Greg Hurst
@gregjhurst.bsky.social
Director of comms & public engagement at the Centre for Homelessness Impact. Ex-The Times. Views = mine
A bean sandwich for lunch at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool (I left it a bit late and not much was left) … I like sandwiches … I like beans … but together? :-/
September 30, 2025 at 12:28 PM
A bean sandwich for lunch at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool (I left it a bit late and not much was left) … I like sandwiches … I like beans … but together? :-/
Great to be in Liverpool, working with the city region / local + public authorities … and to see that seagulls in Liverpool have no more respect for royalty (Prince Albert, since you ask) than anywhere else
July 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Great to be in Liverpool, working with the city region / local + public authorities … and to see that seagulls in Liverpool have no more respect for royalty (Prince Albert, since you ask) than anywhere else
I was a guest at a fine dinner in Liverpool before speaking at the Local Govt Assn conference…not sure about my place name, though
July 2, 2025 at 7:23 AM
I was a guest at a fine dinner in Liverpool before speaking at the Local Govt Assn conference…not sure about my place name, though
That’s A LOT of books to take on holiday …
June 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
That’s A LOT of books to take on holiday …
Sneak preview of the opening of my speech at the Orwell Prizes Ceremony, where I’ll introduce the Orwell Prize for Reporting Homelessness 🗣️📜
June 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Sneak preview of the opening of my speech at the Orwell Prizes Ceremony, where I’ll introduce the Orwell Prize for Reporting Homelessness 🗣️📜
Little trip to Dover to share a progress update with our partners delivering a randomised controller trial of the impact of allocating a personalised case budget to people impacted by homelessness
June 13, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Little trip to Dover to share a progress update with our partners delivering a randomised controller trial of the impact of allocating a personalised case budget to people impacted by homelessness
Visited Edinburgh last week … this made me smile
June 2, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Visited Edinburgh last week … this made me smile
En route to Edinburgh … I’m going to spend A LOT of time on trains today …
May 30, 2025 at 6:07 AM
En route to Edinburgh … I’m going to spend A LOT of time on trains today …
Nice gate … can I offer you another?
May 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Nice gate … can I offer you another?
Unusual story in FT about baboons ‘breaking into elegant houses’ and ‘making off with a half bottle of gin’
May 22, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Unusual story in FT about baboons ‘breaking into elegant houses’ and ‘making off with a half bottle of gin’
My Dad came over with an unexpected memento … turns out the hospital where I was born gave me a provisional name with echoes of a Dr Seuss story book
May 19, 2025 at 7:30 AM
My Dad came over with an unexpected memento … turns out the hospital where I was born gave me a provisional name with echoes of a Dr Seuss story book
I can see the sea … little trip to Abbotsham and Instow, north Devon
May 18, 2025 at 8:40 AM
I can see the sea … little trip to Abbotsham and Instow, north Devon
Great to catch up with Dr Apurv Chauhan, lecturer in social and cultural psychology at King’s College London, lead author of our forthcoming research project into language, stigma and homelessness … to be published soon!
May 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Great to catch up with Dr Apurv Chauhan, lecturer in social and cultural psychology at King’s College London, lead author of our forthcoming research project into language, stigma and homelessness … to be published soon!
Very powerful to visit the house where John Milton wrote (finished) ‘Paradise Lost’ and see a first edition of ‘Areopagitica’ his pamphlet in defence of free speech published in 1644
May 6, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Very powerful to visit the house where John Milton wrote (finished) ‘Paradise Lost’ and see a first edition of ‘Areopagitica’ his pamphlet in defence of free speech published in 1644
Droplets on pear blossom after overnight rain
April 19, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Droplets on pear blossom after overnight rain
Not sure if this interview with a ‘non dom’ leaving the UK for tax reasons is calibrated to win our sympathy?
April 5, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Not sure if this interview with a ‘non dom’ leaving the UK for tax reasons is calibrated to win our sympathy?
I’m still overcoming my surprise after listening to a presentation that referred to ‘adultism … discrimination and bias against young people based on the belief that adults are superior in knowledge, experience and authority’
April 2, 2025 at 7:04 AM
I’m still overcoming my surprise after listening to a presentation that referred to ‘adultism … discrimination and bias against young people based on the belief that adults are superior in knowledge, experience and authority’
London street scene …
March 31, 2025 at 9:18 AM
London street scene …
Visit to child #3 at university
March 23, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Visit to child #3 at university
Quite the hotel I’m staying at in Leeds … this is a detail from the first floor landing … oak panelling everywhere … pretty grand for £81 a night
March 21, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Quite the hotel I’m staying at in Leeds … this is a detail from the first floor landing … oak panelling everywhere … pretty grand for £81 a night
Dunno what this bus stop did that’s so wrong … ?
March 20, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Dunno what this bus stop did that’s so wrong … ?
A great event today as our CEO @ligia-teixeira.bsky.social had an ‘in conversation’ with Prof Dennis Culhane, Professor in social policy at the University of Pennsylvania who is a global expert on homelessness…the focus was on prevention
March 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
A great event today as our CEO @ligia-teixeira.bsky.social had an ‘in conversation’ with Prof Dennis Culhane, Professor in social policy at the University of Pennsylvania who is a global expert on homelessness…the focus was on prevention
Surely everyone know by know that Dominic Cummings’ advice is never secret … always seems to emerge somehow
March 16, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Surely everyone know by know that Dominic Cummings’ advice is never secret … always seems to emerge somehow
London is full of hidden gems … a lunchtime walk through the Inner Temple (hail shower notwithstanding)
March 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
London is full of hidden gems … a lunchtime walk through the Inner Temple (hail shower notwithstanding)