Martin Wroe
@martinwroe.bsky.social
Improvising. Latest poetry collection, 'This Heart. Poems From The Universe Inside.' https://www.ionabooks.com/product/this-heart/
London, Wales Some more words. martinwroe.medium.com
London, Wales Some more words. martinwroe.medium.com
'There’s this lovely comic illustration of a doctor with an ill looking Earth in front of them on the doctor’s chair,” Jerram says. “The Earth is saying: ‘I’m afraid we’ve got a nasty infection of humans.’ The doctor says: ‘Don’t worry, it’ll soon pass.’
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The artist Luke Jerram on the tree-planting project he’ll never see finished
It may be a midlife crisis, says the man behind seven-metre installations of the Earth, moon and Sun who has planted 365 trees in a 100-year project in Somerset
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November 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM
'There’s this lovely comic illustration of a doctor with an ill looking Earth in front of them on the doctor’s chair,” Jerram says. “The Earth is saying: ‘I’m afraid we’ve got a nasty infection of humans.’ The doctor says: ‘Don’t worry, it’ll soon pass.’
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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Sadly , post lockdown - live shows are becoming less and less viable for so many performers - I have many friends , critically revered and fabulous , who are seeing huge drops in their ability to sell - the mainstream dominates - the arenas lap up money and numbers
We always try to get Nine Lessons shows beyond London - it is never profitable but we hope it makes it accessible for others - This year is CARDIFF - but no one seems to want to come - so we will pull it next week if we see that it is going to lose us too much money
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www.glee.co.uk/performer/ni...
Nine Lessons and Carols for Curious People - The Glee Club
The iconic Nine Lessons and Carols for Curious People season extravaganza is headed to Cardiff for the first time
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November 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Sadly , post lockdown - live shows are becoming less and less viable for so many performers - I have many friends , critically revered and fabulous , who are seeing huge drops in their ability to sell - the mainstream dominates - the arenas lap up money and numbers
'In many parts of the world now solar power generates electricity far more cheaply than fossil fuels. The clean economy is cheaper than the dirty economy ...
Action on climate change is an investment with high returns.'
observer.co.uk/news/busines...
Action on climate change is an investment with high returns.'
observer.co.uk/news/busines...
Climate action is the best way to ensure long-term growth
Although we may have underestimated the risks of the climate crisis, we have also been too pessimistic about the opportunities created by new, green tech...
observer.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 11:43 AM
'In many parts of the world now solar power generates electricity far more cheaply than fossil fuels. The clean economy is cheaper than the dirty economy ...
Action on climate change is an investment with high returns.'
observer.co.uk/news/busines...
Action on climate change is an investment with high returns.'
observer.co.uk/news/busines...
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The German mind cannot comprehend this.
In Denmark, 150,000 petrol cars and 250,000 diesel cars have disappeared from the roads, while 475,000 EVs and 106,000 PHEVs have been added. By early 2026, there will be more EVs than diesel cars in Denmark.
In Denmark, 150,000 petrol cars and 250,000 diesel cars have disappeared from the roads, while 475,000 EVs and 106,000 PHEVs have been added. By early 2026, there will be more EVs than diesel cars in Denmark.
400.000 fossilbiler er nu væk fra de danske veje – og elbilerne overtager 🚗 🔌
Ca. 150.000 benzinbiler og 250.000 dieselbiler er forsvundet fra den danske bilpark siden 2020.
Til gengæld er der kommet 475.000 elbiler og 106.000 plug-in hybrider.
Ca. 150.000 benzinbiler og 250.000 dieselbiler er forsvundet fra den danske bilpark siden 2020.
Til gengæld er der kommet 475.000 elbiler og 106.000 plug-in hybrider.
October 31, 2025 at 8:17 AM
The German mind cannot comprehend this.
In Denmark, 150,000 petrol cars and 250,000 diesel cars have disappeared from the roads, while 475,000 EVs and 106,000 PHEVs have been added. By early 2026, there will be more EVs than diesel cars in Denmark.
In Denmark, 150,000 petrol cars and 250,000 diesel cars have disappeared from the roads, while 475,000 EVs and 106,000 PHEVs have been added. By early 2026, there will be more EVs than diesel cars in Denmark.
'The spring onions will cost what they cost. But people who care about feeding others well keep finding new ways to do it. That’s what resilience looks like....'
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www.theguardian.com/food/2025/oc...
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October 31, 2025 at 11:19 AM
'The spring onions will cost what they cost. But people who care about feeding others well keep finding new ways to do it. That’s what resilience looks like....'
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www.theguardian.com/food/2025/oc...
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'One year, we were taken out to the field & taught the mechanics of peaceful protest—a core Quaker practice—spending an hour learning how to resist being moved by police by locking arms together & lying limply on the ground. I loved these gatherings...'
