Lesley Draper

Production editor, journalist & designer of Derbys magazine @pure_peak. Food & drink writer. Chair of Buxton Town Team.

[Lesley Draper @LesleyDraper]

Made it into our own mag @pure_peak this issue - it’s only taken 15 years! True, I was a substitute for Kelvin Fletcher, but you seize your chances…
Link: https://t.co/DGDChRlG9c

[Lesley Draper @LesleyDraper]

THIS is good journalism... would be even better if some of today's hacks took notice.
https://t.co/TLqNBJp3Q1

[Liberal Democrats @LibDems]

There's a real risk that a seriously ill patient misses out on life-saving care because they didn’t go to A&E.

The government must back our plan for a £1.5 billion package to provide an additional 6,000 beds.

[Lesley Draper @LesleyDraper]

Politics isn't working. It's time to fix the broken culture in Westminster and have a fresh start – beginning with a fair voting system. Add your name to @electoralreform's call to make seats in Parliament match how we vote. Sign the petition here: https://t.co/iEJblmsgys

[Ed Davey @EdwardJDavey]

Starmer’s US policy lies in tatters. Trump is now punishing the UK and NATO allies just for doing the right thing.

Time for the PM to stand firm against the bully in the White House, and work with European and Commonwealth allies to make him back down from this reckless plan.

[James Mitchinson @JayMitchinson]

HELP: Followers, if you know David Thornton, author of The Story of Leeds, could you ask him to get in touch urgently, please.

It is a family matter, and one I’d like to help with.

TY

[Rachel Cutting MBE @cuttingrc]

Come on @marksandspencer where is your support for British farming. Stop misleading customers. Tomatoes and cherries are not fresh in season in January. Being in season does not mean importing them thousands of miles from Chile and Morocco! It means in season where you live!

[Electoral Reform Society @electoralreform]

Millions of people feel politically homeless – stuck between what they want and what they think they can get away with voting for. https://t.co/FduaL9O6gK

[Lesley Draper @LesleyDraper]

So Buxton Town Team has been honoured with the King’s Award for Voluntary Service - and of course we wanted to mark the occasion with a display on the Slopes. Shame we had to battle gale force winds and pouring rain to do it… Teamwork! 🤗

[Buxton Town Team @townteambuxton]

Great news! Buxton Town Team has been honoured with the King's Award for Voluntary Service 😁 Congratulations to all the Town Team volunteers, who give up so much of their time to make Buxton a better place. This is for you! #KAVS2025

[Lesley Draper @LesleyDraper]

The winter issue of @pure_peak is out… (gotta love it when you know the locals can’t wait to read it! Thanks for the pic @BuxCHE ) 😍

[Lesley Draper @LesleyDraper]

@JayMitchinson @OborneTweets Haven’t you got anything better to do on your holiday? 🤣

[Press Gazette @pressgazette]

Hearst CEO Steven Swartz: "We believe in the magazine and newspaper business. We understand that those businesses do not run at a very high profit margin, but we believe they contribute a lot to society and help make us a more special company" https://t.co/kjwq4tiXWX

[Lesley Draper @LesleyDraper]

@TheStacemeister Hmph! It’s nothing like that in Buxton! 🙄

[Lesley Draper @LesleyDraper]

@PaulWhitehous64 Join the club! I got my pension 14 months ago but we’re still producing 80,000 copies of Pure Peak each year!

[Chris Rennard 🔶💙🇺🇦 @LordRennard]

@OliverPridmore @nottslive Disgraceful and undemocratic. You must report without fear or favour. Expose what’s wrong and tell readers that they wouldn’t comment. But watch for them behaving like some Labour Councils and withdrawing council advertising.

[Lesley Draper @LesleyDraper]

@DavidWalsh_M @sheffieldtrib @pure_peak Compared with other free publications I think that’s unfair. As you say, it has to be paid for somehow and at least readers can flick past without having to look at them if they’re not interested.

[Lesley Draper @LesleyDraper]

@DavidWalsh_M @sheffieldtrib Actually it can be if the focus is on providing a public service rather than making big bucks… take @pure_peak for example: 20,000 printed copies, 7k delivered door-to-door, and the rest available free to anyone who’s interested 🤗