Ben Austwick
@benaustwick.bsky.social
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Hold kindness in your heart like a knife at the throat of the world
benaustwick.co.uk
Hold kindness in your heart like a knife at the throat of the world
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Ben Austwick
@benaustwick.bsky.social
· Oct 26
Newfoundland wildflowers — Ben Austwick
Making the move from analogue to digital photography got me out of a bit of a creative rut (as I’d hoped) and has led me to experiment with different subjects and types of photography. Nature photogra...
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New blog post - Newfoundland wildflowers www.benaustwick.co.uk/blog/newfoun...
Bring back the monasteries
December 10, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Bring back the monasteries
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The United States is drifting closer to its next Forever War, one whose impact can't be kept away from its homeland borders, in the dumbest possible way
December 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The United States is drifting closer to its next Forever War, one whose impact can't be kept away from its homeland borders, in the dumbest possible way
The idea that we can't get out of this decline with taxation is hilarious
December 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The idea that we can't get out of this decline with taxation is hilarious
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I’ve posted this before but the light was perfect today- a little Victorian cat paw in a brick at the front of the old Norfolk & Norwich Hospital. As this is on the front-facing corner of the main gates, the bricklayer quite clearly put it there on purpose, at a height where children would spot it.
December 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I’ve posted this before but the light was perfect today- a little Victorian cat paw in a brick at the front of the old Norfolk & Norwich Hospital. As this is on the front-facing corner of the main gates, the bricklayer quite clearly put it there on purpose, at a height where children would spot it.
Berkeley Court, Eastbourne. Gigantic landlord's block built in the 90s in Victorian seaside vernacular
December 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Berkeley Court, Eastbourne. Gigantic landlord's block built in the 90s in Victorian seaside vernacular
Hope they extend this to Canada so Las Vegas becomes cool desert ruins
December 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Hope they extend this to Canada so Las Vegas becomes cool desert ruins
Apparently Soviet ice cream was really nice en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plombir...
December 10, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Apparently Soviet ice cream was really nice en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plombir...
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A seasonal reminder that you can order our titles from our website; orders are despatched within 24 hours (last dates for Christmas orders: UK: 17 Dec. Sheffield: 23 Dec). Recent hardbacks inc. Steve Ely's 'Eely' and Angelina D'Roza's 'The Blue Hour'. Order here:
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December 8, 2025 at 3:37 PM
A seasonal reminder that you can order our titles from our website; orders are despatched within 24 hours (last dates for Christmas orders: UK: 17 Dec. Sheffield: 23 Dec). Recent hardbacks inc. Steve Ely's 'Eely' and Angelina D'Roza's 'The Blue Hour'. Order here:
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
Bought my first truck (DAF XG)
December 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Bought my first truck (DAF XG)
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December 9, 2025 at 12:56 PM
This shittty mood better not be the beginnings of flu
December 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
This shittty mood better not be the beginnings of flu
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EU officials are weighing the 'Nuclear Option' of dumping U.S. Treasuries if Trump cuts a Ukraine deal and betrays the Allies. This would trigger an economic collapse in the US, millions would lose everything overnight and Saudi Arabia, UAE, and China would buyout the country.
December 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Some powerfully half-arsed tree harassment from Tux.
December 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Some powerfully half-arsed tree harassment from Tux.
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I feel like my entire childhood was basically shops called Chips that had that exact font, just following me around dead end towns in the north.
December 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I feel like my entire childhood was basically shops called Chips that had that exact font, just following me around dead end towns in the north.
Britain's national photographer just about nails him unfortunately
‘I drunkenly hugged him and said I love you, Martin Parr!’ Grayson Perry, Don McCullin and more on Britain’s national photographer
‘I drunkenly hugged him and said I love you, Martin Parr!’ Grayson Perry, Don McCullin and more on Britain’s national photographer
With a sharp eye and saturated colours, Parr’s photographs revealed the world in all its eccentric glory. Here, his friends, peers and collaborators pay tribute to a master
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Britain's national photographer just about nails him unfortunately
Still no girls technical Lego then!
December 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Still no girls technical Lego then!
You will be visited by three spirits
December 9, 2025 at 12:52 PM
You will be visited by three spirits
She's got to have been made to write this it is so embarrassing www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Make a political hero of Zack Polanski if you want. Just don’t forget to engage your brain | Marina Hyde
The Green party leader is riding high in the polls. But across the political spectrum, uncritical adulation leads nowhere fast, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:33 PM
She's got to have been made to write this it is so embarrassing www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Regardless of any architectural or traditional heritage value, this is an example of a functional building used for years, that works for people, with which they have an emotional history as well as a practical need. #PlaceHistory #LocalDemocracy #HeritageAttachment #BusShelter #BusesMatter
Sheringham Bus Shelter siege enters ninth day. Town Council to meet today in secret. County Council bailiffs conducting night raids
The battle for Sheringham bus shelter: protesters defiant as bailiffs sent in
Norfolk county council wants to demolish a ‘beloved’ 1950s bus shelter in Sheringham, but campaigners are staging a 24/7 sit-in
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Regardless of any architectural or traditional heritage value, this is an example of a functional building used for years, that works for people, with which they have an emotional history as well as a practical need. #PlaceHistory #LocalDemocracy #HeritageAttachment #BusShelter #BusesMatter
No waaaay Dartford station got a Greggs
December 9, 2025 at 8:40 AM
No waaaay Dartford station got a Greggs
I wasn't breast fed and look how I turned out!
December 8, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I wasn't breast fed and look how I turned out!
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The grim death toll from heat waves across European cities this past summer would have been captured in shocking headlines if they happened all at once, in a bombing or plane crash—835 in Rome, 630 in Athens, 409 in Paris.
Human-Caused Warming Tripled the Death Toll of European Heat Waves This Summer, New Report Shows - Inside Climate News
Public health researchers struggle to track the accelerating pace of global warming impacts.
insideclimatenews.org
December 8, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The grim death toll from heat waves across European cities this past summer would have been captured in shocking headlines if they happened all at once, in a bombing or plane crash—835 in Rome, 630 in Athens, 409 in Paris.
More comic timing from Labour attacking the Green position on NATO
'If the US is to deprioritise Europe’s security, it has to come at a cost: its influence in the region should follow.'
Trump’s new doctrine confirms it. Ready or not, Europe is on its own | Georg Riekeles and Varg Folkman
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump’s new doctrine confirms it. Ready or not, Europe is on its own | Georg Riekeles and Varg Folkman
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump’s new doctrine confirms it. Ready or not, Europe is on its own | Georg Riekeles and Varg Folkman
We can move from defensive crouch to position of strength but only if we use the economic cards we have against US coercion, say Georg Riekeles and Varg Folkman of the European Policy Centre
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:54 PM
More comic timing from Labour attacking the Green position on NATO