Hello You 165: Subscriptions and Stoke Heath

A better deal for Hello You the Shropshire podcast subscribersAt least, I think it is. But do you agree?I’m proposing to cut the annual subscription rate in half, and paid subscribers will receive episodes forty-eight hours before everyone else.Would that work for you? Depending on your reaction, I’ll make the change in about a week’s time … or not, if you hate the idea.Message me with your thoughts?Hats off to the Shropshire Star (no, really)Not a phrase that’s passed my lips often in the last twenty years. but the Star’s chief reporter Dominic Robertson went where other journalists should have gone this week, and told the human story behind national headlines in a piece co-bylined with Ed Chatterton of South West News Service.Stoking unrest in Stoke HeathIn contrast, a bunch of people who had no idea where Stoke Heath was this time last week have descended on the village and made nuisances of themselves. Zia Yusuf, who can’t even get selected as a Reform parliamentary candidate, turned up with a GB News crew. Toxic YouTubers who call themselves ‘auditors’ (funny, when they can’t even do basic arithmetic) were harassing people, because that’s what they do. It’s been horrible to watch, even at a remove.Join us to show love, not hateThe local flag enthusiasts, joined by any of their mates who aren’t in custody or on bail, will be parading around Shrewsbury again on Saturday.If that thought makes you shudder, come and join us here:Come and say hello? I might be wearing the Frog Suit …Recording on a bench in Shrewsbury this weekend!As I’ll be in Shrewsbury on Saturday, and it’s going to be a nice day with plenty of people around, I might as well record a ‘bench’ episode of Hello You the Shropshire podcast.Around lunchtime or early afternoon on Saturday I’ll park myself on a bench somewhere in the centre of Shrewsbury, probably in the Square. I’ll record random conversations with whoever sits on the bench with me. Fancy a chat? Come and say hello (you)!Thank you for being thereIt means a lot to me that you’re part of the Hello You family.Take care of yourself, take care of the people around you, and I hope the people around you are taking care of you, too.Hello You - the Shropshire podcast from Jim Hawkins is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jimallthetime.substack.com/subscribe