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The Official Podcast for the Bylines Network, hosted by Chris Davies and Julian Greenbank. Looking at the biggest stories from across the country. Episodes released monthly. https://open.spotify.com/show/3WjbTeTGwFAfiopvvV8pzV

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S4 EP26 Labour's New Phase/Zack Polanski's Election Podcast Episode ยท The Bylines Network Podcast ยท 10/03/2025 ยท 38m

The Green Party elected a new leader in Zack Polanski ad since then, Green Party memberships has surged.

Labour also started September beginning Phase 2 but it was marred by controversies, will they recover?

Both issues discussed in this month's Podcast episode

tinyurl.com/44m48zcm

04.10.2025 15:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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S4 EP26 Labour's New Phase/Zack Polanski's Election Podcast Episode ยท The Bylines Network Podcast ยท 10/03/2025 ยท 38m

The Green Party elected a new leader in Zack Polanski ad since then, Green Party memberships has surged.

Labour also started September beginning Phase 2 but it was marred by controversies, will they recover?

Both issues discussed in this month's Podcast episode

tinyurl.com/44m48zcm

04.10.2025 15:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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S4 EP26 Labour's New Phase/Zack Polanski's Election Podcast Episode ยท The Bylines Network Podcast ยท 10/03/2025 ยท 38m

September marked end of recess and the start of Labour's Phase 2, marked by a cabinet reshuffle, and several unforeseen controversies and the Green Party had a leadership election.

Join our hosts as we discuss the events of September on this week's podcast.

tinyurl.com/44m48zcm

03.10.2025 18:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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S4 EP26 Labour's New Phase/Zack Polanski's Election Podcast Episode ยท The Bylines Network Podcast ยท 10/03/2025 ยท 38m

September marked end of recess and the start of Labour's Phase 2, marked by a cabinet reshuffle, and several unforeseen controversies and the Green Party had a leadership election.

Join our hosts as we discuss the events of September on this week's podcast.

tinyurl.com/44m48zcm

03.10.2025 18:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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5 Years On: Central Bylines Podcast Episode ยท The Bylines Network Podcast ยท 09/25/2025 ยท 35m

This week Central Bylines turns five years old; to celebrate, Simon Ferrigino, Judy Copage, Mark Cunliffe and Julian Greenbank take a retrospective look at the variety of articles published since our launch, where the publication currently stands, and what the future holds

27.09.2025 11:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Bylines Reports: A Talk with Marcus Ryder Podcast Episode ยท The Bylines Network Podcast ยท 09/23/2025 ยท 1h 2m

Marcus Ryder is a huge figure in the factual news world and has a new book, with Sir Lenny Henry, The Big Payback talks about Reparations to address the legacy of slavery.

He chats with @benjitoon.bsky.social and @annesjoukje.bsky.social about the book and his experiences.

tinyurl.com/Bynetpod

24.09.2025 16:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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5 Years On: Central Bylines Podcast Episode ยท The Bylines Network Podcast ยท 09/25/2025 ยท 35m

Today, Central Bylines turns five years old; to celebrate, Simon Ferrigino, Judy Copage, Mark Cunliffe and Julian Greenbank take a retrospective look at the variety of articles published since our launch, where the publication currently stands, and what the future holds

25.09.2025 18:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 43    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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5 Years On: Central Bylines Podcast Episode ยท The Bylines Network Podcast ยท 09/25/2025 ยท 35m

It's another special day, this time celebrating the 5th birthday of @centralbylines.co.uk ๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰

In this episode, Julian sits down with editors-in-chief, past and present, to talk about the Network's biggest publication.

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25.09.2025 13:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Bylines Reports: A Talk with Marcus Ryder Podcast Episode ยท The Bylines Network Podcast ยท 09/23/2025 ยท 1h 2m

Marcus Ryder is a huge figure in the factual news world and has a new book, with Sir Lenny Henry, The Big Payback talks about Reparations to address the legacy of slavery.

He chats with @benjitoon.bsky.social and @annesjoukje.bsky.social about the book and his experiences.

tinyurl.com/Bynetpod

24.09.2025 16:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Simon Ferrigno, Judy Copage and Mark Cunliffe have just recorded a podcast to celebrate our upcoming 5th birthday, discussing how we started, our journey, and what the future holds.

