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.
Thanks so much to all the team at Oxford's Broad Canvas for giving the chance to show some of my drawings in their Little Gallery. It opens on Monday and runs to the end of November. Do pop in and have a look and buy some pens before I snaffle them all. 😁
#drawing
#artexhibition
#oxford
#broadcanvas
#drawing
#artexhibition
#oxford
#broadcanvas
November 9, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Thanks so much to all the team at Oxford's Broad Canvas for giving the chance to show some of my drawings in their Little Gallery. It opens on Monday and runs to the end of November. Do pop in and have a look and buy some pens before I snaffle them all. 😁
#drawing
#artexhibition
#oxford
#broadcanvas
#drawing
#artexhibition
#oxford
#broadcanvas
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It's very brief and you could miss it after 1.5 hours (maybe Alastair and Rory did miss it), but at 1:30:00, Michael Gove admits that he and Vote Leave did not spell out the trade-offs involved in leaving the EU.
You don't say.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwrm...
You don't say.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwrm...
The Man to Blame For Brexit? | Michael Gove
YouTube video by The Rest Is Politics: Leading
www.youtube.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:10 PM
It's very brief and you could miss it after 1.5 hours (maybe Alastair and Rory did miss it), but at 1:30:00, Michael Gove admits that he and Vote Leave did not spell out the trade-offs involved in leaving the EU.
You don't say.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwrm...
You don't say.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwrm...
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I was leafletting recently in a deprived area. I saw several Reform U.K. posters. Farage is a con man who will do nothing to improve the lives of anyone who votes for this company which is masquerading as a party. The BBC and other media outlets are responsible for giving him a platform.
November 2, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I was leafletting recently in a deprived area. I saw several Reform U.K. posters. Farage is a con man who will do nothing to improve the lives of anyone who votes for this company which is masquerading as a party. The BBC and other media outlets are responsible for giving him a platform.
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"The Man Who Disappeared" (2018).
#Halloween is an infantile affair. We dress up in cheap costumes, and hide our real fears with sickly sweets and clichés. Real, bigger terrors are still there, lurking just under the surface, though. But we don't allow ourselves to think about those.
#drawing
#Halloween is an infantile affair. We dress up in cheap costumes, and hide our real fears with sickly sweets and clichés. Real, bigger terrors are still there, lurking just under the surface, though. But we don't allow ourselves to think about those.
#drawing
October 31, 2025 at 8:20 AM
"The Man Who Disappeared" (2018).
#Halloween is an infantile affair. We dress up in cheap costumes, and hide our real fears with sickly sweets and clichés. Real, bigger terrors are still there, lurking just under the surface, though. But we don't allow ourselves to think about those.
#drawing
#Halloween is an infantile affair. We dress up in cheap costumes, and hide our real fears with sickly sweets and clichés. Real, bigger terrors are still there, lurking just under the surface, though. But we don't allow ourselves to think about those.
#drawing
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Attention Norfolk folk.
If the kids come round Trick or Treating tonight, and you don't want to open the door, just shout 'Prince Andrew Lives here now' through the letterbox to them and problem solved.
If the kids come round Trick or Treating tonight, and you don't want to open the door, just shout 'Prince Andrew Lives here now' through the letterbox to them and problem solved.
October 31, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Attention Norfolk folk.
If the kids come round Trick or Treating tonight, and you don't want to open the door, just shout 'Prince Andrew Lives here now' through the letterbox to them and problem solved.
If the kids come round Trick or Treating tonight, and you don't want to open the door, just shout 'Prince Andrew Lives here now' through the letterbox to them and problem solved.
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“Privatisation was the experiment — and it’s failed. We have water companies pumping sewage into our rivers and charging us extra for the privilege.”
Zack Polanski says it’s time to bring water back into public hands on #BBCPoliticsNorth.
Zack Polanski says it’s time to bring water back into public hands on #BBCPoliticsNorth.
October 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
“Privatisation was the experiment — and it’s failed. We have water companies pumping sewage into our rivers and charging us extra for the privilege.”
