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Ben Holliday @benholliday.com · 01/08/2026

Lovely family week away in North Cornwall, but I already want to go back

Crackington Haven, Cornwall. A view of the sea and cliffs at high tide.

Ben Holliday @benholliday.com · 19/07/2026

Before the football tonight… A great day out in the lakes - hiking a proper mountain, Great Gable ☀️ #breathe #UKLakeDistrict

Picture of me taken on the top of Great Gable, UK Lake District

Picture from the top of Great Gable, UK Lake District. The view towards Wastwater

View of Great Gable from Green Gable, UK Lake District

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Ben Holliday @benholliday.com · 07/07/2026

A warm one in London today. Nice to be back here for a workshop earlier☀️

One Horse Guards, UK Government building in Westminster

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Ben Holliday @benholliday.com · 02/07/2026

Good day working in our new political capital

Albert Square in Manchester - starting to see the town hall again after restoration work (the scaffolding is being removed)

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Ben Holliday @benholliday.com · 18/06/2026

Fun day over in Dublin 🇮🇪 and a privilege to be a keynote speaker for the Better by Design conference - some great work happening here at the moment in public service design betterbydesign.ie

Picture of an afternoon session at the Better by Design conference, Ireland

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Ben Holliday @benholliday.com · 23/05/2026

Saturday walking. Causey Pike. I needed that ☀️ #breathe #UKLakeDistrict

Picture of me with Causey Pike in the background. UK Lake District

The view from the top of Causey Pike. UK Lake District

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Ben Holliday @benholliday.com · 11/05/2026

Happy Monday - here’s a favourite view from Sunday afternoon’s long walk round the Coledale horseshoe #uklakedistrict #wainwrights #breathe

A view to Crummock Water and Mellbreak, UK Lake District

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Ben Holliday @benholliday.com · 06/05/2026

Early start today. London calling #trains

An empty station, 6:15am at Oxenholme Lake District

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Ben Holliday @benholliday.com · 02/05/2026

Day off work yesterday. Making the most of the good(ish) weather before the bank holiday weekend #breathe #uklakedistrict #wainwrights

Looking over Crummock Water from Mellbreak, UK Lake District

View of Crummock Water and Buttermere from Mellbreak, UK Lake District

View from the shore of Crummock Water, UK Lake District

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Ben Holliday @benholliday.com · 07/03/2026

The Saturday I needed. Nice out there again today #breathe #UKLakeDistrict

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Ben Holliday @benholliday.com · 28/02/2026

My first proper walk of 2026. Spring is on its way #breathe #UKLakeDistrict

The view from Troutbeck Tongue,
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Ben Holliday @benholliday.com · 11/02/2026

Euston Station is a brilliant example that you can’t improve something substantially by constantly tinkering at the edges …today the ‘new’ displays were being taken down. They weren’t any improvement, along with the constant small changes to remove/move retail spaces that keep happening

Picture of Euston station display signs being taking down

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Ben Holliday @benholliday.com · 31/12/2025

Happy New Year to everyone I know or have connected with here 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣6️⃣🎆 I’m halfway through a much needed Christmas break from work… No reflection posts from me this year - I ran out of time and energy in 2025. Here’s to doing our best and being our best selves in 2026 #keepgoing

A view of Lake Windermere from the Lakeland fells above Ambleside - taken on a very cold New Years Eve walk

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Ben Holliday @benholliday.com · 23/11/2025

I didn’t get to that much this year… But did manage to grab a last minute ticket to go to Robert Mcfarlane’s Is a River Alive? session on Friday (I really enjoyed the audiobook a few months back)

Picture of the stage before Robert Macfarlane’s session at Kendal Mountain Festival - Is a River Alive?

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Ben Holliday @benholliday.com · 20/11/2025

London bound today. This morning has that ethereal winter feeling. Everything slowly defrosting as the sun rises #trains

Picture taken at Wigan North Western railway station early this morning - showing a clear blue winter sky

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Ben Holliday @benholliday.com · 18/11/2025

⭐ I'm really pleased that we're hiring again in Design & Research at TPXimpact... we've been getting lots of interest in our roles, so the team are hosting some sessions this week if you want to find out more… Join any of our upcoming sessions 🧵 #jobs #hiring

Webinar details for Q&A sessions hosted the TPX team:

📅 19 Nov, 12:00–12:45 PM (UK)
https://lnkd.in/ebJyNBjr
📅 20 Nov, 5:00–5:45 PM (UK)
https://lnkd.in/e8UsV35D
📅 21 Nov, 11:00–11:45 AM (UK)
https://lnkd.in/eAY3JQuP

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Ben Holliday @benholliday.com · 02/11/2025

Sunday and some calm between the storms 🌦️ #UKLakeDistrict #breathe

Picture of Grasmere Lake in the UK Lake District - with the light just holding at the end of a stormy Autumn weekend

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Ben Holliday @benholliday.com · 28/09/2025

Switched off from everything and went for a long walk today. Recommend #breathe #UKLakeDistrict

Selfie of me by an impressive waterfall in the Newlands valley, UK Lake District

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Ben Holliday @benholliday.com · 24/09/2025

Flying visit. Morning from Cardiff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Picture of a large hands statue and blue skies - taken in Cardiff city centre.

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Ben Holliday @benholliday.com · 17/09/2025

Heading to Manchester today, and then looking forward to travelling the other way tomorrow for a couple of days in Edinburgh - Thurs/Friday at SDinGov conference #sdingov #trains

Picture of the train tracks and platform at Oxenholme station.

