Henry Dyer
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Investigations Correspondent, The Guardian | Tips: [email protected]/henrydyer.01 (Signal) | Interested in Politics/Media/🚂/CofE
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that'll be one data journalism award
January 6, 2026 at 10:13 PM
that'll be one data journalism award
properly published now but congratulations to the NAO employee for so quickly getting a job with the FBI in charge of file uploads
December 23, 2025 at 6:18 PM
properly published now but congratulations to the NAO employee for so quickly getting a job with the FBI in charge of file uploads
Onions (in four parts)
December 19, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Onions (in four parts)
'The [FCDO permanent secretary] responded in March 2025 and explained that the potential for current improvements had been exhausted and further improvements were more difficult to achieve.'
December 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
'The [FCDO permanent secretary] responded in March 2025 and explained that the potential for current improvements had been exhausted and further improvements were more difficult to achieve.'
Here's what it's actually about: people serving a community with decency and dignity to improve it for the next generation hand in hand with earlier ones. And I'm going to reiterate the church's appeal for donations to support its pipe organ project.
December 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Here's what it's actually about: people serving a community with decency and dignity to improve it for the next generation hand in hand with earlier ones. And I'm going to reiterate the church's appeal for donations to support its pipe organ project.
"I saw overturned lorries 'scattered like ninepins' during Storm Bram"
December 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
"I saw overturned lorries 'scattered like ninepins' during Storm Bram"
Turns out the answer to “is it really plausible” is yes, it is - see change to the column and a note from the Times explaining its correction. But the whole question of plausibility about “tiny details” is clearly facile in the face of the documentary evidence published.
December 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Turns out the answer to “is it really plausible” is yes, it is - see change to the column and a note from the Times explaining its correction. But the whole question of plausibility about “tiny details” is clearly facile in the face of the documentary evidence published.
Trying a @pickardje.bsky.social style (picardesque?) reflection snap - Granary Square, King’s Cross.
December 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Trying a @pickardje.bsky.social style (picardesque?) reflection snap - Granary Square, King’s Cross.
We have already published this collage image which is a partial excerpt of the roll - it shows 9 Patels and 8 Smiths but the full roll we have acquired a copy of shows 13 and 12. This claim was also made by more than one pupil.
December 8, 2025 at 9:25 AM
We have already published this collage image which is a partial excerpt of the roll - it shows 9 Patels and 8 Smiths but the full roll we have acquired a copy of shows 13 and 12. This claim was also made by more than one pupil.
On a purely factual point, Trevor Phillips’s column in the Times misrepresents our reporting in casting doubts on claims that there were more boys called Patel than Smith at Dulwich in 1980 (we did not report 1976 as the year it occurred). 1980 roll shows 13 Patels and 12 Smiths.
December 8, 2025 at 9:25 AM
On a purely factual point, Trevor Phillips’s column in the Times misrepresents our reporting in casting doubts on claims that there were more boys called Patel than Smith at Dulwich in 1980 (we did not report 1976 as the year it occurred). 1980 roll shows 13 Patels and 12 Smiths.
Brilliant singing this morning from the junior choir at St John the Divine Kennington, here photographed before doing “a silly one” aka six seven.
SJDK is currently raising funds towards a major installation of a proper pipe organ. If you can give anything: www.justgiving.com/campaign/sjd...
SJDK is currently raising funds towards a major installation of a proper pipe organ. If you can give anything: www.justgiving.com/campaign/sjd...
December 7, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Brilliant singing this morning from the junior choir at St John the Divine Kennington, here photographed before doing “a silly one” aka six seven.
SJDK is currently raising funds towards a major installation of a proper pipe organ. If you can give anything: www.justgiving.com/campaign/sjd...
SJDK is currently raising funds towards a major installation of a proper pipe organ. If you can give anything: www.justgiving.com/campaign/sjd...
further to the quoted section below from one former pupil: The Guardian has acquired a copy of the Dulwich College roll in 1980. It shows (this collage is just an excerpt) how there were 13 pupils that year with the surname Patel, and 12 with the surname Smith.
December 4, 2025 at 9:26 PM
further to the quoted section below from one former pupil: The Guardian has acquired a copy of the Dulwich College roll in 1980. It shows (this collage is just an excerpt) how there were 13 pupils that year with the surname Patel, and 12 with the surname Smith.
quality stuff from Peter and the gang
December 4, 2025 at 12:48 AM
quality stuff from Peter and the gang
Peter Ettedgui has responded to the prime minister's comment: “I hugely appreciate the prime minister’s supportive words, as I am sure will the many others who suffered racist abuse from Farage at school."
And he adds this:
And he adds this:
November 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Peter Ettedgui has responded to the prime minister's comment: “I hugely appreciate the prime minister’s supportive words, as I am sure will the many others who suffered racist abuse from Farage at school."
And he adds this:
And he adds this:
Stefan Benarroch, two years below Farage at school, has told the Guardian that Ettedgui "was such a gentle soul and Farage – Farage made his life a fucking nightmare." He has also alleged Farage would hang outside where a Jewish service was held to identify and taunt other Jewish boys.
November 25, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Stefan Benarroch, two years below Farage at school, has told the Guardian that Ettedgui "was such a gentle soul and Farage – Farage made his life a fucking nightmare." He has also alleged Farage would hang outside where a Jewish service was held to identify and taunt other Jewish boys.
Government press release comparing the quantity of lithium to be produced in the UK to, er, the weight of the Titanic?
November 22, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Government press release comparing the quantity of lithium to be produced in the UK to, er, the weight of the Titanic?
happy to say I've had a promotion. but the posts won't be any better
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 AM
happy to say I've had a promotion. but the posts won't be any better