Zack Polanski says it’s time to bring water back into public hands on #BBCPoliticsNorth.
Zack Polanski says it’s time to bring water back into public hands on #BBCPoliticsNorth.
This double page #drawing is number 69 of "A Never-Ending Way (Vol.3)". The low, autumn light breaking through the trees makes for delightful contrasts of light and shade that are as challenging and absorbing to depict as they are beautiful.
October 26, 2025 at 8:18 AM
This double page #drawing is number 69 of "A Never-Ending Way (Vol.3)". The low, autumn light breaking through the trees makes for delightful contrasts of light and shade that are as challenging and absorbing to depict as they are beautiful.
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Updating my LEGO White House
October 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Updating my LEGO White House
Are there any recruitment consultants out there who don't spend their entire day spamming LinkedIn?
October 21, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Are there any recruitment consultants out there who don't spend their entire day spamming LinkedIn?
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Keir Starmer putting supporting the rights of Maccabi Tel Aviv fans to come to Birmingham is a strange hill to die on
Maccabi Tel Aviv fans make 1980s Millwall supporters look mild, and are even more racist than Russian football hooligans
They have a reputation for extreme racism and violence
Maccabi Tel Aviv fans make 1980s Millwall supporters look mild, and are even more racist than Russian football hooligans
They have a reputation for extreme racism and violence
Maccabi Tel Aviv FC fans will not be able to buy tickets to Aston Villa match in Birmingham
The Tel Aviv side won't sell their supporters any tickets - irrespective of whether the current ban on attendance is overturned or not.
news.sky.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Keir Starmer putting supporting the rights of Maccabi Tel Aviv fans to come to Birmingham is a strange hill to die on
Maccabi Tel Aviv fans make 1980s Millwall supporters look mild, and are even more racist than Russian football hooligans
They have a reputation for extreme racism and violence
Maccabi Tel Aviv fans make 1980s Millwall supporters look mild, and are even more racist than Russian football hooligans
They have a reputation for extreme racism and violence
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Nigel Farage has finally admitted to it.
But now there's lots more questions especially considering Rupert Lowes intervention....
leftfootforward.org/2025/10/nige...
But now there's lots more questions especially considering Rupert Lowes intervention....
leftfootforward.org/2025/10/nige...
Nigel Farage finally admits to knowing Nathan Gill after senior Reform figure repeatedly claimed he didn’t
Farage has admitted he knew Gill for 'a very long time' but claims he didn't know anything about his pro-Russia activities...
leftfootforward.org
October 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Nigel Farage has finally admitted to it.
But now there's lots more questions especially considering Rupert Lowes intervention....
leftfootforward.org/2025/10/nige...
But now there's lots more questions especially considering Rupert Lowes intervention....
leftfootforward.org/2025/10/nige...
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'Nigel Farage could never be trusted to run Britain after getting Brexit so wrong'
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
'Farage could never be trusted to run Britain after getting Brexit so wrong'
No Brexit champion, particularly Nigel Farage, is worthy of high office after proving so conclusively wrong on such a seismic issue, says Mirror Associate Editor Kevin Maguire
www.mirror.co.uk
October 13, 2025 at 6:24 AM
'Nigel Farage could never be trusted to run Britain after getting Brexit so wrong'
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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It's time for the rich to pay.
October 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
It's time for the rich to pay.
Drawings 67 and 68 of "A Never-Ending Way (Vol. 3)" are complete. This little section of the Hinksey Heights Nature Trail (Oxford, UK) is quite sketchy: I love the sense of exploration and remoteness it offers, as well as the challenge of capturing it on paper.
#drawing
#landscapedrawing
#drawing
#landscapedrawing
October 11, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Drawings 67 and 68 of "A Never-Ending Way (Vol. 3)" are complete. This little section of the Hinksey Heights Nature Trail (Oxford, UK) is quite sketchy: I love the sense of exploration and remoteness it offers, as well as the challenge of capturing it on paper.
