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Greg Hurst

@gregjhurst.bsky.social
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Director of comms & public engagement at the Centre for Homelessness Impact. Ex-The Times. Views = mine

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Greg Hurst @gregjhurst.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Well … I’ve recently read Notre Dame of Paris & Les Miserables and a surprising couple of his short stores (obv in English) … Bonne chance 🇫🇷
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Greg Hurst @gregjhurst.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I agree … he had a brief period when he led on the pitch and was unstoppable before injury… but his real contribution in that period was raising expectations and belief in the squad
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Greg Hurst @gregjhurst.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
And the Black Church !
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Greg Hurst @gregjhurst.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Sang along to that 😪
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Greg Hurst @gregjhurst.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Excellent article / speech Daisy
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Greg Hurst @gregjhurst.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Amazing … cycling past the Serpentine river in Hyde Park, London in 34 degrees Celsius I came across this heron and 5 cormorants sitting in a line and calling off
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Greg Hurst @gregjhurst.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Interesting .. I never write in a book (other than proudly writing my name on the title page, up to my student days) and even feel guilty turning down a page corner as a place mark
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Greg Hurst @gregjhurst.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
One of my children has asked to borrow a specific translation of Homer … my work here is pretty much done
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Greg Hurst @gregjhurst.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Rain in Berkshire ! Bring it on !!
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Greg Hurst @gregjhurst.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Top player
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Greg Hurst @gregjhurst.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Poem …
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Greg Hurst @gregjhurst.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Or … go to Reading town museum where they have a full-length replica 🤌
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Greg Hurst @gregjhurst.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Holiday …
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Greg Hurst @gregjhurst.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Therefore, also interesting that 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 fans seem to love him (for now, at least)
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Greg Hurst @gregjhurst.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Useful crisp insights here …
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Greg Hurst @gregjhurst.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Niche
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Greg Hurst @gregjhurst.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Yup
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Greg Hurst @gregjhurst.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Here’s my attempt earlier this month … at my bird feeder
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Greg Hurst @gregjhurst.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Great picture
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Greg Hurst @gregjhurst.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
You should write a book about it …
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Greg Hurst @gregjhurst.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Spotted on traffic lights in Dublin … not sure how this campaign is going to…
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Greg Hurst @gregjhurst.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Workshop at site of the Old Royal Infirmary. Fascinating list of donors to the original hospital in 1879, spanning all walks of life: - Ladies of Edinburgh - Earl of Rosebery - Domestic Servants of Edinburgh - the islands of Orkney and Shetland - Teachers of Edinburgh
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Greg Hurst @gregjhurst.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Manchester town hall … what a building
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Greg Hurst @gregjhurst.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
We’re in the middle of a heat wave and now … 45 minutes of first brisk now heavy rain … bring it on!
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Greg Hurst @gregjhurst.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Sunset over a saltwater bathing pool at Westward Ho! On North Devon coast
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Greg Hurst @gregjhurst.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
… mustard-coloured trousers, and polished brown shoes. I was also wearing an off-white linen cap. This combination, it appears, made me a contender for ‘most stylish man in Westward Ho!’
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Greg Hurst @gregjhurst.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
After 30+ years in journalism, including reporting on Royal visits where I was obliged to give a short description of what the principal wore, perhaps I should add … We’d been out for supper for my mother-in-law’s 90th birthday. I wore a cream cotton sports jacket, pastel blue shirt … 3/
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Greg Hurst @gregjhurst.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Well. It’s not every day - or any day - I receive a compliment on being fashionably dressed. I turned to my daughter beside me. ‘He was very drunk,’ she said. 2/
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Greg Hurst @gregjhurst.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Found myself in Westward Ho! after a family celebration in North Devon. Strolling on the sea front in early evening, a large bearded man in his late 20s blocked my path, and offered a handshake. Cautiously, I shook his hand. Then, the reveal. He said: ‘Your style, man. Respect.’ 1/
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Greg Hurst @gregjhurst.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Grateful to @insidehousing.bsky.social for hosting a round table discussion with London leaders on the challenge of temporary accommodation. My key point: let’s focus on prevention so fewer people - especially children - are placed in temporary housing. www.insidehousing.co.uk/interactive-...
insidehousing.co.uk
How can families in temporary accommodation be supported while waiting for a long-term home?
An Inside Housing roundtable, held in association with London Hotel Group, explored how to improve temporary accommodation in the capital while reducing costs.
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Greg Hurst @gregjhurst.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Notice the heatwave coincided with 10 days of street celebrations by Arsenal supporters. Now the parade is done, yup, it can rain
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Greg Hurst @gregjhurst.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
The Crooked Man?
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Greg Hurst @gregjhurst.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Looks lovely. The area I know so well is further up … the estuary of the River Teign
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Greg Hurst @gregjhurst.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Where are you, Jim?
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Greg Hurst @gregjhurst.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
My lapel badge
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Greg Hurst @gregjhurst.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Congratulations Liam!
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Greg Hurst @gregjhurst.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Sam!
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Greg Hurst @gregjhurst.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Wasn’t even the headline …
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Greg Hurst @gregjhurst.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Thanks Aidan and good to hear from you .. yes all well, thank you … we’re really excited about this trial!
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Greg Hurst @gregjhurst.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
You won’t regret it … Dickens’ finest novel with a wonderful array of characters … and confirms my view of lawyers
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Greg Hurst @gregjhurst.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Lovely piece
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Greg Hurst @gregjhurst.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Never!
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Greg Hurst @gregjhurst.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Hope you’re reading some Herodotus describing Xerxes’ army of ‘one million’ crossing the Bosphorus on a pontoon bridge of boats lashed together…
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Greg Hurst @gregjhurst.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Agree … unnecessary
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Greg Hurst @gregjhurst.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
A bean sandwich for lunch at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool (I left it a bit late and not much was left) … I like sandwiches … I like beans … but together? :-/
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Greg Hurst @gregjhurst.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Great analysis
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Greg Hurst @gregjhurst.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Great analysis, thanks 💪
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Greg Hurst @gregjhurst.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Looks lovely … my Child 3 brought me back a piece of Barmouth slate after a (happy) Year 6 school trip
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Greg Hurst @gregjhurst.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Where?
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Recruitment has begun for chair of the UK Statistics Authority. Could you help rejuvenate our official statistics? An important role 3 days a week / £75-£81k / 5 year term / apply by 5th September uksa.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/news/applica...
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Applications open for the new Chair of the UK Statistics Authority
The Cabinet Office has launched a recruitment process to appoint the next Chair of the UK Statistics Authority. The successful candidate will lead the UK Statistics Authority Board, which oversees th...
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