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Yorkshire Bylines @yorkshirebylines.co.uk · 22h
Sheffield’s film industry: an asset to be cherished Sheffield’s film industry brings enormous cultural and economic value, but its future depends on continued investment By Katherine Sansom
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Sheffield’s film industry: an asset to be cherished
Sheffield’s film industry brings enormous cultural and economic value, but its future depends on continued investment
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Yorkshire Bylines @yorkshirebylines.co.uk · 28/09/2026
Remembering Vicky Seddon: a formidable voice for democratic renewal Yorkshire Bylines remembers Vicky Seddon, a formidable campaigner, writer and friend who devoted decades to making British democracy fairer By Jane Thomas
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Remembering Vicky Seddon: a formidable voice for democratic renewal
Yorkshire Bylines remembers Vicky Seddon, a formidable campaigner, writer and friend who devoted decades to making British democracy fairer
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Yorkshire Bylines @yorkshirebylines.co.uk · 28/09/2026
Culture and nature come together across Kirklees From woodland storytelling to sculpture trails, Kirklees has plenty of ways to get out, get creative and enjoy something different By Yorkshire Bylines
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Culture and nature come together across Kirklees
From woodland storytelling to sculpture trails, Kirklees has plenty of ways to get out, get creative and enjoy something different
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Yorkshire Bylines @yorkshirebylines.co.uk · 27/09/2026
At the next table Who is really speaking when someone loudly declares what they believe? By Steve Pottinger
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At the next table
Who is really speaking when someone loudly declares what they believe?
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Yorkshire Bylines @yorkshirebylines.co.uk · 26/09/2026
A solemn ramble to the Ypres memorial sites Part 2 of Norky’s account of a visit to the WW1 battlefields of Ypres. Here, he takes us to some of the key memorial sites By Peter Norcliffe
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A solemn ramble to the Ypres memorial sites
Part 2 of Norky’s account of a visit to the WW1 battlefields of Ypres. Here, he takes us to some of the key memorial sites
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Yorkshire Bylines @yorkshirebylines.co.uk · 25/09/2026
None of us knows what is around the corner A personal testimonial of the life-saving benefits of a social security system that supports the people, and the dangers of villainising those who find need of it By John Heywood
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None of us knows what is around the corner
A personal testimonial of the life-saving benefits of a social security system that supports the people, and the dangers of villainising those who find need of it
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Yorkshire Bylines @yorkshirebylines.co.uk · 23/09/2026
Sitting gold: the fight for Venezuela's assets to be released by the Bank of England The Venezuela Solidarity Campaign is urging the Bank of England to return gold reserves to Venezuela after the devastating effects of the June earthquakes By Tony Burke
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Sitting gold: the fight for Venezuela’s assets to be released by the Bank of England
The Venezuela Solidarity Campaign is urging the Bank of England to return gold reserves to Venezuela after the devastating effects of the June earthquakes
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Yorkshire Bylines @yorkshirebylines.co.uk · 17/09/2026
US midterms: the days grow short With November’s midterm elections looming, the battle for control of Congress is already heating up – and Donald Trump is at the centre of it By J 'Masharubu' Strauss
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US midterms: the days grow short
With November’s midterm elections looming, the battle for control of Congress is already heating up – and Donald Trump is at the centre of it
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Yorkshire Bylines @yorkshirebylines.co.uk · 15/09/2026
A Modest Proposal: targeting help at the people who need it least Satire: with Reform promising sweeping welfare cuts, one fictional MP offers a modest solution to Britain’s fiscally burdensome By Tarquin Featherstonehaugh-Cholmondley
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A Modest Proposal: targeting help at the people who need it least
Satire: with Reform promising sweeping welfare cuts, one fictional MP offers a modest solution to Britain’s fiscally burdensome
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Yorkshire Bylines @yorkshirebylines.co.uk · 14/09/2026
The Champions of Life have to take on the Broligarchs One Health researchers are inclined towards cooperation and consensus, but they need to challenge the broligarchs’ destructive ideology and solutionism By Natalie Bennett
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The Champions of Life have to take on the Broligarchs
One Health researchers are inclined towards cooperation and consensus, but they need to challenge the broligarchs’ destructive ideology and solutionism
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Yorkshire Bylines @yorkshirebylines.co.uk · 10/09/2026
How has Hawk-Eye changed the game of cricket? Hawk-Eye’s perfect vision bared every fault on the pitch, but what it exposed behind the scenes is much more damning By Dr John Elsom
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How has Hawk-Eye changed the game of cricket?
