Environmental psychologist: transport, energy, water, buildings. Motonormativity guy. Head of Psychology, Swansea University 🏴. Charity trustee x2. My views
Guinness World Record for the fastest bicycle ride across Europe drianwalker.com
Professor of Political Sociology @uniurb. Former director and now Associate Fellow, @ipprnorth.bsky.social. Devolution/Territorial Politics/Regions/Local Government
Host of Today in Focus, the Guardian’s daily news podcast. Former North of England editor. Nominated for best host at the 2025 British Podcast Awards. Contact me in confidence helen.pidd@theguardian.com
Northern correspondent, Financial Times
📍Manchester
Principal Policy Adviser at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation - UK poverty, social policy, politics, research and data. Occasionally crochet, gigs and nature
Running the best city in the world.
Leader of Manchester City Council since 2021, elected Labour Councillor since 2011.
Passionate about all things Manchester, Labour, Cities, Sport, Culture and Food.
Principal Research Fellow at IPPR. Work on migration and cohesion. Care about creating a fairer and more just world.
Research Fellow - Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) | Working on Migration and Race.
Drama and fiction writer. MONSTROUS LONGING out with Dahlia Books.
Agents: Independent Talent / The Ampersand Agency
Brit List 2022 / BAFTA Connect member / 4Screenwriting / BBC TV Drama Writers' Programme.
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👊 🩷 Proud Northerner, hobbyist writer + outdoorsy dog woman
🕵️♀️Researcher at @ipprnorth.bsky.social.
💬 All things housing, MVAWG, health, regional equality, devo.
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Director of IPPR North in Manchester. Economist focused on people’s lived experience. Regional policy. Commissioner UK2070. Former HM Treasury. Views my own.
Political Correspondent for ITV News | Granada Reports
Journalist, mum, millennial cross between Hyacinth Bouquet and Mrs Bennet. Very frazzled English woman before it became a vibe.
North of England correspondent at the Guardian. Mostly here to make bad jokes
Journalist for The Yorkshire Post and sometimes lecturer @LeedsBeckett.
Journalist @guardian. Northern Powerhouse, running bore 🏃🏽♀️, MUFC 👹. Send news: hannah.al-othman@theguardian.com. DM for WhatsApp/Signal
Chief Executive of Centre for Local Economic Strategies.@clesthinkdo.bsky.social.
Tracking the growing phenomenon of #mediacoops worldwide.
Help me (@sdp.bsky.social) find, list, track #journalism #cooperatives, and research/mapping/policy about them…
The party of the UK's co-operative movement, in partnership with The Labour Party. https://party.coop
Mayor of Greater Manchester
