Mark Clay
@mrclayox.bsky.social
Husband. Father. Charity Worker. Volunteer. Music and literature lover. Cat dad. Meta refugee.
Award-winning artist exploring memory, experience & mutability, especially in landscape; combining the systematic & the poetic. Oxford, UK.
Award-winning artist exploring memory, experience & mutability, especially in landscape; combining the systematic & the poetic. Oxford, UK.
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December 28, 2025 at 8:08 AM
"Hinksey Heights Fen" (2025)
A4, pencil on paper.
This commission was produced as a Christmas gift, and it's a depiction of the wetland under restoration at Hinksey Heights Nature Reserve, near Oxford (UK); a place I know well and love. Great to be working with #pencil again! 🤗✏️👌🏻.
#drawing
A4, pencil on paper.
This commission was produced as a Christmas gift, and it's a depiction of the wetland under restoration at Hinksey Heights Nature Reserve, near Oxford (UK); a place I know well and love. Great to be working with #pencil again! 🤗✏️👌🏻.
#drawing
December 27, 2025 at 12:41 PM
"Duet".
Autumn leaves from my garden. I've had a rotten cold all week and haven't felt like doing much. Nature is the best artist, I often feel, so sometimes I think the best thing I can do is get out of its way.
#autumn
#autumnleaves
#nature
#foundmaterials
Autumn leaves from my garden. I've had a rotten cold all week and haven't felt like doing much. Nature is the best artist, I often feel, so sometimes I think the best thing I can do is get out of its way.
#autumn
#autumnleaves
#nature
#foundmaterials
December 19, 2025 at 11:16 AM
"Duet".
Autumn leaves from my garden. I've had a rotten cold all week and haven't felt like doing much. Nature is the best artist, I often feel, so sometimes I think the best thing I can do is get out of its way.
#autumn
#autumnleaves
#nature
#foundmaterials
Autumn leaves from my garden. I've had a rotten cold all week and haven't felt like doing much. Nature is the best artist, I often feel, so sometimes I think the best thing I can do is get out of its way.
#autumn
#autumnleaves
#nature
#foundmaterials
At this time of year, spare a thought for all those poor people who want a jumper that hasn't got a bloody reindeer on it.
December 17, 2025 at 8:29 AM
At this time of year, spare a thought for all those poor people who want a jumper that hasn't got a bloody reindeer on it.
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Caring is an act of resistance in a system that thrives on indifference.
December 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Caring is an act of resistance in a system that thrives on indifference.
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On Dulwich school trips, Nigel Farage and the other smokers took the ‘Belsen Bus’
The Reform leader was performatively racist at Dulwich College, recalls a contemporary who claims to have heard him sing a song celebrating the Holocaust
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
The Reform leader was performatively racist at Dulwich College, recalls a contemporary who claims to have heard him sing a song celebrating the Holocaust
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
On Dulwich school trips, Nigel Farage and the other smokers took the ‘Belsen Bus’ | The Observer
observer.co.uk
December 14, 2025 at 7:34 AM
On Dulwich school trips, Nigel Farage and the other smokers took the ‘Belsen Bus’
The Reform leader was performatively racist at Dulwich College, recalls a contemporary who claims to have heard him sing a song celebrating the Holocaust
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
The Reform leader was performatively racist at Dulwich College, recalls a contemporary who claims to have heard him sing a song celebrating the Holocaust
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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Despite what you hear from fossil fuel-funded politicians, the U.K has just generated a record amount of clean, domestic wind energy.
Enough to power 23 million homes!
U.K decarbonisation policy is a recipe for energy security.
Enough to power 23 million homes!
U.K decarbonisation policy is a recipe for energy security.
December 9, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Despite what you hear from fossil fuel-funded politicians, the U.K has just generated a record amount of clean, domestic wind energy.
Enough to power 23 million homes!
U.K decarbonisation policy is a recipe for energy security.
Enough to power 23 million homes!
U.K decarbonisation policy is a recipe for energy security.
#Mozart, my greatest musical hero, died on this day in 1791. We have not seen his like ever since.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=3zyn...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=3zyn...
Mozart - Piano Concerto no 23 in A Major KV488, III Mov.(Score)
YouTube video by W.A.Mozart
m.youtube.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:23 AM
#Mozart, my greatest musical hero, died on this day in 1791. We have not seen his like ever since.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=3zyn...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=3zyn...
