Dr Claire Markham
@culturalclare.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Sociology & Criminology. Rurality, pubs, communities, social harms, sustainability, co-production. Also💜 history. Views my own. @britbeerwriters.bsky.social
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I don’t drink alcohol so why am I passionate about #ukpubs. The answer is because they provide communities with unique social spaces. They are economically, socially and culturally important. They are sites of our national and local history and heritage
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Out today (ebook version)! jameskneale.com/2025/11/13/t...
Temperance Lives – published today
My book – Temperance Lives: Life Assurance, Drink and Medicine 1840-1918 – is published by Bloomsbury Academic today, as an ebook anyway. Think of it as a soft launch – the hardba…
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November 13, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Out today (ebook version)! jameskneale.com/2025/11/13/t...
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We are very excited about our "Before It Was Cool: The Original Alcohol-Free Movement" event next week, on the history of temperance with Annemarie McAllister @demon-drink.bsky.social, Yvonne Norris, and our Laura. Tickets (includes a free drink) just £9 here: www.tickettailor.com/events/clubs...
Buy tickets – Before It Was Cool: The Original Alcohol-Free Movement – Club Soda
Before It Was Cool: The Original Alcohol-Free Movement – Club Soda, Wed 12 Nov 2025 - What Did They Drink When They Weren’t Drinking?Join us for a fascinating and nostalgic evening exploring what peop...
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November 5, 2025 at 10:32 AM
We are very excited about our "Before It Was Cool: The Original Alcohol-Free Movement" event next week, on the history of temperance with Annemarie McAllister @demon-drink.bsky.social, Yvonne Norris, and our Laura. Tickets (includes a free drink) just £9 here: www.tickettailor.com/events/clubs...
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If you want a sneak peek at my forthcoming book, Temperance Lives: Life Assurance, Drink and Medicine in Britain, 1840-1918, you can read part of the introduction and check out the contents and indexes with this widget bloomsburycp3.codemantra.com/viewer/690c7... @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM
If you want a sneak peek at my forthcoming book, Temperance Lives: Life Assurance, Drink and Medicine in Britain, 1840-1918, you can read part of the introduction and check out the contents and indexes with this widget bloomsburycp3.codemantra.com/viewer/690c7... @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social
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This looks brilliant. I've been lucky enough to see see @jameskneale.bsky.social present on this research and its just fascinating. Can't wait to see the whole thing. Recommend wholeheartedly to @drinkingstudies.bsky.social and Victorianists among others....
If you want a sneak peek at my forthcoming book, Temperance Lives: Life Assurance, Drink and Medicine in Britain, 1840-1918, you can read part of the introduction and check out the contents and indexes with this widget bloomsburycp3.codemantra.com/viewer/690c7... @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 11:20 AM
This looks brilliant. I've been lucky enough to see see @jameskneale.bsky.social present on this research and its just fascinating. Can't wait to see the whole thing. Recommend wholeheartedly to @drinkingstudies.bsky.social and Victorianists among others....
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My series ‘Intimate Histories’ about how history is not some abstract thing that happened to someone else, but personal to all of us is now available on BBC Sounds.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/serie...
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BBC Sounds - Intimate Histories by Hallie Rubenhold - Available Episodes
Listen to the latest episodes of Intimate Histories by Hallie Rubenhold on BBC Sounds.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM
My series ‘Intimate Histories’ about how history is not some abstract thing that happened to someone else, but personal to all of us is now available on BBC Sounds.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/serie...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/serie...
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Hello - it's taken a while but we are finally here! The BSC is on Bluesky. We look forward to sharing all the exciting things happening at the BSC: Events, Networks, Newsletters, our 2026 conference, membership opportunities and much more. Please follow us for all things Criminology and CJ!
October 1, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Hello - it's taken a while but we are finally here! The BSC is on Bluesky. We look forward to sharing all the exciting things happening at the BSC: Events, Networks, Newsletters, our 2026 conference, membership opportunities and much more. Please follow us for all things Criminology and CJ!
