Anne Berkeley
@anneberkeley.bsky.social
UK based
writes poems sometimes
https://www.saltpublishing.com/products/the-men-from-praga-9781844714223
writes poems sometimes
https://www.saltpublishing.com/products/the-men-from-praga-9781844714223
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Another important read from @samfr.bsky.social on why the NHS is in a state samf.substack.com/p/on-the-edg...
On the edge
My week in the NHS
samf.substack.com
October 19, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Another important read from @samfr.bsky.social on why the NHS is in a state samf.substack.com/p/on-the-edg...
Thank you, Sam!
"Although they warned me about Gaston's gas gun
Twenty times an hour the gas gun startles me."
I'm enjoying the funny, lyrical, moving poems in 'Object Permanence' by @anneberkeley.bsky.social
Twenty times an hour the gas gun startles me."
I'm enjoying the funny, lyrical, moving poems in 'Object Permanence' by @anneberkeley.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Thank you, Sam!
Labour, are you listening?
Profoundly important from @davidallengreen.bsky.social. The lack of meaningful restraints against executing power in our system leaves us utterly exposed in the face of a Reform government. They could do whatever they want.
open.substack.com/pub/emptycit...
open.substack.com/pub/emptycit...
Yes, an incoming illiberal and radical UK government would have absolute constitutional power
Only good fortune has prevented previous governments from misusing our constitutional arrangements more than they did
open.substack.com
August 27, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Labour, are you listening?
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"...everything is going to be alright"
Conflict, balance and resolution in law and policy
New, by me:
Substack:
emptycity.substack.com/p/everything...
Personal blog:
davidallengreen.com/2025/08/ever...
Conflict, balance and resolution in law and policy
New, by me:
Substack:
emptycity.substack.com/p/everything...
Personal blog:
davidallengreen.com/2025/08/ever...
“…everything is going to be alright” – conflict, balance and resolution in law and policy
22nd August 2025 * In his 1992 memoir Fever Pitch, Nick Hornby describes his experience of a crush in a stadium at a 1980 match (before the tragedies later on that decade): “…there was a forty-thou…
davidallengreen.com
August 22, 2025 at 10:12 AM
"...everything is going to be alright"
Conflict, balance and resolution in law and policy
New, by me:
Substack:
emptycity.substack.com/p/everything...
Personal blog:
davidallengreen.com/2025/08/ever...
Conflict, balance and resolution in law and policy
New, by me:
Substack:
emptycity.substack.com/p/everything...
Personal blog:
davidallengreen.com/2025/08/ever...
We had a local blackbird that mimicked this
The great thing about the dial-up noise was it really felt like the Internet was trying its hardest for you.
August 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
We had a local blackbird that mimicked this
July 1, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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It's July 1st - the submission window for #PoetryScotland 110 is open!
Submissions must include:
- Your postal address
- Titles of your poem(s)
- Text of your poem(s) in a separate Word document attachment.
poetryscotland.com/submissions/
Looking forward to hearing from you!
Submissions must include:
- Your postal address
- Titles of your poem(s)
- Text of your poem(s) in a separate Word document attachment.
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Looking forward to hearing from you!
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poetryscotland.com
July 1, 2025 at 8:51 AM
It's July 1st - the submission window for #PoetryScotland 110 is open!
Submissions must include:
- Your postal address
- Titles of your poem(s)
- Text of your poem(s) in a separate Word document attachment.
poetryscotland.com/submissions/
Looking forward to hearing from you!
Submissions must include:
- Your postal address
- Titles of your poem(s)
- Text of your poem(s) in a separate Word document attachment.
poetryscotland.com/submissions/
Looking forward to hearing from you!
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Five things to remember about war:
June 22, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Five things to remember about war:
Tom Phillips (1937-2022), creator of A Humument, has a new website dedicated to his tremendous range of work.
www.tomphillips.co.uk
www.tomphillips.co.uk
Tom Phillips - Home
An online repository of drawings, pastels, paintings, sculptures, textiles and other artworks, as well as writings by and about Tom Phillips RA, together with a studio blog, news blog and shop for the...
www.tomphillips.co.uk
May 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Tom Phillips (1937-2022), creator of A Humument, has a new website dedicated to his tremendous range of work.
www.tomphillips.co.uk
www.tomphillips.co.uk
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Delighted to have a poem on New Boots and Pantisocracies, as part of the series responding to the Executive Orders
newbootsandpantisocracies.wordpress.com/2025/04/17/e...
newbootsandpantisocracies.wordpress.com/2025/04/17/e...