#drawing
#landscapedrawing
#drawing
#landscapedrawing
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“Farage “broke Britain" with Brexit and is now, outrageously, capitalising on the vast damage he caused”
Article argues there’s no need to mention Reform’s racism as the Brexit shitshow is failure enough.
But that had its roots in racism too. So let’s do both.
app.independent.co.uk/edition/uk.c...
Article argues there’s no need to mention Reform’s racism as the Brexit shitshow is failure enough.
But that had its roots in racism too. So let’s do both.
app.independent.co.uk/edition/uk.c...
October 2, 2025 at 6:26 AM
“Farage “broke Britain" with Brexit and is now, outrageously, capitalising on the vast damage he caused”
Article argues there’s no need to mention Reform’s racism as the Brexit shitshow is failure enough.
But that had its roots in racism too. So let’s do both.
app.independent.co.uk/edition/uk.c...
Article argues there’s no need to mention Reform’s racism as the Brexit shitshow is failure enough.
But that had its roots in racism too. So let’s do both.
app.independent.co.uk/edition/uk.c...
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In other news, Kemi Badenoch's party has taken at least £7 million in donations from funders and directors of climate change denial lobby groups bylinetimes.com/2025/03/18/k...
October 2, 2025 at 6:01 AM
In other news, Kemi Badenoch's party has taken at least £7 million in donations from funders and directors of climate change denial lobby groups bylinetimes.com/2025/03/18/k...
September 29, 2025 at 9:23 PM
A stark warning about the catastrophic decline in arts opportunities for children in the UK.
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
Children starved of art lose their creative spark – and t...
You can’t buy a crayon with the amount spent on arts education in some schools – leaving pupils without the skills for tomorrow’s jobs
observer.co.uk
September 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
A stark warning about the catastrophic decline in arts opportunities for children in the UK.
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
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There is very strong public support for a UK-EU Youth Mobility Scheme, so it would be a vote winner as well as being a good thing on its own merits.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Two-thirds of voters ‘want young Britons to be able to live and work in Europe’
A majority in all constituencies in Britain support such a scheme, the poll of almost 15,000 voters found
www.independent.co.uk
September 29, 2025 at 1:53 PM
There is very strong public support for a UK-EU Youth Mobility Scheme, so it would be a vote winner as well as being a good thing on its own merits.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Nigel Farage's attendance record as an MEP was 748 out of 751, yet he turned up to vote AGAINST plans to tackle Russian disinformation. Now one of his MEPs has admitted taking bribes to spread Russian propaganda. Why is this not all over the media?
September 28, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Nigel Farage's attendance record as an MEP was 748 out of 751, yet he turned up to vote AGAINST plans to tackle Russian disinformation. Now one of his MEPs has admitted taking bribes to spread Russian propaganda. Why is this not all over the media?
I'm at last able to resume work on Volume 3 of "A Never-Ending Way". Drawings 65 and 66 are now complete. The Hinksey Heights Nature Trail, near Oxford, is quite indistinct at this point.
I've been happily absorbed for many an hour with this pair, especially working on the dense foliage.
#drawing
I've been happily absorbed for many an hour with this pair, especially working on the dense foliage.
#drawing
September 28, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I'm at last able to resume work on Volume 3 of "A Never-Ending Way". Drawings 65 and 66 are now complete. The Hinksey Heights Nature Trail, near Oxford, is quite indistinct at this point.
I've been happily absorbed for many an hour with this pair, especially working on the dense foliage.
#drawing
I've been happily absorbed for many an hour with this pair, especially working on the dense foliage.
#drawing
Meet Schrodingers Immigrant: simultaneously living the life of Riley in a 5-star hotel, and also out killing and eating swans.
Absolute tripe.
#FuckFarage
#FarageRiots
Absolute tripe.
#FuckFarage
#FarageRiots
September 28, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Meet Schrodingers Immigrant: simultaneously living the life of Riley in a 5-star hotel, and also out killing and eating swans.
Absolute tripe.
#FuckFarage
#FarageRiots
Absolute tripe.
#FuckFarage
#FarageRiots