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James McGill Emeritus Professor of Urban Media Studies at McGill University. Scholar of cities, media, night Follow news of night culture at https://theurbannight.com/ or visit my research site at https://willstraw.com/ .. more

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William David John Straw CBE works in the charitable sector. He worked as a civil servant, founded the political blog Left Foot Forward, was an associate director of the think-tank Institute for Public Policy Research, specialising in climate change, energy and transport, and was chief operating officer of Clearly, a charity in the eye care sector. He now works as the chief executive officer of The King's Trust International. .. more

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Will Straw @wstraw.bsky.social · 5d
What?!
Start the presses! New York Post will expand to LA with launch of The California Post - Editor and Publisher
The New York Post is going Hollywood.. The nation’s most popular tabloid will launch The California Post early next year — delivering its brand of fearless, common-sense journalism and legendary headl...
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Will Straw @wstraw.bsky.social · 5d
This is published today, with my article on spaces of collective sleeping in the cinema.
Will Straw @wstraw.bsky.social · 5d
People I know keep telling me it's a happening place now - I still can't shake off the prejudice that it's for people looking for work (which I'm clearly not!)
Will Straw @wstraw.bsky.social · 16d
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Métro à Paris 24h/24 : révolution ou folie ?
Métro toute la nuit à Paris : une promesse de mobilité ou un défi logistique ?
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Will Straw @wstraw.bsky.social · 21d
Sorry you can't make it to Montreal, but the University of Ottawa is in Ottawa!
Will Straw @wstraw.bsky.social · Oct 6
This explains Montreal's complicated system of municipal politics better than anything else I've read or seen.
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The Weird Political System That Built a Better City
YouTube video by Oh The Urbanity!
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Will Straw @wstraw.bsky.social · Sep 30
1965 - Scopitone machines come to Des Moines, Iowa.
Will Straw @wstraw.bsky.social · Sep 22
Kind of interesting article on the success of newspaper inserts offering information on television programming. The secret, it seems, is getting rid of the old programming grid.
Behind the screen: How NTVB Media helps publishers engage readers and grow revenue - Editor and Publisher
When The Villages Daily Sun launched a nostalgia-driven insert called Classics, they sold out ad space for the entire year and signed up 46 brand-new advertisers. At Lee Enterprises, a partnership wit...
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Will Straw @wstraw.bsky.social · Sep 20
The dinner of Oct 20th would work fine! Where are you staying?
Will Straw @wstraw.bsky.social · Sep 20
HI Tom. I'd love to, but am available only on the 20th. I have a thesis defense on line running over lunch on the 21st, then am in Sherbrooke for a conference 22-25th. It's my busiest week of the term (though I'm retired.) Will you be here at lunch on the 20th? Would be great to see you.
Will Straw @wstraw.bsky.social · Sep 20
Last week, I acquired a collection of 175 Canadian restaurant and hospitality industry magazines from the years 1952-1971. I'll donate them to a food studies research centre, but, in the meantime, I did a quick gallery of the covers.
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Canadian food and hospitality industry magazines (1952-1971)
Click image to enlarge. Issue date is in image file name.
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Will Straw @wstraw.bsky.social · Sep 19
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Échecs et Soft Clubbing : La nouvelle nuit européenne entre jeu et bien-être
Découvrez comment les échecs révolutionnent le soft clubbing en Europe : du Knight Club aux Pieces Chess, des événements hybrides avec DJ set et des matchs pour une sociabilité inclusive. Un boom de +...
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Will Straw @wstraw.bsky.social · Sep 11
oh, very sorry to hear this
Will Straw @wstraw.bsky.social · Sep 5
Very happy about this special issue of the Revue internationale des francophonies (on « Les scènes culturelles à l’ère de la découvrabilité numérique") with an interview with me by Hela Zahar and translation of my "Scenes and Sensibilities" from 2001!
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13 | 2025 - Les scènes culturelles à l’ère de la découvrabilité numérique : reconfigurations et tensions au sein de la F/ francophonie – Revue internationale des francophonies
L’équipe de la Revue internationale des francophonies est heureuse de vous présenter ce numéro spécial intitulé « Les scènes culturelles à l’ère de la découvrabilité numérique : reconfigurations et te...
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Will Straw @wstraw.bsky.social · Sep 1
Thanks for the announcement - I downloaded and read this smart, lovely book this morning.
Will Straw @wstraw.bsky.social · Aug 25
From the excellent Miguel Cavarubbias exhibit in Mexico City, "United Nations," 1942.
Will Straw @wstraw.bsky.social · Aug 25
From the excellent Miguel Cavarubbias exhibit in Mexico City, "William Shakespeare and Metro Goldwyn Mayer," 1936.
Will Straw @wstraw.bsky.social · Aug 15
www.infobae.com/mexico/2025/...
Brigada Nocturna CDMX: de qué trata esta jornada de trabajo en la alcaldía Cuauhtémoc
Alessandra Rojo de la Vega, edil de la demarcación, participó en el arranque de este proyecto local
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Will Straw @wstraw.bsky.social · Aug 13
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Mardi 12 août 2025 : La vie nocturne en ville, avec Will Straw et Misstress Barbara | OHdio | Radio-Canada
Écoutez l’épisode de l’émission L'heure d'été : Mardi 12 août 2025 : La vie nocturne en ville, avec Will Straw et Misstress Barbara
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Will Straw @wstraw.bsky.social · Aug 12
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The rise of noctourism: The truth about travelling after dark
From night markets in Chiang Mai to stargazing in Dubai, discover how exploring after sunset is changing the way we travel.
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Will Straw @wstraw.bsky.social · Aug 8
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Earlybirds Club, a dance party for ‘middle aged-ish’ women, is headed to Philadelphia
Many describe the party – which ends at an appropriate 10 p.m. – as a form of therapy and a rare chance to exhale and reconnect.
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Will Straw @wstraw.bsky.social · Jul 31
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Scorching heat fuels China's booming nighttime tourism
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Will Straw @wstraw.bsky.social · Jul 31
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Artist-led night walks aim to make Louisville safer for women
There have been two walks this summer; more are planned for the fall, when the sun sets earlier.
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Will Straw @wstraw.bsky.social · Jul 31
I can't wait to read this!
Will Straw @wstraw.bsky.social · Jul 31
A big congratulations to my friend and former post-doc Jamie Jelinski, for this very interesting look at how transit systems document graffiti and the bureaucratic means by which they do so.

