Pam Barrett
@pambarrett.bsky.social
Not interested in business as usual. Director at Better Places / Be Buckfastleigh / Devon / rural inequalities / democracy /
Teeny tiny fungi day.
October 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Teeny tiny fungi day.
September 19, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The only reasonable thing to do with freshly foraged porcini of this quality. #salt-n-pepa #letstalkaboutceps
September 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The only reasonable thing to do with freshly foraged porcini of this quality. #salt-n-pepa #letstalkaboutceps
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Kruger's work on 'social covenant' is liked by centrists. Akin to #BigSociety and #communitypower - masking corporate power and hollowing out of welfare state - it sees to shift burden of public services onto communities, especially poor, under the guise of empowerment.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Conservative MP Danny Kruger defects to Reform UK
The East Wiltshire MP said the Conservatives were no longer the main party of opposition.
www.bbc.com
September 15, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Kruger's work on 'social covenant' is liked by centrists. Akin to #BigSociety and #communitypower - masking corporate power and hollowing out of welfare state - it sees to shift burden of public services onto communities, especially poor, under the guise of empowerment.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The realities of rural transport means that young adults can't access training or work. And this isn't in the middle of #Dartmoor, it's alongside the busy A38 between Exeter and Plymouth. #rural #inequalities #PlymouthMarjon #Bicton #Exetercollege #Stagecoach #Devon #DevonCountyCouncil
September 2, 2025 at 9:41 AM
The realities of rural transport means that young adults can't access training or work. And this isn't in the middle of #Dartmoor, it's alongside the busy A38 between Exeter and Plymouth. #rural #inequalities #PlymouthMarjon #Bicton #Exetercollege #Stagecoach #Devon #DevonCountyCouncil
Showing off, but for a non famous couple we've sure had a lot of Guardian articles! @thejunebrides.bsky.social
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August 30, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Showing off, but for a non famous couple we've sure had a lot of Guardian articles! @thejunebrides.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/music/2006/j...
www.theguardian.com/society/2019...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/music/2006/j...
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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In contrast to yesterday’s sad post about Ramsgate’s lost lido, here’s a great feature just out in the RICS journal, Modus, celebrating the great British lido revival -
ww3.rics.org/uk/en/modus/...
ww3.rics.org/uk/en/modus/...
The great British lido revival
Once at the heart of their communities, many UK lidos fell into decline in the late 20th century. Now they’re making a comeback as valuable community assets
ww3.rics.org
August 26, 2025 at 11:34 AM
In contrast to yesterday’s sad post about Ramsgate’s lost lido, here’s a great feature just out in the RICS journal, Modus, celebrating the great British lido revival -
ww3.rics.org/uk/en/modus/...
ww3.rics.org/uk/en/modus/...
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A BARGAIN BANK HOLIDAY £3.50 gets you Sensitive – The Film. Indiepop Wrecking Crew plays house band to singers from The Sea Urchins, Talulah Gosh, Soup Dragons, Altered Images, Weather Prophets, June Brides, Waltones & Jetstream Pony – playing 100% #indiepop smashes. www.sensitivealbum.com/the-film
The Film – Sensitive
www.sensitivealbum.com
August 23, 2025 at 11:35 AM
A BARGAIN BANK HOLIDAY £3.50 gets you Sensitive – The Film. Indiepop Wrecking Crew plays house band to singers from The Sea Urchins, Talulah Gosh, Soup Dragons, Altered Images, Weather Prophets, June Brides, Waltones & Jetstream Pony – playing 100% #indiepop smashes. www.sensitivealbum.com/the-film
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Trendy 'economic system change' frameworks and ideas may be admired in elite intellectual and policy circles - but they are high theory, low practice.
Instead we must root change in everyday lives and take real action- #communitywealthbuilding
www.democracycollaborative.org/blogs/beyond...
Instead we must root change in everyday lives and take real action- #communitywealthbuilding
www.democracycollaborative.org/blogs/beyond...
Beyond Cake-And-Eat-It: The Limits of Trendy ‘System-Change’ Frameworks — The Democracy Collaborative
Governments, think tanks, and philanthropic foundations parade bold system-change agendas, yet the substance rarely matches the slogans when it comes to concrete material outcomes.
www.democracycollaborative.org
August 12, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Trendy 'economic system change' frameworks and ideas may be admired in elite intellectual and policy circles - but they are high theory, low practice.