Hawk-Eye’s perfect vision bared every fault on the pitch, but what it exposed behind the scenes is much more damning
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Yorkshire Bylines @yorkshirebylines.co.uk · 09/09/2026
Will there be enough water to satisfy demand in 2050? Part two England faces a major water shortfall by 2050, with reservoirs, recycling and other measures needed to secure future supplies By Patrick Wright
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Will there be enough water to satisfy demand in 2050? Part two
England faces a major water shortfall by 2050, with reservoirs, recycling and other measures needed to secure future supplies
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Yorkshire Bylines @yorkshirebylines.co.uk · 08/09/2026
Will there be enough water to satisfy demand in 2050? Part one of a two-part series: England's reservoirs face a widening water shortfall as population growth and 1.5 million new homes strain storage By Patrick Wright
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Will there be enough water to satisfy demand in 2050?
Part one of a two-part series: England's reservoirs face a widening water shortfall as population growth and 1.5 million new homes strain storage
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 06/09/2026
We have a chance to influence the new government, using the power of our citizen journalism - and the weight, literally, of our Gazette - to make politicians do more to secure justice for those abused by Mohamed Al Fayed. We are raising £6,000 to print and send the Gazette to every MP 👇
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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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Yorkshire Bylines @yorkshirebylines.co.uk · 06/09/2026
What Yorkshire looks like after the family tree crosses the Atlantic A family’s journey from Yorkshire to Canada reveals how migration reshapes ancestry, identity and our understanding of home By Joshua W J Brown
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What Yorkshire looks like after the family tree crosses the Atlantic
A family’s journey from Yorkshire to Canada reveals how migration reshapes ancestry, identity and our understanding of home
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 04/09/2026
We have a chance to influence the new government, using the power of our citizen journalism - and the weight, literally, of our Gazette - to make politicians do more to secure justice for those abused by Mohamed Al Fayed. We are raising £6,000 to print and send the Gazette to every MP 👇
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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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Yorkshire Bylines @yorkshirebylines.co.uk · 05/09/2026
From cultural revival to devolution: can Yorkshire follow Finland’s lead? Finland’s cultural revival helped forge a nation. Could Yorkshire’s growing cultural confidence pave the way for real devolution? By Colin Speakman
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From cultural revival to devolution: can Yorkshire follow Finland’s lead?
Finland’s cultural revival helped forge a nation. Could Yorkshire’s growing cultural confidence pave the way for real devolution?
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Yorkshire Bylines @yorkshirebylines.co.uk · 03/09/2026
Yorkshire’s dirty business: will the region’s mayors hold polluters to account? Environment Agency disclosures reveal low attendance at reported pollution incidents and sharp changes between initial and final assessments, intensifying questions about oversight and accountability By Kirsty Tucker
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Yorkshire’s dirty business: will the region’s mayors hold polluters to account?
Environment Agency disclosures reveal low attendance at reported pollution incidents and sharp changes between initial and final assessments, intensifying questions about oversight and accountability
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 03/09/2026
TONIGHT..... 7.00–8.15 pm Bylines Network webinar: “Cleaning Up Politics: How Britain Rebuilds Trust”, 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...
TONIGHT..... 7.00–8.15 pm

Bylines Network webinar: “Cleaning Up Politics: How Britain Rebuilds Trust”, 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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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 03/09/2026
TONIGHT..... 7.00–8.15 pm Bylines Network webinar: “Cleaning Up Politics: How Britain Rebuilds Trust”, 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...
TONIGHT..... 7.00–8.15 pm

Bylines Network webinar: “Cleaning Up Politics: How Britain Rebuilds Trust”, 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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Yorkshire Bylines @yorkshirebylines.co.uk · 03/09/2026
Beetroot finds its groove Meryl White shares her recipe to transform an overlooked root vegetable into a delicious chutney By Meryl White
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Beetroot finds its groove
Meryl White shares her recipe to transform an overlooked root vegetable into a delicious chutney
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This is TOMORROW. Looking very popular - but there’s still opportunity to come and at no cost. Pls share. The link you need —> www.tickettailor.com/events/bylin...
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🔥TOMORROW🔥 Delighted to say lots of people booked to come. Should be superb. Pls share. The link you need —> www.tickettailor.com/events/bylin...
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Book your place – Cleaning up politics: how Britain rebuilds trust – Zoom
Cleaning up politics: how Britain rebuilds trust – Zoom, Thu 3 Sep 2026 - LIVE WEBINAR. Part of the Bylines Network "making sense of our times" series. Andy Burnham, Britain’s new Prime Minister, has...
