Ben Proctor
@benproctor.co.uk
Some time folk singer. Ex Data Orchard CIC. Now freelance data consultant.
LibDem Herefordshire and Hereford City Councillor for College Ward (promoted by Sam Potts on behalf of the Liberal Democrats all at 54 St Owen St Hereford HR12PU)
LibDem Herefordshire and Hereford City Councillor for College Ward (promoted by Sam Potts on behalf of the Liberal Democrats all at 54 St Owen St Hereford HR12PU)
Every month I write a report for College Ward residents on what I've been up to. I'm a bit late with December's report but it is now out. benproctor4college.mycouncillor.org.uk/2026/01/24/w...
Ward report December 2025 – Ben4College
benproctor4college.mycouncillor.org.uk
January 24, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Every month I write a report for College Ward residents on what I've been up to. I'm a bit late with December's report but it is now out. benproctor4college.mycouncillor.org.uk/2026/01/24/w...
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The insanity of UK public bodies threatening other UK public bodies with the apparent intention of limiting the reuse of UK address data. Meanwhile the rest of the world has long recognised that postal address data is critical digital public infrastructure in the 21st century.
An Ordnance Survey lawyer has been in touch about open address data released by UK local authorities www.owenboswarva.com/blog/post-ad...
This post relates to the Council Tax datasets listed at www.datadaptive.com/addr/
#FOI #opendata #openaddresses #geospatial #datastrategy
This post relates to the Council Tax datasets listed at www.datadaptive.com/addr/
#FOI #opendata #openaddresses #geospatial #datastrategy
January 23, 2026 at 5:07 PM
The insanity of UK public bodies threatening other UK public bodies with the apparent intention of limiting the reuse of UK address data. Meanwhile the rest of the world has long recognised that postal address data is critical digital public infrastructure in the 21st century.
@jukes.ie posting his jobs newsletter (which mine is inspired* by) from his sick bed prompted me to get on with posting mine from my lazy weekend sofa.
*by "inspired by" I obviously mean "directly copied from"
*by "inspired by" I obviously mean "directly copied from"
Looking for your next career move in data? You can have a big impact if you work for a nonprofit. Here are the latest vacancies that caught my eye buttondown.com/likeaword/ar...
Nonprofit data jobs 2026-01-23
Featuring vacancies with Energy Sparks, The Sick Children's Trust; The House of Commons and may others
buttondown.com
January 24, 2026 at 11:10 AM
@jukes.ie posting his jobs newsletter (which mine is inspired* by) from his sick bed prompted me to get on with posting mine from my lazy weekend sofa.
*by "inspired by" I obviously mean "directly copied from"
*by "inspired by" I obviously mean "directly copied from"
Looking for your next career move in data? You can have a big impact if you work for a nonprofit. Here are the latest vacancies that caught my eye buttondown.com/likeaword/ar...
Nonprofit data jobs 2026-01-23
Featuring vacancies with Energy Sparks, The Sick Children's Trust; The House of Commons and may others
buttondown.com
January 24, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Looking for your next career move in data? You can have a big impact if you work for a nonprofit. Here are the latest vacancies that caught my eye buttondown.com/likeaword/ar...
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Thank you to @inkcapjournal.bsky.social for the link to this piece of news from the BBC on the Eelscapes project in the Severn Vale between Tewkesbury and Gloucester. Good news for our rivers for a change 🥳
How River Severn floodplain could be restored to wildlife haven
Endangered eels could thrive again across the wetland between Tewkesbury and Gloucester.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 23, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Thank you to @inkcapjournal.bsky.social for the link to this piece of news from the BBC on the Eelscapes project in the Severn Vale between Tewkesbury and Gloucester. Good news for our rivers for a change 🥳
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An Ordnance Survey lawyer has been in touch about open address data released by UK local authorities www.owenboswarva.com/blog/post-ad...
This post relates to the Council Tax datasets listed at www.datadaptive.com/addr/
#FOI #opendata #openaddresses #geospatial #datastrategy
This post relates to the Council Tax datasets listed at www.datadaptive.com/addr/
#FOI #opendata #openaddresses #geospatial #datastrategy
January 23, 2026 at 3:04 PM
An Ordnance Survey lawyer has been in touch about open address data released by UK local authorities www.owenboswarva.com/blog/post-ad...
