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We’ll be hosting a stall at the ‘Tower Hamlets Christmas Mutual Aid Market and Party’ on December 20th 🫂

Profits from the event will go to the Bangladeshi LGBTQIA+ movement @_therainbowtree ❤️

Poster design by ACT UP London artist @coniglibianchi

Promotional flyer for Tower Hamlets Christmas Wellbeing Mutual Aid Market

November 28, 2025 at 10:33 AM

Edward Philips Art

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As you know I am contractually obliged to inform you that there is 10% off all 🪶 T-Shirts etc AND Free Shipping. Just enter the code TAKE10 at checkout. xx

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November 28, 2025 at 10:09 AM

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Edward Philips Art

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I’m afraid I won’t be offering BLACK FRIDAY discounts on my posters this week.
a) I am not Amazon. Just a bloke who draws stuff for money AND pays his taxes.
b) Rest assured all profits pay only for luxuries such as food, gas and lecky.
xx

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November 27, 2025 at 10:11 AM

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Chris Rand

@chrisrand.com

To all traditionalists who celebrate it, happy Unthanksgiving.

Singing sisters Rachel and Becky Unthank

November 28, 2025 at 3:53 AM

Edward Philips Art

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What do you want? A late evening Hawfinch? Oh. Go on then. xx

November 27, 2025 at 11:01 PM

Edward Philips Art

@edwardphilips.co.uk

I’m afraid I won’t be offering BLACK FRIDAY discounts on my posters this week.
a) I am not Amazon. Just a bloke who draws stuff for money AND pays his taxes.
b) Rest assured all profits pay only for luxuries such as food, gas and lecky.
xx

www.edwardphilips.co.uk

Edward Philips - Posters, Prints, Wall Art - Vintage Bird & Rail Posters

Edward Philips Art for original posters and prints to brighten up your home or office.

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November 27, 2025 at 10:11 AM

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Davenant 📸

@marcdavenant.bsky.social

No replies from Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk Adam Hug @adamhug.bsky.social or @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social in response to my email or on social media. Not even the courtesy of a holding reply. From the party which promised action on homelessness that’s very disappointing.

Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 4d

I spent hours yesterday at the tent encampment behind the Adelphi in London and as a result have sent this open letter with a plea for a meaningful intervention to
Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk
Adam Hug @adamhug.bsky.social
@matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social
@paulabarkermp.bsky.social and Bob Blackman

A plea for a meaningful intervention - Adelphi tent encampment London
Dear Paula, Bob and Matthew
I wanted to thank you again for facilitating the display of my Outsiders exhibition on homelessness inside Parliament last year. The
touring exhibition has now had over 120,000 visitors and continues to tour. Matthew I really valued our conversation about
homelessness in the exhibition space - it was clear to me then that you really understood the issues and were determined to do
something meaningful to address the problems.
Dear Adam and Sadia
You don't know me, but I am a documentary photographer who works with marginalised communities and uses photography to highlight
social inequality. You can see something about the Outsiders project on homelessness and substandard housing here
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cnOdqk4req0o
Dear All
Five of the participants in Outsiders have now died while experiencing homelessness. Since I stopped the photography in 2022 the
situation has become exponentially worse both in London and in the other cities which I covered during the project.
One of the most noticeable changes has been the development of tent encampments and I am writing to all of you about the
encampment which is currently behind the Adelphi in London. I believe plans are being drawn up to get an injunction to clear the
encampment without any meaningrut Intervention to address the problems laced by the community there.
It seems to me that it is an extraordinary situation that in the wealthiest borough, in one of the wealthiest countries in the world, these
people are struggling to survive against all the odds and not receiving the support needed to transition them out of homelessness and
help them become productive members of society. As a society we are defined by how we treat the poor. Regardless of the legal
position I believe that we all have a moral and ethical responsibility towards those who have fallen through the gaps and ended up
experiencing homelessness.
The people in this encampment are vulnerable and marginalised. The women have all been sexually assaulted or subjected to violence
while sleeping rough in London. They rely on the men in the encampment for their safety and if the camp is simply cleared, they will end
up back on the street with no safety net, likely being subjected to ongoing sexual abuse and exploitation.
People in the camp have both mental and physical health needs which need to be addressed. One has diabetes, has open sores on his
legs and is likely to suffer amputations, blindness and possibly death via diabetic coma unless this is addressed. There are mental
nean ana suostance abuse chauenges as wel. However overa nis is a close knit communit wrich nas become ponded togeter ov
the power of a shared experience. Disbanding the camp with no plans for transitioning the occupants into a stable home would be cruel
and irresponsible.
The people in the camp also rely on their dogs to provide emotional support. One of the worst things about sleeping rough is being
ignored and treated like something less than human. Having something to love and which will love you back unconditionally can be the
difference between life and death for someone in their situation. All of them have been told they will have to give up their dogs to get
support. I believe that to be an inhumane and unreasonable position to take.
There is a desperate need for a multidisciplinary intervention with this camp. If you bulldoze it you will break the bonds within the
community ana simply move the problem somewnere else. It isn t a solution to what nas become a nuge problem tor society and is a
test for your humanity as the people with the power to change things.
Collectively you control billions in spending, control the public policy on homelessness and housing and do have the power to intervene
and ensure a positive outcome for the people in this camp. I have attached some portraits taken yesterday and would urge you to look at
them and consider how you would feel if they were members of your family who had fallen on hard times. I know that with a sweep of a
pen you can simply have them moved on but would ask you to consider whether there is a different approach and who gains from simply
sweeone unese oroolems under ine caroet.
Experience has taught me to have very low expectations when it comes to asking for support like this in a society which knows the price
or everything ana the value or little, but i belleve that you are all good people who came Into public service with the best of Intentions
and hope you can find it in your hearts to help.
Thank you all for reading this and I hope something can be done.
Best
Marc Davenant

November 27, 2025 at 8:21 AM

Edward Philips Art

@edwardphilips.co.uk

Oh, is it Wednesday? Here is your late evening Arctic Tern. xx

Poster of an Arctic Tern flying above a sailing boat and that.

