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Catherine Max

@catherinemax.bsky.social
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Health equity, sustainability, place. www.catherinemax.co.uk for consultancy + place and wellbeing blog.

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Dave Hill @davehillonlondon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Forwarded to me by a friend who live close by, leaflets today put through letterboxes of homes close to HQ of Board of Deputies of British Jews, located in Camden, which was the target of a demo. Case study intimidation and viciousness of a very specific kind.
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Ellen M. @graphxgrrl.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Asking myself this question every day.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 07/10/2026
My statement on the third anniversary of the October 7 attacks.
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Catherine Max @catherinemax.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
No mention that Alice Brown is a failed local Green Party candidate. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Loss of green space could be issue that decides Holborn and St Pancras byelection
Labour could pay price for disappearance of parks and playgrounds around Euston station
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
4 October 1941 | Dutch Jewish girl, Margaretha Bertha Aussen, was born in Amsterdam. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork on 10 September 1942. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection. --- Gas chambers and crematoria of Auschwitz: youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
Vintage black-and-white photo of a little girl with a surprised expression, framed in an oval border.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 23/09/2026
Haven't seen a better AI explainer than this one (even if it somewhat overstates the AI safety stuff) www.instagram.com/reel/Ddlt1kR...
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Turned down last week: 2 festivals with no budget for speakers 1 writing course with no budget for teachers 1 film project with no budget to option the book - plus they wanted me to write the screenplay. For free. Don't do it, kids. Don't work for free. Because to them, what's free is worthless.
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Catherine Max @catherinemax.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Lost in Brondesbury Park?
Small cream toy bunny with cloth on station platform bench
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 15/09/2026
When is an ebike not an ebike? When it has a powerful illegal engine. Get this menace off our roads | Peter Walker
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When is an ebike not an ebike? When it has a powerful illegal engine. Get this menace off our roads | Peter Walker
As a cyclist I want the authorities to act with clarity. Lime bikes and renters can be annoying, but the true threat is those who dangerously flout the law, says the Guardian’s senior political correspondent, Peter Walker
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Annalisa Nicholson @apuddleofmuddle.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
It's just weird isn't it when the British Museum is running a sold-out exhibition, when The Odyssey reports $1billion at the box office, when the V&A has just opened the most innovative and accessible museum model in Europe....and this is what our minister for research comes out with.
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Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 11/09/2026
What knowledge do you need to be British? The Life in the UK test should help people understand the country they’re joining rather than just testing how well they can memorise obscure facts. Our latest report sets out a better approach 🔗 buff.ly/VixAiGU @amreenqureshi.bsky.social
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David Benedict @eggsbened.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A man who knows, as Oscar Wilde observed, the price of everything and the value of nothing.
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Josh Gabbatiss @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
NEW INVESTIGATION – this summer saw temperature records smashed around the UK. We asked NHS trusts in England and Wales how many operations they were forced to cancel due to overheating surgical theatres They provided details of 1,110 operations that were called off in the May and June heatwaves
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The BMJ @bmj.com · 10/09/2026
Nearly a third of the government’s nutrition advisors still have “significant” ties to the food industry including Coca Cola, Sainsbury’s, and Danone, reveals our new investigation. Despite a new code of conduct banning links to the food industry, members with ties are allowed to remain in post
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A third of UK government’s nutrition advisers are still paid by food industry, including Coca-Cola and Nestlé
Financial conflicts of interest remain rife in the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN), BMJ analysis reveals. Despite a new code of conduct banning links to the food industry, members wi...
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Media presenters in UK may have skewed perceptions of balamce of Jewish opinion towards Israeli govt. Centre of gravity aligns with Miliband (attached to Israel & critical of Netanyahu). Varies by faith/denomination & politics: many cons & mainstream orthodox disapprove Netanyahu govt too. See IJPR
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Catherine Max @catherinemax.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Ah, The Gate is no more. Central to my experience growing up as a theatre lover in the 80s. www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/s...
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The Gate theatre’s creative daring gave a tiny stage international scope | Michael Billington
For five decades, this enterprising venue – which is now shutting up shop – broadened the horizons of British theatre
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Kate Ardern@KateAlvanley @ardernkate.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Excellent news 👏👏👏👏👏
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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
A reminder: Rabbi Mirvis studied in an illegal West Bank settlement between 1976 and 1978. It is not surprising that for him, today is a dark day. For many many other Jews in the UK, today's statement is long overdue.
Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis on X

Today our Government has chosen to ignore the deep concerns expressed by so many of us. 

