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James Joughin @jpjoughin.bsky.social · 13d

New one from me. Come on, all you writers

Sussex Bylines @sussexbylines.co.uk · 13d

With the mainstream media steadily moving to the right, it is more urgent than ever that we have independent, ethical media outlets willing to speak truth to power. Citizen journalism can be a powerful force for good and James Joughin issues a call to arms in his piece for @sussexbylines.co.uk

Come writers and critics throughout the land, editors too, come lend a hand

A call for would-be citizen journalists to join the Sussex team in speaking truth to power

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James Joughin @jpjoughin.bsky.social · 13d

New one from me. Come on, all you writers

Sussex Bylines @sussexbylines.co.uk · 13d

With the mainstream media steadily moving to the right, it is more urgent than ever that we have independent, ethical media outlets willing to speak truth to power. Citizen journalism can be a powerful force for good and James Joughin issues a call to arms in his piece for @sussexbylines.co.uk

Come writers and critics throughout the land, editors too, come lend a hand

A call for would-be citizen journalists to join the Sussex team in speaking truth to power

sussexbylines.co.uk

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James Joughin @jpjoughin.bsky.social · 21d

Thanks for that one, Roy. I really enjoyed it.

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James Joughin @jpjoughin.bsky.social · Sep 2

It’s all kicking off here down at the coast sussexbylines.co.uk/politics/hum...

Fear and obfuscation at the Amex stadium

Keeping politics out of sport - it's probably a bit late for that

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James Joughin @jpjoughin.bsky.social · Jul 13

More stuff about restaurants and food. I’m trying to grow this column into a vehicle to explore Brighton’s many food policy challenges
sussexbylines.co.uk/community/li... #brighton #sustainability

Restaurants in Brighton – Part IV: further steps on the sustainability journey

More Brighton restaurants on the sustainability journey and what is greenhushing?

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James Joughin @jpjoughin.bsky.social · May 6

Thanks @climate:change. More similar posts to follow in due course.

Climate:Change @climatechangebh.bsky.social · Feb 4

@jpjoughin.bsky.social celebrates new restaurant sustainability scheme in Brighton and Hove, for @climatechangebh.bsky.social: www.climatechangebh.org.uk/perspectives....

Sustainable restaurants in Brighton and Hove — Climate:Change

Sustainable restaurants in Brighton and Hove James Joughin Brighton and Hove is home to a vibrant and diverse food service industry, and this is one of the three main components of food-related ...

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James Joughin @jpjoughin.bsky.social · May 6

Well done, Sussex Bylines. Excellent analysis and the issue is urgent.

Sussex Bylines @sussexbylines.co.uk · May 6

Is this what you mean by "greater efficiency" in the #NHS Wes Streeting? It's happening in #Brighton but where else? An appalling waste of money and expertise, all in the name of profit?- A special report on the threatened closure of an outstanding GP clinic sussexbylines.co.uk/news/health-...

If it ain’t broke don’t fix it: Wellsbourne Healthcare GP Surgery under threat

Shock and dismay as much-admired GP practice in East Brighton set to be taken over by a profit-making healthcare company based in Leeds

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James Joughin @jpjoughin.bsky.social · Mar 29

To local Compass members get it in the neck. sussexbylines.co.uk/politics/tri...

Tribalism gone mad: the trials of the Lewes Two

Two activists with the cross-party group Compass and its ‘Win As One’ Campaign, got a rude shock after the election

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Compass @compassoffice.bsky.social · Mar 26

There is alternative to growth alone.

In 'Paying for a Decade of National Renewal', Stewart Lansley shows how.

Read it here: compassonline.org.uk/publications...

Paying for a Decade of National Renewal - Compass

Published 24th March 2025 The government claims that rebuilding Britain depends on growth. But will the growth strategy work? And […]

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Compass @compassoffice.bsky.social · Mar 26

In the #SpringStatement today, the Chancellor could have set out the pro-equality, tax-reforming strategy required to make good on the government’s promise of change.

An enormous opportunity has just been squandered - and the right are the ones who will benefit.

