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Elizabeth C. Waight

@marchlands.bsky.social
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Writer, photographer, underwater warrior 🐋 (she/her) #protectwhatyoulove Views and malapropisms all mine 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 #amquerying www.marchlands.co.uk

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Titania @titaniasrealm.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
The world needs more bookish gargoyles and grotesques
A collage consisting of six photos of gargoyles and grotesques reading books, including one owl and one frog.
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Elizabeth C. Waight @marchlands.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
It takes seconds and @oceanauk.bsky.social send your MP a postcard. Help us kick bottom trawling out of UK marine protected areas for good by sending a message directly to the people in power. Act now to save our seas! banbottomtrawling.oceanauk.justpost.cards
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Tell the UK Government to Ban Bottom Trawling in Protected Waters
Help us kick bottom trawling out of UK marine protected areas for good by sending a message directly to the people in power. Act now to save our seas!
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Elizabeth C. Waight @marchlands.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
An unexpected lunch date today!
A pigeon sitting on a knee
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Ben Phillips @benphillips76.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
The Palestine Marathon ❤️‍🩹
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Elizabeth C. Waight @marchlands.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
“We who are the majority don’t always realise we are the majority.” Love this. Thank you for sharing!
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Oxfam GB @oxfamgb.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Make some noise. Share this post. 🚨 The Israeli government has granted itself another means to dehumanise, suppress, and kill Palestinians. Israel is violating international law.
The image says, "PRISON SENTENCE FOR ISRAELIS, DEATH SENTENCE FOR PALESTINIANS." It also says, "Israel's death penalty bill is a reminder: this is illegal occupation, functioning as intended," with the OXFAM logo below.
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Elizabeth C. Waight @marchlands.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
It was such a joy to showcase my #photography #childrensfiction and #celebrantweddings at the spectacular Fitzrovia Chapel. All my work is woven into the theme of liminality and the evocation of unseen things www.marchlands.co.uk
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Elizabeth C. Waight @marchlands.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Are you watching Dirty Business? I can't believe how much water companies have got away with. They're putting profit before public health - it’s a scandal and the Government MUST take action! Sick of sewage? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...
you.38degrees.org.uk
End the sewage pollution scandal
We're sick of it. Sick of the lies, sick of the greed, and sick of a system rigged against us. This is a scandal and this dirty business must end. For more than 30 years water companies have put corpo...
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Elizabeth C. Waight @marchlands.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
I cannot stop watching this ♥️♥️♥️
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Elizabeth C. Waight @marchlands.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Some news I’m so happy to share. An exhibition to launch my new business www.marchlands.co.uk Excited and scared in equal measure to be going out on my own! #exhibition #london #allwelcome
A poster showing a forest scene and the following exhibition information: 

FITZROVIA CHAPEL:
23 - 26 February 2026
Marchlands:
The Space Between
Elizabeth Waight
Free admission
Booking not needed

