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Ginny Smith

@tarringnev.bsky.social
2.1K followers 1.1K following 119 posts

Acquired many varied skills over the decades - tractor driving, TEFL, executive coaching, journalism - and now co-ordinating editor working with the great team at @sussexbylines.bsky.social

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 22/09/2026
Any wine fans out there who wish to write about Halfpenny Green Wine Estate who along with 12 other honours have just taken the top title at the Wine GB Midlands & North 2026 Awards?
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Vineyard near Stourbridge crowned winemaker of the year
THE team behind an award-winning vineyard near Stourbridge are celebrating after the estate was crowned 'winemaker of the year'
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
💥 There are now over 17,800 emails that have been sent💥 Not bad, given that we only started this on Friday! 🙌
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I’d highly recommend that nobody download this app. At best, it’s unfiltered propaganda. At worst, it’s spyware.
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 20/09/2026
The evening of the year A welcome to the autumn equinox | Oak Bear @sussexbylines.co.uk
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The evening of the year
A welcome to the autumn equinox
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Today, Izium in the Kharkiv region marks its liberation day from Russian occupation. ​Four years ago, the Ukrainian flag was raised here once again, and almost immediately, mass graves were discovered, hidden in the pine forest in the hope that they would be overlooked and forgotten.
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 10/09/2026
Anyone venturing onto toxic platforms like Facebook and Twitter at the moment will see an endless wave of abuse of the RNLI. But on the plus side. The RNLI are reporting a "significant increase" in donations this week. Let's be part of it..... 👇
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Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea
Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.
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Ginny Smith @tarringnev.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
@sussexbylines.co.uk is publishing a fascinating series of articles on events portrayed in the Bayeux tapestry - and the impact of the Norman invasion down the centuries. @britishmuseum.bsky.social This latest from Alex Mancey-Barrett:
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This Land is His Land
The wealth and influence introduced by William is alive and well in our own backyard
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Ginny Smith @tarringnev.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
So many women are written out of history - and this is an extraordinary example. Without Matilda of Flanders William would probably never have been "the Conqueror"
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The Powerful Woman Missing from the Bayeux Tapestry : Matilda of Flanders
William’s wife, Matilda, is missing from the Bayeux Tapestry, yet her wealth, diplomacy and ship Mora were crucial to the Norman Conquest.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
There have been so many impeachable offenses, but lying about how you were a hero on a day that 2,753 people died in NYC in the 9/11 disaster—when you were on the other side of town, safely calling local media to brag about how you now had the tallest downtown building—is such a despicable one
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 30/08/2026
Bylines Network webinar: “Cleaning Up Politics: How Britain Rebuilds Trust”, Thursday 3 September, 7.00–8.15pm. Speakers Neal Lawson, Prof Christina Pagel, Dominic Grieve KC and Gina Miller, chaired by Mike Galsworthy. Discussion on political standards and accountability bit.ly/politicsclea...
Bylines Network webinar: “Cleaning Up Politics: How Britain Rebuilds Trust”, Thursday 3 September, 7.00–8.15pm. Speakers Neal Lawson, Prof Christina Pagel, Dominic Grieve KC and Gina Miller, chaired by Mike Galsworthy. Discussion on political standards and accountability
https://bit.ly/politicscleanup
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
🔥 Hundreds of girls abused by Al-Fayed and his trafficking network are still awaiting justice. AND the Met Police are refusing to investigate it as a trafficking operation. That’s key. Here is where you can help out (and get a copy if you want) —> www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/where-is-j...
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 29/08/2026
Time to toughen up Britain’s outdated funding laws It's time for a serious conversation about Britain's political spending policies and who they serve: the public or the 1%? | Bill Doult @kentandsurreybylines.co.uk
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Time to toughen up Britain’s outdated funding laws
It's time for a serious conversation about Britain's political spending policies and who they serve: the public or the 1%?
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Inside Ukraine 🇺🇦 @insideukraine.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
A Russian journalist told Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov that Moscow now effectively has only two allies, North Korea and Iran, and asked: "How did we get to this point, how did we end up in such company?" Lavrov responded: "What's wrong with such company?"
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Let’s get hard copies of survivor testimony to MPs!! Victims of the Al Fayed trafficking network have not got justice yet, despite vast evidence. This is our own Epstein scandal. This 85-page Bylines Gazette was written by the survivors and supporting experts. Let’s make sure MP get a copy! 👇👇
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Where is justice? Survivors voices in parliament
Put survivors’ testimony about Mohamed Al-Fayed in front of MPs – securing an inquiry, breaking down barriers and holding power to account.
