I teach sociology at the University of Glasgow and my interests are learning, teaching, books, ideas, culture and music.
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Thanks to everyone who came to the event on The Calypso Kings, Stuart Hall and Music with Mykaell Riley for the Stuart Hall Archive today. Wonderful to see so many old friend and comrades from anti-racist politics in Brum in a packed BRIG Cafe.
Excited to receive copies of our beautiful new textboook!
Useful workshop on writing and publishing for anyone who could use some help, run by the wonderful Karen O’Reilly. All the proceeds from the workshop go back into supporting the Foundation’s work. www.tickettailor.com/events/theso...
Great to be back in Birmingham spent wonderful years here in the 90s and gave myself to this great coy. Always shocks me to confront The Midland Hotel where Enoch Powell gave his infamous ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech in the 1968. More sobering in our time where Powellism is alive and kicking.
Looking forward to going back to Birmingham tomorrow with Mykaell Riley for this wonderful session at the BRIG Cafe for the Stuart Hall Archive Project on Stuart Hall’s Calypso Kings and Music in His Thought. Will be playing records and talking about ideas www.tickettailor.com/events/stuar...
Again and again and again researchers, activists and people who work to enable communities to live well and peacefully together had warned and offered clear, practical steps. *Last year* I spoke at length of this with @neilmackay.bsky.social
It will get worse without action
Engaging the public in humanities & social sciences feels more important than ever. So we are offering £8k grants for researchers to work with galleries, libraries, archives, museums or performing arts organisations to do this. Please help spread the word! www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
Episode Six - Stuart Hall discusses The Crisis of the British State:
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Guests are the wonderful Bill Schwarz, co-author of Stuart’s memoirs Familiar Stranger, and Chair of @stuarthallfdn.bsky.social Angela McRobbie
“the far right is less neoliberalism’s antithesis—a horde of enemies coming in from the countryside with torches and pitchforks—than neoliberalism’s children, nurtured from decades of conversations” www.bostonreview.net/articles/fre...
Publish or Perish: Strategies, tips and tricks for communicating sociology – Zoom, Wed 17 Jun 2026 - Are you feeling the pressure to publish but unsure where to start, what to prioritise or how to com...
Stuart Hall Archive Project Reading Seminar: Summer Specials – BRIG Cafe, The Warehouse, 54-57 Allison Street, Wed 3 Jun 2026 - The Stuart Hall Archive Project Readings Seminar in 2026 continues with ...
