James Mcconachie
@jamesmcconachie1.bsky.social
Poet, apparently. Forward Prize, BOTN and Pushcart nom. Occasional horseman, remote rural Spain. Words in blackbough, iambapoet, eatthestorms, Modron, Madrid Review, Bad Lilies, Dark Mountain project and more.
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Inequality Street
Quality Street is a sign of everything in British Supermarkets like Tesco. Over the years you get less and less, while paying more and more.
November 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Inequality Street
No more acid.
November 26, 2025 at 6:21 PM
No more acid.
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Reposted by James Mcconachie
Criminalmeeeeeeente 🔥
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Criminalmeeeeeeente 🔥
For anyone who can’t get out, or just fancies a change of scene. I took a walk into the mountains behind my house, then stopped at the hermitage of Mary Magdalene on the way down. Welcome to the Kingdom of Aragón.
It’s windy mind..bring a coat.
Abrazos a tod@s.
It’s windy mind..bring a coat.
Abrazos a tod@s.
November 25, 2025 at 6:52 PM
For anyone who can’t get out, or just fancies a change of scene. I took a walk into the mountains behind my house, then stopped at the hermitage of Mary Magdalene on the way down. Welcome to the Kingdom of Aragón.
It’s windy mind..bring a coat.
Abrazos a tod@s.
It’s windy mind..bring a coat.
Abrazos a tod@s.
Reposted by James Mcconachie
Aquest dijous, dia 27 novembre, al Campus URV de #Tortosa
"Antologia incompleta de la poesia catalana antifranquista”, un espectacle que transforma en cançó poemes d’autors com Salvador Espriu, Maria Mercè Marçal, Vicent Andrés Estellés, Marc Granell o Joan Margarit.
"Antologia incompleta de la poesia catalana antifranquista”, un espectacle que transforma en cançó poemes d’autors com Salvador Espriu, Maria Mercè Marçal, Vicent Andrés Estellés, Marc Granell o Joan Margarit.
November 25, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Aquest dijous, dia 27 novembre, al Campus URV de #Tortosa
"Antologia incompleta de la poesia catalana antifranquista”, un espectacle que transforma en cançó poemes d’autors com Salvador Espriu, Maria Mercè Marçal, Vicent Andrés Estellés, Marc Granell o Joan Margarit.
"Antologia incompleta de la poesia catalana antifranquista”, un espectacle que transforma en cançó poemes d’autors com Salvador Espriu, Maria Mercè Marçal, Vicent Andrés Estellés, Marc Granell o Joan Margarit.
So it begins.
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 AM
So it begins.
This strange friendship; a scampering Tinkerbell of a kitten and an Pitbull cross on the cusp of his dotage.
November 25, 2025 at 10:34 AM
This strange friendship; a scampering Tinkerbell of a kitten and an Pitbull cross on the cusp of his dotage.
Told ya.
‘Stratton…briefing senior lawmakers in Congress and the White House. “I have seen with my own eyes non-human craft and non-human beings,” he says plainly..’
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
‘Stratton…briefing senior lawmakers in Congress and the White House. “I have seen with my own eyes non-human craft and non-human beings,” he says plainly..’
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
‘The public has been lied to’: secretly made documentary insists that aliens exist
The Age of Disclosure is a new film featuring high-ranking government officials who claim proof of extraterrestrial life has been covered up
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Told ya.
‘Stratton…briefing senior lawmakers in Congress and the White House. “I have seen with my own eyes non-human craft and non-human beings,” he says plainly..’
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
‘Stratton…briefing senior lawmakers in Congress and the White House. “I have seen with my own eyes non-human craft and non-human beings,” he says plainly..’
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
Plato combinado. Comida fuerte-from the hens and the garden. Long day into the wind and light of the mountains..
November 25, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Plato combinado. Comida fuerte-from the hens and the garden. Long day into the wind and light of the mountains..
Just got this tremendous bag from a friend. Reclaimed saddle and stirrup leather.
November 24, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Just got this tremendous bag from a friend. Reclaimed saddle and stirrup leather.
Sweeeet. Reclaimed saddle leather messenger bag. It even smells like a tack room. Gotta go..tonight we ride with dispatches.
November 24, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Sweeeet. Reclaimed saddle leather messenger bag. It even smells like a tack room. Gotta go..tonight we ride with dispatches.
A movie that takes place from where you're from.
November 24, 2025 at 10:57 AM
A movie that takes place from where you're from.
‘What are you gonna do on your birthday?’ Someone asked. I’m like, it’s on the last day of the month, so..starving, mostly.
November 24, 2025 at 10:07 AM
‘What are you gonna do on your birthday?’ Someone asked. I’m like, it’s on the last day of the month, so..starving, mostly.
Cats are sociopaths. I lay down next to the fire last night and dozed..I swear they came over to check if I was dead and could they start on me..
November 24, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Cats are sociopaths. I lay down next to the fire last night and dozed..I swear they came over to check if I was dead and could they start on me..
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Group of artists, I think all men, producing banners for the anarchist women's organisation Mujeres Libres (Free Women).
Barcelona, 16 July 1937. Original photo by Pérez de Rozas beautifully colourised by Jules Backmaan (instgm)
Barcelona, 16 July 1937. Original photo by Pérez de Rozas beautifully colourised by Jules Backmaan (instgm)
November 24, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Group of artists, I think all men, producing banners for the anarchist women's organisation Mujeres Libres (Free Women).
Barcelona, 16 July 1937. Original photo by Pérez de Rozas beautifully colourised by Jules Backmaan (instgm)
Barcelona, 16 July 1937. Original photo by Pérez de Rozas beautifully colourised by Jules Backmaan (instgm)
Surely some rejections this week?
November 24, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Surely some rejections this week?
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Devastated: a thief stole my bag with my laptop, 3 years of notebooks, all my MA work, wallet, house & car keys etc. I’ve lost 5 yrs of writing (not backed up, yes I know) despite CCTV police closed the case. I’m sure these went in a bin but in case, pls keep an eye out. 🙏
November 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Devastated: a thief stole my bag with my laptop, 3 years of notebooks, all my MA work, wallet, house & car keys etc. I’ve lost 5 yrs of writing (not backed up, yes I know) despite CCTV police closed the case. I’m sure these went in a bin but in case, pls keep an eye out. 🙏
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I'm so sorry to hear this, Anna. Sharing in the hope that somehow they will turn up.
Devastated: a thief stole my bag with my laptop, 3 years of notebooks, all my MA work, wallet, house & car keys etc. I’ve lost 5 yrs of writing (not backed up, yes I know) despite CCTV police closed the case. I’m sure these went in a bin but in case, pls keep an eye out. 🙏
November 23, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I'm so sorry to hear this, Anna. Sharing in the hope that somehow they will turn up.
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Reposted by James Mcconachie
At the Ateneo de Madrid on Tuesday at 7pm - it's free so come early #oscarwilde #madrid #readings #reading #eventos
November 24, 2025 at 5:22 AM
At the Ateneo de Madrid on Tuesday at 7pm - it's free so come early #oscarwilde #madrid #readings #reading #eventos
Let’s try that again without the typo. Tsk tsk.
November 23, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Let’s try that again without the typo. Tsk tsk.
Picking kitten shit out of the port of a USB pen drive. Cannot recommend.
November 23, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Picking kitten shit out of the port of a USB pen drive. Cannot recommend.