Thanks to Julian Greenbank and Bylines Podcast for hosting.

Watch out for it dropping on the 25th of September!

20.09.2025 18:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

To which end, I highly commend the moral clarity of this excellent article by @rfhaviland.bsky.social @bylinesnetwork.co.uk bylines.scot/politics/sta...

14.09.2025 13:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 113    ๐Ÿ” 42    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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S4 EP25 Talking about Immigration with Care4Calais Podcast Episode ยท The Bylines Network Podcast ยท 08/31/2025 ยท 38m

In the latest episode for the Podcast, we speak to Care4Calais about the government's latest policies of immigration and the frustration people who help asylum seekers are feeling right now.

Listen to it where podcasts are found.

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02.09.2025 12:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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S4 EP25 Talking about Immigration with Care4Calais Podcast Episode ยท The Bylines Network Podcast ยท 08/31/2025 ยท 38m

In the latest episode for the Podcast, we speak to Care4Calais about the government's latest policies of immigration and the frustration people who help asylum seekers are feeling right now.

Listen to it where podcasts are found.

shorturl.at/GQcjc

02.09.2025 12:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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S4 EP25 Talking about Immigration with Care4Calais Podcast Episode ยท The Bylines Network Podcast ยท 08/31/2025 ยท 38m

Immigration has been in the news for what feels like forever.

However, our hosts feel like there's a missing voice from these discussions, the voice of the immigrants and the people who help them.

We talk to Charlotte Khan from Care4Calais about the this so called 'crisis'.

shorturl.at/GQcjc

31.08.2025 17:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 86    ๐Ÿ” 38    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Did you hear? We've released a new episode about a talking point that has been in the news for a while, immigration to the UK

01.09.2025 08:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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S4 EP25 Talking about Immigration with Care4Calais Podcast Episode ยท The Bylines Network Podcast ยท 08/31/2025 ยท 38m

Immigration has been in the news for what feels like forever.

However, our hosts feel like there's a missing voice from these discussions, the voice of the immigrants and the people who help them.

We talk to Charlotte Khan from Care4Calais about the this so called 'crisis'.

shorturl.at/GQcjc

31.08.2025 17:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 86    ๐Ÿ” 38    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

New Episode tomorrow, keep an eye out where ever you stream your podcasts ๐Ÿ“ป๐ŸŽง๐ŸŽ™๏ธ๐Ÿ“ฐ

30.08.2025 19:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Traffic to all Bylines publications from X versus Bluesky from Jun 2024 to Jun 2025.

Traffic to all Bylines publications from X versus Bluesky from Jun 2024 to Jun 2025.

100%

Our 10 publications at @bylinesnetwork.co.uk now get many more engagements (and click-through) from Bluesky than it ever did on Twitter/X.

Hereโ€™s our graph of traffic from X vs Bluesky over the last 12 months.

28.08.2025 11:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 544    ๐Ÿ” 106    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
Picture announcing the Bylines Network poetry prize

Picture announcing the Bylines Network poetry prize

As chosen by two of the UKโ€™s best-known poets, Ian McMillan and Kate Fox, the winners of the first Bylines Network Sky Hawkins Poetry Prize will be announced today at 6pm.

Join us here to watch the big reveal live www.youtube.com/@bylinesnetw...
@katefoxwriter75.bsky.social @imcmillan.bsky.social

27.08.2025 12:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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POETRY PRIZE SHORTLIST: Fish On 27 August 2025, we will announce the winner of the Bylines Network Sky Hawkins Poetry Prize. Ahead of the reveal, we're sharing all shortlisted poems. This is Fish by Andrea Mbarushimana.

Another poem shortlisted for the @bylinesnetwork.co.uk poetry prize.

Winner announced on Wednesday.

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24.08.2025 20:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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POETRY PRIZE SHORTLIST: The Grief On 27 August 2025, we will announce the winner of the Bylines Network Sky Hawkins Poetry Prize. Ahead of the big reveal, we're sharing all 10 shortlisted poems. This is the The Grief, by John Dobson.

The first of the shortlisted poems in the @bylinesnetwork.co.uk Sky Hawkins Poetry Prize.

The Grief, by John Dobson.