November 26, 2025 at 11:22 PM

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Davenant 📸

@marcdavenant.bsky.social

Rory, from the Outsiders project.
Nobody should be homeless in a country as wealthy as ours.

Black and white portrait of a man with a beard looking into the distance

November 26, 2025 at 7:50 AM

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ItIsStevenRhodes

@400footghost.bsky.social

Hey, this drawing might make an ideal Christmas present for someone who likes squirrels and human skulls and the ambiguity of the relative sizes between the two.

ItIsStevenRhodes @400footghost.bsky.social · 12d

Ink drawing of a red squirrel, with pencil colours. Stylised, cartoonish style. The squirrel is perched at the end of a twisty branch, the tree is out outside the picture. The squirrel sits and, in his little paws, he holds, not an acorn or anything like that, but a tiny human skull. Or perhaps the squirrel is enormous. In the background, without black outlines, several golden clouds float by.

November 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM

Edward Philips Art

@edwardphilips.co.uk

This stock photo lady thought life was empty & meaningless. All day long she’d sit in a chair being photographed looking wistfully out of the window. How dull. That’s until she bought a Purple Heron poster. Now she looks forward to a brighter happier future.

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Stock photo woman looking out of the window towards a brighter and happier future just because she bought a Purple Heron poster.

November 25, 2025 at 11:28 PM

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RSPB

@rspb.bsky.social

Last night the Government steamrollered its Planning Bill through, slamming the door on vital protections for nature.

They said it would be a ‘win-win’ for the economy and nature.

But in reality, they’ve pushed nature into last place.

A lone Golden Plover stands alert on a low, mist-covered mound, silhouetted against a pale grey sky. Its speckled plumage blends with the muted landscape, giving a sense of vulnerability and quiet resilience: a single bird holding its ground as its world shifts around it.

November 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM

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The Rare Breeding Birds Panel

@ukrbbp.bsky.social

NEW BLOG - the RBBP reviews what species we should collect data on regularly. Here’s an explanation of what we consider when species are removed, and why Avocet and Mediterranean Gull are staying on our list, for now rbbp.org.uk/2025/11/25/r...

Reviewing the RBBP species list

Reviewing the RBBP species list Mediterranean Gull, Mark Eaton The RBBP collects data and reports upon all native species with UK breeding populations of fewer than 2,000 pairs. In addition, s...

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November 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM

Edward Philips Art

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Here is your late evening Avocet. Night all. xx

Poster what I done of two Avocets in the lovely Dearne Valley nature reserve.

November 24, 2025 at 11:08 PM

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wee-dumplin.bsky.social

@wee-dumplin.bsky.social

Just saw the list of gritter names for this year and they have outdone themselves
These always make me smile

List of funny Scottish gritter names for winter

November 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM

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Rob Turpin 🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️‍⚧️

@thisnorthernboy.bsky.social

Currently a whopping 35% off all my prints…

www.inprnt.com/gallery/this...

@inprnt.com #ArtPrints #SciFi

A screenshot of my print shop at Inprnt.

https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/thisnorthernboy/

November 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM

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Friends of Friendless Churches

@friendlesschurches.bsky.social

In the UK, you could demolish a church VAT-free, but if you wanted to repair that church, you would have to pay VAT.

November 22, 2025 at 10:01 AM

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Edward Philips Art

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This chap's so happy with his Isle of May Gannet poster he wrote a song about it:

The river was deep but I swam it (Gannet)
The future is ours so let's plan it (Gannet)
So please don't tell me to can it (Gannet)
I've one thing to say & that's
Dammit, Gannet, I love you.

www.edwardphilips.co.uk

🪶

Stock photos chappie singing a song about my Isle of May Diving Gannet poster.

November 20, 2025 at 11:52 AM

Edward Philips Art

@edwardphilips.co.uk

With the code TAKE10, you’ll get 10% off at checkout from now until midnight 2nd December (GMT) on all t-shirts. Plus, on Black Friday itself (28th November), you’ll get FREE UK SHIPPING when you enter the code too!

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November 21, 2025 at 9:14 AM

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Will Rose

@willrose.bsky.social

Very happy to be part of this project coming in 2026!🦅

BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 7d

Want a FREE resource pack with an ID guide to 30 species you’re likely to see in your local greenspace? 🐦🌳 Sign up to our Birds in #Greenspaces newsletter to receive one! ➡️ www.bto.org/greenspaces #Ornithology 🪶

Illustrations by @willrose.bsky.social

November 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM

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www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...

Out of the shadows: why Avril Coleridge-Taylor deserves to be heard

The daughter of the British composer Samuel made controversial choices that took her on a different path to her father’s activism. Ahead of the premiere recording of her piano concerto, its soloist lo...

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November 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM

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Lev Parikian

@levparikian.bsky.social

I wrote a short story.

open.substack.com/pub/levparik...

Jack

A short story

open.substack.com

November 20, 2025 at 8:45 AM

Edward Philips Art

@edwardphilips.co.uk

This chap's so happy with his Isle of May Gannet poster he wrote a song about it:

The river was deep but I swam it (Gannet)
The future is ours so let's plan it (Gannet)
So please don't tell me to can it (Gannet)
I've one thing to say & that's
Dammit, Gannet, I love you.

www.edwardphilips.co.uk

🪶

November 20, 2025 at 11:52 AM