@angeladevas.bsky.social
There is a Baltic series on C4 Walter Presents called The Nordic Murders. It is set on the island of Usedom with Polish German border running through it. Fabulous settings of the island you mention in your book. Probably nearest I'll get to a visit.
Delighted to announce that Borderlines is one of @waterstones.bsky.social paperbacks of the year!
November 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM
There is a Baltic series on C4 Walter Presents called The Nordic Murders. It is set on the island of Usedom with Polish German border running through it. Fabulous settings of the island you mention in your book. Probably nearest I'll get to a visit.
Just bought Borderlands at British Library after visiting exhibition on Secret Maps. Really gripping. Already half way through @lewisbaston.bsky.social
Delighted to announce that Borderlines is one of @waterstones.bsky.social paperbacks of the year!
November 8, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Just bought Borderlands at British Library after visiting exhibition on Secret Maps. Really gripping. Already half way through @lewisbaston.bsky.social
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The wealthiest, won't mind a frequent flyer tax, they'll just pay it, so it may not reduce emissions. We need an air mile allocation per person, per year. Non-transferable, so it doesn't become a tradable commodity and price the less well off out of being able to fly.
That, and ban private jets.
That, and ban private jets.
November 1, 2025 at 10:27 AM
The wealthiest, won't mind a frequent flyer tax, they'll just pay it, so it may not reduce emissions. We need an air mile allocation per person, per year. Non-transferable, so it doesn't become a tradable commodity and price the less well off out of being able to fly.
That, and ban private jets.
That, and ban private jets.
@transportfornewhomes.org.uk But these new homes need to have buses, trains, cycle lanes baked into the planning and not just be a carfest
The task of building 1.5m new homes in a parliament is immense.
We need to 'build baby build' social and council housing to meet it.
Read my latest column for @labourlist.bsky.social
labourlist.org/2025/10/buil...
We need to 'build baby build' social and council housing to meet it.
Read my latest column for @labourlist.bsky.social
labourlist.org/2025/10/buil...
Ben Cooper Column: ‘We need to ‘build baby build’ social housing to meet the 1.5m new homes target’ - LabourList
The government needs to unleash the capacity of councils and housing associations to build thousands of good quality, affordable homes.
labourlist.org
October 30, 2025 at 6:07 PM
@transportfornewhomes.org.uk But these new homes need to have buses, trains, cycle lanes baked into the planning and not just be a carfest
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Could Chatham House please invite more foreigners with no …. to give, so they will say exactly what they think. Thank you.
"You left Europe because you wanted less boats, you have more boats. You left Europe because you wanted more investment. You have less investment."
Prime Minister Edi Rama of Albania on the UK's decision to leave the European Union.
Watch in full ➡️ bit.ly/4qkZnS0
Prime Minister Edi Rama of Albania on the UK's decision to leave the European Union.
Watch in full ➡️ bit.ly/4qkZnS0
October 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Could Chatham House please invite more foreigners with no …. to give, so they will say exactly what they think. Thank you.
Brilliant but we also need to 'rewild' our cities and towns. Get people out of cars and cycle, walk and wheel through the parks, street trees and changing seasons. @mumsforlungs.bsky.social @bettertransport.bsky.social @livingstreets.bsky.social
Hello Bluesky! We’re new here, so here’s a little introductory film that shows what we’re about – #MakingRewildingHappen for nature, climate and people.
We’re excited to be here and connect. As the newcomer at this party, we’ll be hovering by the refreshments, hoping someone will come say hi.
We’re excited to be here and connect. As the newcomer at this party, we’ll be hovering by the refreshments, hoping someone will come say hi.
October 28, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Brilliant but we also need to 'rewild' our cities and towns. Get people out of cars and cycle, walk and wheel through the parks, street trees and changing seasons. @mumsforlungs.bsky.social @bettertransport.bsky.social @livingstreets.bsky.social
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Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Farage: epic grifter
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Free speech does not entail a right to spread dangerous falsehoods with impunity.
Britain urgently needs a media regulator that is willing & able to enforce its accuracy rules - and do the job it's been tasked with by Parliament /3 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Britain urgently needs a media regulator that is willing & able to enforce its accuracy rules - and do the job it's been tasked with by Parliament /3 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Enforced veganism’: Ofcom lets GB News flout accuracy rules, say climate campaigners
Exclusive: Regulator has received 1,221 complaints about UK broadcasters since 2020 but found no breaches of its code
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Free speech does not entail a right to spread dangerous falsehoods with impunity.
Britain urgently needs a media regulator that is willing & able to enforce its accuracy rules - and do the job it's been tasked with by Parliament /3 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Britain urgently needs a media regulator that is willing & able to enforce its accuracy rules - and do the job it's been tasked with by Parliament /3 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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A new study models 20mph/30kph effects on cycling and traffic. A useful nuance is "negligible impact on journey times...due to lowered speed limits largely being applied on local streets instead of larger, ‘busier’ roads designed to maximise the flow of traffic"
road.cc/content/news...
road.cc/content/news...
