Michele Grant
@michelegrant.bsky.social
Living life beyond a career in the news industry but still rooting for public service broadcasting and old school journalism.
Also ... housing and urban issues, Liverpool #YNWA, feminism, politics, walking.
Also ... housing and urban issues, Liverpool #YNWA, feminism, politics, walking.
'The deadliest two-day protest massacre in history, according to documents reviewed by Iran International's Editorial Board.'
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Over 36,500 killed in Iran's deadliest massacre, documents reveal
More than 36,500 Iranians were killed by security forces during the January 8-9 crackdown on nationwide protests, making it the deadliest two-day protest massacre in history, according to documents re...
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January 25, 2026 at 4:33 PM
'The deadliest two-day protest massacre in history, according to documents reviewed by Iran International's Editorial Board.'
www.iranintl.com/en/202601255...
www.iranintl.com/en/202601255...
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@simonjackbbc.bsky.social: ‘Speech from #Carney at #Davos is quite something. Basically saying rules based order is over, other countries must band together to protect themselves against the US. That insurance against the US comes at a cost but so be it. Companies+countries must choose their side.’
January 20, 2026 at 4:12 PM
@simonjackbbc.bsky.social: ‘Speech from #Carney at #Davos is quite something. Basically saying rules based order is over, other countries must band together to protect themselves against the US. That insurance against the US comes at a cost but so be it. Companies+countries must choose their side.’
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Eight democratic, prosperous, sensible countries with a combined population larger than that of the United States and $15 trillion in combined GDP––all of whom whom sent troops to Afghanistan in 2002 when we asked––give an unmistakable fuck you to the dangerous clown running the U.S. government.
BREAKING: Statement by Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom:
January 19, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Eight democratic, prosperous, sensible countries with a combined population larger than that of the United States and $15 trillion in combined GDP––all of whom whom sent troops to Afghanistan in 2002 when we asked––give an unmistakable fuck you to the dangerous clown running the U.S. government.
Genuinely useful and interesting amid all the political slop of whose up whose down.
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The one measure that can tell us a lot about the state of the UK economy
Consumer confidence levels are rebounding for some in the UK, but older generations look to be immune.
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January 17, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Genuinely useful and interesting amid all the political slop of whose up whose down.
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We're delighted to have acquired the archive of writer and essayist Ronald Blythe, best known for book Akenfield, which explores changing rural life in Suffolk during the 20th century.
Discover more in this blog post by curator Helen Melody: link.bl.uk/86s
Discover more in this blog post by curator Helen Melody: link.bl.uk/86s
January 16, 2026 at 1:38 PM
We're delighted to have acquired the archive of writer and essayist Ronald Blythe, best known for book Akenfield, which explores changing rural life in Suffolk during the 20th century.
Discover more in this blog post by curator Helen Melody: link.bl.uk/86s
Discover more in this blog post by curator Helen Melody: link.bl.uk/86s
Wes Streeting"No one would dispute when I was growing up that being able to use tools like hammers or a saw was a good skill set for us to learn as young people.
January 15, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Wes Streeting"No one would dispute when I was growing up that being able to use tools like hammers or a saw was a good skill set for us to learn as young people.
'So here’s an extraordinary fact: this week, Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine will have lasted longer than the Soviet Union's war against Nazi Germany, 1418 days.'
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Ukraine: 1418 days and counting
+ as we hope against hope for Iran, lessons from the history of protest
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January 11, 2026 at 2:32 PM
'So here’s an extraordinary fact: this week, Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine will have lasted longer than the Soviet Union's war against Nazi Germany, 1418 days.'
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Tehran’s streets, and cities around the world, echo with the footsteps of Iranian women and men demanding freedom.
Freedom to speak, to gather, to travel and above all to live freely.
Europe stands fully behind them.
Freedom to speak, to gather, to travel and above all to live freely.
Europe stands fully behind them.
January 10, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Tehran’s streets, and cities around the world, echo with the footsteps of Iranian women and men demanding freedom.
Freedom to speak, to gather, to travel and above all to live freely.
Europe stands fully behind them.
Freedom to speak, to gather, to travel and above all to live freely.
Europe stands fully behind them.
