxford charity Asylum Welcome is asking residents to place an orange light in their window during the Oxford Light Festival, 14-16 November. The light represents compassion for people fleeing war and persecution and is inspired by the colours of a lifebelt.
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Be clear, the American far right are coming for British democracy.
November 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Be clear, the American far right are coming for British democracy.
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Highly commended award for excellence, from the Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild, for Gritstone author (and founder) @andrewbibby-writer.bsky.social : The Borders, The Lands We Share. Buy your copy here: gritstonecoop.co.uk/product/bord...
October 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Highly commended award for excellence, from the Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild, for Gritstone author (and founder) @andrewbibby-writer.bsky.social : The Borders, The Lands We Share. Buy your copy here: gritstonecoop.co.uk/product/bord...
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What good is rational persuasion if no one is paying attention? Jonathon Porritt, former Friends of the Earth Director, will be joined by local Just Stop Oil activists from 7pm tomorrow to answer this question and sign copies of his book, 'Love, Anger, Betrayal'.
November 3, 2025 at 6:21 PM
What good is rational persuasion if no one is paying attention? Jonathon Porritt, former Friends of the Earth Director, will be joined by local Just Stop Oil activists from 7pm tomorrow to answer this question and sign copies of his book, 'Love, Anger, Betrayal'.
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The UK's climate plan is out! Will Keir Starmer embrace the challenge or lean towards sceptics? Promising signs point to cheaper bills, warmer homes, and green jobs, moving towards equality and a fairer future. #ClimateAction. Check the 238-page plan: lnkd.in/eU5MwVWm
October 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The UK's climate plan is out! Will Keir Starmer embrace the challenge or lean towards sceptics? Promising signs point to cheaper bills, warmer homes, and green jobs, moving towards equality and a fairer future. #ClimateAction. Check the 238-page plan: lnkd.in/eU5MwVWm
So happy to be sponsoring a scholarship based in the Geography Dept, in collaboration with NERC at this lovely college.
Today, on #WorldAccessToHigherEducationDay, we are celebrating the power of widening participation, raising aspirations, and the impact that true inclusion can have. Here at Mansfield, we believe that talent is everywhere, so opportunity should be too.
www.mansfield.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...
www.mansfield.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...
Widening access, deepening impact: celebrating World Access to Higher Education Day - Mansfield College
www.mansfield.ox.ac.uk
October 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
So happy to be sponsoring a scholarship based in the Geography Dept, in collaboration with NERC at this lovely college.
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The Photo Oxford festival has just kicked off with a superb exhibition of Paddy Summerfield’s work in the Weston Library in Broad Street. For the next three weeks there are many other shows and events all over town.
#PhotoOxford
#Photography
#Oxford
photooxford.org
#PhotoOxford
#Photography
#Oxford
photooxford.org
October 27, 2025 at 9:50 AM
The Photo Oxford festival has just kicked off with a superb exhibition of Paddy Summerfield’s work in the Weston Library in Broad Street. For the next three weeks there are many other shows and events all over town.
#PhotoOxford
#Photography
#Oxford
photooxford.org
#PhotoOxford
#Photography
#Oxford
photooxford.org
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Congratulations to Co-operative MP Lucy Powell on her election as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party.
October 25, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Congratulations to Co-operative MP Lucy Powell on her election as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party.
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Many congratulations to @lucympowell.bsky.social - great to see a well known @teamlabouruk.bsky.social and @coopparty.party.coop MP as deputy leader. The country needs co-operative values now more than ever.
October 25, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Many congratulations to @lucympowell.bsky.social - great to see a well known @teamlabouruk.bsky.social and @coopparty.party.coop MP as deputy leader. The country needs co-operative values now more than ever.
The new books section includes mine, 'Bartlemas: Oxford's hidden sanctuary', published yesterday www.martin-stott.com
All Oxford’s news in the Clarion newsletter. Including:
🚉 Cowley Branch Line to reopen
🚌 Congestion charge means more buses
🐶 Dog-friendly restaurant
🪺 Save Oxfordshire’s curlews
📖 Our new books section
❄️ Silly gritter names
And more! Read online or by email: oxfordclarion.uk/clarion-week...
