Roger Pride
@rogerpride.bsky.social
Marketer, brander, writer and speaker. Helping places and organisations build and manage reputation. Based in Wales, eyes on the world.
Really happy to have helped create the new brand for Gnoll Country Park - The People's Park.
November 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Really happy to have helped create the new brand for Gnoll Country Park - The People's Park.
Really enjoyed delivering my annual talk on Place Brand and Sustainability to the University of Oxford, Sustainability & Urban Development Course at the Garrison Chapel @KingsFdn
www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/g...
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MSc in Sustainable Urban Development | University of Oxford
About the courseThe two-year MSc in Sustainable Urban Development offers a rigorous and critical exploration of the theories, practices, and policies shaping sustainable urban development at global,
www.ox.ac.uk
November 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Really enjoyed delivering my annual talk on Place Brand and Sustainability to the University of Oxford, Sustainability & Urban Development Course at the Garrison Chapel @KingsFdn
www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/g...
www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/g...
The Economist hasn't lost its touch
October 21, 2025 at 8:44 PM
The Economist hasn't lost its touch
Loving this. Pretty sure it will become regarded as iconic in years to come. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Timely arrival: Great British Railways clock launches at London Bridge
Digital timepiece is UK rail’s first national clock in more than 50 years and will be seen at stations across the country
www.theguardian.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Loving this. Pretty sure it will become regarded as iconic in years to come. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Streateries anyone? How Downtowns in the USA are reinventing themselves post-covid. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
#placebranding #placemaking #placemaking #urbanism
#placebranding #placemaking #placemaking #urbanism
After the Pandemic ‘Reset Button,’ Downtowns Reinvent Themselves
A new exhibit at the National Building Museum showcases how downtowns are evolving from office corridors to centers of housing, nightlife and culture.
www.bloomberg.com
September 30, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Streateries anyone? How Downtowns in the USA are reinventing themselves post-covid. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
#placebranding #placemaking #placemaking #urbanism
#placebranding #placemaking #placemaking #urbanism
This is something that @WelshGovernment should do in Wales. I have been arguing for this for years. Something that makes a material difference in people's lives and the places they live. Start with junctions with traffic lights. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
AI technology used in East Yorkshire crackdown on littering
The trial on the A164 near the Willerby Roundabout is targeting drivers who dump their rubbish.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 12, 2025 at 8:21 AM
This is something that @WelshGovernment should do in Wales. I have been arguing for this for years. Something that makes a material difference in people's lives and the places they live. Start with junctions with traffic lights. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
From 1958. Still stands.
June 26, 2025 at 7:54 AM
From 1958. Still stands.
www.nyctourism.com/things-to-do... Nice idea from New York. Lots of content potential. & building an idea from the bottom up. #placebranding #placemarketing #Ilovenewyork @VisitNewYorkUSA
History in NYC
Learn about the City's past and how to experience milestones in its history today.
www.nyctourism.com
June 16, 2025 at 9:51 AM
www.nyctourism.com/things-to-do... Nice idea from New York. Lots of content potential. & building an idea from the bottom up. #placebranding #placemarketing #Ilovenewyork @VisitNewYorkUSA
Well. It's getting interesting in Wales. #SeneddElections #Plaidcymru
May 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Well. It's getting interesting in Wales. #SeneddElections #Plaidcymru
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“They don’t need to have 250 pencils. They can have 5.”
May 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
“They don’t need to have 250 pencils. They can have 5.”
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Milei looks like a 70’s Welshman who passed out drunk on his nephew’s stag do in Brynamman RFC & mysteriously woke up in the Vatican
April 26, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Milei looks like a 70’s Welshman who passed out drunk on his nephew’s stag do in Brynamman RFC & mysteriously woke up in the Vatican
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That's 90,000 signatures!
90,000 of you calling for a ban on driven grouse shooting.
If we reach 100,000, we can get this debated in parliament. So please sign and share - help us get there!
90,000 of you calling for a ban on driven grouse shooting.
If we reach 100,000, we can get this debated in parliament. So please sign and share - help us get there!
April 11, 2025 at 6:37 AM
That's 90,000 signatures!
