Gavin Haines
@gavinhaines.bsky.social
Journalist, travel writer and sometime columnist. Writes for BBC, Telegraph, Nat Geo, The i. Associate editor of Positive News Magazine. Home is #Nunhead.
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Friday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...
January 9, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Friday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...
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A few quotes from Carter on international affairs. On US's role in the world:
"I would like to see our country be the champion of human rights and every American embassy looked upon as a haven for anyone who suffers from human rights abuse. I'd like our country to be the most generous on Earth."
"I would like to see our country be the champion of human rights and every American embassy looked upon as a haven for anyone who suffers from human rights abuse. I'd like our country to be the most generous on Earth."
NEW: Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States, has died at the age of 100.
He was elected in the 1976 presidential election for a single term. He enjoyed a remarkable post-presidency, based on philanthropy. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002.
He was elected in the 1976 presidential election for a single term. He enjoyed a remarkable post-presidency, based on philanthropy. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002.
December 30, 2024 at 10:51 AM
A few quotes from Carter on international affairs. On US's role in the world:
"I would like to see our country be the champion of human rights and every American embassy looked upon as a haven for anyone who suffers from human rights abuse. I'd like our country to be the most generous on Earth."
"I would like to see our country be the champion of human rights and every American embassy looked upon as a haven for anyone who suffers from human rights abuse. I'd like our country to be the most generous on Earth."
I’m signing off the year with a look back at all the things that went right in 2024. Because plenty did. From “mind blowing” medical advances to tumbling renewables records, here are the good news stories you may have missed in the mainstream media www.positive.news/society/what...
December 30, 2024 at 10:17 AM
I’m signing off the year with a look back at all the things that went right in 2024. Because plenty did. From “mind blowing” medical advances to tumbling renewables records, here are the good news stories you may have missed in the mainstream media www.positive.news/society/what...
Delighted that my latest piece for @inews.co.uk is the ‘most popular’ yarn on the site. It’s a people power story about the frustrated West Country commuters who are taking on rail giants to run trains for themselves:
inews.co.uk/news/frustra...
inews.co.uk/news/frustra...
Frustrated commuters are taking on a £650m rail giant to run trains for themselves
Fed up of being neglected by GWR's timetable the West Country residents behind Go-op plan to offer their communities a better rail service
inews.co.uk
December 14, 2024 at 10:43 AM
Delighted that my latest piece for @inews.co.uk is the ‘most popular’ yarn on the site. It’s a people power story about the frustrated West Country commuters who are taking on rail giants to run trains for themselves:
inews.co.uk/news/frustra...
inews.co.uk/news/frustra...
10 nuggets of good news to end your week, including a solution to microplastic pollution, China’s 1,800-mile ‘green wall’, and some animals doing funny things www.positive.news/society/good...
What went right this week: the good news that matters
A solution to microplastic pollution, China’s 1,800-mile ‘green wall’, and the Comedy Wildlife Awards, plus more good news from the week
www.positive.news
December 13, 2024 at 10:39 AM
10 nuggets of good news to end your week, including a solution to microplastic pollution, China’s 1,800-mile ‘green wall’, and some animals doing funny things www.positive.news/society/good...
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🔴Two-Tier Reporting: When Climate Protesters Slow Ambulances They’re Vilified, So Why Are Wealthy Farmers Given a Free Pass?
Media outlets condemn climate campaigners as “middle class” protesters causing “chaos” while ignoring greater disruption by millionaire landowners @josiah.writes.news reports
Media outlets condemn climate campaigners as “middle class” protesters causing “chaos” while ignoring greater disruption by millionaire landowners @josiah.writes.news reports
Two-Tier Reporting: When Climate Protesters Slow Ambulances They’re Vilified, So Why Are Wealthy Farmers Given a Free Pass?
Media outlets rush to condemn climate change campaigners as "middle class" protesters causing "chaos" while ignoring even more disruptive protests by millionaire landowners
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December 12, 2024 at 11:46 AM
🔴Two-Tier Reporting: When Climate Protesters Slow Ambulances They’re Vilified, So Why Are Wealthy Farmers Given a Free Pass?
