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Tom Phillips @tomphillips.bsky.social · 20d

Today’s podcast on the downfall of Jair (with the brilliant @helenpidd.bsky.social) www.theguardian.com/world/audio/...

The downfall of Jair Bolsonaro – podcast

Former Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro has been handed a 27-year sentence for an attempted coup – is there any way his political career can continue? Tom Phillips reports

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Helen Pidd @helenpidd.bsky.social · 22d

Thank you!

Helen Pidd @helenpidd.bsky.social · 22d

For today’s podcast I went to talk to protesters outside my local asylum hotel in Stockport, as well as marchers at Tommy Robinson’s march to try to understand if the far right is now a mass movement podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... -ñ

Today in Focus

Daily News Podcast · Updated daily · Hosted by Nosheen Iqbal and Helen Pidd, Today in Focus brings you closer to Guardian journalism. Combining storytelling with insightful analysis and personal testi...

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Helen Pidd @helenpidd.bsky.social · 26d

This is a lot more interesting than Henry makes it sound

Henry Dyer @direthoughts.com · 26d

If you’ve ever wanted to not just read but listen to me talking about ACOBA and the business appointment rules, @helenpidd.bsky.social had me on Today in Focus to talk about the Boris Files.

www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...

The lucrative secrets of Boris Johnson – podcast

An investigation based on leaked data from Johnson’s private office has unearthed a trove of information. Has he broken the rules again? Henry Dyer reports

www.theguardian.com

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Helen Pidd @helenpidd.bsky.social · Sep 3

Thank you!

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Helen Pidd @helenpidd.bsky.social · Aug 22

Thank you!

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Lisa Bachelor @lisabachelor.bsky.social · Aug 21

I’m so thrilled that the Guardian’s @helenpidd.bsky.social made an excellent Today in Focus podcast about the seaside town of Morecambe for Seascape’s Against The Tide series. Please do take a listen, it’s extremely thorough and full of inspiring young people

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Sun, sea and struggle: growing up in England’s coastal towns – podcast

Helen Pidd grew up in Morecambe, and life in seaside towns has only got harder since she was a teenager. She went back to find out why

www.theguardian.com

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Helen Pidd @helenpidd.bsky.social · Jul 24

Thanks AK!

Helen Pidd @helenpidd.bsky.social · Jul 24

Thanks Anita!

Helen Pidd @helenpidd.bsky.social · Jul 24

Very cool to be nominated as best podcast host alongside some actual legends. Bet Louis Theroux is quaking in his boots. I’m nothing without the amazing Today in Focus team @theguardian.com #BritishPodcastAwards

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Ben Quinn @benquinn75.bsky.social · Jul 23

Will the Epping hotel riots spark another summer of unrest?

Spoke to @helenpidd.bsky.social on the Guardian’s Today In Focus Podcast

www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...

Will the Epping hotel riots spark another summer of unrest? – podcast

A year after Southport, what’s driving the turmoil in Essex? Ben Quinn reports

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Helen Pidd @helenpidd.bsky.social · Jul 20

Is manchester becoming too much like london? Come with me on a trip around a high rise city of OnlyFans creators, £6 pints and ever richer overseas students www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

‘All those posh apartments. It’s a playground for the rich’: is Manchester turning into London?

£6 a pint, £199 a month for gym membership, £1,200 to rent a studio flat? The Guardian’s former North of England editor asks if the city she’s worked in for 12 years is changing for the better – or wo...

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Helen Pidd @helenpidd.bsky.social · Jul 4

It’s official - the north could not be in safer hands with @joshhalliday.bsky.social in charge. Defo recommend a midlife career pivot. www.inpublishing.co.uk/articles/the...

The Guardian announces new appointments

The Guardian has announced a number of appointments.

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Helen Pidd @helenpidd.bsky.social · Jun 13

It's my favourite day of the year: Whit Friday! I'm not playing in "the greatest show on earth" this year, just spectating. But here is my dispatch from the front lines of brass banding in 2016 www.theguardian.com/music/2016/m...

Different drum: novice snares gig in the greatest free show on Earth

The annual brass band battle, fought across villages on the old Lancashire-Yorkshire border, is part Wacky Races and part Brassed Off

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Helen Pidd @helenpidd.bsky.social · Jun 7

You can join us if you’re free on the 17th June. Contrive a reason to work from mcr!

Helen Pidd @helenpidd.bsky.social · Jun 7

We are booked in to the stockport curry pyramid for our Manchester Guardian night out and I cannot wait on.ft.com/4kRAvxB%E2%8... Motorway icon turned buffet titan — Jay Rayner reviews the Royal Nawaab Pyramid @joshhalliday.bsky.social @hannahalothman.bsky.social @robynvinter.bsky.social

Motorway icon turned buffet titan — Jay Rayner reviews the Royal Nawaab Pyramid

How did this enormous, impressive new Indian restaurant outsmart a struggling industry?

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Helen Pidd @helenpidd.bsky.social · Jun 5

I know! We have no control over the ads, unfortunately.

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Archie Bland @archiebland.bsky.social · May 26

The great Today In Focus team of @helenpidd.bsky.social @alexatack.bsky.social and @samikent.bsky.social made an episode about Max and did him proud. You can listen to it here:

www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...

My son Max, the boy who came back to life - podcast

Guardian journalist Archie Bland describes the day his seven-week-old son stopped breathing, and the life he has led in the two years since

www.theguardian.com

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Helen Pidd @helenpidd.bsky.social · May 26

On today’s podcast, @archiebland.bsky.social talks about the day his son, Max, stopped breathing, and learning to advocate for a disabled child. This episode brims with love as well as rage at an ableist world and it was an honour to be trusted with Max’s story www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...

My son Max, the boy who came back to life - podcast

Guardian journalist Archie Bland describes the day his seven-week-old son stopped breathing, and the life he has led in the two years since

www.theguardian.com

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Helen Pidd @helenpidd.bsky.social · May 22

8 years since the arena bomb 🐝 🐝 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝

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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · May 20

And the winners of the Paul Foot Award for investigative and campaigning journalism 2025 are... Patrick Butler and Josh Halliday of The Guardian.

#PaulFootAward2025

www.private-eye.co.uk/paul-foot-aw...

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Helen Pidd @helenpidd.bsky.social · Apr 30

A Reform official in Runcorn tells @joshhalliday.bsky.social: “Those planning to vote Reform roughly fall into two groups: ‘those who set their alarm for work in the morning and are angry at those who don’t – and those who don’t.” How will they satisfy both? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

‘Labour have done nothing but lie’: grievances fuel Runcorn byelection battle

‘Dogfight’ between Labour and Reform UK is turning ugly after Nigel Farage’s party put immigration centre stage

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Helen Pidd @helenpidd.bsky.social · Apr 29

For today's pod I went on the road in Runcorn. Despite an obvious Reform surge, there are still voters keeping the Labour faith (sometimes reluctantly and often just to keep Farage out). Lots of love for Mike Amesbury too, in spite of those drunken punches. www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...

Labour v Reform UK: on the road in Runcorn – podcast

Helen Pidd heads to the industrial town before this week’s byelection. How will Labour fare in its first big electoral test since taking power? Kiran Stacey reports

www.theguardian.com

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Helen Pidd @helenpidd.bsky.social · Apr 28

aww thanks phoebe, it was an emotional one to make x

Helen Pidd @helenpidd.bsky.social · Apr 10

Thanks Jamie!

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