🚉 Cowley Branch Line to reopen
🚌 Congestion charge means more buses
🐶 Dog-friendly restaurant
🪺 Save Oxfordshire’s curlews
📖 Our new books section
❄️ Silly gritter names
And more! Read online or by email: oxfordclarion.uk/clarion-week...
Clarion Weekly, 24 October 2025
This week’s long reads
The Cowley Branch Line is reopening! The Government this week pledged £120m to bring passenger trains back to Cowley and Littlemore. Our long read has everything you need to kn...
oxfordclarion.uk
October 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
The new books section includes mine, 'Bartlemas: Oxford's hidden sanctuary', published yesterday www.martin-stott.com
The Cowley Branch Line railway is set to reopen with new stations at Littlemore and Cowley. The Government is today announcing £120m to rebuild the line, with trains running by 2030. Journey time will be just 7 minutes from Littlemore to Oxford station. Full story: oxfordclarion.uk/cowley-branc...
Full steam ahead for Cowley Branch Line
Direct trains will run from Cowley and Littlemore to Oxford and London Marylebone, as the Government today announces £120m of funding to reopen the Cowley Branch Line to passengers.
The funds will pa...
oxfordclarion.uk
October 22, 2025 at 11:08 PM
This is becoming a bigger and more embarassing story with every day that passes. @anneliesedoddsmp.bsky.social @oxfordlabour.bsky.social
The site now says “A date for passenger service introduction will be communicated once all the necessary authorisations and agreements are in place.” As we reported in September, although the track is complete and the trains ready, rail unions have objected to running the trains without a guard.
We are sorry to announce that the 08.44 to Milton Keynes has been delayed by several months
Oxford’s new railway line to Milton Keynes has been complete for almost a year – but there’s no sign of passenger services beginning.
On 20 October 2024, railway track company Network Rail officially...
oxfordclarion.uk
October 21, 2025 at 2:18 PM
This is becoming a bigger and more embarassing story with every day that passes. @anneliesedoddsmp.bsky.social @oxfordlabour.bsky.social
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The site now says “A date for passenger service introduction will be communicated once all the necessary authorisations and agreements are in place.” As we reported in September, although the track is complete and the trains ready, rail unions have objected to running the trains without a guard.
We are sorry to announce that the 08.44 to Milton Keynes has been delayed by several months
Oxford’s new railway line to Milton Keynes has been complete for almost a year – but there’s no sign of passenger services beginning.
On 20 October 2024, railway track company Network Rail officially...
oxfordclarion.uk
October 21, 2025 at 11:15 AM
The site now says “A date for passenger service introduction will be communicated once all the necessary authorisations and agreements are in place.” As we reported in September, although the track is complete and the trains ready, rail unions have objected to running the trains without a guard.
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Asad Rehman returns to Friends of the Earth as Chief Executive! With his background in climate, social, and racial justice, we're excited for his leadership. Hope to see him at our local meetings soon. #EnvironmentalJustice
October 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Asad Rehman returns to Friends of the Earth as Chief Executive! With his background in climate, social, and racial justice, we're excited for his leadership. Hope to see him at our local meetings soon. #EnvironmentalJustice
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Just remembered this post. And realised it has a very different resonance now.
We now know his close friend and ally Nathan Gill was accepting Russian bribes when he posted this
We now know his close friend and ally Nathan Gill was accepting Russian bribes when he posted this
October 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Just remembered this post. And realised it has a very different resonance now.
We now know his close friend and ally Nathan Gill was accepting Russian bribes when he posted this
We now know his close friend and ally Nathan Gill was accepting Russian bribes when he posted this
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No genteel neighbourhood should be without an anarchist prince.
The book itself - fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/product/curious-muswell-hill/
The book itself - fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/product/curious-muswell-hill/
October 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
No genteel neighbourhood should be without an anarchist prince.
The book itself - fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/product/curious-muswell-hill/
The book itself - fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/product/curious-muswell-hill/
Sounds like the Pope has just read E. P. Thompson's 'The Making of the English Working Class'! What he describes is exactly what Thompson describes at the end of the 18C. Only things are worse now.
