Nick Mayhew-Smith

Oh dear God

Trumps team just described the people who bombed the Mariupol theatre as humanitarians The word children was written outside

This is Mariana Tokarchuk, she was only 21, Russian terrorists killed her on October 19 in Kyiv 🕯💔

This is a Pew Research Poll showing how Americans feel towards other G20 nations. Trump and the Republicans entire midterm election message to American voters is we are going to destroy and conquer Canada and ally ourselves with Russia against the rest of Europe.

Four brothers went to war against Hitler. Three were killed. The fourth survived, and his grandson, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, is the president of Ukraine. Zelensky comes from a family that fought tyrants: Trump negotiates with them while demanding concessions from their victims.

Invasion, mass murder, rape, kidnapping of children - all fine

This is Tommy. Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his.

Feb 19, 2025. One month into Trump’s term.

Hey friends! 🫂💙💛 Just a little reminder that I have my own merch shop! 🇺🇦 You can find T-shirts, mugs, tote bags, and other things with my designs inspired by Ukraine. Maybe something will catch your eye! ❤️ angelica-shalagina-shop.fourthwall.com/en-eur/colle...

The Telegraph must be so proud of helping me pretend that the main takaway from the exposure of racist Reform councillors is that investigative journalists should be prosecuted.

It's #BattleOfHastings Day! Be part of history and contribute to our new archive - we're collecting your stories around the #BayeuxTapestry and European Year of the Normans 2027. Info and link here 👇

Uh oh, did someone’s website and personal account experience a big drop in activity after Ukraine hit a Russian data center?

This is completely outrageous and disgusting. This must immediately be blocked by Congress and Trump should be impeached for this. The US is now funding Putin’s war machine as he murders civilians including children. We are lost as a country.

This is as treasonous as it gets

Illustration by Badiucao

INF-FNI World Congress looks to the future inf-fni.org/inf-fni-worl...

I loved this conversation with Dr John Burton for his #podcast, The Scholar's Armchair. Lots of very thoughtful questions and insights (of course John knows a thing or two about poetry himself!). Please have a watch / listen! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fmsx...

"Someone who says, ‘I am against abortion’ but says, ‘I am in favour of the death penalty’ is not really pro-life." ~ Pope Leo XIV #BlessedAreTheMerciful #AbolishTheDeathPenalty

At last, a safe space for men who think empathy lowers testosterone.

Farage says Burnham’s National Centre for Information Defence will “clamp down on free speech”. The government says it will target hostile foreign information attacks. Farage’s Brexit Party voted against stronger action on Russian propaganda in 2019.

#Dorset friends! On Saturday 3 October I'll be at the King's Arms Hotel, #Dorchester, as the guest of the brilliant Teasel & Skylark bookshop. I'll be sharing stories and behind-the-scenes insights from A History of England in 25 Poems. Come and join us! www.teaselandskylark.com/events/a-his...

On Monday 12 October, I'll be at Waterstones Gower Street (London) with the brilliant @willtullett.bsky.social, for 'New Ways Into History: From Smells to Sonnets'. Come along to be surprised by #history as you've never heard (or sniffed) it before! Book a ticket: www.waterstones.com/events/new-w...

Mark Carney: “I would now like to inform you that the teleprompter has ceased to function. Unlike a certain world leader, I do not view this as a conspiracy.”

This is a blatant threat to the RNLI, who are currently out of action in Portsmouth - ergo not saving lives, because staff are being terrorised. When will Mahmood take domestic terrorism of this nature seriously.

41 years ago, Carl Sagan gave a clear and elegant explanation of the science behind global warming.

They're finally here! A History of England in 25 Poems - in paperback! Definitely worth the wait. #history #book

Better warn @fakehistoryhunter.net it looks like there's a new medieval film about to hit the screens. And yep... it's a film in which "no one seems to have had a wash in weeks" :-) www.theguardian.com/film/2026/se...

Gosh, a positive article about naturism in The Guardian, amazing! The very simplest thing can help heal people, and so it proves to be with this nice feature. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Come and see me at Frinton Literary Festival on Thursday 22 October, 7.30pm! "As featured on BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week. Discover over 1,000 years of England's history through 25 extraordinary poems." frintonliteraryfestival.littleboxoffice.com/events/170296

Reform UK Conference 2026 This is all it will be remembered for.

Who would ever have thought that the BBC’s political editor would put out a single source claim that was both false and also great propaganda for Reform…

Ronnie Belfitt, a lifelong naturist, feels it is important to correct public misconceptions about nudity whenever possible, and that a woman speaking openly about naturism carries far more weight than a man doing the same. Ep. 34 of Women in Focus is out Sat. 5th Sept. 🔊 podfollow.com/womeninfocus

Happy official #paperback publication day to A History of England in 25 Poems! It's been a hectic morning here, with my son's first day at secondary school and more Bayeux Tapestry interviews... Lovely to escape briefly for a celebratory lunch with my favourite girl and raise a glass. Cheers!

‼️ Russia: “Russians have lost faith in their ability to influence their own lives.” Are you going to do anything about that? 🇷🇺: 👉👈 Then you didn’t “lose” it. You gave it away. ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/09/02/r...

The final countdown to the paperback of A History of England in 25 Poems, out this Thursday 3 September! I'm especially excited that it actually has the little Penguin on the front cover - and the classic orange spine 🧡🐧. I'd be so grateful for any last pre-orders 🙏 www.penguin.co.uk/books/461263...

My new article in The Conversation today. The #BayeuxTapestry, 'bromance' and quicksand - what more could you want? Drawing on my barefoot adventures in the Bay of the Mont Saint-Michel this summer... theconversation.com/the-bayeux-t...

Just bedding down on the shores of Arran, wild camping at the back of its lovely official nude beach Cleat's Shore. I don't reckon anyone else has visited since I last came in 2010 :-) And this Ailsa Craig thing in the distance... it is genuinely an extinct volcano... as in won't be erupting, yes?

How surprising that this multimillionaire, multi-home owning, MAGA-Putin-crypto-and-fossil-fuel-loving, employment-and-human-rights-hating, rule-dodging, grifting, hypocritical, racist, lying, brexity, corrupt, far-right, moaning, misogynistic “man-of-the-people” has turned out to be so unpopular.

Tetchy little fella ain't he

"Recapping. In these months, the President of the United States Donald Trump has praised Putin, Kim Jong-un, Orbán, Netanyahu, Lukashenko, Xi Jinping. And he has attacked: Pope Leo XIV, Meloni, Macron, Starmer, Merz, Sanchez, Carney, the European Union and NATO."

Oh. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...