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Sussex Bylines @sussexbylines.co.uk · 25/08/2026
Yeon Sang-ho’s Train to Busan is one of the most successful films of its generation helping to establish Korean cinema world-wide | Sarah Son
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Train to Busan ten years on: zombie thriller that propelled the rise of Korean cinema
Yeon Sang-ho’s Train to Busan is one of the most successful films of its generation helping to establish Korean cinema world-wide
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 20/08/2026
Beyond the school gates: What’s behind the rise in home education? One family’s experience of home education and the wider questions it raises | Ginny Smith @tarringnev.bsky.social @sussexbylines.co.uk
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Beyond the school gates: What’s behind the rise in home education?
One family’s experience of home education and the wider questions it raises
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Jeff Rudd 🇮🇪 🇨🇦 🇵🇸 @jeffrudd.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
REMEMBER: They all knew.
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Sussex Bylines @sussexbylines.co.uk · 15/08/2026
Climate change and the subsequent drought is changing our perception of nature | Oak Bear
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When the sea comes up the river
Climate change and the subsequent drought is changing our perception of nature
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 15/08/2026
The death of Jason Arday is absolutely tragic. Yet again the UK media have hounded someone to their death this time because he was black The UK gov needs to act
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Ginny Smith @tarringnev.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
We need to show rightwing newspapers that actions have consequences. Add your name: goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1
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Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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Ginny Smith @tarringnev.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
We need to show rightwing newspapers that actions have consequences. Add your name: goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1
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Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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Ginny Smith @tarringnev.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
A question for you - what do Nigel Farage and Bobby Sands have in common?
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Ginny Smith @tarringnev.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Share this article from Bylines sussexbylines.co.uk/news/what-ex...
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What exactly is the problem with local news?
A look at how the steep decline in genuine local journalism came about and how you could help the sector revive
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Sussex Bylines @sussexbylines.co.uk · 07/08/2026
AI companies are bulk-buying books to scan onto closed-source digital libraries used for AI model training, before being shredded | Hau Tak Ng
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Burning blight: a future without books
AI companies are bulk-buying books to scan onto closed-source digital libraries used for AI model training, before being shredded
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Sussex Bylines @sussexbylines.co.uk · 08/08/2026
In a world where families have become fragmented, how do we ensure that learned wisdom continues to be passed down? | Oak Bear
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The quiet inheritance
In a world where families have become fragmented, how do we ensure that learned wisdom continues to be passed down?
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Jen Barfoot @jasbar.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
What???? 😳😡🤬
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Sussex Bylines @sussexbylines.co.uk · 09/08/2026
Three of our editors share moments of joy to lift our spirits | Ginny Smith, James Joughin, Viv Griffiths
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Views of the future – reasons to be cheerful
Three of our editors share moments of joy to lift our spirits
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
💥 WE DID IT! 💥 10,300 followers for Sussex Bylines now! Thank you all so much. 🙏🏻
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Sussex Bylines @sussexbylines.co.uk · 08/08/2026
Unify: Hayling Island’s very own Banksy Street artist Unify is Hayling Island’s version of Banksy, bringing street art to the island with a poignant message | Gemma Gould @gemmagould.bsky.social
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Unify: Hayling Island’s very own Banksy
Street artist Unify is Hayling Island’s version of Banksy, bringing street art to the island with a poignant message
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Sussex Bylines @sussexbylines.co.uk · 07/08/2026
The painful reality for university students today | James Joyce
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Can this hangover really not be cured?
The painful reality for university students today
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Naida46 @naida46.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
💙💛 At the German airport in Leipzig, a drone carrying explosives was found near a Ukrainian cargo aircraft. Police are treating it as possible sabotage against state security. unn.ua/en/news/a-dr...
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A drone with a detonator was discovered near a Ukrainian Antonov aircraft at Leipzig Airport
УНН Crimes and emergencies ✎ At the German airport in Leipzig, a drone carrying explosives was found near a Ukrainian cargo aircraft. Police are treating it as possible sabotage a…
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 29/06/2026
The geography of survival Where will human beings comfortably live on Earth? | Mick Channon
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The geography of survival
Where will human beings comfortably live on Earth?
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Sussex Bylines @sussexbylines.co.uk · 05/08/2026
Unify: Hayling Island’s very own Banksy Street artist Unify is Hayling Island’s version of Banksy, bringing street art to the island with a poignant message | Gemma Gould @gemmagould.bsky.social
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Unify: Hayling Island’s very own Banksy
Street artist Unify is Hayling Island’s version of Banksy, bringing street art to the island with a poignant message
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Sussex Bylines @sussexbylines.co.uk · 06/08/2026
Despite the gloom there is still hope that the adults in charge will act to improve young peoples' lives | Rudi Banfield
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What does the future hold?
