Jacqui Hodgson
@jacquih.bsky.social
Journalist (ex-BBC), music lover - especially at The Glasshouse - book festival chair and sucker for real shaggy dog stories
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Last night was the worst bombing I have experienced in Kyiv since the war began. 7 hours of non stop aerial attacks across the city.
November 14, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Last night was the worst bombing I have experienced in Kyiv since the war began. 7 hours of non stop aerial attacks across the city.
At a time when the BBC is under fire I would gently point out that the work of exceptional journalists on Inside Out in the NEast ( along with colleagues on the Guardian) that led to hundreds coming forwards and finding the courage to speak.
#bbcnews #insideoutcj
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#bbcnews #insideoutcj
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Medomsley Detention Centre officer was 'prolific sex offender'
An inquiry catalogues missed opportunities to stop abuse at Medomsley Detention Centre.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM
At a time when the BBC is under fire I would gently point out that the work of exceptional journalists on Inside Out in the NEast ( along with colleagues on the Guardian) that led to hundreds coming forwards and finding the courage to speak.
#bbcnews #insideoutcj
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#bbcnews #insideoutcj
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This was flagged to me by a former colleague and it is an exceptionally thoughtful analysis of the BBC mess from Richard Ayre - and looks at some of the roots of the problems. It also flags the threats more political appointments might bring. Highly recommended podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/r...
Richard Ayre, former senior BBC Executive on BBC Resignations, Trump’s Legal Threats, and Broken Governance
Podcast Episode · Roger Bolton's Beeb Watch · 11/11/2025 · 36m
podcasts.apple.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:59 AM
This was flagged to me by a former colleague and it is an exceptionally thoughtful analysis of the BBC mess from Richard Ayre - and looks at some of the roots of the problems. It also flags the threats more political appointments might bring. Highly recommended podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/r...
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Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
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Her fault. She would have been fine had she mixed it up with human sewage like water companies do.
I feel Thames Water should have been asked to comment.
Woman fined £150 for pouring coffee down drain www.bbc.com/news/article...
Woman fined £150 for pouring coffee down drain www.bbc.com/news/article...
Kew woman fined £150 for pouring coffee down drain in Richmond
Burcu Yesilyurt says the fine is "disproportionate" while Richmond Council say it is in line with its policies.
www.bbc.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Her fault. She would have been fine had she mixed it up with human sewage like water companies do.
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I did not know this. Along with 99.999% of the rest of the country I suspect.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Kew woman fined £150 for pouring coffee down drain in Richmond
Burcu Yesilyurt says the fine is
www.bbc.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 8:01 AM
I did not know this. Along with 99.999% of the rest of the country I suspect.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Visit to UNICEF nutrition centre in Gaza City.
Thank you to everyone working to get hunger levels down as part of the surge of lifesaving aid we’re now getting in.
So much more to do, but this is a start.
Thank you to everyone working to get hunger levels down as part of the surge of lifesaving aid we’re now getting in.
So much more to do, but this is a start.
October 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Visit to UNICEF nutrition centre in Gaza City.
Thank you to everyone working to get hunger levels down as part of the surge of lifesaving aid we’re now getting in.
So much more to do, but this is a start.
Thank you to everyone working to get hunger levels down as part of the surge of lifesaving aid we’re now getting in.
So much more to do, but this is a start.
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If these kids can - somehow - find a way to keep going, then what right have we to despair at the task ahead, or fail to stand at their side.
#Gaza
#Gaza
October 18, 2025 at 7:43 PM
If these kids can - somehow - find a way to keep going, then what right have we to despair at the task ahead, or fail to stand at their side.
#Gaza
#Gaza
Glorious morning at Westonbirt Arboretum. Colours were fantastic and range of dogs v entertaining !
October 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Glorious morning at Westonbirt Arboretum. Colours were fantastic and range of dogs v entertaining !