Mon 23rd: 2pm to 6pm

Tues 24th: 11am to 5pm

Private View: 6pm to 8pm

Wed 25th: 11am to 6pm

Thurs 26th: 11am to 2pm
The Fitzrovia Chapel
2 Pearson Square
London WIT 3BF
FitzroviaChapel.org
Marchlands.co.uk
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Elizabeth C. Waight @marchlands.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
2/2 Seeing my characters brought to life like this has reignited my hope and determination. Check Chloe de Silva out on Insta, she’s so super talented. Fellow writers, I’d love to hear how you keep going when the rejection feels overwhelming? X
A boy wearing Victorian dress and a scarf, holding a glass jar in one hand and an imp in the other.
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Elizabeth C. Waight @marchlands.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
1/2 With one book published I naively thought it wouldn’t be so hard finding an agent this time. Six agent rejections later, I put book two away, pretty dejected. Today, an artist friend sent me these beautiful illustrations after reading the manuscript…
A satyr kissing the hand of a young woman in Victorian dress.A bat-like creature with a lizard long tongue and curly tail like a squirrel.
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Elizabeth C. Waight @marchlands.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Going through footage of #hawaii #mantarays for my upcoming exhibition at Fitzrovia Chapel. I'll be making acrylic boxes of some of the phenomenal wildlife I was lucky enough to spend time with #artmatters #protectwhatyoulove Music: Palladio by Sir Karl Jenkins.
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Elizabeth C. Waight @marchlands.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
The world feels so dangerous and frightening right now. Sunrise to sunset, savour every second of beauty you can x
A wooden bench facing out to sea.
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Elizabeth C. Waight @marchlands.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
I don’t know about you, but I needed this today x
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Elizabeth C. Waight @marchlands.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
No words left.
A mother in Gaza holds her starving child, who’s spine and ribs protrude through their tiny back. Most of the child’s hair has fallen out. The child’s lower half is dressed in a black bin bag.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
How do you ensure a nation fails to cope with drought? Privatise its water system. Almost everyone wants our water renationalised. Almost everyone, that is, except the government. This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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High water bills, filthy rivers – and now drought. This is England's great artificial water crisis of 2025 | George Monbiot
In its refusal to nationalise water, it’s clear the government operates in the interests of private capital and not of the country, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Elizabeth C. Waight @marchlands.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
These stunning photos show us exactly what’s at stake if we don’t act faster to protect our natural world. There is only a tiny window of opportunity left. Don’t let it close x
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Elizabeth C. Waight @marchlands.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Ways to celebrate and connect with World Ocean Day 🌊 Thank you @goldmanprize.bsky.social
A figure staring out to sea. 
Text reads: Take Time to Reflect
Spend some time reflecting on your own connection to the sea. What do our oceans mean to you? If you can, get out there with the water!
goldmanprizeWhat looks like bubbly water on a metallic surface.
Text reads: Clean Water
Starts at Home
What we dispose of through the toilet can significantly harm aquatic environments and contribute to ocean pollution. Protect marine life by keeping wipes, plastics, and chemicals out of your drains.
goldmanprizeFood being kept in reusable containers. Text reads: Use Less Plastic
Choose alternatives to single-use plastics like reusable water bottles, bags, and food containers (and encourage others to do the same).
goldmanprizeA platter of seafood.
Text reads: Eat Sustainable
Seafood
Find local and in-season seafood options near you. Look for certifications from the Marine Stewardship Council and Seafood Watch that recognize well-managed fisheries.
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Elizabeth C. Waight @marchlands.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Whales sing more when there is more food! Happy #worldoceanday Now let’s protect oceans as if our lives depend on it - because they do 🌊🐳💙
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World Oceans Day: Scientists find new clues about frontiers of ocean life
In 2008, the United Nations recognized June 8 as World Oceans Day to spotlight the rising vulnerabilities facing the oceans that cover more than 70% of Earth’s surface. Seventeen years later, average ...
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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · 05/06/2025
Are you unemployed and interested in joining a creative community where you can further your skills as a writer? There’s a FREE creative writing course run by industry professionals available in Liverpool. Link below. Please share :)
writingonthewall.org.uk
Write To Work: Free Writing Courses | Writing on the Wall
Discover Write to Work: Free one-day creative writing courses in Liverpool. Learn writing skills for various professions and publishing info.
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Elizabeth C. Waight @marchlands.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
I’ve yet to find a companion as companionable as solitude #Thoreau ♥️
A path leading straight through a forest of tall pine trees Ferns filling the forest floor and speckled with light. Fir trees all around.My feet on a bed a leaves with light shards falling on them.A close up on a tree trunk with leaves all around.
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RCP museum @rcpmuseum.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
We were delighted to work with you! Such a fun event, great families taking part. #RCPhealingrecipes
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Elizabeth C. Waight @marchlands.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
I had the best time! Thank you for organising such a brilliant event @rcpmuseum.bsky.social #lovemyjob
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Elizabeth C. Waight @marchlands.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Please see this film. Yes, at times it’s a hard watch, but it has to be. It’s also indescribably beautiful and compelling and filled with hope. Our oceans are our lungs, our life force, and they can recover much quicker than we think. The time to act is now! #Ocean #Conservation #DavidAttenborough
A poster advertising the film. The main image features a humpback whale inside streams of sunlight.
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Elizabeth C. Waight @marchlands.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
I passed my #freeding course, whoop whoop! Struggling to upload here, so here’s a few screenshots of my first under water video 🌊🦭🦭🦭 So excited for this new #ocean #conservation adventure!
Close in on a seal flipper.Sea grasses with light streams crossing them.A female common seal - grey with dark grey spots - and a purple jelly fish.A female common seal facing the camera!
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Elizabeth C. Waight @marchlands.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
In case you’re having a bad day ♥️
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The Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret @oldoptheatre.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
🎫 🎭 New Event! The Old Op is proud to present 'The City For Incurable Women'. International theatre-collective, @fishinadress, follows the thread of the history of hysteria as the audience becomes complicit in an outrageous tale of medical misogyny. 🔗 oldoperatingtheatre.com/event-posts/...
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Elizabeth C. Waight @marchlands.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
I got to take some objects from #medhist to Guy’s Hospital today, for patients and staff to enjoy - if that’s the right word: they included a lithotomy probe!
Me sitting at a table covered with medical history museum objects including carbolic soap, a steam inhaler, plague doctor mask and blood letting tools.
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Elizabeth C. Waight @marchlands.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
I had a lovely walk around Clerkenwell this weekend, in preparation for my upcoming well-being walks with Barts Hospital staff. The walks are part of a wider #well-being programme for staff, patients and visitors, organised by @bartsheritage.bsky.social Can’t wait to get started!
A patch of yellow Acorus plants.A plaque that reads:

Deep Peace of the running wave to you Deep Peace of the flowing air to you Deep Peace of the quiet earth to you Deep Peace of the shining stars to you Deep Peace of the gentle night to you moon and stars
pour their healing light on you Deep Peace of the Son of Peace to you
A Gaelic BlessingA bronze figure (representing peace) and a stone water fountain with lion head motif.An old stone wall with bushes in front of it and the top an old building with slate chimneys behind it.
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Elizabeth C. Waight @marchlands.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Really looking forward to being part of this. Kids will love making their own herbal pomanders and playing ‘smelly bingo’ (yes, you heard me right!). #medhist #herbalmedicine #historykids
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
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Elizabeth C. Waight @marchlands.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
#Soil at #SomersetHouse is a multidisciplinary exhibition exploring and celebrating the wondrous world beneath our feet. Life is soil. Soil is life. To protect life we must protect and nourish our soil, not strip in bare. Book while you can. ‘Incredible’ doesn’t cover it.
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Elizabeth C. Waight @marchlands.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Skynet is coming and the Terminator has more than one form. www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-co...
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A Computer Scientist Breaks Down Generative AI's Hefty Carbon Footprint
Is generative AI bad for the environment? A computer scientist explains the carbon footprint of ChatGPT and its cousins—and how to reduce it
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Elizabeth C. Waight @marchlands.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
For all of you missing mums today, sending love 💕 It’s so bloody hard!
My mum and me when I was three and she was twenty nine.
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Elizabeth C. Waight @marchlands.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
This is Hossam's team, and we are sharing his final message :
"If you're reading this, it means I have been killed
-most likely targeted-by the Israeli occupation forces. When this all began, I was only 21 years old-a college student with dreams like anyone else. For past 18 months, I have dedicated every moment of my life to my people. I documented the horrors in northern Gaza minute by minute, determined to show the world the truth they tried to bury. I slept on pavements, in schools, in tents - anywhere I could. Each day was a battle for survival. I endured hunger for months, yet I never left my people's side.
By God, I fulfilled my duty as a journalist. I risked everything to report the truth, and now, I am finally at rest-something I haven't known in the past 18 months. I did all this because I believe in the Palestinian cause. I believe this land is ours, and it has been the highest honor of my life to die defending it and serving its people.
l ask you now: do not stop speaking about Gaza.
Do not let the world look away. Keep fighting, keep telling our stories-until Palestine is free."
— For the last time, Hossam Shabat, from northern Gaza.
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Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
In a targeted attack on his car, Israel has killed Al-Jazeera's Hossam Shabat, who was only 23 years old and was one of the last remaining journalists in Gaza. There are no words.
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Elizabeth C. Waight @marchlands.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
I LOVED series one. So happy that series two has launched. A tantalising mixture of joy and beauty, truth and hope, for the future of our oceans and thus ourselves! #LifeUnderWater I’ve even booked a freediving course after listening to the very first episode ♥️
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Dr Helen Scales @helenscales.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
My favourite books of 2024 📚 Each year I list my top reads on my @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social page It's a mix of clifi, scifi & nonfiction all with nature themes 🦑📘 Buy any books via my page and I donate the commission to the marine conservation charity Sea Changers uk.bookshop.org/lists/my-202...
Selection of book covers including Juice by Tim Winton, Playground by Richard Powers and The Rain Heron by Robbie Arnott
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Elizabeth C. Waight @marchlands.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
On this #internationalwomensday I’m taking some time for me. Hope you can all do the same x
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Elizabeth C. Waight @marchlands.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Hope comes with the agency to make change. We have that agency. Let’s make change.
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Elizabeth C. Waight @marchlands.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
#StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦
A photograph with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the caption: 
He could fill up a plane with money and escape Ukraine, but he didn't.
He could hide in a bunker, but he didn't. He could hand the country over to the Russians, but he didn't.
THIS IS WHAT BRAVERY AND HONOR LOOK LIKE.
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Elizabeth C. Waight @marchlands.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
#FairDo’s ‘Medieval Women: In Their Own Words’ @britishlibrary.bsky.social Exhibition open until 2nd March.
D-I-V-O-R-C-E
Welsh Laws of Women
Wales, 1250-90s