Reducing speed limits to 20mph protects cyclists and doesn’t delay traffic, new research finds
Researchers in Australia modelled traffic stress levels according to varying speed limits… and the results are no surprise
road.cc
October 17, 2025 at 10:26 AM
A new study models 20mph/30kph effects on cycling and traffic. A useful nuance is "negligible impact on journey times...due to lowered speed limits largely being applied on local streets instead of larger, ‘busier’ roads designed to maximise the flow of traffic"
road.cc/content/news...
road.cc/content/news...
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YES
Cardiff will be the first UK city to introduce a surcharge for oversized SUVs and trucks, "while very large vehicles – those over 3,500kg – will be excluded from residential permits entirely."
Cardiff set to tackle SUV 'carspreading' in UK first
Cardiff Council is set to become the first local authority in the UK to introduce higher parking charges for SUVs and other heavy vehicles, in a move campaigners say will make city streets safer and f...
nation.cymru
October 16, 2025 at 8:07 AM
YES
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"That's the difference a Green councillor can make."
Co-Deputy Leader @mothinali.bsky.social speaks to Aaron Bastani of Novara Media.
Co-Deputy Leader @mothinali.bsky.social speaks to Aaron Bastani of Novara Media.
October 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
"That's the difference a Green councillor can make."
Co-Deputy Leader @mothinali.bsky.social speaks to Aaron Bastani of Novara Media.
Co-Deputy Leader @mothinali.bsky.social speaks to Aaron Bastani of Novara Media.
@playingout.bsky.social children were never asked if they would like to give up their natural playgrounds - the streets - and be cooped up indoors or cooped up in cars
I fervently believe that the fact that children and elders lead lives of isolation in cities and towns (absent daily efforts of their caregivers to ferry them around) should make plain what a terrible job we've done with building cities over the last 70 years.
New episode up! We talked with researcher Tim Gill about how we need to make our cities safe for children, not cars. "Children are basically living very captive and kind of contained lives, and that's just not healthy."
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
September 30, 2025 at 2:11 PM
@playingout.bsky.social children were never asked if they would like to give up their natural playgrounds - the streets - and be cooped up indoors or cooped up in cars
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Listening to Andy Burnham on BBC Radio Manchester and the calls are mainly about: transport. Bolton caller: where’s the tram we were promised (which they were). Doesn’t personally care about the “prime minister debate”, wants to know why they spend 4 hrs commuting when they live 12 miles away
September 25, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Listening to Andy Burnham on BBC Radio Manchester and the calls are mainly about: transport. Bolton caller: where’s the tram we were promised (which they were). Doesn’t personally care about the “prime minister debate”, wants to know why they spend 4 hrs commuting when they live 12 miles away
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“Let’s call it for what it is: bullshit. The truth is, politicians have talked about little else but immigration for decades and in the most dehumanising ways.
Polanski added: “Stop the boats’ is all we hear. Well, today I'm saying ‘stop the bullshit’.”
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Polanski added: “Stop the boats’ is all we hear. Well, today I'm saying ‘stop the bullshit’.”
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
UK faces ‘battle for the soul’ of the country, says Starmer amid Reform threat
In a rallying cry to progressives around the world, the Prime Minister said allies must stop the ‘politics of predatory grievance’.
www.independent.co.uk
September 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
“Let’s call it for what it is: bullshit. The truth is, politicians have talked about little else but immigration for decades and in the most dehumanising ways.
Polanski added: “Stop the boats’ is all we hear. Well, today I'm saying ‘stop the bullshit’.”
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Polanski added: “Stop the boats’ is all we hear. Well, today I'm saying ‘stop the bullshit’.”
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Bus walk Chelwood Gate The Red Lion to Horsted Keynes. Metro bus 270 both ways. Walk through Ashdown Forest in the high weald and then along a valley with a string of hammer ponds to Horsted Keynes. Fabulous in the sunshine and all free on a bus pass
September 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Bus walk Chelwood Gate The Red Lion to Horsted Keynes. Metro bus 270 both ways. Walk through Ashdown Forest in the high weald and then along a valley with a string of hammer ponds to Horsted Keynes. Fabulous in the sunshine and all free on a bus pass
Rue Delambre Paris: pavements widened, parked cars removed and trees planted @bricycles.org.uk @bhlabour.bsky.social
Avant / Après la métamorphose de la Rue Delambre dans le 14ème arrondissement de Paris: des trottoirs élargis et des arbres à la place de places de stationnement automobile.
