It was lovely chatting to Jules and Chris about our 5-year journey.

Bylines Network Podcast@bylinesnetworkpod.bsky.social · 3w ago

It's that time of year again where we are celebrating a 5 year anniversary of a Bylines Publication. This time, we look east to @eastangliabylines.co.uk, where we are joined by their editor in chief @annadamski.bsky.social and contributor Peter Thurlow. Come celebrate with us shorturl.at/GMaZo

Worstead festival was great fun, the spirit captured here 👇 @stmarysworstead.bsky.social

The largest village festival celebrates 60 years

From fairies to shire horses, from cowboys to raptors, and agility dogs to chain saw sculpture, the Worstead Festival has it all

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East Anglia Bylines@eastangliabylines.co.uk · 3w ago

From fairies to shire horses, from cowboys to raptors, and agility dogs to chain saw sculpture, the Worstead Festival has it all | East Anglia Bylines

Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface

On latest Any Qs the very last utterance by a panellist (in the context of a question on Trump's new world order and how new PM might deal with him) by @pollymackenzie.bsky.social was '[...] and we have to rejoin the EU.' Well received by audience (unsurprisingly given it's R4). #RejoinEU

Peter Thurlow and me on how East Anglia Bylines came about on the @bylinesnetworkpod.bsky.social

East Anglia Bylines@eastangliabylines.co.uk · 3w ago

As part of our 5 year celebration, Editor-in-Chief, Anna Damski and Senior Editor, Peter Thurlow, chatted to Julian Greenbank and Chris Davies at the Bylines Network Podcast about our origin story and the highs and lows in the years since! ⤵️ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/5...

It has been a huge privilege starting and running East Anglia Bylines with brilliant fellow volunteers on our editorial board, backed up by hundreds of volunteer contributors who trusted us with their work, covering both local and national issues. If you aren't already - do give EAB a follow/share!

East Anglia Bylines@eastangliabylines.co.uk · 4w ago

Five years ago today, East Anglia Bylines published its first edition. Five years later, we're still exposing stories others miss, still run entirely by volunteers, & still going strong thanks to our writers & you, our readers. Here's to the next 5 years! 🥂

Let’s hope that this suggestion is true: that it’s just the Mahmood political groupies briefing it in hope …and that Burnham DOES show more political astuteness. I’d be very happy for her to end up with political egg all over her face. She’s surely earned it. bsky.app/profile/zach...

Fionna O’Leary@fascinatorfun.bsky.social · last mo.

I understood from Burnham supporters is that he is politically far more astute than Starmer. If that is true then appointing Mahmoud as Chancellor is an astonishing faux paux. Quite apart from her utterly alienating record as Home Secretary www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

This is a fascinating article. Well worth a read ⤵️

East Anglia Bylines@eastangliabylines.co.uk · last mo.

Plants can hear. They can also smell, taste, touch... and even count. No, really. The science behind one of nature's most surprising discoveries: Nigel Chaffey tells all.

You know when we couldn't celebrate Xmas together because of Covid? When we said: It's only a date, we'll just celebrate better, safer, happier when this terrible time is over. We'll have a great get-together, & we party our socks off. I think we should take the same approach with #America250.

Am not an F1 devotee but this article about Formula 1's story of speed is fascinating... Do read

East Anglia Bylines@eastangliabylines.co.uk · last mo.

The British Grand Prix returns to Silverstone this weekend. But did you know some of Formula One's biggest pioneers came not from Motorsport Valley, but from East Anglia? Our latest:

For World Refugee Day, this is a thoughtful and thought-provoking account of what it's like to leave your career and everything you've known, to seek safety in a far-off land. This year's theme is #Courage

East Anglia Bylines@eastangliabylines.co.uk · 2mo ago

#WorldRefugeeDay this year marks the 75th anniversary of the Refugee Convention. For Meisam Pour tajrishi, the theme of courage is deeply personal. He writes about leaving behind a career, a home, a library of books – and starting again from "sub-zero".

Burnham wins. Reform stumbles. The narrative shifts. Pecksniff on Labour's new blue-eyed boy. And the awkward questions now facing Nigel Farage. Read the latest Pecksniff's Diary for this & more

Pecksniff: Burnham as prime minister before September

In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life

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Well I think I've just definitively dated the arrival of the very first enslaved people from Africa to an English colony in the Caribbean - the exact day which launched a slave plantation system that would see 3.5m people trafficked in its wake. And it seems that 400 year anniversary is upon us.

Last month, Cambridge was one of four places in England that trialled early in-person voting for the local elections at several city centre locations. Here’s how it went ⤵️

East Anglia Bylines@eastangliabylines.co.uk · 2mo ago

Democracy is changing – quietly. Flexible voting is now an option giving voters freedom on when and where to vote. Aidan Baker reports. What do you think of this experimental approach? 👇

Superb!

