Many congrats to David Olusoga Francis Welch Kat Feavers Wall to Wall Media BBC Two & team on winning the VLV Award for Best TV News & Factual programme for Union following David as he traces the events, people & forces that transformed four separate nations into a single United Kingdom.

Good work today in Wisbech, interviews and a focus group where we talked local citizens power, making change, nostalgia, migration, work, and the WAG (Wisbech Action Group, invented today...)

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Received the new issue of The Philosopher that I co-edited with Anthony Morgan. Exciting process from which I learned a lot, and the result is fascinating thanks to all contributors.

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This is a great ⁦⁦Dan Taylor⁩ essay; a rich mix of social history and insightful commentary on the changing dynamics of East London. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Interviews on community and place
in the Fens on Monday, reimagining unpaid care in Gateshead on Tuesday, and today, focus groups on the future of growth in Barking and Dagenham, with huge maps...

The A13. Nothing more than a main road linking East London with south Essex? Through the eyes of Dan Taylor it becomes a conduit to rich social history and present day struggles for change. BBC Radio 3 at 10.45pm bbc.in/3IRzyof Arts and Humanities Research Council The Open University

This evening on BBC Radio 3 - catch my short audio Essay about the A13, 'Arteries of Tomorrow', at 10.45. Blends travelogue, memoir and my ongoing community research in the area. My thanks to Torquil MacLeod and the anonymised people who've shared their stories
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

But these poverty rates don't account for the uneven impact of the cost-of-living crisis.

The share of people in material deprivation rose from 15% to 19% between 2019-20 and 2022-23, and the share who couldn't warm their home from 4% to 11%.

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This is a terrific listen! It has been one of the great academic experiences of my career getting to know everyone in the Arts and Humanities Research Council BBC Radio 3 New generation thinkers scheme!

The desperate poverty schools can’t ignore. Staff showering kids, washing clothes, finding beds. Kids falling asleep in class, vaping to suppress hunger. “Kids are sleeping on sofas, in homes with smashed windows…mice. I come out and get really upset.” theguardian.com/education/2024…

Today, Child of the North – led by @N8Research & Health Equity North – and @CFYoungLives have unveiled the second in a series of reports that seek to deliver a country that works for all children and young people:

n8research.org.uk/child-of-the-n…

Remembering Chris Killip on the spot he took the series of incredible photographs documenting industrial decline in Wallsend.

His shots show Camp Road in 1975 and 1981.

We will be open this Friday 10-1pm. Celebrating international women’s day with an exhibition showcasing some of the female inventors and scientists who have helped shaped our world.

📢💫 Event Launch!

I'm so pleased to share this event with you - it's a labour of love, seeking to give you the inspiration, connections and methods to begin building a way out of the #carecrisis .

emilykenway.com/commons

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The Magic Money Tree in The Guardian today - my photo essay on the cost-of-living crisis.

theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…

Print this out and take it from your pocket the next time someone asks you: why does Britain feel so broken?

The Conservatives’ economic record since 2010 in 10 charts theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/m…

The news I'm hearing from Goldsmiths, University of London via Goldsmiths UCU this morning is completely shocking. 25% of all teaching & research staff at risk of compulsory redundancy. Solidarity to all friends & colleagues at Goldsmiths. We cannot allow the destruction of such a great university

Rediscovered an old poster I made for some events we ran in 2016. It's holding up well, unfortunately.