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Bylines Cymru @bylines.cymru · 4d

I recently had the extraordinary privilege of joining friends from the Caerphilly
Woodland Trust at Nant-y-Calch Farm — one of the last, most ecologically precious
jewels in our valley
| Simon Lewis

Concrete or Countryside?

I recently had the extraordinary privilege of joining friends from the Caerphilly Woodland Trust at Nant-y-Calch Farm — one of the last, most ecologically precious jewels in our valley

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Bylines Cymru @bylines.cymru · 13d

As Cymru moves into uncharted political territory, what did the 2025 Cardiff Transformed conference tell us about the future? | Neil Schofield-Hughes

Cymru transformed?

As Cymru moves into uncharted political territory, what did the 2025 Cardiff Transformed conference tell us about the future?

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Bylines Cymru @bylines.cymru · 16d

Why progressives in Wales must unite behind Plaid Cymru to stop Reform | Liz Saville Roberts

Together for Wales

Why progressives in Wales must unite behind Plaid Cymru to stop Reform

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Bylines Cymru @bylines.cymru · 25d

Life in Timor-Leste means power cuts, food shortages and pricey cheese – but behind the daily grind lie lessons for independence movements | Emlyn Phillips

The power’s out again

Life in Timor-Leste means power cuts, food shortages and pricey cheese – but behind the daily grind lie lessons for independence movements

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · Aug 31

BREAKING:

Our hearts

Our new front page

#ProtectJournalistsInGaza #LetReportersIntogaza

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Bylines Network Podcast @bylinesnetworkpod.bsky.social · Aug 31

Immigration has been in the news for what feels like forever.

However, our hosts feel like there's a missing voice from these discussions, the voice of the immigrants and the people who help them.

We talk to Charlotte Khan from Care4Calais about the this so called 'crisis'.

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S4 EP25 Talking about Immigration with Care4Calais

Podcast Episode · The Bylines Network Podcast · 08/31/2025 · 38m

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · Aug 28

The art of settling: a Chinese researcher’s journey of return

In post-Covid Wales, Chinese papercutting and Tai Chi became my way to help communities – and myself – slow down, listen, and quietly heal

✍️ Wenxia Jia

@bylines.cymru

The art of settling: a Chinese researcher’s journey of return

In post-Covid Wales, Chinese papercutting and Tai Chi became my way to help communities – and myself – slow down, listen, and quietly heal

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Bylines Cymru @bylines.cymru · Aug 24

The art of settling: a Chinese researcher’s journey of return

In post-Covid Wales, Chinese papercutting and Tai Chi became my way to help communities – and myself – slow down, listen, and quietly heal

✍️ Wenxia Jia

The art of settling: a Chinese researcher’s journey of return

In post-Covid Wales, Chinese papercutting and Tai Chi became my way to help communities – and myself – slow down, listen, and quietly heal

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Simon Paul Hobson @simonpaulhobson.bsky.social · Aug 12

Is Wales short of housing or do too many of the 'wrong sort' have access to property?

Could we in Wales continue innovating policies and start building homes from materials other than bricks and mortar?

I argue, 'yes!' to both these questions.

Read on @bylines.cymru

#housing #wales #homeless

Getting into the zone to solve the shortage of decent housing in Wales

The continuing housing catastrophe in Cymru, including a dearth of decent housing, invites innovation in strategies

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · Aug 16

Sam Locke – 28 Years Later

Valleys-born actor Sam Locke brings heart, grit, and his Merthyr accent to the spotlight in 28 Years Later – and he’s just getting started

By Michael Harvey

@bylines.cymru

Sam Locke – 28 Years Later

Valleys-born actor Sam Locke brings heart, grit, and his Merthyr accent to the spotlight in 28 Years Later – and he’s just getting started

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Bylines Cymru @bylines.cymru · Aug 15

Sam Locke – 28 Years Later

Valleys-born actor Sam Locke brings heart, grit, and his Merthyr accent to the spotlight in 28 Years Later – and he’s just getting started

✍️ Michael Harvey

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Sam Locke – 28 Years Later

Valleys-born actor Sam Locke brings heart, grit, and his Merthyr accent to the spotlight in 28 Years Later – and he’s just getting started

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Bylines Network Podcast @bylinesnetworkpod.bsky.social · Aug 12

@northeastbylines.co.uk is giving prizes to the best artists from the Newcastle Fringe Festival.

Dozens of shows seen all to find four outstanding pieces of work.

Please join our livestream to find out who won.

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Regional online citizen-journalism from across the country: Central Bylines Kent Bylines North East Bylines North West Bylines Sussex Bylines West England Bylines Yorkshire Bylines Local and intern...

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Purple Larley @purplelarley.bsky.social · Aug 8

Yes yes - all this. A vision for the High Street that sounds completely sensible and desirable to me.

Bylines Cymru @bylines.cymru · Aug 1

The circular economy starts on the high street

Railing against internet shopping and retail parks isn’t getting us anywhere; how can we revive our high streets in a way that might last?

✍️ Liz Silversmith

@lizsilversmith.bsky.social

The circular economy starts on the high street

Railing against internet shopping and retail parks isn’t getting us anywhere; how can we revive our high streets in a way that might last?