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Call for new convenors for @britsoci.bsky.social Alcohol Study Group: www.britsoc.co.uk/groups/study...
Alcohol Study Group
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October 13, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Call for new convenors for @britsoci.bsky.social Alcohol Study Group: www.britsoc.co.uk/groups/study...
Delighted to see this live illustration by Rebecca Osborne of my latest #pubs in the community sustainability knowledge exchange event being showcased within Social and Political Sciences at NTU
October 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Delighted to see this live illustration by Rebecca Osborne of my latest #pubs in the community sustainability knowledge exchange event being showcased within Social and Political Sciences at NTU
It was great to be part of this podcast
Has the price of a pint become unaffordable? www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2025...
Has the price of a pint become unaffordable? www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2025...
Has the price of a pint become unaffordable?
The Lock In podcast explores the escalating price of a pint and asks the questions - has the pint become unaffordable?
www.morningadvertiser.co.uk
October 6, 2025 at 8:54 PM
It was great to be part of this podcast
Has the price of a pint become unaffordable? www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2025...
Has the price of a pint become unaffordable? www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2025...
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Interesting article and interview with the Irish Ambassador to Korea in the Craic House Irish pub, which has me thinking of the work of
@culturalclare.bsky.social, even if this pub is in Korea!
Interesting article and interview with the Irish Ambassador to Korea in the Craic House Irish pub, which has me thinking of the work of
@culturalclare.bsky.social, even if this pub is in Korea!
At Korea's Irish pub 'office,' ambassador shares lessons from home on inclusion and peace
When Irish Ambassador to Korea Michelle Winthrop wants to meet Irish citizens, talk policy or just relax over live music, she heads not to her chancery in Jung District, but to a pub in Itaewon.
koreajoongangdaily.joins.com
September 25, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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Interesting article and interview with the Irish Ambassador to Korea in the Craic House Irish pub, which has me thinking of the work of
@culturalclare.bsky.social, even if this pub is in Korea!
Interesting article and interview with the Irish Ambassador to Korea in the Craic House Irish pub, which has me thinking of the work of
@culturalclare.bsky.social, even if this pub is in Korea!
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Fantastic to host the event ‘Pubs in the Community – What Can Be Done to Help Them’ #pubs . Thank you to everyone who attended and supported. And I look forward to working with you soon
September 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Fantastic to host the event ‘Pubs in the Community – What Can Be Done to Help Them’ #pubs . Thank you to everyone who attended and supported. And I look forward to working with you soon
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📢 Reminder: the deadline for the Social History Society Small Grants is coming up soon!
💷 Up to £1000 available to support research, events & activities in social & cultural history
🗓️ Apply by 1 October for events Dec–Apr
🔗 socialhistory.org.uk/funding/smal...
✨Apply today!
💷 Up to £1000 available to support research, events & activities in social & cultural history
🗓️ Apply by 1 October for events Dec–Apr
🔗 socialhistory.org.uk/funding/smal...
✨Apply today!
Small Grants
The Social History Society maintains a Small Grants Fund to support research, events and activities by members of the Society. We give priority to activities and research that would otherwise remai…
socialhistory.org.uk
September 15, 2025 at 7:47 AM
📢 Reminder: the deadline for the Social History Society Small Grants is coming up soon!
💷 Up to £1000 available to support research, events & activities in social & cultural history
🗓️ Apply by 1 October for events Dec–Apr
🔗 socialhistory.org.uk/funding/smal...
✨Apply today!
💷 Up to £1000 available to support research, events & activities in social & cultural history
🗓️ Apply by 1 October for events Dec–Apr
🔗 socialhistory.org.uk/funding/smal...
✨Apply today!
