Philippa
@philippanewis.bsky.social
Director at Public Digital.
It’s Wimbledon fortnight. I want to remind people that strawberries are best served at room temperature, rather than chilled. IMHO room temperature strawberries have better flavour 🍓
July 2, 2025 at 9:59 AM
It’s Wimbledon fortnight. I want to remind people that strawberries are best served at room temperature, rather than chilled. IMHO room temperature strawberries have better flavour 🍓
Beautiful prayer from Gainsborough Methodist Church at the end of Pride month #Pride2025 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
June 26, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Beautiful prayer from Gainsborough Methodist Church at the end of Pride month #Pride2025 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Call out to join new initiative from the LGBTQ+ Faithfull collective.
June 21, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Call out to join new initiative from the LGBTQ+ Faithfull collective.
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The 423rd edition of Internet of Public Service Jobs is out now - newsletter.digitalbydefault.jobs/internet-of-...
Internet of Public Service Jobs - 21/06/2025
This is the 423rd edition of Internet of Public Service Jobs - a weekly list of vacancies related to product management, agile and design in…you guessed it…‘public service’ curated by @jukesie
[01] D...
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June 21, 2025 at 8:27 AM
The 423rd edition of Internet of Public Service Jobs is out now - newsletter.digitalbydefault.jobs/internet-of-...
Overheard on Radio 4: “Focaccia is having a real moment; especially as a sandwich carrier.”
June 18, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Overheard on Radio 4: “Focaccia is having a real moment; especially as a sandwich carrier.”
Happy Pride Month! Here for celebration, protest, learning, and growing my empathy and understanding 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
June 1, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Happy Pride Month! Here for celebration, protest, learning, and growing my empathy and understanding 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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Join us in Westminster on 7 May for Data Bites #55.
Speakers include:
🔹 Alex Blandford (Public Digital & Oxford)
🔹 Laura Gilbert (Ellison Institute)
🔹 Ed Humpherson on data, trust & regulation
🔹 MHCLG on Local Digital & AI
📍Broadway House, London SW1H
Speakers include:
🔹 Alex Blandford (Public Digital & Oxford)
🔹 Laura Gilbert (Ellison Institute)
🔹 Ed Humpherson on data, trust & regulation
🔹 MHCLG on Local Digital & AI
📍Broadway House, London SW1H
Data Bites #55
Data Bites #55
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May 1, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Join us in Westminster on 7 May for Data Bites #55.
Speakers include:
🔹 Alex Blandford (Public Digital & Oxford)
🔹 Laura Gilbert (Ellison Institute)
🔹 Ed Humpherson on data, trust & regulation
🔹 MHCLG on Local Digital & AI
📍Broadway House, London SW1H
Speakers include:
🔹 Alex Blandford (Public Digital & Oxford)
🔹 Laura Gilbert (Ellison Institute)
🔹 Ed Humpherson on data, trust & regulation
🔹 MHCLG on Local Digital & AI
📍Broadway House, London SW1H
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🚨 A WEEK TODAY 🚨
Join @publicdigital.bsky.social & me for Data Bites 55!
With:
- Laura Gilbert, data/AI in govt
- Ed Humpherson, Office for Stats Regulation
- @blangry.bsky.social, politics/civic tech
- MHCLG on AI
Wed 7 May, 6pm, Broadway House (SW1)/online www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/data-bites...
Join @publicdigital.bsky.social & me for Data Bites 55!
With:
- Laura Gilbert, data/AI in govt
- Ed Humpherson, Office for Stats Regulation
- @blangry.bsky.social, politics/civic tech
- MHCLG on AI
Wed 7 May, 6pm, Broadway House (SW1)/online www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/data-bites...
Data Bites #55
Data Bites #55
www.eventbrite.co.uk
April 30, 2025 at 12:10 PM
🚨 A WEEK TODAY 🚨
Join @publicdigital.bsky.social & me for Data Bites 55!
With:
- Laura Gilbert, data/AI in govt
- Ed Humpherson, Office for Stats Regulation
- @blangry.bsky.social, politics/civic tech
- MHCLG on AI
Wed 7 May, 6pm, Broadway House (SW1)/online www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/data-bites...
Join @publicdigital.bsky.social & me for Data Bites 55!
With:
- Laura Gilbert, data/AI in govt
- Ed Humpherson, Office for Stats Regulation
- @blangry.bsky.social, politics/civic tech
- MHCLG on AI
Wed 7 May, 6pm, Broadway House (SW1)/online www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/data-bites...
Watching this with a cup of tea, Easter egg and box of tissues. #LondonMarathon is my annual cry fest!
April 27, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Watching this with a cup of tea, Easter egg and box of tissues. #LondonMarathon is my annual cry fest!
I love it when my 16 year old god daughter calls me “Queen”. It makes me giggle.
April 26, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I love it when my 16 year old god daughter calls me “Queen”. It makes me giggle.
