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Philip Marsden

@philipmarsden.bsky.social

Author. Microfarmer. ‘Under a Metal Sky’ (Granta UK Feb ‘25, US Nov ‘25) also ‘The Summer Isles’, ‘Rising Ground’ etc. Lives in Cornwall.

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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

This is a really important @katiesurma.bsky.social piece on the strategic state silencing of land & water defenders in Ecuador—including colleagues of mine—as Noboa’s gov. moves to intensify mining & drilling (Trump playbook). Please share widely. insideclimatenews.org/news/1003202...

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The Latest Tactic for Silencing Ecuador’s Environmental Defenders: Shuttering Their Bank Accounts - Inside Climate News

As the country moves to intensify mining and oil operations, environmental and Indigenous leaders’ bank accounts are being frozen or closed. Such “debanking” cuts them off from financial support and p...

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Philip Marsden @philipmarsden.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Good to be involved in this… a brilliant series. I learnt a lot.

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Philip Marsden @philipmarsden.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Radium was initially considered a miraculous substance, health-giving… then its dangers became clear. The Radium Girls were among the first victims.

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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 30/05/2025

VIDEO: Palestinian farmers in the occupied West Bank village of Al Mughayyir rush to harvest what remains of the wheat crop they planted as Israeli settlers try to burn their fields. For days, settlers have been setting fire to the crop from a new settlement outpost on a mountain near the village

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Philip Marsden @philipmarsden.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Looking forward to this event - the incomparable Stone Club!

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Ron Davies @rondavies.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Just finished this beautifully written book by @philipmarsden.bsky.social , a wonderful exploration of our relationship with metals and a tour around the mineral hotspots of Europe. Superb. 💙📚#booksky

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The TLS @thetls.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

'Mining, metals and metallurgy have fired the imagination as much as they have modified the landscape.' Louise Fabiani: A history of metal working and humanity

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Under a Metal Sky by Philip Marsden | Book review | The TLS

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Granta Books @grantabooks.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

This is happening in one week! @philipmarsden.bsky.social at @stanfordstravel.bsky.social in London on Thurs 20 March. He'll be talking about the remarkable UNDER A METAL SKY and the ticket includes a glass of wine/soft drink 🍷 www.stanfords.co.uk/event-under-...

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Philip Marsden @philipmarsden.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Advance piece in the Big Issue about Under a Metal Sky - book is out on 13 Feb.

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Philip Marsden @philipmarsden.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Just arrived in the Christmas post…publication 13 February

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Philip Marsden @philipmarsden.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

It comes as no surprise that Dartmoor should reveal more linked sacred sites like this - v exciting! amp.theguardian.com/science/2024...

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Two newly discovered stone circles on Dartmoor boost ‘sacred arc’ theory | Archaeology | The Guardian

Archaeologist Alan Endacott says area may have been site of henge monument similar to ‘earlier phase of Stonehenge’

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