Liberal Democrats@libdems.org.uk · 3mo ago

If a political party leader has had his communications compromised by a foreign adversary, it poses an alarming threat to our entire democracy. @LibDemDaisy.bsky.social has written to the National Cyber Security Centre to investigate Nigel Farage’s claims his phone was accessed by Russian hackers

I'm so proud of our team for organising this - our best ever stall at the Suffolk Show. If you're pro-EU, please share and give Suffolk for Europe's new account a follow 🙏 #rejoin #brexitometer #suffolkshow #eu

Suffolk for Europe@suffolkforeurope.bsky.social · 3mo ago

It's a wrap! Two fantastic days at the Suffolk Show and one tired but jubilant team! Hundreds of visitors, many great conversations and lots signing up to our mailing list. There's a strong sense among the public that things are moving in the right direction for those of who want to #rejoin.

Suffolk Show: second day. Very positive energy. #Rejoin #Europe #EuropeanUnion #FBPE @suffolkforeurope.bsky.social

We’re very happy with our first day at the Suffolk show with lots of great discussions, and our photo booth was a hit with our younger visitors to the stand. If you’re pro-EU please give our new Suffolk for Europe account a follow! 🙏

Suffolk for Europe@suffolkforeurope.bsky.social · 3mo ago

A successful first day for Suffolk for Europe @suffolkforeurope.bsky.social at Suffolk Show. Far more footfall and interest compared to Reform round the corner - particularly from young people (pleasing!) #Rejoin @europeanmovement.co.uk

🔴 Wes Streeting has said that Palantir is “absolutely critical to the future of the NHS.” But Palantir’s £330m NHS platform is “slow an clunky” and eight to ten times slower at analysing data than the current NHS tool in use Massive scoop on Democracy for Sale: open.substack.com/pub/democrac...

Revealed: Palantir’s NHS tech is ten times slower than current system

NHS leaders privately told that “clunky” £330m platform built by Trump donor Peter Thiel’s firm is “slow” and has “poor user experience”, new documents show

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Bylines Network brings you, People Before Profit. This is your chance to hold rogue organisations to account, and help us investigate those who don’t appear to care about the people they serve. Read all about it here 👇 peoplebeforeprofit.uk/index.php

Why do people do this?

East Anglia Bylines@eastangliabylines.co.uk · 3mo ago

Nothing says “I nearly did the right thing” quite like a poo bag swinging gently from a tree branch.

One of the biggest mistakes by the government was to tolerate and pander to this group. Far right extremist thugs posing as patriots, who should have been clamped down on from day one www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Man hit by van in Birmingham after residents take down union flags put up by anti-migrant group

Police investigate incident on Thursday after witness claims seeing Raise the Colours logo on side of vehicle

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David Attenborough is as charming and gracious as you’d imagine he is. This is an interview I did with him in 1992 and it’s absolutely timeless as he shares amusing anecdotes about his earliest days travelling to some of the remotest locations in the planet.

At home with Sir David Attenborough: a rare interview

As he turns 100, a rare interview captures David Attenborough reflecting on travel in a very different world

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Reform UK’s policy in Suffolk is not to engage in any way with local press. Coincidentally @eastangliabylines.co.uk sent all the candidates across Suffolk and Norfolk the same set of questions. Reform were the only party not to respond. They don’t want to be held to account.

'We don't need you': Reform shuts door on local media hours after taking control of Suffolk County Council

Shayne Pooley, the chairman of Reform UK in Ipswich, has publicly stated that the party's new councillors will not be speaking to the media, just hours after Reform won 10 of 16 seats on the borough c...

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David Attenborough is as charming and gracious as you’d imagine he is. This is an interview I did with him in 1992 and it’s absolutely timeless as he shares amusing anecdotes about his earliest days travelling to some of the remotest locations in the planet.

Bylines Network@bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 3mo ago

As Sir David Attenborough turns 100 on 8 May, here’s a rare glimpse of him at home – talking to Anna Damski not about animals, but some of the adventures around how he reached them. @eastangliabylines.co.uk @annadamski.bsky.social

Many years ago, I had the pleasure of interviewing Sir David Attenborough - not about his filmmaking, but his earliest adventures getting to some of the most remote places on Earth. I have resurrected it to celebrate his 100th birthday tomorrow.

At home with Sir David Attenborough: a rare interview

As he turns 100, a rare interview captures David Attenborough reflecting on travel in a very different world

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So close to 100k UK residents- if you care about cleaning up our water, please sign, and share far and wide.

Suffolk Broad (aka Anna) 🇬🇧🇵🇱🇪🇺@annadamski.bsky.social · 4mo ago

It’s at 96k! Can you help get this petition to over 100k for a Commons debate? Please share. 🙏 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...

It’s the 250th year of American independence, and the Pope and the King of England are reminding Americans of their revolutionary values, principles, and ideals Somewhere, John Adams is confused as fuck

Russia has named a Suffolk site as a potential military target. Why? What does that actually mean? How worried should we be? 👇

Is Suffolk now in Russia’s sights?

A Suffolk site linked to Ukrainian drone production has been named by Russia as a potential military target

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Some rally excellent points made here around the public perception of access for large donors being a factor that’s lead to a collapse in the public’s trust in politics.

East Anglia Bylines@eastangliabylines.co.uk · 4mo ago

A £150,000 donation. A meeting two weeks later. No rules broken. If everything is above board… why does it feel like money and influence keep crossing paths? A closer look at how UK politics is funded today. Ben Smith reports