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messages like this! Make it worth getting up at 4am every weekend x
Since losing my best friend to cancer last year I had struggled with my eating disorder recovery. Thankfully, I’m now in a good place. For me my pub work, career & LEGO, combined with listening to @matthew-wright.bsky.social & @boomradio.co.uk gave me the motivation I needed to get back on track 😊
September 14, 2025 at 10:24 AM
messages like this! Make it worth getting up at 4am every weekend x
Since losing my best friend to cancer last year I had struggled with my eating disorder recovery. Thankfully, I’m now in a good place. For me my pub work, career & LEGO, combined with listening to @matthew-wright.bsky.social & @boomradio.co.uk gave me the motivation I needed to get back on track 😊
September 14, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Since losing my best friend to cancer last year I had struggled with my eating disorder recovery. Thankfully, I’m now in a good place. For me my pub work, career & LEGO, combined with listening to @matthew-wright.bsky.social & @boomradio.co.uk gave me the motivation I needed to get back on track 😊
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Fantastic to host the event ‘Pubs in the Community – What Can Be Done to Help Them’ #pubs . Thank you to everyone who attended and supported. And I look forward to working with you soon
September 11, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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What we did in school today. Here’s an amazing graphic summary, drawn by Rebecca Osborne as we talked, of today’s Pubs in the Community meeting @nottinghamtrentuni.bsky.social organised by @culturalclare.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
What we did in school today. Here’s an amazing graphic summary, drawn by Rebecca Osborne as we talked, of today’s Pubs in the Community meeting @nottinghamtrentuni.bsky.social organised by @culturalclare.bsky.social
Fantastic to host the event ‘Pubs in the Community – What Can Be Done to Help Them’ #pubs . Thank you to everyone who attended and supported. And I look forward to working with you soon
September 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Fantastic to host the event ‘Pubs in the Community – What Can Be Done to Help Them’ #pubs . Thank you to everyone who attended and supported. And I look forward to working with you soon
A few online spaces are still available on the what can be done to help save our #pubs event.
Event is free & open to those who work in pubs, those who campaign for them, or anyone who is passionate about #pubs.
Contact me for more details
Event is free & open to those who work in pubs, those who campaign for them, or anyone who is passionate about #pubs.
Contact me for more details
I don’t drink alcohol so why am I passionate about #ukpubs. The answer is because they provide communities with unique social spaces. They are economically, socially and culturally important. They are sites of our national and local history and heritage
September 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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BLOG POST: Our former local, The Drapers Arms, got a bloody great big billboard back in July, and apparently it's been good for business. 🍺🍻
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When pub signs go big and go viral
As social media erodes around us, perhaps physical advertising could help pubs get found – and convey what makes them unique.
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September 1, 2025 at 7:07 PM
BLOG POST: Our former local, The Drapers Arms, got a bloody great big billboard back in July, and apparently it's been good for business. 🍺🍻
boakandbailey.com/2025/09/when...
boakandbailey.com/2025/09/when...
Suspected arson attack after pub damaged in fire www.bbc.com/news/article...
Suspected arson attack after Billinghay pub damaged in fire
Police say nobody was in the building when the fire broke out and there have been no injuries.
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August 25, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Suspected arson attack after pub damaged in fire www.bbc.com/news/article...
Teenager becomes landlady of her local pub www.bbc.com/news/article...
Teenager becomes landlady of her local pub in Folkingham
Neve Baker-Wright, 18, says she is determined to make it work, despite the challenges.
www.bbc.com
August 11, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Teenager becomes landlady of her local pub www.bbc.com/news/article...
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A great video on pubs and their struggles from the @guardian - the best quote: "Are we witnessing the strangulation of fun?" - www.theguardian.com/news/video/2...
Last orders: a pub crawl across the UK’s dying booze industry – video
The British pub, long a staple of community life, has been in a state of decline for years – and it’s getting worse. Last year 400 pubs closed their doors. A record low number remain and with the aver...
www.theguardian.com
July 28, 2025 at 8:43 AM
A great video on pubs and their struggles from the @guardian - the best quote: "Are we witnessing the strangulation of fun?" - www.theguardian.com/news/video/2...