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 01/09/2026
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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Yorkshire Bylines @yorkshirebylines.co.uk · 01/09/2026
A review of ‘Metabolic Rifts: Capitalism’s Assault on the Earth System’ Ian Angus’s latest book explores metabolic rifts and capitalism’s fundamental conflict with the environmental limits of our planet By Bryn Glover
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A review of ‘Metabolic Rifts: Capitalism’s Assault on the Earth System’
Ian Angus’s latest book explores metabolic rifts and capitalism’s fundamental conflict with the environmental limits of our planet
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Yorkshire Bylines @yorkshirebylines.co.uk · 31/08/2026
Technical is not the same as tangible Our economy is worth trillions, yet millions live in poverty. So how do we measure success – and judge those we elect to lead us? By Paul Rowlston
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Technical is not the same as tangible
Our economy is worth trillions, yet millions live in poverty. So how do we measure success – and judge those we elect to lead us?
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rhonda611.bsky.social @rhonda611.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Does anyone ever really get justice in UK? Blood scandal, Hillsborough, Grenfell, British troops exposed to A bomb, Al Fayed? The list is endless - justice in UK only for the perpetrators.
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No One Above @nooneaboveorg.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Donors can receive their own copy of the gazette or you can subscribe to Bylines for access. bylinesnetwork.co.uk/gazette/ (July edition)
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Gazette - Bylines Network
Enjoy our best articles delivered to your inbox every month
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No One Above @nooneaboveorg.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Please consider supporting a fundraiser from No One Above and @bylinesnetwork.co.uk to send a copy of the Special Gazette on the Fayed/Harrods case to every MP. #harrods #trafficking #alfayed #fayed www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/where-is-j...
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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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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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Yorkshire Bylines @yorkshirebylines.co.uk · 29/08/2026
York councillors urged to scrutinise Yorkshire Water over sewage pollution York councillors have been urged to hold Yorkshire Water to account over sewage pollution and concerns about missing monitoring data By Kay Johnstone
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York councillors urged to scrutinise Yorkshire Water over sewage pollution
York councillors have been urged to hold Yorkshire Water to account over sewage pollution and concerns about missing monitoring data
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 17/08/2026
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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Yorkshire Bylines @yorkshirebylines.co.uk · 27/08/2026
Beyond childcare: a new vision for early childhood If Andy Burnham wants lasting reform, he must put children, not economics, at the heart of early years policy By Dr Aaron Bradbury
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Beyond childcare: a new vision for early childhood
If Andy Burnham wants lasting reform, he must put children, not economics, at the heart of early years policy
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Yorkshire Bylines @yorkshirebylines.co.uk · 26/08/2026
The Percys in Yorkshire: power, rebellion, ruin and revival From medieval castles and vanished villages to magnificent monuments, Ian Richardson follows the traces left across Yorkshire by one of England’s most powerful dynasties By Ian Richardson
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The Percys in Yorkshire: power, rebellion, ruin and revival
From medieval castles and vanished villages to magnificent monuments, Ian Richardson follows the traces left across Yorkshire by one of England’s most powerful dynasties
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Yorkshire Bylines @yorkshirebylines.co.uk · 24/08/2026
Where nature meets culture: Bradford's great outdoors becomes the stage Bradford takes culture outdoors this autumn, with wind-powered music, floral art and new ways to explore Yorkshire's landscapes By John Heywood
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Where nature meets culture: Bradford’s great outdoors becomes the stage
Bradford takes culture outdoors this autumn, with wind-powered music, floral art and new ways to explore Yorkshire's landscapes
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Yorkshire Bylines @yorkshirebylines.co.uk · 23/08/2026
the slow unbecoming of 47 Power, language and words that begin to disappear By Steve Pottinger
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the slow unbecoming of 47
Power, language and words that begin to disappear
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Yorkshire Bylines @yorkshirebylines.co.uk · 22/08/2026
More than 70 works. Loans from the National Gallery and Tate. Turner, Blake, Ingres and Wedgwood – all brought together in York. The connection? York-born artist John Flaxman, whose influence stretched across Europe.
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John Flaxman: The York-born artist who inspired Turner, Blake and Wedgwood
How a York-born artist influenced some of Britain’s greatest names – and helped shape everything from fine art to Wedgwood
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Yorkshire Bylines @yorkshirebylines.co.uk · 22/08/2026
Andy Burnham promises the biggest transfer of power out of Westminster in generations. But England’s regions are still being offered something Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland would never accept: powers that Westminster can ultimately take back. Is second-class devolution really enough?
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Burnham's moment: why England needs more than second-class devolution.