Read it on the link below and subscribe to see the other 9 poems as they are released in the run up to the announcement of the winner on 27/8.

open.substack.com/pub/bylinesn...

23.08.2025 12:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Letโ€™s tackle litter together โ€“ join our campaign and love where you live โ€˜Carefulโ€™ littering may seem harmless, but itโ€™s still litter โ€“ and itโ€™s harming Heckmondwike. Letโ€™s change habits and take pride in our town!

๐Ÿ‘ Letโ€™s tackle litter together โ€“ join our campaign and love where you live

โ€˜Carefulโ€™ littering may seem harmless, but itโ€™s still litter โ€“ and itโ€™s harming Heckmondwike. Letโ€™s change habits and take pride in our town!

By Allison Ogden-Newton OBE

@keepbritaintidy.bsky.social

14.08.2025 12:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 33    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Endangered โ€“ the remarkable water vole is making a comeback Predation, pollution, climate change and habitat loss made Kenneth Grahame's Ratty one of the UK's most endangered species. But wildlife trusts are on the case

Once a common riverside sight, the water vole nearly vanished due to habitat loss, pollution & mink predation.

Now, itโ€™s making a slow but inspiring return writes Kate Moore
#WaterVoles #Conservation

14.08.2025 13:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Great British fear factory: manufacturing a lawless London Reform UKโ€™s โ€œBritain is Lawlessโ€ campaign isnโ€™t about making us safer โ€“ itโ€™s about manufacturing fear for political gain

The truth about Reform UKโ€™s โ€œLawless Londonโ€ campaign?

The crime stats donโ€™t stack up โ€“ but fear always sells, writes The Bear.

14.08.2025 13:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 48    ๐Ÿ” 18    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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โ€˜Snoligosterโ€™ at Alphabetti Theatre "The audience have a role to play in witnessing the education and transformation of the Snoligoster from caged Republican pet to a free-thinking intelligent creature"

Snoligosterโ€™ at Alphabetti Theatre
"The audience have a role to play in witnessing the education and transformation of the Snoligoster from caged Republican pet to a free-thinking intelligent creature"

northeastbylines.co.uk/culture/perf...

14.08.2025 13:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Nagasaki or Hiroshima: which type of bomb might Iran be going for? Given the different difficulties of making nuclear bombs, which one would a modern state choose? Part two: Iran vs the US and Israel

โœ๏ธ Nagasaki or Hiroshima: which type of bomb might Iran be going for? (part 2)

Given the different difficulties of making nuclear bombs, which one would a modern state choose?

By Dr Robert Smith

14.08.2025 16:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Bylines Network has just got a blue tick!

As has Full Fact and Declassified UK.

Please make sure youโ€™re following this full set of for-public-good alternative journalism.

The MSM is failing us badly (esp on Gaza). So make sure you help build up the grassroots alternatives!

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14.08.2025 16:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 197    ๐Ÿ” 67    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Bylines Network Regional online citizen-journalism from across the country: Central Bylines Kent Bylines North East Bylines North West Bylines Sussex Bylines West England Bylines Yorkshire Bylines Local and intern...

@northeastbylines.co.uk is giving prizes to the best artists from the Newcastle Fringe Festival.

Dozens of shows seen all to find four outstanding pieces of work.

Please join our livestream to find out who won.

5 pm Friday 15 August on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@bylinesnetw...

12.08.2025 15:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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S4 EP24 The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly; Reviewing Labour's First Year Podcast Episode ยท The Bylines Network Podcast ยท 08/01/2025 ยท 37m

July signalled Labour's first year in charge since winning the election. And despite a major majority, some good domestic bills, and securing trade deals, it's been a very mixed bag to say the least.

Our hosts discuss why, from the Good, the Bad and the Ugly in the latest episode

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01.08.2025 16:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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5 Years On: Sussex Bylines Podcast Episode ยท The Bylines Network Podcast ยท 08/04/2025 ยท 35m

It's Sussex's 5th Birthday today ๐ŸŽ‰

Come listen to another 5 Years on episode as we talk to @sussexbylines.co.uk's EIC and her team about the running of the Bylines Network's smallest publication.

We also hear from two of its writers to hear what goes into writing an article.

tinyurl.com/yc37k7w8

04.08.2025 16:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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