Whew yes the Pope! It still pleasantly surprises me whenever a church leader says something that actually sounds like Christian values
October 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Sounds like the Pope has just read E. P. Thompson's 'The Making of the English Working Class'! What he describes is exactly what Thompson describes at the end of the 18C. Only things are worse now.
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Join us for an insightful evening with Roger Harrabin, former BBC Environment broadcaster, on 14th Oct at 7:30pm. Gain practical ideas for effectively communicating climate issues. The event is also accessible via Zoom for registered participants. Register at actionnetwork.org/events/oxfor....
October 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Join us for an insightful evening with Roger Harrabin, former BBC Environment broadcaster, on 14th Oct at 7:30pm. Gain practical ideas for effectively communicating climate issues. The event is also accessible via Zoom for registered participants. Register at actionnetwork.org/events/oxfor....
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October 2, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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On 27th Nov, top experts will brief MPs and other influential people with the latest on the climate & nature crisis—on threats but also solutions.
Please help us get as many MPs there as possible. We can rise to this challenge but only if properly informed.
Is your MP coming? www.nebriefing.org
Please help us get as many MPs there as possible. We can rise to this challenge but only if properly informed.
Is your MP coming? www.nebriefing.org
National Emergency Briefing on climate & nature
An unfiltered assessment of the latest threats arising from the climate & nature crisis to an invite-only audience. Westminster Central Hall, 27 November. Has your MP confirmed yet?
www.nebriefing.org
September 20, 2025 at 7:59 AM
On 27th Nov, top experts will brief MPs and other influential people with the latest on the climate & nature crisis—on threats but also solutions.
Please help us get as many MPs there as possible. We can rise to this challenge but only if properly informed.
Is your MP coming? www.nebriefing.org
Please help us get as many MPs there as possible. We can rise to this challenge but only if properly informed.
Is your MP coming? www.nebriefing.org
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... I absolutely love this! The Situationists have finally triumphed. Those days in the 1950s when Guy Debord and pals navigated the streets of Paris using maps of Berlin... now its thousands doing it. Derive rules.
Great North Run apologises over ‘Newcastle map’ medals that actually show Sunderland
Finisher T-shirts also feature outline of River Wear, as organisers spin medals as ‘most unique’ in event’s history
www.theguardian.com
September 8, 2025 at 11:24 AM
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... I absolutely love this! The Situationists have finally triumphed. Those days in the 1950s when Guy Debord and pals navigated the streets of Paris using maps of Berlin... now its thousands doing it. Derive rules.
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"With a record 60% of the public in favour of changing how we elect Parliament, Labour must take action. Our APPG – the largest all-party group – urges the Government to establish a National Commission on Electoral Reform without delay."
📢 APPG for Fair Elections Chair, @alexsobel.co.uk
📢 APPG for Fair Elections Chair, @alexsobel.co.uk
Electoral reform is urgent – or an extreme party could win a majority in Parliament
The APPG for Fair Elections first called on the government to establish a ‘National Commission on Electoral Reform’ last November, in the wake of t...
www.politicshome.com
September 8, 2025 at 9:27 AM
"With a record 60% of the public in favour of changing how we elect Parliament, Labour must take action. Our APPG – the largest all-party group – urges the Government to establish a National Commission on Electoral Reform without delay."
📢 APPG for Fair Elections Chair, @alexsobel.co.uk
📢 APPG for Fair Elections Chair, @alexsobel.co.uk
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I’d like to see more work done to preserve the site of the ancient palace of the Roman Emperors so that many more generations can visit and enjoy it. Which is why I, like many others #SupportPalatineAction
August 19, 2025 at 8:28 AM
I’d like to see more work done to preserve the site of the ancient palace of the Roman Emperors so that many more generations can visit and enjoy it. Which is why I, like many others #SupportPalatineAction
Bluesky have just verfied that I'm over 18 by checking what I look like through a photo. Looks like I need to get that mirror in the attic replaced.....
August 4, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Bluesky have just verfied that I'm over 18 by checking what I look like through a photo. Looks like I need to get that mirror in the attic replaced.....