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Bylines Network Podcast
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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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Bylines Network Podcast @bylinesnetworkpod.bsky.social · 2d
The Green Party Membership numbers just keep rising, even higher now then when we discussed it in the latest Bylines Network Podcast episode.

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Bylines Network Podcast @bylinesnetworkpod.bsky.social · 6d
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

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S4 EP26 Labour's New Phase/Zack Polanski's Election
Podcast Episode · The Bylines Network Podcast · 10/03/2025 · 38m
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Bylines Network Podcast @bylinesnetworkpod.bsky.social · 6d
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

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S4 EP26 Labour's New Phase/Zack Polanski's Election
Podcast Episode · The Bylines Network Podcast · 10/03/2025 · 38m
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Bylines Network Podcast @bylinesnetworkpod.bsky.social · 7d
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.

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S4 EP26 Labour's New Phase/Zack Polanski's Election
Podcast Episode · The Bylines Network Podcast · 10/03/2025 · 38m
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Bylines Network Podcast @bylinesnetworkpod.bsky.social · 7d
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.

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S4 EP26 Labour's New Phase/Zack Polanski's Election
Podcast Episode · The Bylines Network Podcast · 10/03/2025 · 38m
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 13d
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
5 Years On: Central Bylines
Podcast Episode · The Bylines Network Podcast · 09/25/2025 · 35m
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Bylines Network Podcast @bylinesnetworkpod.bsky.social · 16d
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.

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Bylines Reports: A Talk with Marcus Ryder
Podcast Episode · The Bylines Network Podcast · 09/23/2025 · 1h 2m
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 15d
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
5 Years On: Central Bylines
Podcast Episode · The Bylines Network Podcast · 09/25/2025 · 35m
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Bylines Network Podcast @bylinesnetworkpod.bsky.social · 15d
It's another special day, this time celebrating the 5th birthday of @centralbylines.co.uk 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

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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5 Years On: Central Bylines
Podcast Episode · The Bylines Network Podcast · 09/25/2025 · 35m
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Bylines Network Podcast @bylinesnetworkpod.bsky.social · 16d
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.

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Bylines Reports: A Talk with Marcus Ryder
Podcast Episode · The Bylines Network Podcast · 09/23/2025 · 1h 2m
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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 20d
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!
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Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 26d
To which end, I highly commend the moral clarity of this excellent article by @rfhaviland.bsky.social @bylinesnetwork.co.uk bylines.scot/politics/sta...
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Bylines Network Podcast @bylinesnetworkpod.bsky.social · Sep 2
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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S4 EP25 Talking about Immigration with Care4Calais
Podcast Episode · The Bylines Network Podcast · 08/31/2025 · 38m
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Bylines Network Podcast @bylinesnetworkpod.bsky.social · Sep 2
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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S4 EP25 Talking about Immigration with Care4Calais
Podcast Episode · The Bylines Network Podcast · 08/31/2025 · 38m
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Bylines Network Podcast @bylinesnetworkpod.bsky.social · Aug 31
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'.

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S4 EP25 Talking about Immigration with Care4Calais
Podcast Episode · The Bylines Network Podcast · 08/31/2025 · 38m
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Bylines Network Podcast @bylinesnetworkpod.bsky.social · Sep 1
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
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Bylines Network Podcast @bylinesnetworkpod.bsky.social · Aug 31
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'.

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S4 EP25 Talking about Immigration with Care4Calais
Podcast Episode · The Bylines Network Podcast · 08/31/2025 · 38m
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Bylines Network Podcast @bylinesnetworkpod.bsky.social · Aug 31
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
S4 EP25 Talking about Immigration with Care4Calais
Podcast Episode · The Bylines Network Podcast · 08/31/2025 · 38m
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Bylines Network Podcast @bylinesnetworkpod.bsky.social · Aug 30
New Episode tomorrow, keep an eye out where ever you stream your podcasts 📻🎧🎙️📰
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · Aug 28
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Our 10 publications at @bylinesnetwork.co.uk now get many more engagements (and click-through) from Bluesky than it ever did on Twitter/X.

Here’s our graph of traffic from X vs Bluesky over the last 12 months.
Traffic to all Bylines publications from X versus Bluesky from Jun 2024 to Jun 2025.
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · Aug 27
As chosen by two of the UK’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...
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Ben Dickenson @benjitoon.bsky.social · Aug 24
Another poem shortlisted for the @bylinesnetwork.co.uk poetry prize.

Winner announced on Wednesday.

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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.
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Ben Dickenson @benjitoon.bsky.social · Aug 23
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.

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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.
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Yorkshire Bylines @yorkshirebylines.co.uk · Aug 14
👏 Let’s tackle litter together – join our campaign and love where you live

‘Careful’ littering may seem harmless, but it’s still litter – and it’s harming Heckmondwike. Let’s change habits and take pride in our town!

By Allison Ogden-Newton OBE

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Let’s tackle litter together – join our campaign and love where you live
‘Careful’ littering may seem harmless, but it’s still litter – and it’s harming Heckmondwike. Let’s change habits and take pride in our town!
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · Aug 14
Once a common riverside sight, the water vole nearly vanished due to habitat loss, pollution & mink predation.

Now, it’s making a slow but inspiring return writes Kate Moore
#WaterVoles #Conservation
Endangered – 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
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · Aug 14
The truth about Reform UK’s “Lawless London” campaign?

The crime stats don’t stack up – but fear always sells, writes The Bear.
The Great British fear factory: manufacturing a lawless London
Reform UK’s “Britain is Lawless” campaign isn’t about making us safer – it’s about manufacturing fear for political gain
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