Mike Scialom
@mikescialom.bsky.social
Journalist, blogger, Cambridge resident, human bioprocessor
Sir Jonathon Porritt in town later this month for talk on book - 'Love, Anger and Betrayal' - which features 26 climate activists writing about why they are on the front line of change www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/whats-on/jon...
Jonathon Porritt due in city to discuss latest book on climate activism
‘Love, Anger and Betrayal’ written with 26 activist co-authors.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Sir Jonathon Porritt in town later this month for talk on book - 'Love, Anger and Betrayal' - which features 26 climate activists writing about why they are on the front line of change www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/whats-on/jon...
Ground-breaking musical adventure takes Baroque music to Ukraine www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/ground-...
November 7, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Ground-breaking musical adventure takes Baroque music to Ukraine www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/ground-...
Welch Group has really got a handle on delivering freight by drone www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/business/wel...
Welch Group demonstrates freight deliveries by drone service
Autonomous IONA model can carry up to 15k of goods.
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November 6, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Welch Group has really got a handle on delivering freight by drone www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/business/wel...
Christ's Lane library plan given go-ahead after Cambridge City Council planning meeting countered by legal move to block it www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/christ-...
Christ’s Lane Action Group calls for proposed library pause after planning go-ahead
Group asks secretary of state to intervene.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Christ's Lane library plan given go-ahead after Cambridge City Council planning meeting countered by legal move to block it www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/christ-...
Funny how they tell you the actual cost was HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of pounds more than the price they told the public. Makes you wonder about the true cost of the futile Coton Busway project, surely? www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/why-cam...
Why Cambridge sewage works move went down the pan - amid spiralling £700m cost
Government withdrew its support - but city council urges it to reconsider.
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October 16, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Funny how they tell you the actual cost was HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of pounds more than the price they told the public. Makes you wonder about the true cost of the futile Coton Busway project, surely? www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/why-cam...
Pro-Palestine speaker says 'justice has not been served' in Hamas-Israel agreement at start of city centre 'Shut It Down' march www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/cambrid...
Cambridge pro-Palestine supporters march through city centre streets during rush hour
‘Shut It Down’ rally held on as Hamas-Israel peace plan commences.
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October 11, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Pro-Palestine speaker says 'justice has not been served' in Hamas-Israel agreement at start of city centre 'Shut It Down' march www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/cambrid...
Cambridge-based healthcare professionals describe working in Gaza hospitals www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/nothing...
‘Nothing can prepare you for the destruction’: Healthcare professionals describe working in Gaza’s hospitals
Testimony reveals scale of horror faced by Cambridge-based duo.
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October 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Cambridge-based healthcare professionals describe working in Gaza hospitals www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/nothing...
The government took £64m in fines from Anglian Water and paid back just £180k to fix the Cam - truly, this is trickle-down economics in action www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/180k-go...
£180k government funding to restore River Cam criticised as ‘tiny’
Cam Valley Forum questions where £64m Anglian Water fines went.
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October 8, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The government took £64m in fines from Anglian Water and paid back just £180k to fix the Cam - truly, this is trickle-down economics in action www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/180k-go...
Am I the only one who's infuriated that the government is spaffing £330m Palantir's way for questionable software while this service is being cut for want of £829k? www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/hundred...
‘Devastating’ £829,000 NHS funding cut for Arthur Rank Hospice means hundreds more will die in hospital
An appeal, called Protect Our Care, has been launched by the hospice and is being backed by the Cambridge Independent.
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October 2, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Am I the only one who's infuriated that the government is spaffing £330m Palantir's way for questionable software while this service is being cut for want of £829k? www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/hundred...
Cambridge protest against costs of warfare www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/multipl...
Multiple Cambridge groups at ‘No More Warfare’ protest outside Guildhall
Anti-austerity, pro-education, pro ‘Earthcare’.
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October 1, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Cambridge protest against costs of warfare www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/multipl...
Finally, a world-first test to establish for plastic in materials www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/business/xam...
Xampla materials help National Physical Laboratory’s first-ever test of plastic-free claims
Boost for Morro, the alternative for fast food packaging.
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September 30, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Finally, a world-first test to establish for plastic in materials www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/business/xam...
Midsummer Energy fundraising helps Ukrainian hospital's resilience with solar power installation www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/midsumm...
Midsummer Energy’s 1,900-mile charity run boosts Ukraine hospital’s power resilience
Solar PV and battery storage system installed by Ukrainian teams.
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September 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Midsummer Energy fundraising helps Ukrainian hospital's resilience with solar power installation www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/midsumm...
Sad to see Thrive winding down, it's part of the glue that keeps the community in Cambridge in good spirits www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/thrive-...
Thrive prepares to wind down ahead of November close
After five years, ‘the world has changed and it’s not viable any more’.
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September 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Sad to see Thrive winding down, it's part of the glue that keeps the community in Cambridge in good spirits www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/thrive-...
And here we have it - clear evidence Cambridge has been captured as a vehicle for investors. And those investors don't give diddly-squat about anything except their dividend. So if ancient trees must be felled, if we live in a dead zone,THEY DON'T CARE! www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/failing...