This post relates to the Council Tax datasets listed at www.datadaptive.com/addr/
#FOI #opendata #openaddresses #geospatial #datastrategy
This post relates to the Council Tax datasets listed at www.datadaptive.com/addr/
#FOI #opendata #openaddresses #geospatial #datastrategy
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We are Christopher Isherwood, watching the violent racist authoritarian lawless scenes in the Berlin street below from our apartment window above.
Federal agents are pulling over off duty cops based on the color of their skin.
This is not a serious operation to enforce immigration law. It’s a performative show of force and it’s gotten way out of hand.
This is not a serious operation to enforce immigration law. It’s a performative show of force and it’s gotten way out of hand.
January 21, 2026 at 5:27 AM
We are Christopher Isherwood, watching the violent racist authoritarian lawless scenes in the Berlin street below from our apartment window above.
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Lib Dem source: “Just 45 more Tory defections until Ed becomes Leader of the Opposition.”
January 18, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Lib Dem source: “Just 45 more Tory defections until Ed becomes Leader of the Opposition.”
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Lib Dems call for film-style age ratings for social media to protect children online
Lib Dems call for film-style age ratings for social media to protect children online
Lib Dems unveil a new policy to protect children online, through film-style age ratings of up to 18 for harmful social media platforms.
buff.ly
January 18, 2026 at 8:48 AM
Lib Dems call for film-style age ratings for social media to protect children online
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It’s a real shame that Nigel Farage is too unwell to do interviews the morning after Donald Trump threatens us with sanctions.
Here he is with “the bravest man he ever met”. He campaigned to make Trump President, and has spent the last year enjoying all the chaos he has caused.
Here he is with “the bravest man he ever met”. He campaigned to make Trump President, and has spent the last year enjoying all the chaos he has caused.
January 18, 2026 at 10:51 AM
It’s a real shame that Nigel Farage is too unwell to do interviews the morning after Donald Trump threatens us with sanctions.
Here he is with “the bravest man he ever met”. He campaigned to make Trump President, and has spent the last year enjoying all the chaos he has caused.
Here he is with “the bravest man he ever met”. He campaigned to make Trump President, and has spent the last year enjoying all the chaos he has caused.
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What's the difference between a barrister and a solicitor (version 2.0) pinktape.co.uk/uncategorize...
What’s the difference between a barrister and a solicitor (version 2.0)
in August 2007 right at the start of Pink Tape, I wrote a post called ‘What’s the difference between a barrister and a solicitor?’ Although that post is almost 20 years old it rem…
pinktape.co.uk
January 17, 2026 at 7:06 PM
What's the difference between a barrister and a solicitor (version 2.0) pinktape.co.uk/uncategorize...
This week's edition of Nonprofit data jobs is landing in Inboxes today. Or you can view it here... buttondown.com/likeaword/ar...
Nonprofit data jobs 2026-01-17
Featuring vacancies with Caring for God's Acre, The World Land Trust, Natural Resources Wales and many others
buttondown.com
January 17, 2026 at 1:27 PM
This week's edition of Nonprofit data jobs is landing in Inboxes today. Or you can view it here... buttondown.com/likeaword/ar...
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"Couldn't have put it better ourselves."
January 16, 2026 at 4:24 PM
"Couldn't have put it better ourselves."
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Could it be you? New vacancy listed on Lib Dem website: Head of HR & Operations
Head of HR & Operations
The Head of HR & Operations leads the organisation’s people and operations functions to ensure they deliver sustainable organisational performance, legal compliance, and a positive employee experience.
buff.ly
January 15, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Could it be you? New vacancy listed on Lib Dem website: Head of HR & Operations
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Tonight's turret meeting will be pretty awkward
January 15, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Tonight's turret meeting will be pretty awkward
This is very pleasing indeed stephhwu.github.io/parsonsthesi...
Dogs with Jobs
stephhwu.github.io
January 15, 2026 at 12:00 PM
This is very pleasing indeed stephhwu.github.io/parsonsthesi...
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An extraordinary medieval manuscript has been discovery at Shrewsbury School giving fresh insight into the development of medieval Christian writing
www.myshrewsbury.co.uk/blog/medieva...
www.myshrewsbury.co.uk/blog/medieva...
