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@tomemurtha.bsky.social
@kevinmarks.com
Reading your thoughts, as long as you tell me where you're writing them first this week. https://xoxo.zone/@kevinmarks Sheffield, UK
@adamcsharp.bsky.social
1. Writer (https://www.adamsharp.me/) 2. Obsessed with lists 3. COMMON PEOPLE 4. THE CORRECT ORDER OF BISCUITS 5. THE WHEEL IS SPINNING BUT THE HAMSTER IS DEAD (http://geni.us/yDxa)
@helenbarnard.bsky.social
Director of Policy, Research, Impact, TrussellTrust Trustee NatCen. Former JRF & Pro Bono Economics. Author: Want (Giants: A New Beveridge Report) http://amzn.eu/d/hk1ojO6
@nearlylegal.co.uk
Solicitor. Done housing law since 2006. The Guardian says top 5 for squalor. Legal Aid Housing Lawyer of 2018. Co-author of Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018. ‘Not an academic authority’ - Judge Carr. https://nearlylegal.co.uk
@municipaldreams.bsky.social
Social historian of housing. Author of 'A History of Council Housing in 100 Estates' (RIBA Books) and 'Municipal Dreams: the Rise and Fall of Council Housing' (Verso). I blog at https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/.
@hannahfearn.bsky.social
Journalist and podcaster. Politics, social affairs and a little bit of Britpop. Once Independent, now independent. Find me in The i Paper, The New European, Obs, The Lead, Yahoo and on Oh God, What Now? & The Bunker pods https://muckrack.com/hannah-fearn
@queensparkkaren.bsky.social
Chair, Generation Rent. Old Oak Common DC, Paddington and South Kilburn. Former MP for Westminster North. Labour. Housing, Sondheim, Springsteen and other passions. Views personal.
@tobylloyd.bsky.social
Policy wonk, ex-spad, consultant, writer, Londoner. Housing, urbanism and transport mainly.
@markreckons.bsky.social
Comedy, politics, poker and popular culture more generally. Also tech given my day job involving 1s and 0s.
@slowbikeiain.bsky.social
I run public consultations for big energy & infrastructure projects. Lib Dem, ex Stockport councillor, everyday cyclist, urbanist, energy & climate, The Archers, British basketball, photography. He/him. LGBTQIA+ ally.
@lccmunicipal.bsky.social
London County Council, Greater London Council, pre- and post-1965 boroughs in London (+ occasional forays outside of the capital). Municipal stuff from the past that lives on today. Oh, and new towns, shopping centres, infrastructure etc. lccmunicipal.com
@timmorton2.bsky.social
Neighbourhoods, community, social housing, poverty, art, film, humour, puns, photography, cycling, climate
@profdavidwhitehead.bsky.social
Retired historian (Ancient Greece) and oboist. Deracinated Nottinghamian. Widower. Grandfather. European. Loves dogs, humour, movies, orchestras, wine.
@ekd.bsky.social
Academic lawyer at the University of Bristol, interested in lots, including inquests & death, social welfare, housing/homelessness, planning, administrative and constitutional law. Firm believer in nuance and context.
@rajeshthind.bsky.social
Filmmaker, writer, gospel choir-boy etc. Links: bio.site/rajeshthind Agent: www.sternwild.com/film-makers/rajesh-thind
@paulbivand.bsky.social
Labour market stats wonk: default mode: cynical. Boosts are not endorsements and may be ironic. Also on avian-dinosaur-site @PaulBivand
@hilaryburkitt.bsky.social
Housing, poverty, social policy, cats | Housing policy at Independent Age
@andylane07.bsky.social
Social Housing barrister at Cornerstone Barristers, Manchester United fanatic and author of ‘Cornerstone on Social Housing Fraud’.
@juliathrift.bsky.social
People, places, public health, policy... director of healthier place-making @theTCPA.bsky.social; trustee @TreesForCities.bsky.social Lives in south London, interested in the world... My own views, sometimes here: https://authory.com/juliathrift
@jaynehilditch.bsky.social
Working the dream. Running a ski chalet purealps.com - fractional FD at wearearrival.com - NED at dxw.com - Advisory Board at anewfieldkits.com growing veg - cycling - skiing - language learning 🇫🇷
@rolandk.bsky.social
Bicycle rider, plant eater, open water swimmer, homebrewer Recovering Architect Consultant @ Inner Circle Assoc Prof @ UEL Resident @ Walthamstow, London Plastic Dutchman
@viviennesoton.bsky.social
Retired, political activist, volunteer, carer, cat photo to deter nuisance followers. Interested in renters rights, public transport and social care. I’m sorry, but I don’t follow back people who don’t post anything at all.
