Rachel Morris

1 month ago | bylinetimes.com | Rachel Morris

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. The houses are blind as moles … as Captain Cat there in the muffled middle by the pump and the town clock, the shops in mourning, the Welfare Hall in widows’ weeds.

Mar 25, 2025 | bylines.cymru | Rachel Morris

Is digital news less harmful than print? Can Bylines Cymru reduce our carbon footprint in response to the climate crisis? While there may not be easy answers, it's truly worth seeking them. And it's not just about our website - we use social media to drive traffic to it, and a complex web of apps, storage, communications, and other digital tools, supported by the Bylines Network, to run it and to grow our readership and writership.

Feb 1, 2025 | bylines.cymru | Rachel Morris

The Bylines Cymru community has debated when austerity actually began in the UK. In 2008? During the Thatcher era that planted the seeds of feral 'neoliberalism'? For the purposes of our February-long Austerity Project, we'll start from its formal 2010 introduction by Prime Minister David Cameron, his Chancellor George Osborne, and their coalition with Nick Clegg's Liberal Democrats. The outcomes of their programme continue to resound through lives and communities today, every day.

Jun 3, 2024 | bylines.cymru | Rachel Morris

Mar 17, 2024 | bylines.cymru | Rachel Morris

Peasant Woman: Well, I didn't vote for you. King Arthur: You don't vote for kings. Peasant Woman: Well, how'd you become king, then? King Arthur: The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. That is why I am your king. Dennis: Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.