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/71397/...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/71397/...
Disagreement among Friends: why Quakers are questioning God
The future of British Quakerism is up for debate, as the movement updates its most important text. The biggest question: keep or dilute God?
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
October 26, 2025 at 10:09 AM
'One year, we were taken out to the field & taught the mechanics of peaceful protest—a core Quaker practice—spending an hour learning how to resist being moved by police by locking arms together & lying limply on the ground. I loved these gatherings...'
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/71397/...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/71397/...
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‘Some bright morning when this life is over
I'll fly away
To that home on God's celestial shore
I'll fly away…’
The mesmerizing power of two guitars and two voices that is Gillian Welsh and David Rawlings lighting up the London Palladium.
I'll fly away
To that home on God's celestial shore
I'll fly away…’
The mesmerizing power of two guitars and two voices that is Gillian Welsh and David Rawlings lighting up the London Palladium.
October 27, 2025 at 8:17 AM
‘Some bright morning when this life is over
I'll fly away
To that home on God's celestial shore
I'll fly away…’
The mesmerizing power of two guitars and two voices that is Gillian Welsh and David Rawlings lighting up the London Palladium.
I'll fly away
To that home on God's celestial shore
I'll fly away…’
The mesmerizing power of two guitars and two voices that is Gillian Welsh and David Rawlings lighting up the London Palladium.
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'These books will last - their fierce & uncompromising challenge to a spiritually divided & diseased model of existence – whether associated with decadent religion or exploitative capitalism – make them a necessary voice in the debate about who we think we are.'
observer.co.uk/culture/book...
observer.co.uk/culture/book...
Philip Pullman’s The Rose Field: a manifesto for how to b...
The epic conclusion to The Book of Dust is a powerful critique of capitalism from a storyteller of exceptional power
observer.co.uk
October 27, 2025 at 12:09 PM
'These books will last - their fierce & uncompromising challenge to a spiritually divided & diseased model of existence – whether associated with decadent religion or exploitative capitalism – make them a necessary voice in the debate about who we think we are.'
observer.co.uk/culture/book...
observer.co.uk/culture/book...
'These books will last - their fierce & uncompromising challenge to a spiritually divided & diseased model of existence – whether associated with decadent religion or exploitative capitalism – make them a necessary voice in the debate about who we think we are.'
observer.co.uk/culture/book...
observer.co.uk/culture/book...
Philip Pullman’s The Rose Field: a manifesto for how to b...
The epic conclusion to The Book of Dust is a powerful critique of capitalism from a storyteller of exceptional power
observer.co.uk
October 27, 2025 at 12:09 PM
'These books will last - their fierce & uncompromising challenge to a spiritually divided & diseased model of existence – whether associated with decadent religion or exploitative capitalism – make them a necessary voice in the debate about who we think we are.'
observer.co.uk/culture/book...
observer.co.uk/culture/book...
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Places still available for free workshops for young people in and around Islington to create protest posters on equal rights inspired by Union Chapel's 200+ year archive of social justice legacy and local London history. Choose from the themes and apply now at unionchapel.org.uk/projects/eve...
Local Schools / Youth Groups 🎨✂ Apply now for a FREE Protest Poster creative workshop inspired by Union Chapel's 200+ year archive to explore black music & art, feminist voices, inclusive design, Pride + more
Info at unionchapel.org.uk/projects/eve...
#SundaySchoolStories with Estorick Collection
Info at unionchapel.org.uk/projects/eve...
#SundaySchoolStories with Estorick Collection
October 27, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Places still available for free workshops for young people in and around Islington to create protest posters on equal rights inspired by Union Chapel's 200+ year archive of social justice legacy and local London history. Choose from the themes and apply now at unionchapel.org.uk/projects/eve...
‘Some bright morning when this life is over
I'll fly away
To that home on God's celestial shore
I'll fly away…’
The mesmerizing power of two guitars and two voices that is Gillian Welsh and David Rawlings lighting up the London Palladium.
I'll fly away
To that home on God's celestial shore
I'll fly away…’
The mesmerizing power of two guitars and two voices that is Gillian Welsh and David Rawlings lighting up the London Palladium.
October 27, 2025 at 8:17 AM
‘Some bright morning when this life is over
I'll fly away
To that home on God's celestial shore
I'll fly away…’
The mesmerizing power of two guitars and two voices that is Gillian Welsh and David Rawlings lighting up the London Palladium.
I'll fly away
To that home on God's celestial shore
I'll fly away…’
The mesmerizing power of two guitars and two voices that is Gillian Welsh and David Rawlings lighting up the London Palladium.
'One year, we were taken out to the field & taught the mechanics of peaceful protest—a core Quaker practice—spending an hour learning how to resist being moved by police by locking arms together & lying limply on the ground. I loved these gatherings...'
