{"id":23,"date":"2017-07-23T16:31:11","date_gmt":"2017-07-23T16:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.majk.co.uk\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2026-02-05T12:26:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T12:26:04","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.majk.co.uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Majk Stokes<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"658\" height=\"790\" data-attachment-id=\"6062\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.majk.co.uk\/?attachment_id=6062\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.majk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/One-more-cup-of-coffee.jpg?fit=658%2C790&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"658,790\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"One more cup of coffee\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.majk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/One-more-cup-of-coffee.jpg?fit=250%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.majk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/One-more-cup-of-coffee.jpg?fit=525%2C630&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.majk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/One-more-cup-of-coffee.jpg?fit=658%2C790&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6062\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.majk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/One-more-cup-of-coffee.jpg?w=658&amp;ssl=1 658w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.majk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/One-more-cup-of-coffee.jpg?resize=250%2C300&amp;ssl=1 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Majk Stokes is an Edinburgh-based singer-songwriter, poet, musician, environmentalist and Quaker, and he has been writing and performing silly songs for longer than he cares to admit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More recently he started writing more serious songs and poems about the environment and occasionally politics, and several of his humorous songs also have an environmental message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"  Photography for Scottish Rewilding Alliance from: Colin Hattersley Photography - www.colinhattersley.com - cphattersley@gmail.com - 07974 957 388.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1866\" data-attachment-id=\"6112\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.majk.co.uk\/?attachment_id=6112\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.majk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rewilding-Nation-Campaign-Launch-1-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1866&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1866\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Colin Hattersley \\\/ Scottish Rewi&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS R3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;FREE PICTURE:  \\u201cRewilding Nation\\u201d Campaign Launch, Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, Wed 01\\\/10\\\/2025: \\rStunt outside Holyrood calls on Scottish government to stop stalling and start rewilding:\\rHigh-profile campaign takes message to parliament in first event of its kind and follows public backing by Alan Cumming last week.\\r\\r  Campaigners calling for Scotland to become the world\\u2019s first \\u2018Rewilding Nation\\u2019 have today (Wed 1 October 2025) taken their message to the country\\u2019s politicians, in a colourful stunt outside Holyrood.\\r\\rMore than 100 people \\u2013 representing thousands of individuals, charities, community groups and businesses from across Scotland \\u2013 gathered outside the Scottish Parliament, with a visual display of \\u2018stop\\u2019 and \\u2018go\\u2019 signs exposing the barriers holding back rewilding and spotlighting the readily available solutions.\\r\\rIt follows public backing last week by acclaimed Scottish theatre and movie actor Alan Cumming, who became the latest celebrity to back the campaign.\\r\\rThe Rewilding Nation campaign led by the Scottish Rewilding Alliance\\u00a0 is calling on the Scottish government to commit to rewilding 30% of the country\\u2019s land and seas. The Alliance\\u2019s \\u2018Pathway to a Rewilding Nation\\u2019 sets out practical steps the government can take to make this happen.\\r\\rMore information in accompanying Press Release and from: Ian Morton at Campaign Collective - 07811 183 633 - ian.morton@campaigncollective.org  or  Richard Bunting; 07753 488 146 -\\u00a0richardbuntingpr@gmail.com\\r Photography for Scottish Rewilding Alliance from: Colin Hattersley Photography - www.colinhattersley.com - cphattersley@gmail.com - 07974 957 388.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1759276800&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Colin Hattersley \\\/ Scottish Rewilding Alliance&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;FREE Rewilding Nation Campaign Launch 19&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"FREE Rewilding Nation Campaign Launch 19\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.majk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rewilding-Nation-Campaign-Launch-1-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C219&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.majk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rewilding-Nation-Campaign-Launch-1-scaled.jpg?fit=525%2C382&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.majk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rewilding-Nation-Campaign-Launch-1-scaled.jpg?fit=525%2C382&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.majk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rewilding-Nation-Campaign-Launch-1-scaled.jpg?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.majk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rewilding-Nation-Campaign-Launch-1-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C219&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.majk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rewilding-Nation-Campaign-Launch-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C746&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.majk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rewilding-Nation-Campaign-Launch-1-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C560&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.majk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rewilding-Nation-Campaign-Launch-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1120&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.majk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rewilding-Nation-Campaign-Launch-1-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1493&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Photography for Scottish Rewilding Alliance from: Colin Hattersley<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He has written over 400 songs and poems (roughly 200 of each), recorded three studio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.majk.co.uk\/?page_id=689\">albums <\/a>and self-published two books of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.majk.co.uk\/?page_id=535\">poetry<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edfringe.com\/\">Edinburgh Fringe<\/a> veteran, he has also performed in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brightonfringe.org\/\">Brighton<\/a>, Ludlow and Dundee Fringes, and in the <a href=\"https:\/\/adelaidefringe.com.au\/\">Adelaide Fringe<\/a> in Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6056\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.majk.co.uk\/?attachment_id=6056\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.majk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Heroes-revised-Fringe-image.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Heroes revised Fringe image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.majk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Heroes-revised-Fringe-image.jpg?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.majk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Heroes-revised-Fringe-image.jpg?fit=525%2C295&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.majk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Heroes-revised-Fringe-image.jpg?resize=525%2C295&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6056\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.majk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Heroes-revised-Fringe-image.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.majk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Heroes-revised-Fringe-image.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.majk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Heroes-revised-Fringe-image.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.majk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Heroes-revised-Fringe-image.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.majk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Heroes-revised-Fringe-image.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Too Much Caffeine is an album, a concept band, and evolving musical project and a state of mind (one in which Majk finds himself slightly too often).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;A very individual and versatile songwriter&#8221; -Jude Hines, Stagewhispers<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><small>Too Much Caffeine logo copyright Majk Stokes 2017<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Majk Stokes Majk Stokes is an Edinburgh-based singer-songwriter, poet, musician, environmentalist and Quaker, and he has been writing and performing silly songs for longer than he cares to admit. More recently he started writing more serious songs and poems about the environment and occasionally politics, and several of his humorous songs also have an environmental &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.majk.co.uk\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Welcome&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-23","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.majk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.majk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.majk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.majk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.majk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":66,"href":"https:\/\/www.majk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6145,"href":"https:\/\/www.majk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions\/6145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.majk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}