Executive Disobediences #5 – Anne Berkeley
Responding to Executive Order 14154: UNLEASHING AMERICAN ENERGY and Executive Order 14153: UNLEASHING ALASKA’S EXTRAORDINARY RESOURCE POTENTIAL Riches of the Oil Age SpaceX is launc…
newbootsandpantisocracies.wordpress.com
April 18, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Delighted to have a poem on New Boots and Pantisocracies, as part of the series responding to the Executive Orders
newbootsandpantisocracies.wordpress.com/2025/04/17/e...
newbootsandpantisocracies.wordpress.com/2025/04/17/e...
Delighted to have a poem on New Boots and Pantisocracies, as part of the series responding to the Executive Orders
newbootsandpantisocracies.wordpress.com/2025/04/17/e...
newbootsandpantisocracies.wordpress.com/2025/04/17/e...
Executive Disobediences #5 – Anne Berkeley
Responding to Executive Order 14154: UNLEASHING AMERICAN ENERGY and Executive Order 14153: UNLEASHING ALASKA’S EXTRAORDINARY RESOURCE POTENTIAL Riches of the Oil Age SpaceX is launc…
newbootsandpantisocracies.wordpress.com
April 18, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Delighted to have a poem on New Boots and Pantisocracies, as part of the series responding to the Executive Orders
newbootsandpantisocracies.wordpress.com/2025/04/17/e...
newbootsandpantisocracies.wordpress.com/2025/04/17/e...
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April 15, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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#Top10 Misused Fables www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
1. Sour grapes
2. Pyrrhic victory
3. Midas touch
4. Canute
5. Break the mould
6. The Good Samaritan
7. The writing on the wall
8. Devil's advocate
9. Frankenstein
10. Meritocracy
1. Sour grapes
2. Pyrrhic victory
3. Midas touch
4. Canute
5. Break the mould
6. The Good Samaritan
7. The writing on the wall
8. Devil's advocate
9. Frankenstein
10. Meritocracy
The top ten: Misused fables
www.independent.co.uk
March 11, 2025 at 10:36 AM
#Top10 Misused Fables www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
1. Sour grapes
2. Pyrrhic victory
3. Midas touch
4. Canute
5. Break the mould
6. The Good Samaritan
7. The writing on the wall
8. Devil's advocate
9. Frankenstein
10. Meritocracy
1. Sour grapes
2. Pyrrhic victory
3. Midas touch
4. Canute
5. Break the mould
6. The Good Samaritan
7. The writing on the wall
8. Devil's advocate
9. Frankenstein
10. Meritocracy
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Posted by Donald Tusk, Prime Minister of Poland, tonight 👏
February 28, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Posted by Donald Tusk, Prime Minister of Poland, tonight 👏
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Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts.
Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵
Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵
February 27, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts.
Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵
Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵
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I have written a short statement responding to mass firings today of #NOAA / National Weather Service (#NWS) staff (which were concentrated among recent hires as well as highly experienced staff who had recently been promoted). Please see below screenshot & below for full text.
February 27, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Carrie Etter is reading at CB1 on Sunday 2 March!
6.30 at The Town & Gown
cb1poetry.org.uk
@carrieetter.bsky.social
6.30 at The Town & Gown
cb1poetry.org.uk
@carrieetter.bsky.social
CB1 Poetry – Live Poetry in the Heart of Cambridge
cb1poetry.org.uk
February 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Carrie Etter is reading at CB1 on Sunday 2 March!
6.30 at The Town & Gown
cb1poetry.org.uk
@carrieetter.bsky.social
6.30 at The Town & Gown
cb1poetry.org.uk
@carrieetter.bsky.social
Lewis Goodall is right. Musk's power grab is enormous, and so far it's all going his way. Goodall doesn't name NYT, BBC & co but they are normalising it, because it's the US, rather than calling it the coup that it is.