Medieval Manuscript Discovery at Shrewsbury School
The only complete copy of Richard Rolle’s Emendatio vitae found in Shrewsbury School’s Taylor Library, revealing new insight into medieval English literature.
www.myshrewsbury.co.uk
January 14, 2026 at 3:39 PM
An extraordinary medieval manuscript has been discovery at Shrewsbury School giving fresh insight into the development of medieval Christian writing
www.myshrewsbury.co.uk/blog/medieva...
www.myshrewsbury.co.uk/blog/medieva...
This is a very satisfactory review
Hijack season two review – Idris Elba is back with the most effortlessly bingeable show of them all
Hijack season two review – Idris Elba is back with the most effortlessly bingeable show of them all
Sam Nelson is ready to beat some more bad guys – and this time he’s on the Berlin metro. Shenanigans will ensue!
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:33 AM
This is a very satisfactory review
The excitingly titled Nonprofit data jobs newsletter returns for 2026 with a bumper cop of vacancies buttondown.com/likeaword/ar...
Nonprofit data jobs 2026-01-09
A bumper edition featuring vacancies with YMCA, IRC, the Department of Health and many others
buttondown.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:57 AM
The excitingly titled Nonprofit data jobs newsletter returns for 2026 with a bumper cop of vacancies buttondown.com/likeaword/ar...
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With Rayhunter, we can find out how cell site simulators are being used, and protect ourselves and our communities from this form of surveillance. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Meet Rayhunter: A New Open Source Tool from EFF to Detect Cellular
Rayhunter is a new open source tool we’ve created that runs off an affordable mobile hotspot that we hope empowers everyone, regardless of technical skill, to help search out cell-site simulators
www.eff.org
December 28, 2025 at 3:04 PM
With Rayhunter, we can find out how cell site simulators are being used, and protect ourselves and our communities from this form of surveillance. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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If you know me you know I am a sunlight obsessive and @dracos.co.uk made my year this year by making this!!
dracos.co.uk/made/sunligh...
dracos.co.uk/made/sunligh...
Sunlight optimism calculator - Matthew Somerville
dracos.co.uk
December 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
If you know me you know I am a sunlight obsessive and @dracos.co.uk made my year this year by making this!!
dracos.co.uk/made/sunligh...
dracos.co.uk/made/sunligh...
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MRes and PhD students researching topics related to rural geographies are invited to join the Rural Geography Research Group (RGRG) RGS-IBG for its first friendly mid-morning coffee meeting.
📅 22 January 2026
⏰ 10.00am
Register here 👉https://ow.ly/5jFu50XIqcv
📅 22 January 2026
⏰ 10.00am
Register here 👉https://ow.ly/5jFu50XIqcv
Rural Geography Research Group morning coffee | Networking event
MRes or PhD students researching anything related to rural geographies are invited for a relaxed, friendly, early morning coffee meeting.
ow.ly
December 23, 2025 at 2:01 PM
MRes and PhD students researching topics related to rural geographies are invited to join the Rural Geography Research Group (RGRG) RGS-IBG for its first friendly mid-morning coffee meeting.
📅 22 January 2026
⏰ 10.00am
Register here 👉https://ow.ly/5jFu50XIqcv
📅 22 January 2026
⏰ 10.00am
Register here 👉https://ow.ly/5jFu50XIqcv
Child poverty: how bad is it in the UK? theconversation.com/child-povert... <- tl,dr; bad
Child poverty: how bad is it in the UK?
Four and a half million children are growing up without basic necessities in the UK.
theconversation.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Child poverty: how bad is it in the UK? theconversation.com/child-povert... <- tl,dr; bad
State of the Sector: Data Maturity 2025 – A global cross-sector comparison from my friends Data Orchard www.dataorchard.org.uk/resources/so... is a very interesting read
State of the Sector: Data Maturity 2025 – A global cross-sector comparison — Data Orchard
Our 2025 State of the Sector report draws on five years of global data about data maturity from Data Orchard’s Data Maturity Assessment tools to provide benchmarks for 2024–2025, exploring trends,…
www.dataorchard.org.uk
December 18, 2025 at 6:04 PM
State of the Sector: Data Maturity 2025 – A global cross-sector comparison from my friends Data Orchard www.dataorchard.org.uk/resources/so... is a very interesting read