‘Failing to approve Cambourne to Cambridge busway would send a poor signal to investors’ says Growth Company chair
Peter Freeman was speaking at the public inquiry into the £200m proposals.
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September 22, 2025 at 10:09 AM
And here we have it - clear evidence Cambridge has been captured as a vehicle for investors. And those investors don't give diddly-squat about anything except their dividend. So if ancient trees must be felled, if we live in a dead zone,THEY DON'T CARE! www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/failing...
Islam and Christianity's shared roots reassessed by Cambridge author Elizabeth Drayson www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/crucibl...
‘Crucible of Light’ by Cambridge academic is a tour de force reassessment of Islam and Christianity
Elizabeth Drayson book is epic study of two neighbouring empires.
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September 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Islam and Christianity's shared roots reassessed by Cambridge author Elizabeth Drayson www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/crucibl...
Terrible news for Cambridge life sciences, that £200m represented 1,000 jobs, investment in UK life sciences sector, backing for NHS model, and a huge wealth-creating - and indeed life-saving - pharma giant is now losing patience with UK government www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/business/ast...
AstraZeneca pauses £200m expansion in Cambridge
Move is latest setback for government bidding to boost growth.
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September 13, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Terrible news for Cambridge life sciences, that £200m represented 1,000 jobs, investment in UK life sciences sector, backing for NHS model, and a huge wealth-creating - and indeed life-saving - pharma giant is now losing patience with UK government www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/business/ast...
In-depth update on the roll-out of Palantir's NHS software in the region and indeed in the UK www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/nhs-rol...
NHS rollout of US military tech firm’s data platform under scrutiny in Cambridge
CUH Trust to install Optica, one part of Panantir’s FDP software, by end of year.
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September 12, 2025 at 6:46 AM
In-depth update on the roll-out of Palantir's NHS software in the region and indeed in the UK www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/nhs-rol...
We're so caught up in present-day crises that we can't see another one brewing - the combination of AI and quantum needs regulation now, BEFORE the horse saunters out of the stable.... www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/business/600...
$600m uplift for Quantinuum will bring quantum and AI closer
Helios - commercially useful quantum platform - due later this year.
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September 11, 2025 at 11:22 AM
We're so caught up in present-day crises that we can't see another one brewing - the combination of AI and quantum needs regulation now, BEFORE the horse saunters out of the stable.... www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/business/600...
All the fun of the Stourbridge Medieval Fair, where you get to dress up in olden times clothes and call it 'reenactment'... www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/stourbr...
Stourbridge Medieval Fair brings history alive to entertain and inform
Reeneactment success for Cambridge charity Past, Present & Future.
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September 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
All the fun of the Stourbridge Medieval Fair, where you get to dress up in olden times clothes and call it 'reenactment'... www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/stourbr...
Outrage in Ukrainian community in Cambridge as city council offers Russian groups grants to support their education www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/cambrid...
Cambridge City Council grants to Russian-culture groups offering courses to Ukrainians divide opinion
‘A slap in the face with both hands.’
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September 5, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Outrage in Ukrainian community in Cambridge as city council offers Russian groups grants to support their education www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/cambrid...
It's not surprising Acoba is being disbanded when it describes a new company with $100m war chest for Iron Dome-type technologies as a 'yet-to-be-established start-up' www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/business/sha...
Shapps in hot seat as $100m boosts Cambridge Aerospace
Parliamentary watchdog rules on former defence secretary’s role in start-up.
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September 4, 2025 at 8:57 AM
It's not surprising Acoba is being disbanded when it describes a new company with $100m war chest for Iron Dome-type technologies as a 'yet-to-be-established start-up' www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/business/sha...
Cam-side support for Sumud flotilla. Thanks Kashif Darr for use of photos. www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/origami...
Origami boats launched on River Cam show solidarity with Gaza flotilla
Punters wave at pro-Palestine campaigners on Garret Hostel Bridge.
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September 3, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Cam-side support for Sumud flotilla. Thanks Kashif Darr for use of photos. www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/origami...
Developers on Newmarket Road setting up 21st century building while ruts in the road looks like something from 19th century. Future residents are prioritised, current residents neglected. It's a two-tier society in the rush to develop Cambridge. Why aren't developers asked to improve roads they use?
August 31, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Developers on Newmarket Road setting up 21st century building while ruts in the road looks like something from 19th century. Future residents are prioritised, current residents neglected. It's a two-tier society in the rush to develop Cambridge. Why aren't developers asked to improve roads they use?
The BBC is a busted flush when it comes to its key USP - trust. Can't they see that Reform will just close them down if they get into power? Or turn them into party line parrots - oh sorry, that ship sailed when Boris Johnson was allowed to appoint Tim Davie....
Reform UK, which has a grand total of four MPs, was just given an uninterrupted platform for an hour and a half on the BBC and Sky News channels, in order to talk about its plans for mass deportations
When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?
When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?
August 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The BBC is a busted flush when it comes to its key USP - trust. Can't they see that Reform will just close them down if they get into power? Or turn them into party line parrots - oh sorry, that ship sailed when Boris Johnson was allowed to appoint Tim Davie....