The measures announced amount to little more than political flag bearing for mendacious anti-Israel rhetoric and those who harbour a dangerous obsession with the Jewish State. These measures will succeed only in bolstering the very extremism they seek to target. 

On the eve of Rosh Hashanah and at a time when our community is more vulnerable than ever to the wave of extremism that has been building over recent years, these sanctions do nothing to advance the cause of peace. Nor do they make anyone safer – quite the contrary. 

Gesture politics of this kind feeds into an increasingly hostile discourse about Israel, and the cumulative effect of such punitive policies is to further embolden those, at home and abroad, who use hatred as a weapon against Jews.
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Catherine Max @catherinemax.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
There’s a “DWP surge team” apparently. For bereavement cases over 150 days old. Taskforce update #16. The language of these communications is something to behold.
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That Librarian: Amanda Jones @librarianjones.com · 30/08/2026
Want to know why The Librarians Film is nominated for an Emmy, was long listed for a BAFTA, and won over 30 international film festival awards? Now is your chance. It’s free on PBS’s YouTube page for a limited time at youtu.be/ywQOCY-qDzE?... (1/3)
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Banned Books and the Librarians Caught in the Political Battle | Full Documentary | Independent Lens
YouTube video by PBS
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I simply do not understand what's going on in Labour that renders its leaders incapable of finding a TV camera and speaking out against street violence. Even if you assume they agree about immigration, violence is wrong, unpopular AND against the interests of any even vaguely left wing govt.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The government must know full well that many people have neither the space nor the money to store extra food in their homes. It is individuating responsibility for a collective problem. As usual, it is the poorest and most excluded who will suffer from it. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Minister tells Brits to stock up on days of supplies after ‘supersize’ El Niño warning
Exclusive: Angela Eagle urges UK citizens to be ‘a bit more resilient’ as they plan for national emergencies
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Lewis Baston @lewisbaston.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Capita should ideally be stripped of the contract and given punitive fines to compensate the victims and the British government.
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 01/09/2026
The one constructive thing out of Starmer's resignation might be forcing Burnham to think about London earlier than he would otherwise have to. Because Labour absolutely cannot win an election without London. It is, these days, Labour's truest heartland – and is taken utterly for granted.
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Catherine Max @catherinemax.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Another unfathomable decision by the BBC. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/s...
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Anger as BBC withdraws jobs promise for apprentices amid sweeping cuts
Exclusive: Some staff call decision a betrayal of young apprentices who are often selected to increase diversity
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Andy Cowper @hpiandycowper.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Always enjoy reading @stephenkb.bsky.social’s well-reasoned work in the FT. www.ft.com/content/27f6... I’m more sceptical than he is that shifting to more co-payment for UK/NHS healthcare will make it more responsive or sustainable.
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Britain needs a new way to pay for healthcare
Introducing co-payment will make us more like our rich-world peers and put us on a sustainable footing
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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 14/08/2026
Clean energy is our success story. *bashes head against wall* It is decarbonisation of transport where the UK is stalling. And the majority of emissions come from transport.
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University of York Library @uoylibrary.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Great to see so many pearls of wisdom on here for people getting their A-level results today... We just hope they reach all three of the Bluesky users young enough to be doing A-levels.
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Catherine Max @catherinemax.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
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Ruairidh Milne @ruairidhm.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The late great Richard Lehman, obituary in @bmjmedicine.bsky.social www.bmj.com/content/393/... His championing of shared understanding of medicine - "a term that fuses evidence based medicine, shared decision making" - so important
Full page obituary of Richard Lehman, "GP and BMJ columnist whose witty weekly journal review was a hit with readers"
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Catherine Max @catherinemax.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Usually harvest these from neighbours’ garden in the September or October for Winter colour.
Large bunch of bright orange “Chinese lantern” branches, leaves trimmed
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Catherine Max @catherinemax.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Lovely write-up of Keep On The Grass. www.westminster.ac.uk/news/univers...
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University of Westminster hosts Keep on the Grass installation at Zone29
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Heath is just batshit crazy so hard to hate, but words cannot express my contempt for Jews who thought that the far right was absolutely fine as long as they drew a careful line between anti-Muslim bigotry and antisemitism.