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James Joughin @jpjoughin.bsky.social · Mar 18

@neilyoungarchives.bsky.social to the rescue. This could surely be big. sussexbylines.co.uk/community/ke...

Keep on rockin’ in the free world

Neil Young is to play a free concert in Kyiv. The impact could be huge

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · Jan 19

‘Literary reputations always have a life of their own, but I struggle to reconcile Nan Shepherd of Cults with the cult of Nan Shepherd.’

@frasermacdonald.bsky.social on Nan Shepherd and her home village of Cults, Aberdeen:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Fraser MacDonald · Diary: Remembering Nan Shepherd

The novels weren’t the point. The point of Nan Shepherd was herself. My mother described what a thrill it was to be...

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James Joughin @jpjoughin.bsky.social · Jan 3

Nice review. I’ll see it with at least one of my kids too and in the same vein!

James Joughin @jpjoughin.bsky.social · Dec 20

Thanks for that, Roy. I haven’t been keeping up properly. I think I would try to let the work speak for itself. Which of course it does.

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Sussex Bylines @sussexbylines.co.uk · Dec 15

Did you get to hear the #Beatles play live in the 1960s? The people who did are a dwindling band - and @jpjoughin.bsky.social gets to talk to three of them in his latest piece for @sussexbylines.bsky.social : sussexbylines.co.uk/community/cu...

The witnesses

There are people walking among us who saw the Beatles play live some 60 years ago. We track down three of them

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James Joughin @jpjoughin.bsky.social · Dec 16

I loved all that Zen stuff. Probably that was the first time I ever heard about it and nobody around me would’ve had any idea of what it was either. He was a real gateway.

James Joughin @jpjoughin.bsky.social · Dec 16

I got hooked into Salinger at about 13 and remain hooked for reasons I don’t fully understand. I bought these in Compendium probably about 1973.

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James Joughin @jpjoughin.bsky.social · Dec 16

Thanks for the repost Roy.

James Joughin @jpjoughin.bsky.social · Dec 15

Christmas cheer from me. How can you go wrong with this one? sussexbylines.co.uk/community/cu...

The witnesses

There are people walking among us who saw the Beatles play live some 60 years ago. We track down three of them

sussexbylines.co.uk

James Joughin @jpjoughin.bsky.social · Dec 15

Christmas cheer from me. How can you go wrong with this one? sussexbylines.co.uk/community/cu...

The witnesses

There are people walking among us who saw the Beatles play live some 60 years ago. We track down three of them

sussexbylines.co.uk

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James Joughin @jpjoughin.bsky.social · Dec 9

Yes, we should investigate

Mimi Pellew @forestschoolmimi.bsky.social · Dec 8

So glad you're covering Sussex issues where The Argus fears to tread. Perhaps a feature on community energy would be good @bhesco.bsky.social

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · Dec 8

‪“Just three companies, News Corp (Murdoch family), Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT, Viscount Rothermere) and Reach plc, control over 80% of daily newspaper circulation…”

We need a free press, free from the billionaires.
@leftwithnoparty.bsky.social
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We need a free press

It’s vital for democracy that we receive verifiable information that is not manipulated or controlled

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James Joughin @jpjoughin.bsky.social · Dec 9

Lots of great articles. Check it out!

Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · Dec 8

Today we'd like to showcase @sussexbylines.bsky.social in a Thread.

Who are they? – A team of volunteers devoted to providing powerful, quality citizen journalism, covering issues local to Sussex as well as thought-provoking and entertaining commentary on national and international affairs
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James Joughin @jpjoughin.bsky.social · Dec 1

And that’s right, the lives they lead were totally horrific.

James Joughin @jpjoughin.bsky.social · Dec 1

The article was good but the story is so grim. There’s something about how the stuff that we love also produces all this triviality and darkness. And it’s something especially American, or so it seems.

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Roy Kelly @stanyanfan49.bsky.social · Dec 1

You mean the reviewer’s style? I thought that was okay. The lives they had were a kind of horror though.

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