Despite the gloom there is still hope that the adults in charge will act to improve young peoples' lives
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Sussex Bylines @sussexbylines.co.uk · 05/08/2026
Oscar Dunning steps into the world of short form content for our week featuring young writers' responses to the question of "What does the future hold?" Possible brain rot, according to his view?
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Stop that scrolling! Is short-form content rotting our brains?
There is no doubt that engaging with short-form content is not always a productive pastime, but just how harmful is it?
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Sussex Bylines @sussexbylines.co.uk · 05/08/2026
Marking the 6th anniversary of our launch, this is the first of a series of articles running throughout the week on the future viewed through the eyes of the young. VERY young, in this first article! Lauris, 10, and Sylvie, 7, share their views of what the future might look like in 50 Years' time
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Happy birthday Sussex Bylines – but what does the future hold?
On the sixth anniversary of Sussex Bylines, two young people write about how they imagine the future
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 05/08/2026
Borrowing tomorrow The challenges young people face are so different from those from our youth. We need to do better to help them | Mick Channon @sussexbylines.co.uk
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Borrowing tomorrow
The challenges young people face are so different from those from our youth. We need to do better to help them
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Ginny Smith @tarringnev.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Happy Birthday @sussexbylines.co.uk Congratulations on your 6th anniversary!
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 25/07/2026
When the rain isn’t enough The change to our climate demands a change in the way we respond to our environment
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When the rain isn’t enough
The change to our climate demands a change in the way we respond to our environment
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Every “journalist” at this dinner should hang their heads in shame.
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Ginny Smith @tarringnev.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Did you know a barrister is facing jail just for reminding a jury they have the right to vote with their conscience? This historic right has kept trials fair since 1670. We can't let it be silenced now. Add your name to defend fair trials👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
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Sign to protect the right to a fair trial
Imagine being called for jury duty, but advised against using your own common sense. ❗A top barrister is now facing contempt of court proceedings, simply for reminding a jury of their rights. If judg...
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Moscow region… WOW 🤯
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brucible.bsky.social @brucible.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
A Farewell to a King, a welcome to a Queen: Rush on tour. Finally, I have written about Rush. Had to happen one day. #rush #anikanilles
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A Farewell to a King, a welcome to a Queen: Rush on tour
The great 70s prog-rock band Rush are back on the road and they have a new drummer wowing the fans
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Ginny Smith @tarringnev.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
A wonderful and poetic reminder of where our food comes from - another reflection on the seasons and earth's bounty from Oak Bear. Follow him every Saturday on @sussexbylines.co.uk
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The harvest we forgot
The harvest is more than a moment in time, it's almost a season in itself
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 13/07/2026
Everything you wanted to know about the food system but were afraid to ask A review of 'Eat the Planet Well' by Dave Goulson | James Joughin @jpjoughin.bsky.social @sussexbylines.co.uk
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Everything you wanted to know about the food system but were afraid to ask
A review of 'Eat the Planet Well' by Dave Goulson
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PhatzNewsRoom @phatznewsroom.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Brexit was biggest act of self-harm in 80 years, says Gibraltar chief #Brexit #NorthernIreland #Belfast #Scotland #DUP #UrsulaVonDerLeyen #MichelBarnier #DavidFrost #KeirStarmer #KingCharlesIII #EU #MichaelGove #Economy www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
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Brexit was biggest act of self-harm in 80 years, says Gibraltar chief
Brexit was the biggest act of national self-harm since the Second World War, Gibraltar’s chief minister has said.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Russia strikes Kharkiv every single day. ​I rarely write about it anymore. Not many people seem to care, and the news outlets never mention it. Posting about it feels like screaming into a void. If Russia can kill 30 people in a capital city full of journalists without any global outrage, ​
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Ginny Smith @tarringnev.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
In two years' time the good people of Sussex will be asked to choose a Mayor, when most have no idea of what their powers will be or what devolution will mean. Here's an excellent explainer from @sussexbylines.co.uk
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Local government reform and devolution in Sussex
Sussex will soon have a Mayor with real authority
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Ginny Smith @tarringnev.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Another wonderful Oak Bear article - a rumination - on why humans find wildness in nature so threatening...
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The trouble with wild
Our obsession with tidy directly contradicts the way that nature prefers to operate - we should try to let it be
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 09/07/2026
Local government reform and devolution in Sussex Sussex will soon have a Mayor with real authority | James Joughin @jpjoughin.bsky.social @sussexbylines.co.uk
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Local government reform and devolution in Sussex
Sussex will soon have a Mayor with real authority
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