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/71397/...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/71397/...
Disagreement among Friends: why Quakers are questioning God
The future of British Quakerism is up for debate, as the movement updates its most important text. The biggest question: keep or dilute God?
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
October 26, 2025 at 10:09 AM
'One year, we were taken out to the field & taught the mechanics of peaceful protest—a core Quaker practice—spending an hour learning how to resist being moved by police by locking arms together & lying limply on the ground. I loved these gatherings...'
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/71397/...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/71397/...
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The future of solar power is bright, finds @tinymaddie.bsky.social
*Solar panels are cheap, and getting cheaper
*Batteries are good, and getting better
*Economic case for solar will overwhelm political apathy
In short, we're going to run the world on sunshine
www.newscientist.com/article/2500...
*Solar panels are cheap, and getting cheaper
*Batteries are good, and getting better
*Economic case for solar will overwhelm political apathy
In short, we're going to run the world on sunshine
www.newscientist.com/article/2500...
Solar energy is going to power the world much sooner than you think
Solar electricity is growing rapidly, but can it really dominate the global energy system? Here is what it will take for us to power the planet on sunshine
www.newscientist.com
October 23, 2025 at 11:08 AM
The future of solar power is bright, finds @tinymaddie.bsky.social
*Solar panels are cheap, and getting cheaper
*Batteries are good, and getting better
*Economic case for solar will overwhelm political apathy
In short, we're going to run the world on sunshine
www.newscientist.com/article/2500...
*Solar panels are cheap, and getting cheaper
*Batteries are good, and getting better
*Economic case for solar will overwhelm political apathy
In short, we're going to run the world on sunshine
www.newscientist.com/article/2500...
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This is great Ron. 💥
Some David Bowie music for your morning RS
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RON SINGS "GOLDEN YEARS" BY DAVID BOWIE
YouTube video by Rawnboy
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October 26, 2025 at 9:01 AM
This is great Ron. 💥
“It’s nice to have good human beings who stand up for those who don’t have a voice, who don’t have any power. When everyone seems against them, someone needs to step up. Kenny did that again and again...”
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
‘It’s what’s in your heart that counts’: Kenny Dalglish on his love for Liverpool and the long shadow of Hillsborough
Donald McRae talks to Liverpool legend Kenny Dalglish and Oscar-winning director Asif Kapadia, who has made a film about the Scot’s remarkable career in football
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October 25, 2025 at 7:39 AM
“It’s nice to have good human beings who stand up for those who don’t have a voice, who don’t have any power. When everyone seems against them, someone needs to step up. Kenny did that again and again...”
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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'Love and acorns. That’s my life right now. Love is a four-season thing, but autumn is for acorn-gathering, winter for acorn-eating.
This time of the year is all about planning for the future: if you think that’s beyond the wit of a mere bird you underestimate us....'
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This time of the year is all about planning for the future: if you think that’s beyond the wit of a mere bird you underestimate us....'
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
Worries about winter diminish by the day: my week as a jay
Each week, Simon Barnes hears what the past seven days have been like for a member of the animal kingdom
observer.co.uk
October 20, 2025 at 10:44 AM
'Love and acorns. That’s my life right now. Love is a four-season thing, but autumn is for acorn-gathering, winter for acorn-eating.
This time of the year is all about planning for the future: if you think that’s beyond the wit of a mere bird you underestimate us....'
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
This time of the year is all about planning for the future: if you think that’s beyond the wit of a mere bird you underestimate us....'
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
'Love and acorns. That’s my life right now. Love is a four-season thing, but autumn is for acorn-gathering, winter for acorn-eating.
This time of the year is all about planning for the future: if you think that’s beyond the wit of a mere bird you underestimate us....'
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
This time of the year is all about planning for the future: if you think that’s beyond the wit of a mere bird you underestimate us....'
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
Worries about winter diminish by the day: my week as a jay
Each week, Simon Barnes hears what the past seven days have been like for a member of the animal kingdom
observer.co.uk
October 20, 2025 at 10:44 AM
'Love and acorns. That’s my life right now. Love is a four-season thing, but autumn is for acorn-gathering, winter for acorn-eating.
This time of the year is all about planning for the future: if you think that’s beyond the wit of a mere bird you underestimate us....'
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
This time of the year is all about planning for the future: if you think that’s beyond the wit of a mere bird you underestimate us....'
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
'I recommend generosity: These vague phrasings are just the sound of people trying to get through the moment, trying to make sense of things. Endeavor to not be annoyed. Every idea gets tested in the end, just as everyone comes to their own (eventual) reckoning.'
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www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
Dear James: I’m Tired of the Religious Platitudes
Does this make me a bad person?