Yorkshire shows the limits of England's devolution model — and why its regions need genuine powers of their own
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Yorkshire Bylines @yorkshirebylines.co.uk · 22/08/2026
Burnham's moment: why England needs more than second-class devolution Yorkshire shows the limits of England's devolution model – and why its regions need genuine powers of their own By John Hall
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Burnham’s moment: why England needs more than second-class devolution
Yorkshire shows the limits of England's devolution model – and why its regions need genuine powers of their own
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Yorkshire Bylines @yorkshirebylines.co.uk · 20/08/2026
John Flaxman: The York-born artist who inspired Turner, Blake and Wedgwood How a York-born artist influenced some of Britain’s greatest names – and helped shape everything from fine art to Wedgwood By John Heywood
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John Flaxman: The York-born artist who inspired Turner, Blake and Wedgwood
How a York-born artist influenced some of Britain’s greatest names – and helped shape everything from fine art to Wedgwood
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Yorkshire Bylines @yorkshirebylines.co.uk · 20/08/2026
Turner. Blake. Wedgwood. Three giants of British art and design – all influenced by a man born in York. A major new exhibition coming to York Art Gallery puts John Flaxman back in the spotlight, 200 years after his death.
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John Flaxman: The York-born artist who inspired Turner, Blake and Wedgwood
How a York-born artist influenced some of Britain’s greatest names – and helped shape everything from fine art to Wedgwood
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
It seems to me that "dropping a bombshell" by suddenly supporting new oil and gas is what counts for Dale Vince. By no means the first time he's taken a poorly-evidenced position that generates a lot of publicity. I see him as multi-millionaire self-publicist first, environmentalist a distant second
Post by Dale Vince stating he has just dropped a bombshell on North Sea oil and gas.
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Yorkshire Bylines @yorkshirebylines.co.uk · 15/08/2026
Economic growth is politicians’ favourite measure of success. But GDP can rise when we clean up disasters, fall when families provide free childcare, and tell us nothing about who gets the gains. John Cole asks: are we measuring what really matters?
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Economic growth: are we measuring what really matters?
GDP is the standard measure of economic success, but it can tell us surprisingly little about whether people’s lives are improving
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Yorkshire Bylines @yorkshirebylines.co.uk · 15/08/2026
Economic growth: are we measuring what really matters? GDP is the standard measure of economic success, but it can tell us surprisingly little about whether people’s lives are improving By John Cole
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Economic growth: are we measuring what really matters?
GDP is the standard measure of economic success, but it can tell us surprisingly little about whether people’s lives are improving
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Yorkshire Bylines @yorkshirebylines.co.uk · 15/08/2026
Play isn't time away from learning. For young children, play is how learning happens. Dr Pam Jarvis explains what neuroscience tells us about developing brains – and why education policy so often gets it wrong. @drpam.bsky.social
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Play, learning and the young child’s brain: ‘It doesn’t work like that’
Play is essential to early learning and children's development because our brains evolved to ‘boot up’ through social interaction and exploration
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Helen Tucker @brujablanca.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
100% this 👇 Banning under-16s is easy but won't solve any problems.
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 09/08/2026
They began partly as a Victorian attempt to improve the habits of the working classes. Today they're places to walk, play, exercise, meet friends – or simply breathe. The fascinating story of how Yorkshire's public parks became genuinely public spaces. @yorkshirebylines.co.uk
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A breath of fresh air: a brief history of the West Riding’s public parks
From Victorian ‘urban lungs’ to modern community spaces, Yorkshire’s public parks have been transforming city life for 170 years
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 15/08/2026
Is Labour actually one party – or several political traditions forced to live under the same roof by first-past-the-post?
 Perhaps its endless internal arguments aren't an aberration. They're an inevitable consequence of our electoral system. @yorkshirebylines.co.uk @handhyorkshire.bsky.social
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Can Labour ever settle its internal divisions?
Labour’s broad coalition faces tensions over culture, class and identity. Can shared economic goals keep the party united?
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Yorkshire Bylines @yorkshirebylines.co.uk · 14/08/2026
Play, learning and the young child’s brain: ‘It doesn’t work like that’ Play is essential to early learning and children's development because our brains evolved to ‘boot up’ through social interaction and exploration By Dr Pam Jarvis
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Play, learning and the young child’s brain: ‘It doesn’t work like that’
Play is essential to early learning and children's development because our brains evolved to ‘boot up’ through social interaction and exploration
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Yorkshire Bylines @yorkshirebylines.co.uk · 13/08/2026
We know we need more trees. But planting them is only the beginning. 
Drought, disease, pests and extreme heat are taking their toll – while the UK remains thousands of hectares short of its own planting targets. 
So how healthy will our future forests actually be?
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Drought, disease and more besides are killing our trees
Climate change, disease and human activity are killing trees faster than governments can deliver the planting needed to replace them
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