‘Nobody’s going out!’ Why is Britain’s nightlife in such decline – and can anything save it? www.theguardian.com/music/2026/m...
📢 New case study alert!
We’ve just published the latest long read case study for the After Last Orders project — exploring the closure of the famous Birmingham pub the Bartons Arms👉 after-last-orders.lboro.ac.uk/the-bartons-...
A quick visit to the "Brewery Graveyard" at the Bread and Bitter in Mapperley, Nottingham.
Disgraceful.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Some key themes emerging from this case study:
- A remarkable but vulnerable heritage pub
- Location and heritage as both asset and liability
- Management turbulence and financial pressures
- Cultural importance and community attachment
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Drinks, darts, DJs and drag queens: the artwork that’s a fully-functioning pub – with the artist pulling pints www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Useful looking online methods event on Qualitative Sampling and Sample size with @profkarenoreilly.bsky.social
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Excited to share the first three case study 'long reads' from the After Last Orders project - funded by @leverhulme.ac.uk. Each case study draws on extensive research to tell the story of a pub and the people and places affected by its closure. after-last-orders.lboro.ac.uk
If you are a pub/bar/restaurant/hotel/council that would like to use our nolo
point of sale materials/publicans guide you can find them here www.york.ac.uk/business-soc...
They are FREE to use!!!
Grateful for any shares to get them out there!