Writer. Recently, Out of Range and The Farewell Glacier (both Bloodaxe), Cave (opera) with Tansy Davies; All the Angels (Globe); Between Worlds (opera)...
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Joined December 2013
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Coming soon!
@nickfdrake's long-form poem, The Farewell Glacier, broadcasts on Sun 4th Feb at 19:30 on @bbcradio3.
First performed at COP 26 last year by Peter Mullan, it's an epic journey into the mysteries, wonders and climate emergencies of the Arctic.
#ClimateCrisis
ALT Image of large glacier in the ocean with a grey sky.
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📼 We're recording @nickfdrake's long-form poem A Farewell Glacier in Glasgow, Manchester & London 🧊
First performed at COP 26 last year by Peter Mullan, it's an epic journey into the mysteries, wonders and climate emergencies of the Arctic.
Coming soon to @BBCRadio3 !
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Hey @WSJ, fixed it for you.
ALT Wall Street Journal original headline: New Shell CEO Faces Big Dilemma: Should the Company Pump More Oil? changed to: New Shell CEO Faces Big Dilemma: Should the Company Commit More Crimes Against Humanity? WSJ sub heading: Wael Sawan says he expects criticism no matter how he decides to balance the demand for fossil fuels against climate risk changed to: Wael Sawan says he expects criticism no matter how he decides to balance the demand for fossil fuels against the demand to stop killing people
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Please spend 10 mins watching this. All the way through, please. Please share as widely as you can. Please keep it in a place where you can find it, in the months to come.
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There is a monster leak of Arctic air heading towards the whole of North America. Many places will experience -20C. These leaks are becoming more frequent as the jet stream weakens. This is a new climate. The stability of the Holocene is over.
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If Europe think Winter cold now due to weakened Polar Jet stream due to warming Arctic
Wait until Gulf Stream shuts down - its already slowed by over 16% as melting ice dilutes salt content making water from warm Gulf Stream less dense difficult to sink ucl.ac.uk/news/2021/feb/eart…
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$731bn: That's the extraordinary level fossil fuel subsidies reached in 2021, double 2020 levels despite pledges to phase them out. Ever feel you’ve been had?
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@nickfdrake @BloodaxeBooks @trustpebble @mvonlind @BBCPolliemac One year ago The Farewell Glacier @COP26 Glasgow read by Peter Mullan, music composed and played by Emma Donald and Isbel Pendlebury.@COP27P #IceStillMelting #ClimateAction youtu.be/LY6YtIYtu5k
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William Shatner on his Blue Origin flight to space: "It was among the strongest feelings of grief I have ever encountered." variety.com/2022/tv/news/wil…
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Of all the words written about the catastrophe of the past week, this letter in the FT sums it up best of all. And it’s worse than we might have thought.
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Happy Birthday to T. S. Eliot born #OTD in 1888
When T. S. Eliot joined the Library in 1918 (4 years before the publication of The Waste Land) he was still working for Lloyd’s Bank. He went on to become one of the most influential poets of the century & President of the Library.
ALT T S Eliot's London Library joining form
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5/. There are many others, including another young woman’s death horrifically caught on camera, seen by millions. These brave & courageous women will never be forgotten, their deaths never forgiven and there will be justice. #Mahsa_Amini #IranProtests2022 #IranRevolution
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Gonna be impossible to say the words King Charles without adding the word Spaniel on the end I’m afraid
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In Spain, train journeys under 300km are free until the end of 2022.
France’s energy bills are only rising by 4%.
Germany has cut public transport to €9 (£7.70) a month.
Our Government is telling people to buy a new kettle.
