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3 weeks ago | 
bylinetimes.com | Jon Bloomfield |David Edgar
“In April 2011, the newly ennobled Maurice Glasman suggested that immigration ‘undermined solidarity, it undermines relationships, and in the scale that it’s been going on in England, it can undermine the possibility of politics entirely’. A week later, he suggested talking to the English Defence League, and on 18 July, he told the Daily Telegraph that ‘Britain is not an outpost of the UN. We have to put the people in this country first’.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
nickhernbooks.co.uk | David Edgar
Press Quotes'A dramatic simulacrum of the past two decades of western politics, David Edgar's play explores some pressing questions where the real-world stakes could not be higher'Guardian'Welcome brain food... flashes of insight into the giant forces that shape our present... witty as well as intelligent'The Times'Sharply topical and beautifully crafted... gripping, intelligent...
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
bylinetimes.com | Jon Bloomfield |David Edgar
Byline Times is an independent, reader-funded investigative newspaper, outside of the system of the established press, reporting on ‘what the papers don’t say’ – without fear or favour. To support its work, subscribe to the monthly Byline Times print edition, packed with exclusive investigations, news, and analysis. Since 2000, national-populism has expanded from a small sect into a significant force in European and American politics.
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
prospectmagazine.co.uk | David Edgar
This year’s ITV serial Mr Bates vs the Post Office may be the most directly impactful piece of political drama ever in Britain. But it wasn’t the only prominent political drama of 2024. A version (by James Graham) of Alan Bleasdale’s 1982 critique of Thatchernomics, Boys from the Blackstuff (BBC2), was staged at the Liverpool Royal Court, the National Theatre and the Garrick.
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Sep 4, 2024 | 
rsc.org.uk | David Edgar
‘So here’s the offer. To run a highly ethical campaign for a candidate you really can believe in, actually. In a place that needs you. Now.’It’s the 2000s. We’re in a faraway country. Rachel, a stellar American political strategist, and Caro, her British data whizz, have been hired to fight a ferocious election, in a place where it’s hard to tell what’s real and what’s fake. They think they’re here to teach the Eastern Europeans how to do democracy, but it turns out they’re here to learn.
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Aug 9, 2024 | 
bylinetimes.com | David Edgar |Jon Bloomfield
Byline Times is an independent, reader-funded investigative newspaper, outside of the system of the established press, reporting on ‘what the papers don’t say’ – without fear or favour. To support its work, subscribe to the monthly Byline Times print edition, packed with exclusive investigations, news, and analysis. Across Europe and America national-populism is on the march. From Hungary via Italy to France the far-right are either in power or knocking on the door.
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Jul 23, 2024 | 
open.substack.com | Byline Supplement |Jon Bloomfield |David Edgar |Heidi Siegmund Cuda
Across Europe and America national-populism is on the march. From Hungary via Italy to France the far right are either in power or knocking on the door. In America, Donald Trump is odds-on to retake the presidency. Even in Britain – an oasis of social-democratic success – the Reform Party has out-performed its predecessors, split the Tory vote, and provided an exemplar for a Conservative right keen to recapture the red wall.
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Jul 19, 2024 | 
nts.org.uk | David Edgar
We caught up with Mackie’s Head of Marketing, Angus Hayhow, about all their sustainable initiatives at the Mackie’s farm in Aberdeenshire. Mackie’s is a fifth-generation family business based on our family farm in Aberdeenshire. We makes all our ice cream and chocolate on-site. Mackie’s is on a mission to become a global Scottish brand and the greenest company in Britain, created by people having fun! Our farm currently employs around 90 staff.
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Jul 13, 2024 | 
bmjopen.bmj.com | Mehal Rathore |Peter Campbell |David Edgar |Sonali Dave
All participants believed that, practical challenges notwithstanding, home-monitoring could improve healthcare by augmenting existing, in-person appointments:In the gaps between appointments…not instead of…It’s not taking over the appointment. - AMD P1As presented later (see Theme 5) participants were keen to stress that home-monitoring ought not replace in-person clinical appointments altogether.
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Jul 4, 2024 | 
nts.org.uk | David Edgar
Two speakers: Craig Watson (Senior Account Manager) and Estelle MacGilp (Head of Coffee Sourcing)CraigNational Trust for Scotland Meet our Suppliers: Take One!Can I keep this? We were established in 1864. Originally, we brought tea into Glasgow and our legacy grew in the 1990s and 2000s to include coffee. EstelleOur business here at Matthew Algie is unique and I think there's a number of reasons for that, but probably one of the main reasons is its focus on sustainability.
