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Guardian. Free Substack pieces at maybeimamazed.substack.com Plus music writing in MOJO. Maybe I'm Amazed, my new memoir about autism & music, out now. Order here linktr.ee/maybeimamazed

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Powerful message from @jim.londoncentric.media here - investigative journalism costs £ and so do consider a subscription to @londoncentric.media if you can www.londoncentric.media/p/prince-cha...
London Centric hit its second birthday this month and I wanted to give you a quick peek behind the curtain on how things are going.
What you see: Award-winning investigations. Follow-ups in prestigious news outlets.
Mentions in parliament. The Instagram and YouTube accounts.
Readers' comments that are consistently some of the best discussions on the internet.
What you don't see: The tips we spend months investigating that don't result in stories we can publish. The dozens of emails and WhatsApps from sources that we receive every day but can't look into because there are only three of us and we can't afford more reporters. The legal threats that can bog us down in correspondence for weeks on end.How a story that lands in your inbox can take a year to publish.
The two months this summer during which London Centric was run from a laptop without a working backspace key. How, in an age of AI, this is very much a boots-on-the-ground operation that relies on a lot of hard human labour, late nights and standing in the rain knocking on people's doors.
Investigative journalism costs an awful lot more money to produce than spouting opinions on podcasts - which explains why there's an increasing number of media outlets that produce lengthy discussions and far fewer that find out fresh facts.
Everything on London Centric is funded by readers who have signed up as paying subscribers.
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Special Needs Jungle @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social · 20h
It’s becoming increasingly obvious that they have no idea what they are doing. www.tes.com/magazine/new...
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DfE SEND expert warns against too many support packages
The co-chair of an expert panel tasked with leading the government's special educational needs and disabilities reforms has warned that creating too many different support packages for pupils risks undermining the system's ability to deliver.
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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Bloody hell youtu.be/io9irbwTqQA?...
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Paul Weller Shipbuilding
YouTube video by Brian Hamilton-Smith
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MOJO Magazine @mojomagazine.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“Underlines the fact Marr is now as much of an accomplished singer as near-peerless guitarist - ★★★★” On his first album in four years, former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr comes into his own as a solo artist. Read MOJO’s review and the track listing in full...
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Johnny Marr - The Age Of Everything review: Smiths guitarist comes into his own
On his fifth solo album - and first in four years - former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr offers empathy, catharsis and indie disco-ready tunes.
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Sarah O'Connor @sarahoconnorft.ft.com · 14/10/2026
I'll be doing a reading and having a chat about my book We Are Not Machines: The Fight for the Future of Work at the Bookmarks bookshop, 1 Bloomsbury St, on Friday at 6:30pm. Come along! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/authorsboo...
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authors@bookmarks: Sarah O'Connor I We Are Not Machines
Sarah O’Connor is a columnist,reporter and associate editor at the Financial Times.
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Special Needs Jungle @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
The petition to protect the legal rights of disabled children and young people closes at MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. Please give it one final share telling people why it’s so important. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
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Petition: Protect legal right to support for children with SEND
A petition created by a British citizen or UK resident. You can share this petition if you agree with its message.
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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
I want to write something about this: the autism/hike connection. can you DM me? Obvs no bother if not
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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Thank yiu. Hope you're ok. That casts light on my son. I think he's most authentically himself when we do long walks, and long trails particularly
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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Go on. My son's autistic & a committed hillwalker who's done )with me) mountains & week-long trails with amazing drive. Can you explain a bit more?
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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Read of the day. Sone people are just made of different stuff
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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
This is incredibly sad. I once interviewed RJ Mitte on the Southbank and he was very friendly and joyful on a sunny day by the river. He leaves a legacy of disability representation on the screen; something that is far from easy to achieve and still too rare. www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
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RJ Mitte, actor best known for Breaking Bad, dies aged 34
Actor who played Walter White Jr on the acclaimed show and advocated for disability representation remembered by Bryan Cranston as ‘my sweet son’
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 13/10/2026
I'm starting to think that, despite its tax status, Facebook isn't really an Irish company.
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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
As Spender wrote, All that you can imagine you already know.
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Special Needs Jungle @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Please join us. Tomorrow is the LAST DAY to sign the petition to protect disabled children’s rights. Have you asked everyone you know to sign, including children? Have you shared it in SEND, school and community groups? petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
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Petition: Protect legal right to support for children with SEND
A petition created by a British citizen or UK resident. You can share this petition if you agree with its message.
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Special Needs Jungle @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
ON SNJ TODAY: The Government is big on ifelong learning, but what about for people with learning disabilities? One university research department is seeking to help by offering a course that teaches learning-disabled people about the world's "big ideas" www.specialneedsjungle.com/ideas-belong...
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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Great & moving letters in response to what I wrote about the complete absence of disabled people from the govt's vision. - so far - of a National Care Service Remember the disabled adults who need social care | Letters www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Remember the disabled adults who need social care | Letters
Letters: Readers respond to John Harris’s article on the need to consider disabled people of working age when reforming the care system
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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The latest @mojomagazine.bsky.social is a thriller: Amy Winehouse, Fêla Kuti, Chuck Berry... and loadsa Dylan, Inc me on the world tour of 1966, and a new theory: was Dylan and the Hawks' sound an influence on the title track & reprise of Sgt Pepper? I say YES.