90,000 of you calling for a ban on driven grouse shooting.
If we reach 100,000, we can get this debated in parliament. So please sign and share - help us get there!
90,000 of you calling for a ban on driven grouse shooting.
If we reach 100,000, we can get this debated in parliament. So please sign and share - help us get there!
Concerns over tourism (see what I did there!)? Legitimate?
'Overtourism' at a famous beauty spot in north Wales is having a detrimental effect on the lives of locals who are actively avoiding the area, councillors have heard
Locals report not using north Wales beauty spot due to ‘over tourism’
Dale Spridgeon – Local democracy reporter “Overtourism” at a famous beauty spot on Anglesey is having a detrimental effect on the lives of locals who are actively avoiding the area, councillors have h...
nation.cymru
April 11, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Concerns over tourism (see what I did there!)? Legitimate?
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Whiskey Pete Hegseth has a Russian burner phone which he uses to communicate in secret with someone. 👊🇺🇸🔥
March 27, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Whiskey Pete Hegseth has a Russian burner phone which he uses to communicate in secret with someone. 👊🇺🇸🔥
Reggae in Welsh. #1 in the itunes reggae charts. Who would have guessed. #reggae #cymraeg #cymru #wales #https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExjmkMPGBpE&ab_channel=AleighciaScott-Topic
Dod o'r Galon
YouTube video by Aleighcia Scott - Topic
www.youtube.com
March 21, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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Reposted by Roger Pride
Lincoln Project founder Rick Wilson has been sin-binned from Twitter for 30 days for posting about how to make Elonia itself feel the same economic pain that they're dosing out to ordinary Americans.
Sissy Spacex didn't like that.
Yeah. And free speech.
Sissy Spacex didn't like that.
Yeah. And free speech.
March 20, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Lincoln Project founder Rick Wilson has been sin-binned from Twitter for 30 days for posting about how to make Elonia itself feel the same economic pain that they're dosing out to ordinary Americans.
Sissy Spacex didn't like that.
Yeah. And free speech.
Sissy Spacex didn't like that.
Yeah. And free speech.
Post covid numbers for UK airports. The winners and losers. #airtravel #Londonheathrow #Londongatwick
www.headforpoints.com/2025/03/17/t...
www.headforpoints.com/2025/03/17/t...
Which are the UK airport winners and losers of the post-pandemic travel boom?
Whilst the UK biggest airports continue to trumpet record passenger numbers, many smaller airports languish below their pre-covid numbers. Let's take a look.
www.headforpoints.com
March 17, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Post covid numbers for UK airports. The winners and losers. #airtravel #Londonheathrow #Londongatwick
www.headforpoints.com/2025/03/17/t...
www.headforpoints.com/2025/03/17/t...
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Have y'all seen this?
Have y’all seen this?
YouTube video by The Lincoln Project
youtube.com
March 6, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Have y'all seen this?
It's pancake day! VWorks at the Village Hotel, Cardiff, doing us proud.
March 4, 2025 at 10:08 AM
It's pancake day! VWorks at the Village Hotel, Cardiff, doing us proud.
Why does
@kayburley.bsky.social
think it's appropriate to shout at world leaders as they arrive for key meetings? It's like some kind of game she and other reporters play: who can get an inappropriate response. Just tell what's going on and your insight & analysis.
@skynewsrss.bsky.social
@kayburley.bsky.social
think it's appropriate to shout at world leaders as they arrive for key meetings? It's like some kind of game she and other reporters play: who can get an inappropriate response. Just tell what's going on and your insight & analysis.
@skynewsrss.bsky.social
March 3, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Why does
@kayburley.bsky.social
think it's appropriate to shout at world leaders as they arrive for key meetings? It's like some kind of game she and other reporters play: who can get an inappropriate response. Just tell what's going on and your insight & analysis.
@skynewsrss.bsky.social
@kayburley.bsky.social
think it's appropriate to shout at world leaders as they arrive for key meetings? It's like some kind of game she and other reporters play: who can get an inappropriate response. Just tell what's going on and your insight & analysis.
@skynewsrss.bsky.social