The most frightening 30 minutes for a long time. Clutch failed on A1 near Leeds. Fortunately inside lane but no hard shoulder. Stood watching the traffic from behind crash barrier. Terrifying. Rescued by two lovely men from Egertons who spotted us on the roadworks camera. So grateful.
October 4, 2025 at 11:33 AM
The most frightening 30 minutes for a long time. Clutch failed on A1 near Leeds. Fortunately inside lane but no hard shoulder. Stood watching the traffic from behind crash barrier. Terrifying. Rescued by two lovely men from Egertons who spotted us on the roadworks camera. So grateful.
The decision by Addenbrooks to withdraw funding from a nearby hospice as reported on @channel4news.bsky.social is infuriating. Our Mum died on a geriatric ward in Addenbrooks - totally the wrong place for her and us at the end of her life. This seems a short sighted, heartless move. Review Plse.
October 1, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The decision by Addenbrooks to withdraw funding from a nearby hospice as reported on @channel4news.bsky.social is infuriating. Our Mum died on a geriatric ward in Addenbrooks - totally the wrong place for her and us at the end of her life. This seems a short sighted, heartless move. Review Plse.
A lovely night at #thetynesidecinema listening to #peterflannery and watching a couple of episodes of the brilliant #ourfriendsinthenorth. The acting was exceptional ( shout out to the late #petervaughn) and the writing/directing an absolute landmark in British TV. Needs to be reshown!
September 12, 2025 at 9:12 AM
A lovely night at #thetynesidecinema listening to #peterflannery and watching a couple of episodes of the brilliant #ourfriendsinthenorth. The acting was exceptional ( shout out to the late #petervaughn) and the writing/directing an absolute landmark in British TV. Needs to be reshown!
This was utterly brilliant. Watched in the cinema tonight, terrific cast but #rosamundpike was superb - I loved the script from #suziemiller Thanks to #forumcinema in Hexham ( great to see the show without leaving home) and @nationaltheatre.org.uk for the live programming. Packed house.
'I am a woman, a mother, a judge.'
#RosamundPike makes her National Theatre debut as Jessica Parks in this searing examination of modern masculinity and motherhood.
#InterAlia plays in the #LytteltonTheatre from 10 July. Also in cinemas with National Theatre Live from 4 September.
#RosamundPike makes her National Theatre debut as Jessica Parks in this searing examination of modern masculinity and motherhood.
#InterAlia plays in the #LytteltonTheatre from 10 July. Also in cinemas with National Theatre Live from 4 September.
September 4, 2025 at 8:45 PM
This was utterly brilliant. Watched in the cinema tonight, terrific cast but #rosamundpike was superb - I loved the script from #suziemiller Thanks to #forumcinema in Hexham ( great to see the show without leaving home) and @nationaltheatre.org.uk for the live programming. Packed house.
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Very cool tool from Bellingcat. Should be great for local and independent journalists! @publicinterestnews.org.uk @petergeoghegan.bsky.social
Finding key information shared at council meetings takes time and effort. Today, we've launched a tool that allows you to search verbatim quotes from council meetings in the UK and Ireland, without the need to watch long recordings or sift through extensive notes. council-search.bellingcat.com
Bellingcat Council Meeting Transcript Search
Find verbatim quotes from council meetings in the UK and Ireland using this free open source research tool by Bellingcat.
council-search.bellingcat.com
August 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Very cool tool from Bellingcat. Should be great for local and independent journalists! @publicinterestnews.org.uk @petergeoghegan.bsky.social
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🍁🦊Competition time! To celebrate the coming of autumn, win a cornucopia of delights! A signed copy of my book, Reynard the Fox & accompanying journal, A Fox for All Seasons, Apple & Blackberry chocolate, cinnamon knots, Caramelised biscuit tea & a fine fox companion. Follow, like & repost to win! 🦊🍂
August 31, 2025 at 12:28 PM
🍁🦊Competition time! To celebrate the coming of autumn, win a cornucopia of delights! A signed copy of my book, Reynard the Fox & accompanying journal, A Fox for All Seasons, Apple & Blackberry chocolate, cinnamon knots, Caramelised biscuit tea & a fine fox companion. Follow, like & repost to win! 🦊🍂
@channel4news.bsky.social is a journalistic triumph. Outstanding reporting from Secunder Kermani tonight.
