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James Perry

@perryjims.bsky.social
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Architect and planner. Housing and urbanism. Will draw things for money.

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Neil Goodrich @ngoodrichhsg.bsky.social · 14h
A lot to unpack here, not a lot of it good for the housing association concerned. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Tenant called a tramp by his housing provider felt 'worthless'
Beyond Housing apologises for an “unacceptable” comment and workers’ mocking behaviour.
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James Perry @perryjims.bsky.social · 10h
Further money is then required to build the new homes (probably +£20m) from private housebuilders.
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James Perry @perryjims.bsky.social · 10h
The first phase has been allocated £10.7m of public money to compulsory purchase, demolition and land remediation.
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James Perry @perryjims.bsky.social · 10h
The approved phase 1 plan will demolish 113 homes and build 105 new homes. A net loss of 8 homes.
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James Perry @perryjims.bsky.social · 10h
Some reflections on our work with residents and Shelter UK looking at an alternative masterplan in Horden, County Durham- www.harperperry.co.uk/latest/horde...
harperperry.co.uk
Horden Alternative Masterplan
An alternative Masterplan for Horden provides a unique strategy for effective community planning and an alternative to demolition
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Make Space for Girls @makespaceforgirls.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Safer Parks: Improving Access for Women and Girls - Training for Professionals - a brand new, FREE online course that we’re really pleased to have been one of the partners on. onlinecourses.leeds.ac.uk/safer-parks @annabarker.bsky.social @westyorkshireca.bsky.social
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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
An energy efficiency expert looks at the Tory claims scrapping the Future Homes Standard would knock £50k off the price of a new home and concludes they are utter nonsense. www.businessgreen.com/opinion/4536...
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Side @sidegallery.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
📷 Show us Newcastle now. We’re inviting young people to photograph the city as they see it. No fancy kit needed, a phone is fine. Part of Under Development at Newcastle Contemporary Art (NCA), with selected work shown in an exhibition and newspaper. Submit: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/newc...
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Lonely Tower Film & Media @lonelytower.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
You can see Durham County Council's full response here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Utu...
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HORDEN - ROUND ONE
YouTube video by Lonely Tower Film & Media
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James Perry @perryjims.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Our work on Safer Parks for Women and Girls launched a new training and planning tool with West Yorkshire Combined Authority and Leeds University yesterday.
 Safer Parks document executive summaryMayor Tracy Brabin launching Safer ParksThe panel for the Safer Parks event Major Tracy Brabin launching the new planning and training tool.
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Matthew Whitfield @matthewwhitfield.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
yes okay my loves but please understand that the 2026 picture looks shit
The Observer publishing a picture that shows Manchester with many, many more skyscrapers in 2026 compared to 2015
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Paul ツ @lf-p.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
For too long the private operators have prioritised their shareholder’s profits over passengers. Don’t let the North East miss out on bringing our buses back under public control! The consultation closes Monday morning, so speak up THIS WEEKEND! ⤵️ www.northeast-ca.gov.uk/consultation...
northeast-ca.gov.uk
Consultations
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North East PTUG @northeastptug.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This weekend is your last chance to have your say in the North East bus franchising scheme consultation. The proposed scheme seeks to return our bus services to public control - the biggest change to bus services in our region for 40 years. Please take the time to respond this weekend! Links below.
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James Perry @perryjims.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Heard this came following a £10m donation.
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James Perry @perryjims.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A perfect match for a University that has abandoned its credibility of tackling climate issues.
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James Perry @perryjims.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This planet ain't gonna burn itself
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Some people seem to think I'm referring to, I don't know, Coldplay's later works not hitting the same way, no, I mean this. This objectively sucks!
A chart showing GPD per head in the UK flatlining after the financial crisis.
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Mike @mikeyashworth.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A ca.1954 tenants guide to Peterlee New Town in Co. Durham issued by the Development Corporation. An interesting glimpse into the New Town in its first few years since inception in 1948; the 5,000 inhabitants were about to get their first pub & shops. @municipaldreams.bsky.social flic.kr/p/2sB7TLt
Front cover to the ca. 1954 Tenants Guide to Peterlee New Town in Co. Durham. Shows a b/w aerial photograph of the new houses under construction between open fields. About 5,000 people lived here at the time out of a proposed 30,000 as planned in 1948 and the guide notes the opening of the first shops in the Town Centre and the town's first pub.
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James Perry @perryjims.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
#neverforget
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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
It takes a special skill to make your first contribution on an actual "culture" issue in 11 months and have it be defending Ed Sheeran.
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Very nice to hear a sane voice from Piddington. Serious respect to this woman, who is apparently already being othered by more bigoted villagers.
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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
In the movie version of this, after Piddington runs out of food water and money as a result of leaving the UK, the residents apply for asylum and end up housed in a military base, with HILARIOUS consequences. www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Piddington in Oxfordshire votes to leave UK over asylum plans
Piddington residents voted over proposals to house up to 1,256 male asylum seekers nearby
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Sonali Dhanpal @sonalidhanpal.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The university I did my PhD in has just awarded a billionaires son who is running a nature preserve with illegally gotten animals from with a “professorship of sustainability” - shameless does not cut it. www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articl...
ncl.ac.uk
Sustainability leader honoured by Newcastle University
An international leader in sustainability and clean-energy transition has been recognised by the University with a Professorship of Practice
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Alistair Ford @alistaircford.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Over to you, Newcastle.
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James Perry @perryjims.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Thanks for the update Mike.
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Spider-Man Pointing Meme
ALT: Spider-Man Pointing Meme
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"Newcastle voters are tired with the mainstream media's constant 'gotcha' journalism. Taking old social media quotes out of context has become a boring cliché." Well that's one way to deal with everyone noticing your councillor is an absolute fuckhead.
chroniclelive.co.uk
Newcastle Reform UK councillor apologises for anti-Muslim social media posts
Deleted X posts in the name of Benwell, Scotswood and Denton Burn councillor Daniel Astley include claims that Muslims "rape white English girls and commit terrorist attacks"
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North East PTUG @northeastptug.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
⏰ Only 3 weeks left to have your say and support bus franchising in the North East. It’s time to take back control of our buses. For more info see OUR site: betterbusesne.org.uk Want BETTER BUSES? Speak up now, at: www.northeast-ca.gov.uk/consultation... 👩‍💻 📱
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Home - Better Buses North East
We’re calling for bus services in the North East of England to be returned to public control. Let’s follow the example of Manchester and London and bring back integrated transport for the people of th...
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Drivers: "Use the bike lane!" The bike lane:
Two yellow stripes between a curb and white dashed stripes on a roadway
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The Onion @theonion.com · 24/08/2026
Guy Who Sucks At Being A Person Sees Huge Potential In AI theonion.com/guy-who-sucks-at-being…
Guy Who Sucks At Being A Person Sees Huge Potential In AI
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James Perry @perryjims.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
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James Perry @perryjims.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Just your everyday professor spouting utter BS about something they know nothing about.
Screenshot from bluesky showing a picture of ivy climbing up the side of Dunelm House in Durham with a commentator saying that ivy cannot grow up the side of the building due to 'problem(s) with the concrete'.
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James Perry @perryjims.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
2,877 people 'over-enjoyed' themselves to death in the UK during May and June 2026. www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Interim heat mortality monitoring report, England: May and June 2026
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 14/08/2026
I know journalists at right-wing outlets are physically incapable of introspection but I hope everyone else around them realises how direct a role they played in hounding a man with two kids to suicide
Jason Arday found dead