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · Aug 9

The Next Crisis: Danny Dorling, optimism and the future of Cymru

Inequality, not climate, drives global fear says Danny Dorling – and the UK’s growing divides are a political choice, not an inevitability

✍️ Neil Schofield-Hughes

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The Next Crisis: Danny Dorling, optimism and the future of Cymru

Inequality, not climate, drives global fear says Danny Dorling – and the UK’s growing divides are a political choice, not an inevitability

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · Aug 9

How BBC presents the anti-migrant hotel protests vs how we do at @bylinesnetwork.co.uk

BBC lead with a Reform UK voter saying "We are not happy with these men in this hotel because we fear for our children”

We tell of the refugee children inside the hotel terrified by chants of “send them out!”

Article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gerg74y71o

Article: https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/immigration/exclusive-inside-the-diss-hotel-a-refugees-view-of-the-anti-refugee-crowd-outside/

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · Aug 8

Cats landing on their feet isn’t magic – it’s physics. And NASA used this knowledge to train astronauts.

Read more on International Cat Day! 🐱🌌

The weird physics trick that makes cats land on their feet and helped NASA

From sofas to spacecraft: how a cat’s twisty fall baffled scientists and inspired real space research

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Bylines Cymru @bylines.cymru · Aug 8

The Next Crisis: Danny Dorling, optimism and the future of Cymru

Inequality, not climate, drives global fear says Danny Dorling – and the UK’s growing divides are a political choice, not an inevitability

✍️ Neil Schofield-Hughes

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Deep woke lefty @rocketmike.bsky.social · Aug 1

Local. Make the effort. You reap what you sow.

Bylines Cymru @bylines.cymru · Aug 1

The circular economy starts on the high street

Railing against internet shopping and retail parks isn’t getting us anywhere; how can we revive our high streets in a way that might last?

✍️ Liz Silversmith

@lizsilversmith.bsky.social

The circular economy starts on the high street

Railing against internet shopping and retail parks isn’t getting us anywhere; how can we revive our high streets in a way that might last?

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Simon Paul Hobson @simonpaulhobson.bsky.social · Aug 2

A plebiscite is not the answer

When a representative democracy resorts to a referendum to resolve a question, it is abandoning the keystone of its own system.

A view on Welsh referendums @bylines.cymru

No to a referendum: the enemy of an independent Cymru

The making of a sovereign Cymru has to come through representative democracy, not through a referendum with all its dangers

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Liz Silversmith @lizsilversmith.bsky.social · Aug 3

I wrote a thing!

Bylines Cymru @bylines.cymru · Aug 1

The circular economy starts on the high street

Railing against internet shopping and retail parks isn’t getting us anywhere; how can we revive our high streets in a way that might last?

✍️ Liz Silversmith

@lizsilversmith.bsky.social

The circular economy starts on the high street

Railing against internet shopping and retail parks isn’t getting us anywhere; how can we revive our high streets in a way that might last?

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · Aug 6

Could AI revolutionise Welsh healthcare?

AI offers Wales a chance to rewrite NHS history – this time not with gadgets, but with real transformation in care, culture, and outcomes

By Dr Martin Crilly

@bylines.cymru

Could AI revolutionise Welsh healthcare?

AI offers Wales a chance to rewrite NHS history – this time not with gadgets, but with real transformation in care, culture, and outcomes

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Bylines Cymru @bylines.cymru · Aug 5

Could AI revolutionise Welsh healthcare?

AI offers Wales a chance to rewrite NHS history – this time not with gadgets, but with real transformation in care, culture, and outcomes

✍️ Dr Martin Crilly

Could AI revolutionise Welsh healthcare?

AI offers Wales a chance to rewrite NHS history – this time not with gadgets, but with real transformation in care, culture, and outcomes

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Simon Paul Hobson @simonpaulhobson.bsky.social · Aug 1

How does Wales make more of its farming and care for its wildlife?

Read my views here @bylines.cymru

Others with ideas on farming and the future of agricultural in Wales; @newwales.bsky.social @calvjones.bsky.social

Fermenting the future: sovereignty could add £100bn to the Welsh agricultural sector

An independent Wales can take care of its farmers and landscapes, and mitigate climate change, via agricultural sovereignty and innovation

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Down but not out @hardtimes2025.bsky.social · Aug 1

It may not be Main Street USA they're writing about, but we face this issue all over the world. What happens when Walmart and Amazon leave your town's Main Street a deserted place instead of the bustling hub it was 30 years ago.
Let's put these spaces to use for all of us!

Bylines Cymru @bylines.cymru · Aug 1

The circular economy starts on the high street

Railing against internet shopping and retail parks isn’t getting us anywhere; how can we revive our high streets in a way that might last?

✍️ Liz Silversmith

@lizsilversmith.bsky.social

The circular economy starts on the high street

Railing against internet shopping and retail parks isn’t getting us anywhere; how can we revive our high streets in a way that might last?

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · Aug 2

The circular economy starts on the high street

Railing against internet shopping and retail parks isn’t getting us anywhere; how can we revive our high streets in a way that might last?

By Liz Silversmith

@bylines.cymru

The circular economy starts on the high street

Railing against internet shopping and retail parks isn’t getting us anywhere; how can we revive our high streets in a way that might last?

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