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Ben Holliday @benholliday.com · 17/09/2025

I’m trying to find ways to stay optimistic at the moment. This new Michael Rosen book is a lovely collection of ideas and thoughts which I enjoyed very much - Good Days: An A-Z of Hope and Happiness

Good Days: An A-Z of Hope and Happiness by Michael Rosen

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Ben Holliday @benholliday.com · 17/07/2025

Manchester today for TPX work

Sculpture of guitars in the centre of Manchester

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Ben Holliday @benholliday.com · 15/07/2025

Noticed this interesting bit of context setting on the DfE Digital, Data, Technology blog today - "This blog post was published under the 2015-2024 Conservative Administration" 👀 I've not seen this before, is it something other departments are doing / planning to do as well? #workintheopen

Screen shot from DfE Digital, Data, Technology blog with the message "This blog post was published under the 2015-2024 Conservative Administration"

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Ben Holliday @benholliday.com · 02/07/2025

If you need some creativity, inspiration and optimism this week, I can wholeheartedly recommend Rob Hopkin’s new book - How to Fall in Love with the Future #books

My hard copy of Rob Hopkins How to Fall in Love with the Future

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Ben Holliday @benholliday.com · 10/06/2025

Edinburgh really is the best when the sun shines… excellent day of coffee catchups before the conference starts… although I’m two coffees beyond my limit now! ☕️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

A view of Edinburgh castle from Princes Street today - blue skies with some cloud.

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Ben Holliday @benholliday.com · 15/05/2025

It’s been a Bruce Springsteen themed week… Not quite as close as on Monday, but we had a brilliant evening at the first night of the 2025 tour in Manchester

The E Street band closing their show at Co op arena in Manchester

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Ben Holliday @benholliday.com · 12/05/2025

Highlight from earlier today… Popped out of our Manchester office to quickly grab lunch and saw Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band leaving their hotel #theboss #manchester

Bruce Springsteen stopping to sign autographs leaving a hotel in Manchester

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Ben Holliday @benholliday.com · 07/05/2025

London today. Fabulous day working in person with a group of brilliant charities and collaborators

View to London Bridge from Tower Bidge in London this morning

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Ben Holliday @benholliday.com · 01/05/2025

I’ve spent the day in a very sunny Bristol. Good to see some of our team in person with bonus lunch sat in the park ☀️

A view of the river outside the Runway Easy offices in Bristol

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Ben Holliday @benholliday.com · 24/04/2025

Looking forward to a day in Manchester with some of our teams today #keepgoing #trains

Oxenholme Train Station - view from platform 1

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Ben Holliday @benholliday.com · 13/04/2025

A few pictures from yesterday’s walk. First day of the Easter holidays for me… with rain forecast for most of the next week #UKLakeDistrict #breathe

Bleaberry Tarn, near Buttermere, UK Lake District

View from the top of Red Pike (Buttermere), UK Lake District

View of Crummock Water from the top of Red Pike, UK Lake District

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Ben Holliday @benholliday.com · 03/04/2025

Good couple of days working with teams and catching up in person. Newcastle at its spring best today ☀️ #trains

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Ben Holliday @benholliday.com · 19/03/2025

Excellent event and panel discussion on Service Patterns as part of GDS Services Week this morning - hosted by MoJ at the TPXimpact offices #ServicesWeek #ServiceDesign #GovDesign

GDS Services Week: Service Patterns event with the Ministry of Justice, hosted by TPXimpact at the Hickman building in London

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Ben Holliday @benholliday.com · 01/03/2025

More important than ever, taking some time to disconnect from the rest of the world for a few hours #UKLakeDistrict

Selfie with the view from the top of Broom Fell in UK Lake District

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Ben Holliday @benholliday.com · 28/02/2025

From todays Times - but surely the unspoken part of this is that ‘the 8am phone scramble’ to get a GP appointment is a way that actually helps GPs limit or have have some control over current unmeetable levels of demand they face every day

Times newspaper headline: Booking online ‘will end 8am race for GP’ appointment

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Ben Holliday @benholliday.com · 26/02/2025

One of my favourite type of work days, in person, working with smart people on some tricky service and design strategy challenges. Also, in one of my favourite places to visit (answer in the alt text if you don’t know)

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Ben Holliday @benholliday.com · 22/02/2025

I needed this today. We’re finally getting some better weather in the Lakes #breathe

View of Grasmere from Helm Crag in the UK Lake District

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Ben Holliday @benholliday.com · 04/02/2025

Great day in Llandudno with the North Wales cohort of the @cdps.bsky.social Leading Modern Public Services Programme - there’s nothing better than a seafront workshop venue! ⛅️

Llandudno sea front looking across the beach to the traditional pier

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Ben Holliday @benholliday.com · 30/01/2025

Meant to post this earlier… blue skies in Manchester! Good to spend a day at our north west hub at @tpximpact.com (we’re at Work.Life not Central Library!)

Picture of blue skies over Central Library in Manchester this morning

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Ben Holliday @benholliday.com · 29/01/2025

Great to be in London early today for the Digital Forum event at @tpximpact.com … great topic and panel talking about making the shift to preventative healthcare #digitalforum

Digital Forum event at the Hickman / TPXimpact in London

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Ben Holliday @benholliday.com · 16/01/2025

Interesting update at Euston, the giant advertising screen is now showing the train times again … so it’s pretty much back to where we started - no one looking at the smaller ‘new’ departure boards anymore #trains