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Robyn Vinter
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North of England correspondent at the Guardian. Mostly here to make bad jokes
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@mitalilive.bsky.social @robynvinter.bsky.social @glendacooper.bsky.social @neilthurman.bsky.social
and Kira Richards discussed our recent #UKJournalists report @cityjournalism.bsky.social

Here's a summary of the panel by @marinaadami.bsky.social
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How to change UK journalism: what we learnt at the launch of our report on the profession today
A panel moderated by our Director, Mitali Mukherjee, discussed tech disruption, a lack of diversity and the uncertain future of young journalists.
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April 30, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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Tonight we'll present our new report on UK journalists in the 2020s at this event at @cityjournalism.bsky.social. Speakers include
@robynvinter.bsky.social @mitalilive.bsky.social @glendacooper.bsky.social @neilthurman.bsky.social and Kira Richards

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April 28, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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On Monday we'll present our new report on UK journalists in the 2020s at this event at @cityjournalism.bsky.social. Speakers include
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April 24, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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Such lovely poignant writing www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My pet rat is dying. I can’t stop thinking about all the things he taught me | Joseph Earp
Owning and caring for a creature takes us outside of ourselves – not just us insular weirdo artists, but all people
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March 14, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Liverpool fans affected by the chaos surrounding the 2022 Champions League final in Paris have the right to have their personal injury claims heard in the UK, a judge has ruled after an attempt by Uefa to block it. By @robynvinter.bsky.social for @theguardian.com

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Liverpool fans to have 2022 Champions League final injury claims heard in UK
Judge rules in favour of football supporters after Uefa’s attempt to block court claims being held in Liverpool
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March 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Love this story from colleagues @joshhalliday.bsky.social and @robynvinter.bsky.social:

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York Minster congregation outraged over ‘deeply inappropriate’ concert
Gig at cathedral by metal band Plague of Angels would be ‘outright insult’ to their faith, say parishioners
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January 31, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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The wind is fair stepping up now in Glasgow, but for the dog out earlier this morning it was merely an opportunity for more sticks
January 24, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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1. Perhaps Prevent failed to pick up on the danger signs from Axel Rudakubana partly because, in common with other anti-terrorist and anti-extremist bodies, it was politically captured and deployed against peaceful protesters and peaceful Muslims. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Who are the real extremists? The people challenging injustices or those trying to shut down our rights? | George Monbiot
Look at a new report proposing horrifying clampdowns on protest – and ask where the threat to our society truly lies, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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January 22, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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I don't know what makes it apparently biologically impossible for men to work out silently in the gym. Yet another thing women can do absolutely consistently but many men don't seem to be able to manage at all
January 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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I do feel sorry for some of these guys (but some of them are objectively hilarious). I just can't help thinking lots of problems can be avoided if you don't date materialistic people and/or don't try to show off your wealth www.thetimes.com/life-style/s...
Inside the dating lives of 12 single men: how bad is it on the apps?
Men from 27 to 70 give their very honest accounts of what it’s really like in the trenches of modern romance
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January 11, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Morning from the Yorkshire Dales! We have now entered day three snowed in at the Tan Hill Inn, Britain's highest pub
a picture taken from inside a cosy pub at breakfast time with coffee cups on the table and snow covering the windows
January 6, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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And I'm still here!
January 6, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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‘A cultural shift’: drinkers hit Hull’s Low Ale Trail for alcohol-free options. - @robynvinter.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
‘A cultural shift’: drinkers hit Hull’s Low Ale Trail for alcohol-free options
On ‘Mad Friday’, many festive revellers are choosing low- or no-alcohol drinks on pub crawl touring Hull’s city centre
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December 20, 2024 at 8:59 PM
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On ‘Mad Friday’, many festive revellers are choosing low- or no-alcohol drinks

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‘A cultural shift’: drinkers hit Hull’s Low Ale Trail for alcohol-free options
On ‘Mad Friday’, many festive revellers are choosing low- or no-alcohol drinks on pub crawl touring Hull’s city centre
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2024 at 5:54 PM
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In case anyone missed it yesterday, this feature about the owner of Sam Smiths pubs is so interesting www.theguardian.com/news/2024/de...
Humphrey’s world: how the Samuel Smith beer baron built Britain’s strangest pub chain
Since the 1970s, Humphrey Smith has acquired scores of pubs and historic properties around the UK. But time after time, he has left the buildings empty. Why has he allowed his empire to moulder?
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December 20, 2024 at 9:06 AM
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I’m on the phones for the last hour with @shattenstone.bsky.social @harryfoxdavies.bsky.social @peterwalker99.bsky.social @robynvinter.bsky.social and others …

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The Guardian and Observer charity telethon 2024: speak to our journalists and donate
Marina Hyde, John Crace and Simon Hattenstone are among those ready to take your calls to raise money for War Child, Médecins Sans Frontières and Parallel Histories
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December 14, 2024 at 5:06 PM
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Such a weird experience today, genuinely a rare classist situation that I virtually never experience. Got introduced to a drunk very posh guy whose birthday it was and he said "help yourself to food but please don't steal anything". And he said the second bit twice
December 13, 2024 at 11:40 PM
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Israeli tanks crossing into the Syrian buffer zone today in the Golan Heights. No sign this incursion is slowing down
December 11, 2024 at 9:41 AM
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If anyone hasn't seen it, I always thought this was completely fascinating by Forensic Architecture, from detainees' memories of being tortured at Sednaya prison under the Assad regime. I saw it at the Louisiana art museum in Copenhagen a couple of years ago forensic-architecture.org/investigatio...
Forensic Architecture
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December 10, 2024 at 12:17 PM
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Quite mad how hard it is to buy an apple in a British airport. Just an apple, that's all I want
November 27, 2024 at 6:38 PM
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So much to admire in the life of Barbara Taylor Bradford. Born in Armley, first female editor of the Yorkshire Evening Post, in her 40s when her first novel was published, sold more than 91 million books in total www.theguardian.com/books/2024/n...
Novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford dies aged 91
Author described as ‘the grande dame of blockbusters’ wrote 40 novels, selling more than 91m copies
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2024 at 12:17 PM
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I feared this might be duck-related hate but it sounds like it's just students being students www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Statue of University of York celebrity duck Long Boi damaged - BBC News
Tribute to duck is vandalised just weeks after being unveiled by Radio 1 host Greg James.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2024 at 10:14 AM
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5. Bluesky's team consists of about 20 full-time employees. That's a million users here per employee now 🤯

Also, we're hiring!

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November 19, 2024 at 6:52 PM
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Despite a massive head start, BlueSky has now overtaken Threads in the US 👇
November 19, 2024 at 9:39 PM