Matt Pickles

[Matt Pickles @mattpickles1]

Enjoyed visiting a much-hyped Finnish classroom in @EspooEsbo and @helsinkiuni for @BBCFooC - with a warning vs Finlandmania from @tombennett71 Radio: https://t.co/Zl2G99v3Y2 & text: https://t.co/RDgK6B6jhT

[Lucy Fisher @LOS_Fisher]

EXCL: Chx gives BBC World Service a 25% uplift in govt grant next year, in soft power boost

@FT is told it's an extra £27mn, on top of baseline £104mn

Budget confirmed funding increase, but (oddly) not amount

Comes as UK struggles to counter rise in Russian/Chinese propaganda

Story w/ @danielthomasldn

https://t.co/uaowwczm6x

[Matt Pickles @mattpickles1]

@Duncombepat Wishing you all the best Pat

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@robhastings @theipaper @johnsweeneyroar Great read, Rob!

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@seanjcoughlan What a beer. I’d look up the pub but I don’t think I want to know - in case I ever went back and it wasn’t the same…

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@robhastings @theipaper Congrats Rob, looking forward to some more of your great long reads

[Chris Taggart @CountCulture]

How the EU fumbled corporate transparency and helped embolden the forces of kleptocracy, and the 3 steps it must take now https://t.co/hCph5GvsPA cc @vonderleyen

[BBC Press Office @bbcpress]

The @BBC is something that belongs to all of us. #ThisIsOurBBC

[Matt Pickles @mattpickles1]

@prm_laurita I’m very sorry for your loss Laura

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@isa_jourdain Success! Thank you very much for sharing this

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@JackPittBrooke Everyone seems to know the score. They’ve seen it all before. They just know. They’re so sure

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@ElthamHead Oh wow. Babysitting her at a similar age to the photo on the left feels like it was yesterday! Congratulations and hope you’re all well Guy

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@Julianpickles @ralphineson He’s thrown a kettle over a pub Jules, what have you done?

[BBC News Press Team @BBCNewsPR]

Incredible figures for the @bbcworldservice's Global News Podcast which was downloaded more than 200 million times in 2020, an approx increase of 30% from 2019 👏

[Matt Pickles @mattpickles1]

Highly recommend this book from @Hyppolitent (with @AndrewCrofts) - it starts with a harrowing + honest account of surviving the genocide in Rwanda as a young boy, describes how education and the arts encouraged reconciliation, and ends with a sense of hope

[Amsterdam Publishers @AmsterdamPB]

NEW! A Boy Called Hyppo by @Hyppolitent with @AndrewCrofts. The inspirational story of a seven-year-old who survived the #genocideagainstthetutsi in #Rwanda, and his strenuous efforts to gain an education and eventually learning to forgive the killers.
https://t.co/I305DOE4bj

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@killiegradge @davidshrigley I second this

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@JTasioulas @RMLLowe Happy birthday, John!

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@RHCollier What does it say of my lowered expectations that I was impressed by the honestly of the disclaimer