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Hello! I am a creative technologist with a background in journalism, and I maintain these feeds as a service to the Bluesky community. In curating the list of organisations included in the feed, I try to keep it to news orgs that produce original journalism and that I can verify the accounts of.
January 23, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Hello! I am a creative technologist with a background in journalism, and I maintain these feeds as a service to the Bluesky community. In curating the list of organisations included in the feed, I try to keep it to news orgs that produce original journalism and that I can verify the accounts of.
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Some people in recent days have alleged a ‘cover-up’ over the grooming & rape of hundreds of young girls in predominantly northern UK towns, leading to calls for a ‘national’ public inquiry into child sexual exploitation
FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…
FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…
January 4, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Some people in recent days have alleged a ‘cover-up’ over the grooming & rape of hundreds of young girls in predominantly northern UK towns, leading to calls for a ‘national’ public inquiry into child sexual exploitation
FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…
FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…
5/Further performances in North Yorkshire, Cumbria, Northamptonshire, Cambridge and Essex. See laurenceperkins.com/concertsforp... [laurenceperkins.com]for full details
Concerts for PEACE and FREEDOM - LAURENCE PERKINS
Fund-raising concerts in support of all victims of war, a non-political humanitarian musical project.
laurenceperkins.com
November 18, 2024 at 6:36 PM
5/Further performances in North Yorkshire, Cumbria, Northamptonshire, Cambridge and Essex. See laurenceperkins.com/concertsforp... [laurenceperkins.com]for full details
4/London, Thursday 21st November - Apothecaries Hall, Blackfriars Lane, EC4V 6ER (start 1230, end 1320)
Manchester, Saturday 23rd November - Emmanuel Church, Didsbury M20 6TR (start 1100, end 1300 - concert includes an additional performance of Dvorak Serenade)
Manchester, Saturday 23rd November - Emmanuel Church, Didsbury M20 6TR (start 1100, end 1300 - concert includes an additional performance of Dvorak Serenade)
November 18, 2024 at 6:35 PM
4/London, Thursday 21st November - Apothecaries Hall, Blackfriars Lane, EC4V 6ER (start 1230, end 1320)
Manchester, Saturday 23rd November - Emmanuel Church, Didsbury M20 6TR (start 1100, end 1300 - concert includes an additional performance of Dvorak Serenade)
Manchester, Saturday 23rd November - Emmanuel Church, Didsbury M20 6TR (start 1100, end 1300 - concert includes an additional performance of Dvorak Serenade)
3/Admission is FREE, and donations will be invited for UK-MED and Music Action International - two registered charities who are providing vital medical and therapy support work with survivors from the conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza.
November 18, 2024 at 6:35 PM
3/Admission is FREE, and donations will be invited for UK-MED and Music Action International - two registered charities who are providing vital medical and therapy support work with survivors from the conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza.
2/The programme also includes music by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert, alongside thoughtful words from Shakespeare, Lord Byron, Walter de la Mare and Wilfred Owen.
November 18, 2024 at 6:34 PM
2/The programme also includes music by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert, alongside thoughtful words from Shakespeare, Lord Byron, Walter de la Mare and Wilfred Owen.
1/Reflections’ is a lunchtime concert by candlelight - 45-minute sequence of beautiful unaccompanied melody alongside classic poetry. Join Laurence Perkins as he explores nearly 1000 years of melodic inspiration, from 13th century Hildegard of Bingen to the present day.
November 18, 2024 at 6:33 PM
1/Reflections’ is a lunchtime concert by candlelight - 45-minute sequence of beautiful unaccompanied melody alongside classic poetry. Join Laurence Perkins as he explores nearly 1000 years of melodic inspiration, from 13th century Hildegard of Bingen to the present day.
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How privatisation works (and Thames Water is just the latest example).
1. A government takes a national asset built up with taxpayers' money and the work of public servants over many years, and hands it, for a fraction of its value, to a private company.
2. In doing so, it creates a monopoly.
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1. A government takes a national asset built up with taxpayers' money and the work of public servants over many years, and hands it, for a fraction of its value, to a private company.
2. In doing so, it creates a monopoly.
🧵
November 18, 2024 at 12:02 PM
How privatisation works (and Thames Water is just the latest example).
1. A government takes a national asset built up with taxpayers' money and the work of public servants over many years, and hands it, for a fraction of its value, to a private company.
2. In doing so, it creates a monopoly.
🧵
1. A government takes a national asset built up with taxpayers' money and the work of public servants over many years, and hands it, for a fraction of its value, to a private company.
2. In doing so, it creates a monopoly.
🧵