Baroness Barbara Keeley
@baronesskeeley.bsky.social
Labour Peer. Former MP for Worsley & Eccles South & former Shadow Minister for the Arts and Music.
🗳️ An incredible win for Andy Burnham in the Makerfield by-election. It shows what’s possible when Labour comes together with a message of hope. Proud to have been in his Shadow Health team in Parliament & to co-chair his Mayoral selection and election campaigns, and I’m proud to call him a friend👏🏻
A real pleasure to host Ukrainian amputee soldiers & Ukraine's Ambassador to the UK at a screening of the powerful documentary film Second Wind @houseoflords.parliament.uk. Scaling #Kilimanjaro with severe war injuries, in tribute to comrades, is testament to extraordinary resilience #Ukraine
An introduction to 10 of the female violinists who are leading British orchestras: www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/features/fem...
A forthcoming book by Emily Maguire aims to help disadvantaged young people access pathways into a career in the arts.
Creative Careers Unlocked: A practical guide - Arts Professional
A forthcoming book by Emily Maguire aims to help disadvantaged young people access pathways into a career in the arts.
artsprofessional.co.uk
Thank you @baronesskeeley.bsky.social for calling on Government to bring back the music teacher training bursary, a crucial step if we want to see music return to the heart of our schools. Watch below ⬇️
Yesterday, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and Arts Council England published their response to Baroness Hodge’s independent review of ACE Read our response here 🔽 writersguild.org.uk/dcms-and-art...
DCMS and Arts Council response to the Hodge review – WGGB’s view - The Writers' Guild of Great Britain
Yesterday (26 March 2026) the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and Arts Council England (ACE) published their response to Baroness Hodge’s independent review of ACE. The Hodge review (pu...
writersguild.org.uk
Fantastic news in the UK today - the government has apparently ditched its plan to force creatives to 'opt out' if they don't want AI companies training on their life's work. www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog... 🧵 1/4
We thank @baronesskeeley.bsky.social and her Committee for listening to the concerns of creators and putting them at the heart of this report We urge government to adopt the report's findings and make the right decisions to protect our creative industries from GenAI exploitation
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Neighbour does not hate neighbour in Gorton and Denton. That’s why Labour will beat Reform | Angeliki Stogia
We see Thursday’s byelection as a straight fight between us and Farage’s poisonous politics, says Angeliki Stogia, Labour’s candidate in the Gorton and Denton byelection
theguardian.com
A crunch by-election next week is a fight between Reform’s divisive politics and keeping Manchester united, Labour’s candidate says.
'Reform are rattled - they understand nothing about where I live'
mirror.co.uk
Last week we held a special event at 11 Downing Street to celebrate the RCM’s educational partnerships 🎉 Featuring inspiring performances from RCM students, it was fantastic to celebrate the work of the RCM in an iconic setting.
Cllr David Wimble, Reform Cabinet member for economic development at Kent County Council, says he might defund Margate's Turner Contemporary Gallery to spite the local MP Polly Billington.
Josiah Mortimer@josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 6mo agoA pretty bleak threat from the Reform party on Kent county council... Reform threatens to pull funding for Margate’s Turner Gallery as ‘naked retribution for local MP exposing Kent savings lies' - via Polly Billington MP
This is what makes us a great country, right here.
Waffle 🧇@wafflecut.bsky.social · 6mo ago“I’ve reviewed over 50 sticky toffee puddings” is an incredibly powerful way to begin a video
Federal judge has ordered the release of Liam Ramos (the bunny hat boy) and his father. A brief and rather remarkable order. Clearly written to be shared widely, so please do. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Shouldn't post in grief, but to reiterate that the staff at Manchester Royal Infirmary, both AMU (ICU) and palliative care, were just outstanding; not only in clinical care but humanity, sensitivity, care and consideration. Heroic humans who made my stepfather's last days comfortable and peaceful.
Please please vaccinate your child against measles. This is from our @independentsage.bsky.social report from last year, led by @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social & @helensalisbury.bsky.social independentsage.org/wp-content/u...
UK Health Security Agency@ukhsa.bsky.social · 7mo agoUKHSA responds to the confirmation from @WHO that the UK has lost its measles elimination status. Read more from WHO here: https://bit.ly/3YZuOFa
About 75% of entries transcribe the false claims. The small number of counterpoint are in 'he said, she said' fashion It is very much inferior to other outlets & absurd to post 30 seconds of video without putting any of the reporting resource into analysing the source, vs transcribing false claims
How on earth can the BBC still be relaying this demonstrably untrue information into its reporting at 942pm, without even "balancing" the false account, when they have the video footage & the analysis of it
That BBC coverage is timestamped 942pm The misinformation it contains was demonstrated to be clearly untrue almost 3 hours before that bsky.app/profile/bell...
Bellingcat@bellingcat.com · 7mo agoFederal law enforcement agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Jan. 24 according to local police officials. DHS told Fox News that the man was “armed with a gun”. A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man before the first shot was fired. x.com/BillMelugin_...
Entries are absurdly unbalanced, to favour US govt false statements, in a scenario where "sharply contested" both sides reporting would be highly inadequate BBC are here being a real time conduit of the misinformation that they say their mission is to verify+counter www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cj...
Minneapolis live: Man, 37, shot dead by federal agents in Minneapolis
The shooting follows days of protests in the city over the Trump administration's immigration enforcement operation.
bbc.co.uk
The BBC coverage is absolutely terrible. It leads on "sharply contested narratives" It has a dramatic skew to the US government It has posted the video but has failed to report on what it shows: it shows the US govt account is untrue
Fusilier Simon Annis - killed while serving on the front line in Afghanistan news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/8236105.stm
BBC NEWS | UK | England | Manchester | Funeral for killed fusilier held
news.bbc.co.uk
A “bumper” £1.5 billion package will “restore national pride” and save more than 1,000 arts venues, museums, and libraries from closure, according to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).
DCMS to spend £1.5bn in 'serious' uplift to capital funding - Arts Professional
A "bumper" £1.5 billion package will "restore national pride" and save more than 1,000 arts venues, museums, and libraries from closure, according to the
artsprofessional.co.uk