September 23, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Rue Delambre Paris: pavements widened, parked cars removed and trees planted @bricycles.org.uk @bhlabour.bsky.social
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Happy World Car Free Day to all who observe. Celebrate by preordering your copy of “Life After Cars” wherever books are sold.
www.lifeaftercars.com
www.lifeaftercars.com
September 22, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Happy World Car Free Day to all who observe. Celebrate by preordering your copy of “Life After Cars” wherever books are sold.
www.lifeaftercars.com
www.lifeaftercars.com
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Today we marched through London with @makethempay.bsky.social and over 100 other organisations to demand a wealth tax and to fairly tax polluters 📢
#MakeRichPollutersPay #ClimateJustice
#MakeRichPollutersPay #ClimateJustice
September 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Today we marched through London with @makethempay.bsky.social and over 100 other organisations to demand a wealth tax and to fairly tax polluters 📢
#MakeRichPollutersPay #ClimateJustice
#MakeRichPollutersPay #ClimateJustice
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👀👀 Local Republic activists have staged a stunt on Dartmoor! William takes millions from Dartmoor and charges HMP Dartmoor £1.5 million in rent each year. It's time to #DitchTheDuchies. #NotMyKing #AbolishTheMonarchy
September 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
👀👀 Local Republic activists have staged a stunt on Dartmoor! William takes millions from Dartmoor and charges HMP Dartmoor £1.5 million in rent each year. It's time to #DitchTheDuchies. #NotMyKing #AbolishTheMonarchy
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The UK’s problems aren’t caused by immigration on.ft.com/46p3BPl
The UK’s problems aren’t caused by immigration
It’s not hard to see how so many came to worry about the issue. But the data isn’t there
on.ft.com
September 18, 2025 at 4:40 AM
The UK’s problems aren’t caused by immigration on.ft.com/46p3BPl
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BREAKING: 🎶 Flash mob takes over King’s Cross Station in a protest against climate-wrecking Rosebank oil field.
Rosebank’s future is undecided. But together, we can stop it.
@climatechoirs.bsky.social have used their voices - will you use yours? 📣
Join us 👉 bit.ly/rosebankchoir
Rosebank’s future is undecided. But together, we can stop it.
@climatechoirs.bsky.social have used their voices - will you use yours? 📣
Join us 👉 bit.ly/rosebankchoir
September 17, 2025 at 9:55 AM
BREAKING: 🎶 Flash mob takes over King’s Cross Station in a protest against climate-wrecking Rosebank oil field.
Rosebank’s future is undecided. But together, we can stop it.
@climatechoirs.bsky.social have used their voices - will you use yours? 📣
Join us 👉 bit.ly/rosebankchoir
Rosebank’s future is undecided. But together, we can stop it.
@climatechoirs.bsky.social have used their voices - will you use yours? 📣
Join us 👉 bit.ly/rosebankchoir
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In London, hate will never win.
September 17, 2025 at 6:10 AM
In London, hate will never win.
Peter Kyle the Labour government should be massively distancing itself from far right. Stand up for refugees! This is disturbing coming from my MP
What taf Peter Kyle?!!!
This is my MP saying this utter cowardly BS which is not surprising but it IS deeply disturbing.
Blind & deaf as well as endowed with the skin of an Indian rhinoceros.
This is my MP saying this utter cowardly BS which is not surprising but it IS deeply disturbing.
Blind & deaf as well as endowed with the skin of an Indian rhinoceros.
Every decent politician should be ‘disturbed’ by Tommy Robinson’s fascist march in London and Musk’s calls for violence on our streets.
Every decent politician should stop claiming this horror is an expression of ‘free speech’.
It’s vicious, racist incitement.
DO something about it.
Every decent politician should stop claiming this horror is an expression of ‘free speech’.
It’s vicious, racist incitement.
DO something about it.
September 14, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Peter Kyle the Labour government should be massively distancing itself from far right. Stand up for refugees! This is disturbing coming from my MP
Immigrants are just all of us who once were. People have always moved. @zackpolanski.bsky.social
Whoa! A politician saying humans should be treated with humanity. This is refreshing!
No other party says the basic truth: migration is good for Britain.
The real problem? Inequality, soaring bills, underfunded public services.
That’s driven by the greed of the super rich and the Labour government who serve them - not by migrants.
The real problem? Inequality, soaring bills, underfunded public services.
That’s driven by the greed of the super rich and the Labour government who serve them - not by migrants.
September 11, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Immigrants are just all of us who once were. People have always moved. @zackpolanski.bsky.social
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Vital article by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social in the on right-wing 'junktanks' infiltrating the Labour government and lobbying for more roadbuilding
Warning! The rightwing junktanks behind the Tories’ worst disasters still have the keys to No 10 | George Monbiot
Who is running the government’s ‘growth school’ for civil servants? The answer surpassed my worst fears, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
September 11, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Vital article by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social in the on right-wing 'junktanks' infiltrating the Labour government and lobbying for more roadbuilding