Please make sure you’re a backer of this community. It’s revolutionising how media works - structurally… putting the news mix and content generation into everyone’s hands. ✊

Written in German, Populism for Beginners is a comprehensive guide to populism based mainly on Austria and Germany  | Jon Hill

We need journalism which isn't owned by billionaires.

A sloppy edit turns Trump into a crusader against bias, stepping in to protect us from a broadcasting corporation already leaning his way | Claire Jones

Merry Christmas everyone...... Here's the great 2025 Central Bylines Christmas Quiz @gemmagould.bsky.social

Rising demand, falling income, fewer volunteers, and growing regulation are pushing charities – especially small ones – towards crisis | Peter Curbishley

Urgent review ordered into foreign influence in UK politics.

2/ For as little as £3.50 a month, you will receive our Best of Bylines Gazette. our newsletter and a whole host of other stuff, as well as supporting democracy, truth and grassroots journalism.

So often we hear that lower taxes can only benefit us, while we shy away from discussing what they might look like for the whole of our society | Peter Curbishley

1/ We have now exceeded over 4 million reads of our Powerful Citizen journalism in 2025 and rising. Help us look forward to a brilliant 2026 by supporting citizen voices and becoming a friend of Bylines Network bylinesnetwork.co.uk/friends-of-b...

A row over a free bus pass exposes how 14 years of austerity have warped public trust in universal welfare and the idea of shared public goods | Max Wild Urquidi

The Women’s Safety Initiative claims to be protecting women and girls, but deeper investigation points to another agenda altogether | Robin Whitlock

Martin Griffiths brings us a poem of light for the winter solstice | Martin Griffiths

Let’s see how much has survived the purge.

A row over a free bus pass exposes how 14 years of austerity have warped public trust in universal welfare and the idea of shared public goods | Max Wild Urquidi

A row over a free bus pass exposes how 14 years of austerity have warped public trust in universal welfare and the idea of shared public goods | Max Wild Urquidi

1/ We have now exceeded over 4 million reads of our Powerful Citizen journalism in 2025 and rising. Help us look forward to a brilliant 2026 by supporting citizen voices and becoming a friend of Bylines Network

'On “X”, Doyle followed Elon Musk, Nigel Farage, Andrew Tate, and a random small time, seemingly right wing commentor, as well as several cryptocurrency accounts. He only followed 11 accounts, half of which were far right.' @penhemingway.bsky.social @northwestbylines.co.uk

2/ For as little as £3.50 a month, you will receive our Best of Bylines Gazette. our newsletter and a whole host of other stuff, as well as supporting democracy, truth and grassroots journalism.

As Trump begins proceedings to sue the BBC, we revisit Claire Jones' WEB article on this saga - 'The Bias Crusade':

The Women’s Safety Initiative claims to be protecting women and girls, but deeper investigation points to another agenda altogether | Robin Whitlock

georgemonbiot.bsky.social knows that journalism “speaks with the voice of power” which is why bylinestimes.bsky.social matters. In my latest piece, I ask: if even high earners feel cut off from politics, whose voices are treated as speaking for Britain? kentandsurreybylines.co.uk/politics/dem...

"The Bylines Network is tremendously inspiring…it's crucial that journalism speaks truth to power, but the great majority of it unfortunately speaks with the voice of power…it’s really inspiring to see networks like yours filling that huge gap and doing what journalism ought to do.” George Monbiot

One of the founders of Bylines Network explaining the importance of the new Friends of Bylines Network scheme to sustain citizen journalism.

Growing evidence suggests that the AMOC system of ocean currents may be heading towards collapse | Steve Dawe

"The Bylines Network is tremendously inspiring…it's crucial that journalism speaks truth to power, but the great majority of it unfortunately speaks with the voice of power…it’s really inspiring to see networks like yours filling that huge gap and doing what journalism ought to do.” George Monbiot

🔥 WE’RE changing the media. Citizen journalism is peer-to-peer news, it’s forging information networks from the grassroots up, sidestepping the top-down mainstream media. Utterly new and fresh. Become a friend of the Bylines Network and stand with us as we build media as it should be. 👇👇

🔥 The “Friends of Bylines Network” scheme… …and how citizen journalism can break the grip of mainstream media on the news mix we consume. Community roots go deeper than broadcasters. Check it out, share & get involved—> bylinesnetwork.co.uk/friends-of-b...

Oxford is a European city, now more than ever This year the European Movement UK held its AGM in Oxford. Good choice! westenglandbylines.co.uk/news/europe/...

"The Bylines Network is tremendously inspiring…it's crucial that journalism speaks truth to power, but the great majority of it unfortunately speaks with the voice of power…it’s really inspiring to see networks like yours filling that huge gap and doing what journalism ought to do.” George Monbiot

Will Reform UK’s policies benefit the consumer and the environment, or are they just a collection of right-wing talking points? | Jonathan Powell

Will Reform UK’s policies benefit the consumer and the environment, or are they just a collection of right-wing talking points? | Jonathan Powell 

If you believe in what we do, why not become a Friend of Bylines Network? With merch and perks included, you’ll also be helping to secure the future of journalism for the people, by the people ✊

Dominic Grieve speaks to West England Bylines on Gaza: youtube.com/shorts/8R9YI...

Will Reform UK’s policies benefit the consumer and the environment, or are they just a collection of right-wing talking points? | Jonathan Powell

A timely reminder of our review of Sad Little Men - and the damage the UK’s elite education institutions can do westenglandbylines.co.uk/news/educati...

Once Trump’s sinister magic becomes reality how does America find itself again? | Jennifer Worrell

Dominic Grieve speaks to West England Bylines on Gaza: youtube.com/shorts/8R9YI...

As Oxford grapples with rising flood risks and strained green spaces, nature-based solutions offer a way to strengthen the city’s resilience | Steve Dawe

If you believe in what we do, why not become a Friend of Bylines Network? With merch and perks included, you’ll also be helping to secure the future of journalism for the people, by the people ✊

A story that twists and turns around the bleak life for the British as the sea levels rise, with much to take away about our current attitudes | Bob Copeland

Why tourism in Oxford is a double-sided coin and how it shapes the city's sense of place | Finn Gillespie-Petersen

Why do they want us to leave the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)? Some moot leaving the ECHR as a pragmatic solution to an immigration “crisis”, but is there a more sinister motive behind the push? westenglandbylines.co.uk/opinion/why-...

Why do relatively few children cycle to school in the UK, despite the obvious benefits? | Dr Hazel Dawe

A timely reminder that Motability is a lifeline and yet also NOT a freebie by @lizziejones.bsky.social westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/equ...

A pensive poem for November | Martin Griffiths

This is genuinely disquieting stuff but it explains so much about the positioning of the current Labour Party. open.substack.com/pub/bylinesu...

When I hear Farage talking about rounding up and deporting hundreds of thousands of human beings, and threatening those with leave to remain or settled status, I cannot help but think of the schoolboy sidling up to me and telling me that “Hitler was right” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Written in German, Populism for Beginners is a comprehensive guide to populism based mainly on Austria and Germany  | Jon Hill

Bristol airport is expanding… again www.youtube.com/shorts/zuC-e...