The Telegraph
https://www.telegraph.co.uk › news › 2026/08/14 › jas...
42 minutes ago — Mr Arday was found “unresponsive” at an address in Battersea, south London, on Friday afternoon. He was later pronounced dead at the scene. A ...Read more
Jason Arday says he was an illiterate, mute child. His ...

The Telegraph
https://www.telegraph.co.uk › jason-ardays-schooldays
5 hours ago — Jason Arday says he was an illiterate, mute child. Cambridge's youngest-ever black professor in 2023. Arday attended from the age of four to 11 ...
A PhD is no longer a sign of brilliance – take it from Dr Arday

The Telegraph
https://www.telegraph.co.uk › news › 2026/08/13 › ph...
1 day ago — Jason Arday resigns from the University of Cambridge after The Telegraph reports he had falsely claimed to have published a book.
Cambridge professor claimed he was on Seven Up... ...

The Telegraph
https://www.telegraph.co.uk › news › 2026/08/02 › ca...
2 Aug 2026 — He was not born until 1985. Prof Arday is at the centre of a row about academic plagiarism after The Telegraph revealed that he had been accused ...Read more
The Arday scandal exposes the creeping decay of Britain's ...

The Telegraph
https://www.telegraph.co.uk › news › 2026/08/08 › ard...
7 days ago — Jason Arday resigned on Wednesday as Professor of the Sociology of Education at Cambridge, its youngest-ever black professor. He stood accused ...
Arday 'accused student of white privilege' after she ...