On LBC this morning, I spoke about why we should be far more worried the power Elon Musk is accruing, especially in light of his Open AI moves.
The normalisation of his actions and activity by quite a bit of the US and even UK media is a big part of the problem. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGnt...
The normalisation of his actions and activity by quite a bit of the US and even UK media is a big part of the problem. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGnt...
Elon Musk's main aim is 'world domination' | Lewis Goodall on LBC
YouTube video by LBC
www.youtube.com
February 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Lewis Goodall is right. Musk's power grab is enormous, and so far it's all going his way. Goodall doesn't name NYT, BBC & co but they are normalising it, because it's the US, rather than calling it the coup that it is.
George Szirtes is now on Bluesky!
February 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
George Szirtes is now on Bluesky!
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In the Future you will be able to get a Robot to do your Believing for you. There will be 5 to choose from, Each one more Costly & Better. Number 5 is Top of the line, It will Believe Stuff that even a Mormon wouldn't Believe. @stlouisatheists.bsky.social @atheists.org @ffrf.org
February 10, 2025 at 11:47 PM
In the Future you will be able to get a Robot to do your Believing for you. There will be 5 to choose from, Each one more Costly & Better. Number 5 is Top of the line, It will Believe Stuff that even a Mormon wouldn't Believe. @stlouisatheists.bsky.social @atheists.org @ffrf.org
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Hello there, poetry and translation friends! 👋
The Poetry Translation Centre is now on Bluesky ✨
Follow us to stay updated on some of the best poetry in translation from Africa, Asia, and Latin America!
The Poetry Translation Centre is now on Bluesky ✨
Follow us to stay updated on some of the best poetry in translation from Africa, Asia, and Latin America!
February 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Hello there, poetry and translation friends! 👋
The Poetry Translation Centre is now on Bluesky ✨
Follow us to stay updated on some of the best poetry in translation from Africa, Asia, and Latin America!
The Poetry Translation Centre is now on Bluesky ✨
Follow us to stay updated on some of the best poetry in translation from Africa, Asia, and Latin America!
The disappearing world
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Most at risk on the planet’: Polar heritage sites are slipping into the sea but can one island live forever online?
On Qikiqtaruk, off Canada’s Yukon coast, scientists are wielding virtual-reality cameras, 3D models and digital archives to protect the island’s history and culture before it disappears
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2025 at 11:24 AM
The disappearing world
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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NOTE IN DIARY: Feb 22! I'll be presenting a UK special at this US-based poetry series in 2 weeks! 5pm EST, or 10pm UK time. Four poets - all different, & all very particularly ourselves, producing four distinctive poetries. Come along and have a listen 😊
www.facebook.com/events/49815...
www.facebook.com/events/49815...
February 8, 2025 at 7:35 PM
NOTE IN DIARY: Feb 22! I'll be presenting a UK special at this US-based poetry series in 2 weeks! 5pm EST, or 10pm UK time. Four poets - all different, & all very particularly ourselves, producing four distinctive poetries. Come along and have a listen 😊
www.facebook.com/events/49815...
www.facebook.com/events/49815...
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Elon’s “Department of Government Efficiency” just walked into NOAA and Commerce like they owned the place. No legal authority, no transparency—just gutting climate data access while daring anyone to stop them. If you like accurate weather forecasts and ocean protections, buckle up.
Doge staffers enter Noaa headquarters and incite reports of cuts and threats
Members reportedly sought access to IT systems at agency that Project 2025 has called ‘harmful to US prosperity’
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Elon’s “Department of Government Efficiency” just walked into NOAA and Commerce like they owned the place. No legal authority, no transparency—just gutting climate data access while daring anyone to stop them. If you like accurate weather forecasts and ocean protections, buckle up.
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You’d have to work hard to produce a front page that entirely avoids telling people that anything untoward took place this weekend in Washington. “All the News That’s Fit To Print”, eh?
February 3, 2025 at 2:20 PM
You’d have to work hard to produce a front page that entirely avoids telling people that anything untoward took place this weekend in Washington. “All the News That’s Fit To Print”, eh?