Instead we must root change in everyday lives and take real action- #communitywealthbuilding
www.democracycollaborative.org/blogs/beyond...
Instead we must root change in everyday lives and take real action- #communitywealthbuilding
www.democracycollaborative.org/blogs/beyond...
@mia-gray.bsky.social. thanks for the shared follow. Delighted to find an economic geography professor! I've a very much amateur interest in rural deprivation, economy and impact of austerity.
August 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
@mia-gray.bsky.social. thanks for the shared follow. Delighted to find an economic geography professor! I've a very much amateur interest in rural deprivation, economy and impact of austerity.
Sound up for this marvelous donkey engine at #NewLanark mill. #industrialrevoution #Scottishheritage
July 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Sound up for this marvelous donkey engine at #NewLanark mill. #industrialrevoution #Scottishheritage
Loads of fun as every at @glasgoespop.bsky.social. thank you Kenji and Tita and all the lovely people. With Phil @thejunebrides.bsky.social
July 27, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Loads of fun as every at @glasgoespop.bsky.social. thank you Kenji and Tita and all the lovely people. With Phil @thejunebrides.bsky.social
The #ruraleconomy is more public sector, education, health, real estate, distribution, transport, accommodation, food, manufacturing, construction, wholesale, retail, motor repair, & professional, scientific, technical services than it is agriculture, forestry and fishing.
June 27, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The #ruraleconomy is more public sector, education, health, real estate, distribution, transport, accommodation, food, manufacturing, construction, wholesale, retail, motor repair, & professional, scientific, technical services than it is agriculture, forestry and fishing.
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Trump’s budget is one big “beautiful” regressive policy, with Americans who voted for Trump being adversely affected the most explains @michaelmarmot.bsky.social in @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/389/...
Trump’s budget is one big “beautiful” regressive policy
US President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), passed by the US Congress, is certainly big. Its beauty is more questionable. The act forms one part of Trump’s signature economic strat...
www.bmj.com
June 26, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Trump’s budget is one big “beautiful” regressive policy, with Americans who voted for Trump being adversely affected the most explains @michaelmarmot.bsky.social in @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/389/...
Great to watch male Scarlet Tiger moths home in on a resting female at Berry Head quarry today. At least I think that's what they are! @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social
June 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Great to watch male Scarlet Tiger moths home in on a resting female at Berry Head quarry today. At least I think that's what they are! @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social
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"Swimming pools are not a luxury – they are a necessity for the health and wellbeing of the nation" 💙 outdoorswimmer.com/news/swimmin...
Swimming pools are a necessity for the health of the nation, says The Swimming Alliance - Outdoor Swimmer Magazine
The Swimming Alliance has been working with parliamentarians to highlight the importance of school swimming and to raise awareness of the impact of pool closures. Following a debate in parliament on…
outdoorswimmer.com
June 11, 2025 at 11:08 AM
"Swimming pools are not a luxury – they are a necessity for the health and wellbeing of the nation" 💙 outdoorswimmer.com/news/swimmin...
I'm running #Buckfastleigh #Bats guided talks to support our historic heated outdoor pool. It's spectacular & you're guaranteed to see lots of them head out to forage. Then a fun warm swim at the pool. Always a sell out grab your tickets early & I'll see you there! #Dartmoor #Devon #lido
June 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I'm running #Buckfastleigh #Bats guided talks to support our historic heated outdoor pool. It's spectacular & you're guaranteed to see lots of them head out to forage. Then a fun warm swim at the pool. Always a sell out grab your tickets early & I'll see you there! #Dartmoor #Devon #lido
Gentrification destroys rural communities too creating social, health & economic consequences. Gentrification is not development, it is displacement. @betterplacesdevon.bsky.social @totalplace.bsky.social @municipaldreams.bsky.social @lccmunicipal.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A new kind of gentrification is spreading through London – and emptying out schools | Anna Minton
Thanks to ‘placemaking’, thriving communities are hollowing out, to be replaced by luxury apartments and expensive restaurants, says author Anna Minton
www.theguardian.com
May 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Gentrification destroys rural communities too creating social, health & economic consequences. Gentrification is not development, it is displacement. @betterplacesdevon.bsky.social @totalplace.bsky.social @municipaldreams.bsky.social @lccmunicipal.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Me and Phil @thejunebrides.bsky.social love this little bird. #Abercastle
May 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Me and Phil @thejunebrides.bsky.social love this little bird. #Abercastle