The Telegraph
https://www.telegraph.co.uk › news › 2026/08/10 › ard...
4 days ago — Former Cambridge professor allegedly implied that Roehampton student was racist after complaint about essay score.
The Jason Arday 'memoir' that now appears to be more ...

The Telegraph
https://www.telegraph.co.uk › news › 2026/08/08 › jas...
7 days ago — Instead of tales of triumph over adversity, the now-former Cambridge professor's autobiography is a case study in self-mythologising.
We are all Jason Arday now

The Telegraph
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Harry Wilkin$ @hs-wilkins.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
GOLD, SILVER AND BRONZE AWARDED FOR THE HIGHLY CONTESTED AWARD OF: ‘MOST UNUTTERABLY RANCID RECENTLY CONSTRUCTED BUILDING IN THE CITY OF LONDON’.
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space4gosforth.bsky.social @space4gosforth.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Just off camera in that picture is Tiny Toon - NE1’s summer attraction. That & the other seasonal attractions on Blackett Street need to be part of any conversation about traffic management. Our view is that it is simply not tenable for Blackett St to be both an event space & a rat run.
getintonewcastle.co.uk
NE1's Tiny Toon
NE1's play village takes up residence at Old Eldon Square each summer, featuring mini versions of iconic Newcastle landmarks, venues and businesses.
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James Perry @perryjims.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Psst. Blackett Street is a traffic sewer. Pass it on. www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
chroniclelive.co.uk
Call to revive Newcastle pedestrianisation plans and end 'dysfunctional mess'
After the announcement of new restrictions on Blackett Street, campaigners are urging Newcastle City Council to revisit a bold transformation of the city centre's road network
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Helen @helengreengray.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Aye, no rush, in your own time...
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James Perry @perryjims.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
It requires strong political leadership (and that's what has been missing for a while). London has its own share of cranks and groups of noisy objectors too. But they've had the leadership to continually build the infrastructure (with mixed results) across political cycles over the past +20 years.
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James Perry @perryjims.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
We sometimes cycle across the new A1 interchange (first photo) with our kids. It's awful. Scrap that - there is a danger to life here for anyone on foot or wheels. The lights have been broken since they were installed in late 2024. The scheme cost £220m.
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James Perry @perryjims.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
This planet isn't going to burn itself...
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Dr David S Anderson @dsaarchaeology.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Original Tweet from @Mantia: What’s something that seems obvious within your profession, but the general public seems to misunderstand?

Quote tweet from @hwitteman: That $35 that scientific journals charge you to read a paper goes 100% to the publisher, 0% to the authors. If you just email us to ask for our papers, we are allowed to send them to you for free, and we will be genuinely delighted to do so.
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James Perry @perryjims.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Also see Grey St... 24/7
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James Perry @perryjims.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Thankfully, we have unlimited planetary resources (which we can burn with zero consequences) which will compensate for all the massive heat loss on a ~90% glazed north elevation.
A city centre building almost fully glazed on the north and east elevations
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James Perry @perryjims.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Do people still use twitter?
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James Perry @perryjims.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Nieuw Leyden (2011) a neighbourhood on edge of Leiden centre. MVRDV at their best (when they're not doing silly shapes). 670 homes. Mix of private and affordable. 75dwha. Great landscape. Almost car free. Looks like a design code model similar to Borneo S.
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Toby Nangle @tobyn.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
A machine for making us lonelier and stupider seems a little harsh, but then again www.ft.com/content/bdb3...
“Instead of thinking about Al itself, we should be thinking about its effects. It concentrates power; it obfuscates accountability; it further despoils nature and climate; it is a means of the wholesale expropriation of cultures, languages and lands for massive profit; and it will probably make us lonelier and stupider.”
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Cllr Owen Burbidge 🔶 @oburbidge.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
A very sobering watch of the National Emergency Briefing this evening. We have to go harder and faster at tackling climate change. Thank you for @iamnicksimpson.bsky.social, @alistaircford.bsky.social and @space4gosforth.bsky.social for organising and hosting.
Two people taking a selfie in front of the National Emergency Briefing projector screenTwo people stood on stage in front of a screen projecting the national emergency briefing.

The lady on the left is holding a newspaper up with an open letter to Andy Burnham on it. The man on the right has his hand covering his mouth in a shocked lookA man on stage talking to an audience
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Mark Nelson @sphericalsquare.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
The driver must have been distracted by the 'School Safety Zone. Drive Carefully.' sign they passed just behind that tree.
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Alison Stenning @alisonstenning.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
These steps will not only immediately enrich children's opportunities for play, but they could lay the foundations of a new national play strategy, called for by @playengland.bsky.social and the Play Commission.
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