Media outlets condemn climate campaigners as “middle class” protesters causing “chaos” while ignoring greater disruption by millionaire landowners @josiah.writes.news reports
Media outlets condemn climate campaigners as “middle class” protesters causing “chaos” while ignoring greater disruption by millionaire landowners @josiah.writes.news reports
I had a surprisingly good time with some plane-spotters last weekend when I could have been at home eating eggs in my dressing gown. I wrote about the preconception-shattering experience - and the eccentrics I met at #Heathrow - here: www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/...
My day at London’s secret plane-spotting paradise
On a dismal December morning, I found it oddly hard to leave Hounslow
www.telegraph.co.uk
December 11, 2024 at 8:15 AM
I had a surprisingly good time with some plane-spotters last weekend when I could have been at home eating eggs in my dressing gown. I wrote about the preconception-shattering experience - and the eccentrics I met at #Heathrow - here: www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/...
10 nuggets of good news to kick off your weekend, including the UK ‘reaching peak petrol’. Me via Positive News www.positive.news/society/good...
What went right this week: the good news that matters
The UK ‘reached peak petrol’, Belgium’s sex workers won full labour rights, and capturing carbon got easier, plus more good news
www.positive.news
December 6, 2024 at 11:03 AM
10 nuggets of good news to kick off your weekend, including the UK ‘reaching peak petrol’. Me via Positive News www.positive.news/society/good...
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Elon Musk doesn't seem to have grasped the population size of the UK.
November 25, 2024 at 10:52 AM
Elon Musk doesn't seem to have grasped the population size of the UK.
10 nuggets of good news to kick off your weekend, including a rival metric to GDP that accounts for housework, childcare and the health of our planet. Me via Positive News www.positive.news/society/good...
What went right this week: the good news that matters
A rival metric to GDP emerged, nations vowed to end fossil fuel subsidies, and a co-op rail firm got the green light, plus more good news
www.positive.news
November 22, 2024 at 10:23 AM
10 nuggets of good news to kick off your weekend, including a rival metric to GDP that accounts for housework, childcare and the health of our planet. Me via Positive News www.positive.news/society/good...
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“This is a watershed event in the history of international justice. The ICC has never, in over 21 years, indicted a pro-Western official. Indeed, no international court since World War II has done so."
Our story on the ICC warrant just issued for Netanyahu:
www.dropsitenews.com/p/icc-netany...
Our story on the ICC warrant just issued for Netanyahu:
www.dropsitenews.com/p/icc-netany...
The International Criminal Court Issues 'Watershed' Warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant, for War Crimes in Gaza
The court rejected arguments by the U.S. and Israel that the ICC does not have jurisdiction, subjecting the officials to potential arrest in 124 countries
www.dropsitenews.com
November 21, 2024 at 2:13 PM
“This is a watershed event in the history of international justice. The ICC has never, in over 21 years, indicted a pro-Western official. Indeed, no international court since World War II has done so."
Our story on the ICC warrant just issued for Netanyahu:
www.dropsitenews.com/p/icc-netany...
Our story on the ICC warrant just issued for Netanyahu:
www.dropsitenews.com/p/icc-netany...
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cartoon of the day
November 15, 2024 at 7:53 AM
cartoon of the day
Delighted to get a splash in The i Paper this weekend about 'sponge cities'. Places like #Rotterdam (and, closer to home, #Mansfield) are embracing nature-based architecture to fend off flooding. It not only looks pretty but makes us feel better, too. inews.co.uk/news/world/s...
November 17, 2024 at 11:21 AM
Delighted to get a splash in The i Paper this weekend about 'sponge cities'. Places like #Rotterdam (and, closer to home, #Mansfield) are embracing nature-based architecture to fend off flooding. It not only looks pretty but makes us feel better, too. inews.co.uk/news/world/s...
10 nuggets of good news to kick off your weekend, including a ‘quick’ climate win, ‘world building of the year’, and progress on poverty. Me via Positive News www.positive.news/society/good...
What went right this week: the good news that matters
There was progress on poverty, the ‘building of the year’ was revealed, and researchers offered a quick climate win, plus more good news
www.positive.news
November 15, 2024 at 9:49 AM
10 nuggets of good news to kick off your weekend, including a ‘quick’ climate win, ‘world building of the year’, and progress on poverty. Me via Positive News www.positive.news/society/good...
It's like using Twitter without my contacts in, but I'm totally down with it.
November 14, 2024 at 2:52 PM
It's like using Twitter without my contacts in, but I'm totally down with it.