www.jamiejelinski.ca/scene-of-cri...
Scene of Crime • Jamie Jelinski
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Will Straw @wstraw.bsky.social · Jul 19
Jean-Pierre Faye a 100 ans (Le Corps miroir) diacritik.com/2025/07/19/l...
Jean-Pierre Faye a 100 ans (Le Corps miroir)
Alors que deux des principaux poètes ayant activement participé au Collectif Change, ce rassemblement d’écrivains en rupture avec Tel Quel et Sollers qui s
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Will Straw @wstraw.bsky.social · Jul 17
Bravo à Marie-Pier Luneau and Harold Bérubé for this new issue of mens: revue d’histoire intellectuelle et culturelle, devoted to crime magazines in Quebec. I have an article on the magazine Détective (1964-1968.) Accessible via Erudit, if your institution subscribes. www.erudit.org/fr/revues/me...
Crimes et châtiments, vérité et fiction : l’édition de magazines policiers au Québec (1942-1968). Volume 25, numéro 1-2, automne 2024, printemps 2025 – Mens
Consultez le sommaire de ce numéro de la revue Mens sur la plateforme Érudit. Discipline : Études littéraires, Histoire, Sciences humaines et sociales.
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Will Straw @wstraw.bsky.social · Jul 11
ra.co/news/83155
Toronto to hire new dedicated nightlife project manager · News ⟋ RA
Canada's largest city is seeking a new "ambassador and facilitator of Toronto’s vibrant night economy."
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Will Straw @wstraw.bsky.social · Jul 5
Döden er et kjaertegn (Death is a Caress), the 1949 Norwegian film by Edith Carlmar, is often considered the first film noir directed by a woman. Tonight we watched a 1953 film by Carlmar, Ung Frue Forsvunnet (A Young Woman Missing), a very good drama about drug addiction.
Will Straw @wstraw.bsky.social · Jul 3
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Pour les oiseaux de jour : la scène musicale électro de Montréal en plein soleil | Tourisme Montréal
La scène musicale électronique de Montréal est depuis longtemps un centre d’innovation et de sons avant-gardistes. Et bien que la vie nocturne animée de la ville vibre au rythme des DJ et des raves un...
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