August 29, 2025 at 7:48 PM
@channel4news.bsky.social is a journalistic triumph. Outstanding reporting from Secunder Kermani tonight.
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The Gaza Famine is the world’s famine. A preventable, predictable famine.
Enough. Ceasefire. Open all crossings, north and south. Let us get food in, unimpeded and at massive scale.
Enough. Ceasefire. Open all crossings, north and south. Let us get food in, unimpeded and at massive scale.
August 22, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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The Gaza Famine is the world’s famine. A preventable, predictable famine.
Enough. Ceasefire. Open all crossings, north and south. Let us get food in, unimpeded and at massive scale.
Enough. Ceasefire. Open all crossings, north and south. Let us get food in, unimpeded and at massive scale.
August 22, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The Gaza Famine is the world’s famine. A preventable, predictable famine.
Enough. Ceasefire. Open all crossings, north and south. Let us get food in, unimpeded and at massive scale.
Enough. Ceasefire. Open all crossings, north and south. Let us get food in, unimpeded and at massive scale.
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I don’t know if Kieren Callaghan from #sunderlanduniversity will I’ll this year’s #charlesparkerprize on #bbcradio4 but his programme just now was great storytelling.
August 18, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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I don’t know if Kieren Callaghan from #sunderlanduniversity will I’ll this year’s #charlesparkerprize on #bbcradio4 but his programme just now was great storytelling.
August 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I don’t know if Kieren Callaghan from #sunderlanduniversity will I’ll this year’s #charlesparkerprize on #bbcradio4 but his programme just now was great storytelling.
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It was very still & the sky was the dull silver of a mermaid's mirror. The swifts who nested in the thatch were leaving that night, flying to Madrid, then south, south, south across the Sahara, carrying tales of Old Fox’s cottage, tales of love, of sickness, of fear, of hope.
August 7, 2025 at 8:26 AM
It was very still & the sky was the dull silver of a mermaid's mirror. The swifts who nested in the thatch were leaving that night, flying to Madrid, then south, south, south across the Sahara, carrying tales of Old Fox’s cottage, tales of love, of sickness, of fear, of hope.
A while ago visiting the #v&a surprised to see the info for this gentle sculpture name check the baby but not his Mum. Cue post to #Tristramhunt with polite request for a rewrite. Popped in again and happy to see Christabel Cockerell RA , landscape and portrait artist, no longer an invisible woman!
August 4, 2025 at 9:56 PM
A while ago visiting the #v&a surprised to see the info for this gentle sculpture name check the baby but not his Mum. Cue post to #Tristramhunt with polite request for a rewrite. Popped in again and happy to see Christabel Cockerell RA , landscape and portrait artist, no longer an invisible woman!
If you are in London looking for some holiday fun - head to #grrenwichtheatre to see these #threemusketeers - hugely entertaining - a delicious summer panto!
August 1, 2025 at 10:05 PM
If you are in London looking for some holiday fun - head to #grrenwichtheatre to see these #threemusketeers - hugely entertaining - a delicious summer panto!
Last night’s #bbcprom from @theglasshouseicm.bsky.social was a sell out. So brilliant that so many North East performers can get a national platform - and prove excellence doesn’t just happen in London!
July 27, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Last night’s #bbcprom from @theglasshouseicm.bsky.social was a sell out. So brilliant that so many North East performers can get a national platform - and prove excellence doesn’t just happen in London!
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Joint statement on Gaza from AFP, AP, BBC News and Reuters
July 24, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Joint statement on Gaza from AFP, AP, BBC News and Reuters