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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Does Thom Yorke charge Harry by the hour?
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Special Needs Jungle @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
A fine summing up by Save Our Children’s Rights co-founder, journalist, @johnharris1969.bsky.social. “Finally, a helpful intervention in the ‘overdiagnosis’ wars. But where’s the money to answer this tragedy?” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Finally, a helpful intervention in the ‘overdiagnosis’ wars. But where’s the money to answer this tragedy? | John Harris
There is much to agree with in the Fonagy review into mental health support. Without serious public funding, however, its approach won’t work, says Guardian columnist John Harris
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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Last week, Badenoch was trying to appeal to the lost liberal/Remainy Tory voters of the South east by distancing herself from Reform. Now this. 1)she hasn't a clue; 2)what a fucked up state the right of politics is in. Fold away your flags, you ain't patriots
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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Btw, when all eyes were on Holborn & St P, this happened: www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Legal rights must be retained for children with special educational needs | Letters
Letter: Campaigners and Send parents including Chris Packham and Sally Phillips urge ministers to work with families and organisations to preserve individual provision and improve accountability in th...
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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Thank you
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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Latest from me: on the Fonagy review into autism, ADHD & mental illness.. and why one part of a nuanced, expert report (which is starkly at odds with at least two of O'Sullivan's "overdiagnosis" args) might be very dangerous www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Finally, a helpful intervention in the ‘overdiagnosis’ wars. But where’s the money to answer this tragedy? | John Harris
There is much to agree with in the Fonagy review into mental health support. Without serious public funding, however, its approach won’t work, says Guardian columnist John Harris
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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The American tragedy. Twice over, Its response to war in Europe was hesitation followed by crucial involvement: now the world's foremost power is led by a latter-day Quisling, equal parts nasty & plain stupid www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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Trump says Ukraine needs a new leader after diesel deal with Russia
US president suggests Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has not done enough to end war
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 10/10/2026
This is a brilliant piece about the ecological - and animal welfare - cost of sheep farming bengoldsmith.substack.com/p/the-sheep-...
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The sheep are not okay
Upland sheep farming is not only a catastrophe for nature and an economic dead-end; it’s also an animal welfare nightmare
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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
It uncoils after 8 or 9 plays. Start with Love Takes Miles & this open.spotify.com/track/1m6aeh...
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Crusades
Geese · 3D Country · Song · 2023
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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
No. You?
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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Lovely writing here, and all spot on. One short, the other long www.mojo4music.com/articles/new... pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
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Cameron Winter: Live at Carnegie Hall
Read Walden Green’s review of the album.
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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Thanks George
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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Exactly
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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
You've got to stick with it, I reckon
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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
1983? 2017 and 19?
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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
My album of the year is Cameron Winter live at Carnegie Hall. What a great, life-affirming thing it is
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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
She's not a Green Party member. It wasn't a reference to her. She was far too nice for that description.
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Seb Schmoller @schmoller.net · 09/10/2026
The latest "Anywhere But Westminster" from @johnharris1969.bsky.social and colleagues. Always worth the time. (Look out for the "direction of travel indicators".)
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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
New Anywhere But Westminster! Inside Burnham's Labour and the byelection! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Labour's win, Greens' sudden crisis and the impossible lives of Londoners – video
After a searing summer, John Harris and John Domokos return to the fray. First, a Labour conference dwarfed by forces trying to push the world into a frightening future. And then the byelection contes...
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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Etc etc
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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
But thanks for being civil. I'm quite happy to debate all this. We need to.
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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Thats what "Zionism should be treated as any other form of racism" entails, as a matter of basic logic. And its just posturing anyway.
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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Thank you
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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I think saying all Zionists are the moral equivalent of Nick Griffin is beyond pious and flimsy. It's horrible, and helps no-one. If you reply, be civil. That's the only way we get back to a)the horrors committed by the Israeli govt and b)the polarised mess our country is in
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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Thanks Natasha. I am a fan, so that means a lot
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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Ta!
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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Latest from me: on a byelection that barely scratched troubled London lives, and the Greens' sudden crisis. Anywhere But Westminster episode follows imminently www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A promising future now looks perilous for election loser Zack Polanski. He sowed, now he reaps | John Harris
There was a real chance of a Green byelection win in Holborn and St Pancras. He made bad decisions and cost his party dear, says Guardian columnist John Harris
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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Here's the news story: www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Campaigners led by Chris Packham urge prime minister to rethink Send overhaul
Exclusive: Letter to government says changes will unfairly remove legal protections for children in England
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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I'm honoured to be among the signatories here: the govt's proposals for Special Needs education - which are still only proposals - threaten children's and families' current basic rights www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Legal rights must be retained for children with special educational needs | Letters
Letter: Campaigners and Send parents including Chris Packham and Sally Phillips urge ministers to work with families and organisations to preserve individual provision and improve accountability in th...
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Dave Haslam @davehaslam.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Lovely words about my new book @johnharris1969.bsky.social "Dave is a consummate interviewer: curious, fascinated by human detail and admirably forensic." And @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social "Packed with surprising tangents and revealing insights" Signed copies www.forumbooksshop.com/product/crea...
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R Phelps @greygosling.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This.
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