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October 8, 2025 at 10:01 AM
'I recommend generosity: These vague phrasings are just the sound of people trying to get through the moment, trying to make sense of things. Endeavor to not be annoyed. Every idea gets tested in the end, just as everyone comes to their own (eventual) reckoning.'
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
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The anti-renewable lobby (Reform & Tories) is condemning the UK consumer to higher bills, our industry being less internationally competitive & the NHS, schools & the social sector to less money spent in meeting need. Climate chaos means every choice to remove carbon benefits everyone.
"Spain’s rapid renewables build-out means that in the first half of this year, its power prices were set by fossil generation just 19% of the time [..] As a result, wholesale electricity was almost a third cheaper than the European Union average"
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Spain’s Renewable-Energy Boom Loosens Gas’s Grip on Power Prices
Soaring renewables output in Spain is weakening gas’s grip on electricity prices, setting the country apart from much of Europe where fossil fuels still dictate the cost of power.
www.bloomberg.com
October 2, 2025 at 9:10 AM
The anti-renewable lobby (Reform & Tories) is condemning the UK consumer to higher bills, our industry being less internationally competitive & the NHS, schools & the social sector to less money spent in meeting need. Climate chaos means every choice to remove carbon benefits everyone.
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A 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦 from Ember, showing exactly how electrotech is demolishing fossil fuels through 1) physics 2) economics and 3) geopolitics.
NEW | The Electrotech Revolution slidedeck
Electrotech combines solar & wind, EVs & heat pumps, batteries & digitalisation. @kingsmillbond and Ember Futures team unpack how this is reshaping the global energy system 🧵
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Electrotech combines solar & wind, EVs & heat pumps, batteries & digitalisation. @kingsmillbond and Ember Futures team unpack how this is reshaping the global energy system 🧵
http://ember-energy....
September 20, 2025 at 6:51 AM
A 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦 from Ember, showing exactly how electrotech is demolishing fossil fuels through 1) physics 2) economics and 3) geopolitics.
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'Each poem feels chosen with intelligence and care: accessibility matches profundity. […] a searching anthology that is both elegy, and celebration.’ – Martyn Halsall, in @churchtimes.bsky.social, on Neil Astley & Pamela Robertson-Pearce's anthology Soul Feast.
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
Book review: poetry round-up
Martyn Halsall reviews recent collections of contemporary poetry
www.churchtimes.co.uk
September 18, 2025 at 10:41 AM
'Each poem feels chosen with intelligence and care: accessibility matches profundity. […] a searching anthology that is both elegy, and celebration.’ – Martyn Halsall, in @churchtimes.bsky.social, on Neil Astley & Pamela Robertson-Pearce's anthology Soul Feast.
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
'As the Egyptian-Canadian writer Omar El Akkad says, one day everyone will have always been against this.'
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Why I’m hosting a concert for Palestine at Wembley Arena | Brian Eno
I hope tonight’s gig will have the same galvanising effect as the 1988 Nelson Mandela concert – and give people courage to speak out about Gaza, says music producer Brian Eno
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September 17, 2025 at 11:20 AM
'As the Egyptian-Canadian writer Omar El Akkad says, one day everyone will have always been against this.'
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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'I’d told him how my Welsh Dad met my English mum while working in London. And that not long before her due date he’d announced that he’d bought plane tickets to Wales.'
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‘There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.’
How our hearts can make room for several homes. A Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4.
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September 15, 2025 at 6:46 AM
'I’d told him how my Welsh Dad met my English mum while working in London. And that not long before her due date he’d announced that he’d bought plane tickets to Wales.'
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'Like a gauche eruption at a dinner party, it brings into play forces, in this case the agency of the dead, that would normally stay silent. But then again, if a memorial gathering teaches us anything, it’s that we aren’t here long...'
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I blame the dead
We have been to a thing. Breaking with this blog’s tradition of oblique references to low-level gossip and self-recrimination at various things over the years, I disclose we were in attendanc…
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September 15, 2025 at 1:15 PM
'Like a gauche eruption at a dinner party, it brings into play forces, in this case the agency of the dead, that would normally stay silent. But then again, if a memorial gathering teaches us anything, it’s that we aren’t here long...'
anthonywilsonpoetry.com/2025/09/14/i...
anthonywilsonpoetry.com/2025/09/14/i...
'I’d told him how my Welsh Dad met my English mum while working in London. And that not long before her due date he’d announced that he’d bought plane tickets to Wales.'
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‘There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.’
How our hearts can make room for several homes. A Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4.
medium.com
September 15, 2025 at 6:46 AM
'I’d told him how my Welsh Dad met my English mum while working in London. And that not long before her due date he’d announced that he’d bought plane tickets to Wales.'
medium.com/@martinwroe/...
medium.com/@martinwroe/...