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I just find it hilarious that his whole cabinet is sloberring praise all over him with ridiculous hyperbole and he is falling asleep while they're doing it.
You couldn't write comedy better than this. It's better than VEEP.
You couldn't write comedy better than this. It's better than VEEP.
December 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I just find it hilarious that his whole cabinet is sloberring praise all over him with ridiculous hyperbole and he is falling asleep while they're doing it.
You couldn't write comedy better than this. It's better than VEEP.
You couldn't write comedy better than this. It's better than VEEP.
What a treat it was to be in the Lake District last weekend and see Helvellyn and Red Tarn in winter conditions. Definitely not a day to tackle Striding Edge though. The sun was glorious but the wind chill was brutal.
December 2, 2025 at 7:24 AM
What a treat it was to be in the Lake District last weekend and see Helvellyn and Red Tarn in winter conditions. Definitely not a day to tackle Striding Edge though. The sun was glorious but the wind chill was brutal.
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Farage's alliance with the US hard-right should alarm every British woman
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
Nigel Farage's alliance with the US hard-right should alarm every British woman
Women’s bodies are the new battleground as Nigel Farage aligns with the US hard-right. His link to the group that toppled Roe v. Wade puts UK reproductive freedom at serious risk, writes column...
www.mirror.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Farage's alliance with the US hard-right should alarm every British woman
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
Happy Thanksgiving to all my American friends.
November 28, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Happy Thanksgiving to all my American friends.
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🚨WOW! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 75,000 signatures! 🙏
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 27, 2025 at 9:38 PM
🚨WOW! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 75,000 signatures! 🙏
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
I'm told that it's #NationalTreeWeek, so here is "Moonrise", a private commission from 2022. There is a layer of pastel colour beneath my usual profusion of graphite 🤗. I'm currently working on a new commission that I won't be able to show for a while. 🤐
#archive
#drawing
#pencildrawing
#archive
#drawing
#pencildrawing
November 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I'm told that it's #NationalTreeWeek, so here is "Moonrise", a private commission from 2022. There is a layer of pastel colour beneath my usual profusion of graphite 🤗. I'm currently working on a new commission that I won't be able to show for a while. 🤐
#archive
#drawing
#pencildrawing
#archive
#drawing
#pencildrawing
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Hello, have you got a copy of "How to racially abuse people so they feel all warm & cuddly afterwards" by Nigel Farage ?
November 25, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Hello, have you got a copy of "How to racially abuse people so they feel all warm & cuddly afterwards" by Nigel Farage ?
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The UK is losing up to £250m a day in lost tax revenue due to the economic impact of Brexit, House of Commons Library analysis for the Lib Dems suggests.
Brexit has blown a "black hole of [up to] £90 billion a year in the public finances" the party says. Even under lower estimates the hit is ~£65bn
Brexit has blown a "black hole of [up to] £90 billion a year in the public finances" the party says. Even under lower estimates the hit is ~£65bn
November 25, 2025 at 10:33 AM
The UK is losing up to £250m a day in lost tax revenue due to the economic impact of Brexit, House of Commons Library analysis for the Lib Dems suggests.
Brexit has blown a "black hole of [up to] £90 billion a year in the public finances" the party says. Even under lower estimates the hit is ~£65bn
Brexit has blown a "black hole of [up to] £90 billion a year in the public finances" the party says. Even under lower estimates the hit is ~£65bn
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„Quiet, Piggy!“ Just think about that for a minute, and what it means to live in a time when a President can assault a woman in public like that without any consequences.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
November 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
„Quiet, Piggy!“ Just think about that for a minute, and what it means to live in a time when a President can assault a woman in public like that without any consequences.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
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Like Home Secretary, like party.
Labour are on a road to political oblivion with their Reform tribute act.
It doesn't win over anyone for whom putting the boot into forrins is their top concern. They'll always choose the real deal.
But it actively scares away everyone else.
Double own goal.
Labour are on a road to political oblivion with their Reform tribute act.
It doesn't win over anyone for whom putting the boot into forrins is their top concern. They'll always choose the real deal.
But it actively scares away everyone else.
Double own goal.
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has seen her favourability drop 32 points among Labour members since her plans for asylum policy reform were announced
Cabinet rankings: Mahmood sees sharp drop in approval among Labour members – LabourList
Shabana Mahmood’s approval among Labour members has plummeted since her announcement on reform of asylum policy, exclusive polling for LabourList has revealed. The poll, conducted…
labourlist.org
November 22, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Like Home Secretary, like party.