Affirming statement from Bristol Old Vic. Would love to see this from more venues. 🏳️⚧️
April 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Affirming statement from Bristol Old Vic. Would love to see this from more venues. 🏳️⚧️
This is practically perfect. Even better if Jesus was brown 😉Happy Easter! This day reminds me that change is possible even when it seems impossible, humans are continually remade through acts of sacrifice and kindness, and communities can raise against state sanctioned injustice and cruelty.
April 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
This is practically perfect. Even better if Jesus was brown 😉Happy Easter! This day reminds me that change is possible even when it seems impossible, humans are continually remade through acts of sacrifice and kindness, and communities can raise against state sanctioned injustice and cruelty.
Been finding comfort in this beautiful piece of choreography. Lil Buck and Yo-Yo Ma. www.ganjingworld.com/video/1his4r...
Lil Buck. Performance of Saint-Saëns's T | Child Musical Prodigies | Gan Jing World
Lil Buck, a Memphis-born dancer renowned for his mastery of jookin'—a fluid street dance style—deli... | Videos | Gan Jing World - Technology for Humanity | Video & Movie Streaming
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April 19, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Been finding comfort in this beautiful piece of choreography. Lil Buck and Yo-Yo Ma. www.ganjingworld.com/video/1his4r...
“The rights of cisgender and transgender women are fundamentally linked, and we know that the majority of people want to work together and help each other.”
genderedintelligence.co.uk/news/19-uk-s...
genderedintelligence.co.uk/news/19-uk-s...
UK Supreme Court judgement on women and sex in the Equality Act 2010
UK Supreme Court judgement on trans women and sex in the Equality Act 2010
genderedintelligence.co.uk
April 17, 2025 at 8:15 AM
“The rights of cisgender and transgender women are fundamentally linked, and we know that the majority of people want to work together and help each other.”
genderedintelligence.co.uk/news/19-uk-s...
genderedintelligence.co.uk/news/19-uk-s...
I helped my mum complete her postal vote today. Probably her last. We said thank you to the suffragettes and their allies as I sealed the envelope.
It’s time to start sewing radical pockets again.
Poem by Sharon Owens.
It’s time to start sewing radical pockets again.
Poem by Sharon Owens.
April 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I helped my mum complete her postal vote today. Probably her last. We said thank you to the suffragettes and their allies as I sealed the envelope.
It’s time to start sewing radical pockets again.
Poem by Sharon Owens.
It’s time to start sewing radical pockets again.
Poem by Sharon Owens.
Series 3 of The Piano is blowing me away. I didn’t think it could get better, and it has.
April 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Series 3 of The Piano is blowing me away. I didn’t think it could get better, and it has.
Happy Passover to my Jewish friends and colleagues. I hope you have a joyful celebration.
April 12, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Happy Passover to my Jewish friends and colleagues. I hope you have a joyful celebration.
I have a lot of love for the Quakers. They act with integrity and gentleness.
www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Silent but not subdued: Quakers hold vigil at Scotland Yard
A silent Quaker Meeting was held outside New Scotland Yard on Thursday, to bear witness to the police raid on Westminster Meeting House last week.
www.quaker.org.uk
April 8, 2025 at 6:55 AM
I have a lot of love for the Quakers. They act with integrity and gentleness.
www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
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I tried every online route to contact my mum’s local hospital re an upcoming hospital appointment. I called the national appointments and waited through numerous messages telling me to go online. 1/2
March 29, 2025 at 10:18 AM
I tried every online route to contact my mum’s local hospital re an upcoming hospital appointment. I called the national appointments and waited through numerous messages telling me to go online. 1/2
This is a great initiative. www.thebannedbookclub.info
The Banned Book Club
It's time we take a stand to stop book bans altogether
www.thebannedbookclub.info
March 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This is a great initiative. www.thebannedbookclub.info
This is my favourite series in The Guardian. Every story is unique and hopeful. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
A new start after 60: I was fed up with overflowing bins – so I became a rubbish crusher
Living in a high-rise, Eric McBean was tired of his block being a dumping ground for waste. So, after being made redundant, he set up his own rubbish compacting business
www.theguardian.com
March 17, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This is my favourite series in The Guardian. Every story is unique and hopeful. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Ramadan Mubarak to my Muslim siblings. In this time of fasting and stillness I pray for spiritual connection, the peace of god and a spirit of joy. I commit to joining for at least one fasting day and to learn more about the shared roots of our faiths.
March 1, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Ramadan Mubarak to my Muslim siblings. In this time of fasting and stillness I pray for spiritual connection, the peace of god and a spirit of joy. I commit to joining for at least one fasting day and to learn more about the shared roots of our faiths.
Spring is round the corner.
February 22, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Spring is round the corner.
“Crucially, movement and dance have been found to reach and retain girls, women, and disabled people equally or better than any other forms of activity.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What good is the sparkle of Strictly if young people in Britain aren’t getting the chance to dance? | Shirley Ballas
I’ve seen how dance can transform lives. I urge the government to put it back where it belongs – at the heart of the curriculum, says Shirley Ballas, head judge on Strictly Come Dancing
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2025 at 6:11 PM
“Crucially, movement and dance have been found to reach and retain girls, women, and disabled people equally or better than any other forms of activity.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...