RIP Len Deighton Here’s the wonderfully mundane, anti-Bond opening of The Ipcress File with that superb John Barry theme: youtu.be/QR-pYXURUlg?...

West Yorkshire is to get a new independent news and investigative outlet with @leedsnewlocalpaper.bsky.social - it won't be Leeds Other Paper, but it'll be much better than nowt. To mark this good news, here's a piece about LOP from its final issue in 1994, by which time it was called Northern Star.

Hancock's Half Hour - The Missing Page (11th March 1960). A master at work.

We're so close to bringing back the glorious spirit of the LOP! Please pledge if you haven't already

Leeds, 1954, photo by Marc Riboud. Much to unpack here.

Just caught up with this - a good listen.

March 10, 1969

One week to go to see if a new independent news outlet for Leeds and West Yorkshire will actually happen - if you'd like to see it and haven't yet pledged support for @leedsnewlocalpaper.bsky.social, please consider doing so. #LocalJournalismMatters

We're celebrating the women across journalism who continue to fight for fairness and challenge inequality. #iwd

R.I.P. “Country” Joe McDonald 😔💔 (March 7, 2026)

'Barbara Keeley, a Labour peer, said the UK’s creative industries faced a “clear and present danger” from AI firms using their work without credit or payment.' Footnote: the @writersguildgb.bsky.social is doing excellent work to fight this blatant theft of people's livelihoods. Join your union!

A plaque has been unveiled at the Town Hall commemorating the Sheffield Tree Campaign. “In recognition of the courageous campaigners who saved thousands of street trees from wrongful felling by Sheffeld City Council, and as a reminder to all that such failures in leadership must never happen again”

“Self-driving taxis safe” says self-writing article. From the new Private Eye, out now.

LIke reading that Jarndyce v Jarndyce has been settled out of court. Can it really be true?

This year, for #InternationalWomensDay, we honour women journalists who keep reporting despite threats, abuse and violence. From frontlines to exile, capitals to small towns, they refuse to be silenced. Their voices defend media pluralism, democracy and truth. 💪 #IWD2026

Speaking at the #TUCWomens2026 'assaults at work' fringe event, Laura Davison, NUJ general secretary said: “It’s clear that journalists are the target of shocking abuse and harassment both online and in person, and this restricts their ability to carry out their work." www.nuj.org.uk/resource/abu...

Lords cttee to government ❌Do not weaken #copyright law ✅Strengthen licensing, transparency & enforcement ❌Stop prioritising large multinational tech firms ✅State publicly that AI companies must license their training data (its the law) #CreatorsRights publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5901/ld...

As International Women's Day is almost upon us, here's some coverage of the 1978 version from Leeds Other Paper to get everyone in the mood. #IWD #LeedsHistory

Take a book and read with deep concentration when wicked or blasphemous thoughts intrude themselves #WorldBookDay

Interesting piece on cycling in Leeds and Bradford from @leedsnewlocalpaper.bsky.social - sign up soon if you'd like to see more local news in West Yorkshire.

Tax exiles stuck in London desperately trying to get *back* to Dubai to avoid becoming tax resident in the UK? Just great stuff. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

In celebration of World Book Day, here’s a poem called ‘Book Group’.

Trump Attacks Iran. How Operation Epic Fury unfolded… The new Private Eye is out now.

IPSO have published their verdict on The Daily Telegraph’s fake £345,000-a year banker couple who claimed they couldn’t afford five holidays. The paper declined to explain to the watchdog how the article came to be published - but our reporting at the time sets it out…

This IPSO adjudication against the Telegraph is quite something Confirms their story titled: ‘We earn £345k, but soaring private school fees mean we can’t go on five holidays’ was completely fabricated, with the family involved non-existent and stock pictures used www.ipso.co.uk/rulings/0210...

NUJ statement on US-Israel attacks against Iran and the need to protect civilians, including journalists: www.nuj.org.uk/resource/sta...

Launching a new newsroom is simple in theory: If 500 people back it, we build it ⚒️ We’re working towards bringing independent journalism to West Yorkshire - and support like this from Robyn Vinter really means a lot.

We're still after your views on VAR in the English game. Have your say: thefsa.org.uk/news/var-sur...

'London, Winter' (1928) by Christopher RW Nevinson (London Museum)

And your supply, which you have wish’d so long, Are cast away, and sunk on Goodwin Sands.

Have you registered yet for our next AJE event? Join us online on Friday (Feb 27) for our Winter Conference 2026 on 'Trust, truth and ethics in journalism education'. Find out more about this event and how to register for free in the link below ⬇️ #ajeuk #aje2026 ajeuk.org/call-for-abs...

“ citizenship to the land of knowledge” #Libraries

Here's a commonsense proposal for democratic and electoral reform: ban bar charts from all political literature. Make publishing them an actual criminal offence

Just realised that, either this classic Leeds Other Paper front page from 1975 was inspired by this poster from Paris 1968, or great minds really do think alike...

from Tit-Bits magazine (1892)

Hopping Holiday, Kent, 1951. This photo was part of a Picture Post feature depicting Londoners taking a working holiday to pick hops in the Kent countryside by renowned British photographer Bert Hardy (1913–1995).

📢 The IFJ annual report on journalists and media workers killed is out: 128 lives lost in 2025. These figures confirm a worrying global truth: the murder of journalists has become an accepted tool of war, repression and information control. #EndImpunity

⚫️ In 2025, 128 journalists and media workers were killed in relation to their work. This figure is detailed in our newly published annual report. 🕯️ Behind every number lies a life dedicated to telling the truth. Their stories do not end here. Their truth will live on.

There’s an urgent need to protect journalists worldwide and no better time for Jodie Ginsberg of the Committee to Protect Journalists to give the James Cameron Memorial Lecture City St George’s, University of London. Details & registration here: shorturl.at/6xY21

At least the bog flushes.

Nearly half way to 500 - wow 🤩 The support so far has been brilliant - and it shows there's real appetite for serious local journalism here 📰

"In the Industrial Revolution, every big city in the north had a local champion newspaper." @tomforth.co.uk thinks cities like Leeds deserves one again. 👑

How Reuters captured the photo of former Prince Andrew leaving custody www.reuters.com/world/uk/how...

L: Private Eye front cover, yesterday. R: News headline, today. Stay ahead of the news; buy the Eye.

Women reclaim the night - here's Leeds Other Paper on the first march in Leeds nearly 50 years ago. The struggle goes on...

The NUJ Reach group chapel said: “The chapel expresses its shock at the changes to print operations proposed by the company - and extends its solidarity to colleagues in Watford and Saltire who are affected.” www.nuj.org.uk/resource/rea...

Vulcan Street, Leeds, 1975, by Peter Mitchell, one of the great 20th century photographers (he had various jobs including lorry driving while taking pictures). The man is Eric Massheder.

Penyghent, Yorkshire Dales, in warm winter light, photo by landscape photographer Paula Beaumont.