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Catherine Max @catherinemax.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Good piece. Misleading headline. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Lime bikes hurtling around the city: is this the revenge of a priced-out generation? | Andy Beckett
From running red lights to dumping bikes, some Lime users get a bad rap. But many who grumble about them don’t appreciate their own privilege, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett
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Alastair Somerville @acuity.design · 07/08/2026
Yes. Old blog acuity.design/if-everythin... on defining life around work
Work is not life text slide
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Catherine Max @catherinemax.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Right and proper that research done. But anyone surprised? www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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E-scooters far more dangerous than motorbikes or cycles, analysis suggests
Study of accidents in England and Wales shows e-scooter riders three times more likely to suffer traumatic brain injury than bikers
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Stewart @stewchat.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
A golden verge of Wild Parsnip for #wildflowerhour in #Northumberland this week.
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Danny Shaw @dannyshaw.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
NEW How can Govt get out of early-release controversy? There are roughly 470 people serving SDS (fixed term) jail sentences for manslaughter who qualify for early release (Estimates from Telegraph expert Ben Butcher). Among them are two of Pc Andrew Harper's killers, Jessie Cole & Albert Bowers...
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I can’t believe we’re still having a debate about whether there’s a trade off between job creation and measures to green the economy. There isn’t. The evidence was clear years ago - a green economy creates far more jobs than the fossil fuel economy it replaces. Come on Labour, catch up …
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Government contracts to require job creation instead of green targets under new rules
Louise Haigh says taxpayer money must benefit local communities amid backlash from environmental groups
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
After yesterday's infographic, this seemed the next obvious one to write. I used AI tools when writing this post, including a spell checker. I also used 50 years of experience writing about these issues. The drawing was the smallest part of all that, and I had no budget to do it any other way.
An infographic on political gaslighting.
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Catherine Max @catherinemax.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
TfL needs to work with councils to make car clubs viable again in London. Not this.
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Nettlecake @nettlecake.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I was struck by a piece on Radio 4 the other day, asking whether Burnham would be more "pragmatic" - meaning "positive" - about drilling in the North Sea. It was simply taken for granted that drilling was the "pragmatic" option, while opposing it was dogmatic or ideological.
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Catherine Max @catherinemax.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Nothing to worry about. We’re getting vouchers for 30 minute walks. @felly500.bsky.social @stevensenior.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Ultra-processed food companies hindering health drives by suing countries, says WHO
Exclusive: Director general accuses corporations of obstructing efforts to tackle obesity crisis after investigation by Guardian and others
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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 31/07/2026
Full page advert in today's Times...
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Catherine Max @catherinemax.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Ancient wisdom www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ju...
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‘An intermission is a must’: why Greek cinemas are adding a loo break to The Odyssey
In Athens’ picturehouses, an interval is always a ‘non-negotiable’ – a chance to buy a beer, nip to the toilet – or pop the question
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Catherine Max @catherinemax.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Coward. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Burnham promises ‘pragmatic’ approach to North Sea oil and gas
PM tells reporters the government cannot ignore the energy resource ‘when people are struggling’
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Helen Buckingham @hbuckingham.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Is it too much to hope that today's speech presents social care as a positive thing in itself? Not just an adjunct to healthcare, not just for older people, but a service which can & should enable 1000s of people with physical disabilities, mental health issues, learning disabilities to thrive? 1/2
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Catherine Max @catherinemax.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Metal. Gets hot.
Sign at bottom of metal children’s slide says “Caution: This slide gets hot in high temperatures”
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Catherine Max @catherinemax.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
“Capita was awarded the £239m contract despite having been stripped of its contracts to run Teachers’ Pensions and the Royal Mail statutory pension scheme.”https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jul/20/retired-uk-civil-servants-failed-pension-outsourcing-government-capita?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Retired UK civil servants failed by pension outsourcing, government says
Chaos of Capita-run scheme has left some people waiting up to a year for payments and in financial hardship
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