@martinhwheatley.bsky.social
Public service reform, housing, environment, active travel
@dpabel.bsky.social
Supervising Solicitor Cumbria Law Centre | Chair Cumbria Junior Lawyers Division | 🏳️🌈 he/him | All views my own🌹
@benaustwick.bsky.social
He/him benaustwick.co.uk Hold kindness in your heart like a knife at the throat of the world
@johnmunro.bsky.social
Pedestrian Historian. Imperialism Syllabus: http://tinyurl.com/ev4psh98 The Anticolonial Front: http://tinyurl.com/33d3exca. Youtube: https://tinyurl.com/ykp7r5a9.
@renoviana.dev
🇧🇷 | Baiano perdido no DF | Software Engineer | All photos taken by me 📷 | renoviana.com 🐦 @avesbrasil.bsky.social 📚 @livro.bsky.social
@emilyannabaker.bsky.social
Lord Mansfield & Lord Bowen Scholar | Oxford Biochemist in another life | Proudly hail from the Calder Valley
@mspry.bsky.social
Senior Director and Head of London Office at Lichfields, planning and development consultancy | Non Executive Director at Repton Property Devts | Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences | Muswell Hill resident | Empty vessel
@rachelhart.co.uk
Interested in (the application of) novel ideas - coding and comms. Works in knowledge exchange activity in HE. Views own; this is a personal account. Proud member of @ucu.org.uk. she/her rachelhart.co.uk/links-assorted.
@ajsay.bsky.social
Humanist, gardener, biker, leftie. Always European. Former social housing manager/developer; current NED. Humanist Funeral Celebrant (www.adamthecelebrant.org) Lincolnshire.
@jwripple.bsky.social
Essex born, Manx resident. Very old. Sourdough, Islamic/Christian art and architecture; gypsies; polyphony; migration of people and music around Europe and the Middle East.
@barristerlondon.bsky.social
0207 867 3744 www.barristeradvice.com 🇬🇧 UK Legal Advice Helpline Landlord & Tenant, Family & Civil Book@barristeradvice.com 💼⚖️
@bekahryder.bsky.social
Experimenting at life. Research and social housing. Employed by Altair Ltd and two children. https://altairltd.co.uk/service/research-and-insight/
@tpkennedy.bsky.social
Work in housing policy in the North of England, like building houses, the England cricket team and Newcastle United 🏡🏗️🏏🌑⚪️
@brianrobson.bsky.social
I want more people to live in a decent, affordable home. Don't you? Work: Director Housing & Homelessness, @oak-foundation.bsky.social Dad, bookworm, sedate cyclist | Mackem in North Yorks | Views mine.
@michaellondonsf.bsky.social
semi-retired / activist on London housing and planning / UCL Bartlett / grandfather JustSpace.org.uk michaeledwards.org.uk I don't follow people with empty bios.
@essexhousing.bsky.social
Interested in Housing Law, legal aid, access to justice and other stuff. Legal advice at Essex Law Clinic, Lecturer at Essex Law School.
@thehousingforum.bsky.social
A Quality Home For All - The cross-sector, public & private #ukhousing industry membership body representing 150+ organisations. RT ≠ endorsement https://housingforum.org.uk/
@jamespargeter.bsky.social
'Make Social Media Sociable Again’. UK housing professional. EG 'BTR's 50 Most Influential', ARL Special Advisor and SFH & Policy Committees, BPF BTR Cttee, et al. Views my own. Also other topics, and on other platforms…
@insidehousing.bsky.social
The leading monthly magazine for social housing professionals in the UK
@mulrain.bsky.social
Likes people, cats, art, law, music, theatre, opera, travel, Europe and the NHS.
@charlestugendhat.bsky.social
Politics national and local (@libdems.org.uk). Society and environment - equality, sustainability, community, and the data which makes it intelligible
@tomemurtha.bsky.social
Born and raised in a council house. Worked in social housing since 1976. Awarded an Honorary Doctorate by @UniBirmingham in 2009 and a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018. Retired.