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Based in Birmingham, UK.
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Part of the railway family.
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Ivor Tymchak @ivor.bsky.social Frontman for Parke & Ride. Disputes free will. Disputes land ownership. Tax the rich.
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Parody.
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Ellie Harris @eleanorrrlouise.bsky.social Education wonk & Midwest emo fan; Head of Children and Young People at IPPR
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Ben McKenna @benmckenna.bsky.social Digital information and infrastructure consultant. Southerner in the north, builds things both virtual and real, accidental gardener and 🏴🇮🇪🇪🇸 mongrel. North London is red, and so am I. ¡Venceremos!
Mark Watson @watsoncomedian.bsky.social One of the Daily Telegraph 50 Funniest Comedians of the 21st Century (49th). Also an author. And producer. And a whole life away from work if you can imagine.
Richard Pomfret @richpomf.bsky.social Bradfordian, happily exiled in Co.Clare, Ireland. Loves 'a cappella' music, especially from Finland. Former Maths teacher. Loves small choirs (singing and conducting), quiet places, steam railways and Bradford City F.C.
Ian Lance Richardson @ricojosh.bsky.social Retired teacher of history & politics. Passionate about UK & US politics. Walker, love nature & heritage.Writer for regional magazines & Yorkshire Bylines. Manchester, born & raised, lived in Yorkshire for the last 40 years.
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Louise Houghton @louisehoughton.bsky.social Co-founder of the Bylines Network and Yorkshire Bylines
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Scouser in Bradford. Printmaker.
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Jason Croot @jasoncroot.bsky.social Bradfordian, actor and author of the Bradford Back in the Day Memories Series: Bradford, Eh? & Bradford, Ye What? and the nostalgic football book Bradford or Leeds, Eh?
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Simon Hattenstone @shattenstone.bsky.social Guardian interviewer/features writer, with a thing for prison and miscarriages of justice (well not a thing for them as such, a thing for writing about them). Proud Mancunian/Salfordian. City fan of some vintage
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social Jonathan Wolff,
Political Philosopher.
Fellow British Academy
Emeritus Professor Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford
Wolfson College
President The Royal Institute of Philosophy
THFC supporter in 'what's football again?' mode.
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