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Abbas says Ra'am party will be open to Jewish candidates, in major shift
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Abbas says Ra’am party will be open to Jewish candidates, in major shift
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January 5, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Abbas says Ra'am party will be open to Jewish candidates, in major shift
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So much truth. And controversial view: for me one of the key differences between radio programmes and podcasts is that radio programmes rarely make me shout GET THE FUCK ON WITH IT I DON’T CARE WHAT YOU SAID EARLIER IN THE PUB I WASN’T THERE
January 2, 2026 at 9:36 AM
So much truth. And controversial view: for me one of the key differences between radio programmes and podcasts is that radio programmes rarely make me shout GET THE FUCK ON WITH IT I DON’T CARE WHAT YOU SAID EARLIER IN THE PUB I WASN’T THERE
@gabyhinsliff.bsky.social Is a beacon of light in the toxic terrain of cancel culture
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Jewish klezmer-dance band Oi Va Voi: ‘Musicians shouldn’t have to keep looking over their shoulders’
After 20 years playing around the world, the group had two UK gigs cancelled this year after protests from activists. It’s made them feel targeted for who they are, the band say
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December 27, 2025 at 12:41 PM
@gabyhinsliff.bsky.social Is a beacon of light in the toxic terrain of cancel culture
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
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Matthew Goodwin objects to prosecuting this: ‘I think it’s time for the British to gang together, hit the streets and start the slaughter. Violence and murder is the only way now. Start off burning every migrant hotel then head off to MPs’ houses and Parliament, we need to take over by FORCE.’
December 18, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Matthew Goodwin objects to prosecuting this: ‘I think it’s time for the British to gang together, hit the streets and start the slaughter. Violence and murder is the only way now. Start off burning every migrant hotel then head off to MPs’ houses and Parliament, we need to take over by FORCE.’
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Essential 🧵Mina Al-Lami Chief #jihadist #media specialist #BBCMonitoring Update on #IS. Pls read her final post.
"Online supporters of IS have been enthusiastic about what they describe as the group's return to global headlines+renewed international discussion of the group as a security threat."1/
"Online supporters of IS have been enthusiastic about what they describe as the group's return to global headlines+renewed international discussion of the group as a security threat."1/
December 18, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Essential 🧵Mina Al-Lami Chief #jihadist #media specialist #BBCMonitoring Update on #IS. Pls read her final post.
"Online supporters of IS have been enthusiastic about what they describe as the group's return to global headlines+renewed international discussion of the group as a security threat."1/
"Online supporters of IS have been enthusiastic about what they describe as the group's return to global headlines+renewed international discussion of the group as a security threat."1/
"We are a culture adrift, searching for meaning but mostly only finding distraction" . Rutger Bregman delivering the BBC 2025 Reith Lecture at Stanford.
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BBC Radio 4 - The Reith Lectures - BBC Reith Lectures 2025 – Moral Revolution
Historian and author Rutger Bregman announced as BBC Radio 4's Reith lecturer for 2025.
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December 16, 2025 at 4:53 PM
"We are a culture adrift, searching for meaning but mostly only finding distraction" . Rutger Bregman delivering the BBC 2025 Reith Lecture at Stanford.
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Melvyn Bragg never learned to drive. But through In Our Time on BBC Radio 4 he learned just about everything else and we swam in the slipstream of his enduring curiosity and respect for knowledge. Thank you doesn't come close.
December 12, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Melvyn Bragg never learned to drive. But through In Our Time on BBC Radio 4 he learned just about everything else and we swam in the slipstream of his enduring curiosity and respect for knowledge. Thank you doesn't come close.
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That is a lot of tweets. If you got this far you deserve a prize. Reasonable people will debate this growth strategy. But claiming there isn’t one is lazy nonsense. Higher growth matters because rising living standards are the goal, and higher investment is a key tool.
November 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
That is a lot of tweets. If you got this far you deserve a prize. Reasonable people will debate this growth strategy. But claiming there isn’t one is lazy nonsense. Higher growth matters because rising living standards are the goal, and higher investment is a key tool.
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What we're seeing is exactly what we saw in the late 1940s, the late 1960s and the mid- to late 1970s: a concerted and hysterical campaign to delegitimise a Labour government, and indeed the very idea of Labour governments at all.
December 1, 2025 at 8:44 AM
What we're seeing is exactly what we saw in the late 1940s, the late 1960s and the mid- to late 1970s: a concerted and hysterical campaign to delegitimise a Labour government, and indeed the very idea of Labour governments at all.
"The BBC is our most effective defence against the dangers of global media power concentrated in the hands of a few private individuals"
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The BBC is under threat like never before. This is how to save it | Pat Younge
A moment of peril demands a new approach – on everything from funding to the BBC charter, says Pat Younge, former chief creative officer of BBC Television
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November 22, 2025 at 10:19 AM
"The BBC is our most effective defence against the dangers of global media power concentrated in the hands of a few private individuals"
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This piece by @markurban.bsky.social is a refreshing dispelling of the nonsensical ideas that the BBC has no real problem to confront and that there is some kind of "coup" underway at the Corporation markurban.substack.com/p/the-bbc-is...
The BBC is Deep in Crisis
Some inside scoop on what's happened and why
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November 18, 2025 at 11:29 AM
This piece by @markurban.bsky.social is a refreshing dispelling of the nonsensical ideas that the BBC has no real problem to confront and that there is some kind of "coup" underway at the Corporation markurban.substack.com/p/the-bbc-is...