Labour are on a road to political oblivion with their Reform tribute act.
It doesn't win over anyone for whom putting the boot into forrins is their top concern. They'll always choose the real deal.
But it actively scares away everyone else.
Double own goal.
Labour are on a road to political oblivion with their Reform tribute act.
It doesn't win over anyone for whom putting the boot into forrins is their top concern. They'll always choose the real deal.
But it actively scares away everyone else.
Double own goal.
Another 2 drawings of "A Never-Ending Way (Vol. 3)" are now complete. These are numbers 76 & 77.
I am grateful for the slowness and gentleness of this project. I expect I shall feel rather bereft when this project is finally completed in about 5 months time.
#drawing
I am grateful for the slowness and gentleness of this project. I expect I shall feel rather bereft when this project is finally completed in about 5 months time.
#drawing
November 22, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Another 2 drawings of "A Never-Ending Way (Vol. 3)" are now complete. These are numbers 76 & 77.
I am grateful for the slowness and gentleness of this project. I expect I shall feel rather bereft when this project is finally completed in about 5 months time.
#drawing
I am grateful for the slowness and gentleness of this project. I expect I shall feel rather bereft when this project is finally completed in about 5 months time.
#drawing
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BTW, this is what Reform UK calls its ‘shop window’.
https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/kent-council-report-46-5m-overspend-following-reform-takeover-400497/
https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/kent-council-report-46-5m-overspend-following-reform-takeover-400497/
Kent council report £46.5m overspend following Reform takeover
Kent County Council is facing a financial blackhole of £46.5m as Reform's running of the authority continues to come under scrutiny.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:09 AM
BTW, this is what Reform UK calls its ‘shop window’.
https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/kent-council-report-46-5m-overspend-following-reform-takeover-400497/
https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/kent-council-report-46-5m-overspend-following-reform-takeover-400497/
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It never stops.
The grubby donations. The profiteering. The lobbying. The lies.
“In 2019-20, as the UK was leaving the EU, Harborne gave £10m to Nigel Farage’s Brexit party, since renamed Reform UK.”
They make damn sure they get what they want.
We get screwed.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The grubby donations. The profiteering. The lobbying. The lies.
“In 2019-20, as the UK was leaving the EU, Harborne gave £10m to Nigel Farage’s Brexit party, since renamed Reform UK.”
They make damn sure they get what they want.
We get screwed.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Cryptocurrency backed by Farage donor is used for Russian war effort, investigators say
Tether tokens found to facilitate scheme that enables sanctions evasion and launders money for the Kremlin
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:43 AM
It never stops.
The grubby donations. The profiteering. The lobbying. The lies.
“In 2019-20, as the UK was leaving the EU, Harborne gave £10m to Nigel Farage’s Brexit party, since renamed Reform UK.”
They make damn sure they get what they want.
We get screwed.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The grubby donations. The profiteering. The lobbying. The lies.
“In 2019-20, as the UK was leaving the EU, Harborne gave £10m to Nigel Farage’s Brexit party, since renamed Reform UK.”
They make damn sure they get what they want.
We get screwed.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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UK Covid Inquiry concludes: 23,000 deaths could've been prevented if the March 2020 lockdown had been imposed just a week earlier.
No mistake by any prime minister in living memory has caused so many deaths in the UK.
The tragic and catastrophic price of Boris Johnson's incompetence & negligence.
No mistake by any prime minister in living memory has caused so many deaths in the UK.
The tragic and catastrophic price of Boris Johnson's incompetence & negligence.
November 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
UK Covid Inquiry concludes: 23,000 deaths could've been prevented if the March 2020 lockdown had been imposed just a week earlier.
No mistake by any prime minister in living memory has caused so many deaths in the UK.
The tragic and catastrophic price of Boris Johnson's incompetence & negligence.
No mistake by any prime minister in living memory has caused so many deaths in the UK.
The tragic and catastrophic price of Boris Johnson's incompetence & negligence.
Sometimes you just have to make something that makes you laugh.
"Face Cream" (2016).
"Face Cream" (2016).
November 20, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Sometimes you just have to make something that makes you laugh.
"Face Cream" (2016).
"Face Cream" (2016).