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Neil Merrick @neilmerrick.bsky.social · 14d

As a matter of interest, how much is a private covid jab?

Neil Merrick @neilmerrick.bsky.social · 23d

Another highlight from day 1 of @hiddennotes.bsky.social festival - mesmeric mix of Indian classical singing & electronica from Arushi Jain.

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Neil Merrick @neilmerrick.bsky.social · 23d

Great to be back @hiddennotes.bsky.social festival in Stroud. Incredible range of music & music lovers packed into a beautiful church. First day highlights inc @annaphoebe.bsky.social previewing new LP Divergence.

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Martin Warne @martinwarne.net · 28d

This, from The Londoner yesterday, also features people on the march who claim not to be racists. Though the things they say prove otherwise

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Neil Merrick @neilmerrick.bsky.social · Aug 30

Daisy Rickman's set was definitely one of Friday's highlights @endoftheroadfestival.com. #EOTR25

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Gaby Hinsliff @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social · Jun 25

I'm currently at a housing conference & it's a slightly out of body experience politically, given the vibe here is thrilled with getting £39bn + basically all they asked for in spending review. Not that govt isn't in deep trouble elsewhere but it's a striking eg of how easily the popular stuff...

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Neil Merrick @neilmerrick.bsky.social · Jun 11

Can't recommend this book by @lanre-bakare.bsky.social highly enough. Brilliantly mixes politics & culture to explain so much about multicultural Britain at a time when multiculturalism is sadly under such threat.

Lanre Bakare @lanre-bakare.bsky.social · Nov 23

Excited to share the cover for my debut non-fiction book WE WERE THERE, which is out 17 April 2025 via The Bodley Head + is a cultural history of Black Britain in the Thatcher era.

Please pre-order it via the link if you feel inclined!

www.penguin.co.uk/books/453942...

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Neil Merrick @neilmerrick.bsky.social · Jun 3

Could councils play a bigger role in housing asylum seekers? My briefing for @lgiu-local-gov.bsky.social (£).

lgiu.org/briefing/acc...

Accommodation for asylum seekers - what are the options for local authorities? - LGiU

Introduction The Home Office is responsible for housing and supporting people who seek asylum in the UK and would, generally, otherwise be destitute. Asylum seekers are offered ‘initial’ accommodation...

lgiu.org

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Christine Buckley @mschrisbuckley.bsky.social · Jun 2

Essential reading, especially if you’re going to Glastonbury! @nujofficial.bsky.social @ruthaddicott.bsky.social Also featuring @stephaniecpower.bsky.social on podcasts; @lindaharrisonpr.bsky.social on networking; @neilmerrick.bsky.social on AI; @rorywrites.bsky.social on student awards

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Steve Forecast @backfour94.bsky.social · May 23

bylinetimes.com Just got my copy and this editorial is exactly why it is such an important publication

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Richard Foord MP @richardfoordld.bsky.social · May 29

Mid- & East Devon has some of the worst broadband connectivity in the UK - many areas here are in the bottom 10%. Yet companies like Airband have been allowed to withdraw from contracts without anything to replace them. Building Digital UK must do better for residents and businesses in rural areas.

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Neil Merrick @neilmerrick.bsky.social · May 1

Welcome back Mary Anne. Au revoir Tom Ravenscroft.

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mary anne hobbs @maryannehobbs.bsky.social · May 1

New Radio Show:

It's a joy to return to BBC 6 Music

Sundays 6-8pm
from June 8th

The Show will be a borderless space for music across all spectrums.
Open conversations with Artists we love.
New experiments in storytelling & sound.
Come with us..

Photography:
@photobrettwalker.bsky.social

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hqn @hqnmedia.bsky.social · Mar 27

Spring statement: What it means for social housing and residents. In this review, @neilmerrick.bsky.social combs through the finer details of the chancellor's annoucement
hqnetwork.co.uk/news/spring-... #ukhousing

Spring statement: What it means for social housing and residents - HQN

By the time the chancellor delivered her spring statement on Wednesday afternoon, the housing sector had known for 24 hours that it would be spared any

hqnetwork.co.uk

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Neil Merrick @neilmerrick.bsky.social · Feb 27

Still pinching myself that Marika Hackman is playing local parish church in Devon this Saturday. Amazing chance to see her live in a wonderful setting.

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · Feb 26

old but gold

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Resolution Foundation @resfoundation.bsky.social · Feb 25

What's the outlook for living standards in 2025?

Disposable incomes are set to fall across low-, middle- and high-income families alike. But improvements in public services will help to boost broad living standards for some.

Public services matter for living standards

Some poorer households should see marginal gains in their living standards

But incomes for those at the very bottom are set to stagnate

Higher-income households also face a tough outlook

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Neil Merrick @neilmerrick.bsky.social · Feb 20

Pleased to have listened to most of Mary Anne's shows on 6Music, including the weekend breakfast show before 2019. Shame she's leaving daytime radio but here's to the next chapter.

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mary anne hobbs @maryannehobbs.bsky.social · Feb 20

Mary Anne Hobbs is leaving the building, for now...
I'll be back on BBC6Music in late Spring with a totally new Show.
My Mid-Morning Show
ends February 21st 2025.
I came to change Daytime radio and i believe the job is complete.
Thank you so much for listening...

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Neil Merrick @neilmerrick.bsky.social · Feb 11

Cricket's Forgotten Team: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0028cjq via @bbciplayer

Cricket's Forgotten Team

When the Taliban regained power in Afghanistan, the women's cricket team fled the country. Jo Currie tells the story of their battle to play competitive cricket and represent their country.

www.bbc.co.uk

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hqn @hqnmedia.bsky.social · Jan 27

Read the latest issue of HQM now! In this issue Neil Merrick reports on how a housing association’s tenants are helping to spread the word about energy efficiency, while enjoying lower bills hqm.hqnetwork.co.uk/housing-in-p... #ukhousing

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hqn @hqnmedia.bsky.social · Jan 24

The January issue of HQM is out! With Shelter CEO Polly Neate; features on FoI research into tenancy fraud, the first year of TSMs & the future of social housing rents policy; & we ask sector leaders & influencers to give us their housing predictions for the year ahead hqm.hqnetwork.co.uk #ukhousing

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Neil Merrick @neilmerrick.bsky.social · Jan 28

No, Sky. Non-EU visitors will pay more, not just those from the UK.

Sky News @news.sky.com · Jan 28

UK visitors will have to pay more to see the Mona Lisa in the Louvre in Paris than EU tourists as part of major renovation, Emmanuel Macron says

Visitors from the UK will have to pay more to visit the Louvre in Paris than EU citizens as part of plans for a major renovation of the world's most popular museum.

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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · Jan 27

What are Kemi Badenoch's thoughts on the intergration of these criminals in mainstream British society?

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mary anne hobbs @maryannehobbs.bsky.social · Jan 9

News:

My agenda has been to change Daytime radio at BBC 6 Music.
Creative life is progression.
Once the work is complete, stand at the edge of everything you know and ask a different question.
My Daytime show ends in February, I'll return to 6 Music in Spring with something new.
Come with me..

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