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Trapped in Thatcherland

100 years of Maggie • Voices of miners, bombers, rioters • From Toxteth to Long Kesh

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Dispatch @dispatchmedia.bsky.social · 1d

An IRA bomber, a Scottish miner, a Toxteth rioter, a Welsh 'lout'.

How are they faring today?

Ahead of her centenary, @jacobfuredi.bsky.social reports from the frontlines of Thatcher's Britain:

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Dispatch @dispatchmedia.bsky.social · 3d

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The loneliest man in the world

Patagonia's ghost towns • Simple but sweet • Until she arrives

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Dispatch @dispatchmedia.bsky.social · 3d

"It turns you into a loner, that’s the problem with this job."

María Sonia Cristoff returns to Patagonia's ghost towns — where she finds a oil man imprisoned by solitude.

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Dispatch @dispatchmedia.bsky.social · 8d

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The Alpine migration crisis

A perilous route • Across the mountains • A ski resort divided

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Dispatch @dispatchmedia.bsky.social · 8d

Across the Alps, migrants are traversing mountain trails in an attempt to cross into France.

Peter Yeung reports on Europe's Alpine migration crisis:

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Dispatch @dispatchmedia.bsky.social · 10d

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The 5G conspiracy king

A Geordie prophet • Blames the towers • From a trampoline park

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Dispatch @dispatchmedia.bsky.social · 10d

Mark Steele is a self-described polymath, weapons expert and whistleblower.

He's also the leading figure in Britain's anti-5G movement.

Jake Shepherd reports:

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Dispatch @dispatchmedia.bsky.social · 12d

What do Bill Murray, Adolf Hitler and Andy Burnham have in common?

They all feature in today's Weekend Dispatch.

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John Merrick @johnmerrick.bsky.social · 15d

For @dispatchmedia.bsky.social i went on the trail of the Totley Communists and the radical history of Sheffield.

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The commune on the moors

A spectre is haunting Sheffield • The spectre of Communism • And Coronation Street

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Dispatch @dispatchmedia.bsky.social · 15d

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The commune on the moors

A spectre is haunting Sheffield • The spectre of Communism • And Coronation Street

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Dispatch @dispatchmedia.bsky.social · 15d

Keep your Andy Burnhams and Keir Starmers.

Today, @johnmerrick.bsky.social goes in search of the true communist Kings of the North.

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Dispatch @dispatchmedia.bsky.social · 17d

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Inside the OnlyFans Triangle

Bonnie Blue, Lily Phillips, Rebecca Goodwin • Three stars, one county • Welcome to Derbyshire

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Dispatch @dispatchmedia.bsky.social · 17d

Bonnie Blue, Lily Philips, Rebecca Goodwin all hail from the same sleepy corner of Derbyshire.

Is it purely coincidence?

@laurabeveridge.bsky.social reports from inside the OnlyFans Triangle:

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Dispatch @dispatchmedia.bsky.social · 22d

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David Peace: 'The media has failed Britain'

A Yorkshireman in Tokyo • On Labour and Tommy Robinson • Plus a remedy for 'broken Britain'

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Dispatch @dispatchmedia.bsky.social · 22d

"I have nothing but contempt for the current government."

David Peace speaks to Dispatch about Keir Starmer, Tommy Robinson, the media — and, of course, Yorkshire.

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Dispatch @dispatchmedia.bsky.social · 24d

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American nukes in an English village

A top-secret airbase • In sleepy Suffolk • Locals go to war

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Dispatch @dispatchmedia.bsky.social · 24d

Hidden away in sleepy Suffolk, a US airbase houses America's nuclear weapons.

What do locals think?

Jonathan McAloon reports:

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Dispatch @dispatchmedia.bsky.social · 29d

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On Thailand’s IDF hummus trail

From Gaza to Pai • Trouble in paradise • Locals in revolt

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Dispatch @dispatchmedia.bsky.social · 29d

The war in Gaza has come to Thailand's hippy paradise, where holidaying IDF soldiers clash with locals.

Fin Carter reports from Pai:

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Dispatch @dispatchmedia.bsky.social · Sep 9

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Dispatch @dispatchmedia.bsky.social · Sep 9

"Behind barricaded doors, the tradition still lives."

Sam Burgum reports on London's squatting scene:

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Dispatch @dispatchmedia.bsky.social · Sep 4

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The desert at the end of England

Dungeness under siege • Flat whites over fishermen • Proper posh olives

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Dispatch @dispatchmedia.bsky.social · Sep 4

"I went to Dungeness because I love that space and silence that some people call desolation."

@marianneeloise.bsky.social reports on the gentrification of 'England's only desert':

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