According to the Welsh lawcode known as Llyfr lowerth (The Book of lowerth), a woman could leave her husband within seven years of their marriage, while retaining her rights and possessions, on one of three grounds: if he had leprosy; if his breath stank; or if he was unable to have sex. To prove the latter, they were to have sex upon a newly washed white sheet; if the man could not ejaculate on the sheet, his wife was entitled to a separation.
The British Library, Cotton MS Titus D II
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Elizabeth C. Waight @marchlands.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
So much fun with this talented group of story tellers. I was blown away by their creativity and enthusiasm. Can’t wait to read their stories! And what better place for inspiration than the @oldoptheatre.bsky.social #middlegrade #writers #hooray!
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Elizabeth C. Waight @marchlands.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
A brilliant thread👇👇👇 #GreenEconomy
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The Gothic Scientist @drjlange.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Really excited to be returning to the @oldoptheatre.bsky.social to give a talk on the female pioneers of neuroscience in the lead up to International Woman's day. Come and join for a fascinating history. oldoperatingtheatre.com/event-posts/... #womeninstem #scicomms
oldoperatingtheatre.com
The Female Pioneers of Neuroscience – A Hidden History – The Old Operating Theatre
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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Word of the Day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet individual whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
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Elizabeth C. Waight @marchlands.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Still needs a few additions, but I’m so happy that my website is live!! Only took me six months 😂😂😂 Hope you like it (*insert nervous twitch) xx www.marchlands.co.uk
marchlands.co.uk
Marchlands
Elizabeth Waight is a photographer, children's fiction writer, and wedding celebrant. Her work is connected by the same common thread; that of liminality and of evoking unseen things.
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Elizabeth C. Waight @marchlands.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
1/2 On opposite sides of the world and unbeknown to one another, the Tasmanian Aboriginal artist and the British artist and historian Dr Jane Wildgoose began focusing their research on two tiny objects that originated in Tasmania in the nineteenth century, which are now in a collection in the UK.
A bead bracelet, a tiny doll and a variety of shell jewellery. Accompanying hand written text reads: No one told Mathinna that her family was going to be rounded up and removed from their homelands, but "the writing was on the wall.”
As I transcribe my story here. Take me back to school. The memory; “I am a good litte girl.”
*Bluesky glitching and not allowing me to transcribe the rest of the text.
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Elizabeth C. Waight @marchlands.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Oooooh!! #getwriting fellow #witches! ♥️
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