Looking forward to reading Ben Aaronovitch’s new novel set here in the Granite City in a suitably grey dreich day!
July 4, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Looking forward to reading Ben Aaronovitch’s new novel set here in the Granite City in a suitably grey dreich day!
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"Rayner is attacked not only because of what she is, but because she - despite her own politics - represents to them the threat of what could be."
Explaining Rayner Danger
Angela Rayner's in the news. The Telegraph has been in receipt of documents showing that she argued for tax rises in cabinet meetings. The...
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May 22, 2025 at 10:55 AM
"Rayner is attacked not only because of what she is, but because she - despite her own politics - represents to them the threat of what could be."
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Find out about the emerging ethical complexities of organ donation by booking for our Deconstructing Donation Conference, 5 June, Bangor University, Wales #sociology tinyurl.com/msxpww9h
May 8, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Find out about the emerging ethical complexities of organ donation by booking for our Deconstructing Donation Conference, 5 June, Bangor University, Wales #sociology tinyurl.com/msxpww9h
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So many amazing PG and ECR events are upcoming! Please consider submitting and sharing these with your network!
Please consider submitting a paper for the upcoming BSA Postgraduate Forum event! It’s a great opportunity to share your work, engage in discussions, and connect with fellow researchers.
Find more PG and ECR events here: www.britsoc.co.uk/events/
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Find more PG and ECR events here: www.britsoc.co.uk/events/
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May 7, 2025 at 6:34 PM
So many amazing PG and ECR events are upcoming! Please consider submitting and sharing these with your network!
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The Double Shift:Spinoza and Marx on work is up to 50% off in Verso book’s May Day sale.
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The Double Shift
Even as the rewards of work decline and its demands on us increase, many people double-down on their commitment to wage slavery—working harder, doing overtime, and learning to hustle. To paraphrase Sp...
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May 2, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The Double Shift:Spinoza and Marx on work is up to 50% off in Verso book’s May Day sale.
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Congrats to Dr Billy Holzberg of Kings College London - given this year’s Philip Abrams Memorial Prize tinyurl.com/2zv23bm5 at our annual conference #britsoc25 for his book on Germany after the 2015 ‘summer of migration’ tinyurl.com/8fes47se
BSA Philip Abrams Memorial Prize
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April 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Congrats to Dr Billy Holzberg of Kings College London - given this year’s Philip Abrams Memorial Prize tinyurl.com/2zv23bm5 at our annual conference #britsoc25 for his book on Germany after the 2015 ‘summer of migration’ tinyurl.com/8fes47se
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Very engaged audience with thought provoking questions during my presentation of my research on the Windrush Scandal at British Sociological Association conference this morning.
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April 25, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Very engaged audience with thought provoking questions during my presentation of my research on the Windrush Scandal at British Sociological Association conference this morning.
#britsoc25
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Lovely few days in Manchester for @britsoci.bsky.social annual conference. #britsoc25
Enjoyed presenting prizes to Claire Alexander & Billy Holzberg 🏆
Many thanks to @unsocialtheory.bsky.social, @jkom.bsky.social & @alinecourtois.bsky.social for taking part in my symposium on the future of HE
Enjoyed presenting prizes to Claire Alexander & Billy Holzberg 🏆
Many thanks to @unsocialtheory.bsky.social, @jkom.bsky.social & @alinecourtois.bsky.social for taking part in my symposium on the future of HE
April 25, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Lovely few days in Manchester for @britsoci.bsky.social annual conference. #britsoc25
Enjoyed presenting prizes to Claire Alexander & Billy Holzberg 🏆
Many thanks to @unsocialtheory.bsky.social, @jkom.bsky.social & @alinecourtois.bsky.social for taking part in my symposium on the future of HE
Enjoyed presenting prizes to Claire Alexander & Billy Holzberg 🏆
Many thanks to @unsocialtheory.bsky.social, @jkom.bsky.social & @alinecourtois.bsky.social for taking part in my symposium on the future of HE
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ICYMI
"Far from being an expression of working class politics, Blue Labour is based on a simulacrum of what it means to be working class. A *middle class* idea of the lower orders as blunt and bigoted."
"Far from being an expression of working class politics, Blue Labour is based on a simulacrum of what it means to be working class. A *middle class* idea of the lower orders as blunt and bigoted."
Blue Labour and the Working Class
With another group of (unnamed) Labour MPs urging Keir Starmer to " get tough " with immigration, it seems the party is on a doomist traject...
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February 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
ICYMI
"Far from being an expression of working class politics, Blue Labour is based on a simulacrum of what it means to be working class. A *middle class* idea of the lower orders as blunt and bigoted."
"Far from being an expression of working class politics, Blue Labour is based on a simulacrum of what it means to be working class. A *middle class* idea of the lower orders as blunt and bigoted."
The most perfect of all trains
January 31, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The most perfect of all trains
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"Because this is capitalism, AI is more than a toy and a liberator of free time: it's the latest, and possibly the most complete means of capturing and imprisoning the soul."
AI as an Apparatus of Capture
You must have a heart of stone not to laugh. Hundreds of billions of dollars wiped off the value of leading US tech firms on Monday's market...
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January 29, 2025 at 8:55 AM
"Because this is capitalism, AI is more than a toy and a liberator of free time: it's the latest, and possibly the most complete means of capturing and imprisoning the soul."
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"Because this is capitalism, AI is more than a toy and a liberator of free time: it's the latest, and possibly the most complete means of capturing and imprisoning the soul."
AI as an Apparatus of Capture
You must have a heart of stone not to laugh. Hundreds of billions of dollars wiped off the value of leading US tech firms on Monday's market...
averypublicsociologist.blogspot.com
January 28, 2025 at 9:46 PM
"Because this is capitalism, AI is more than a toy and a liberator of free time: it's the latest, and possibly the most complete means of capturing and imprisoning the soul."
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"She was elected on a right wing platform, nearly all of her party are committed to the rightist strategy of renewal, but that is inadvertently feeding the Reform beast."
The Tories' Terrible Truth
Apologies for trying the patience of everyone reading, but this is another post about Kemi Badenoch. Some might have called her Thursday spe...
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January 17, 2025 at 9:01 AM
"She was elected on a right wing platform, nearly all of her party are committed to the rightist strategy of renewal, but that is inadvertently feeding the Reform beast."
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ICYMI
"Badenoch's Tories have departed the norms of conventional conservatism for the politics of Viktor Orban, the National Rally, and AfD."
"Badenoch's Tories have departed the norms of conventional conservatism for the politics of Viktor Orban, the National Rally, and AfD."
Comfortable in the Gutter
Putting aside the small matter of election night, this has been the worst moment for the Conservative Party since the Liz Truss government v...
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January 11, 2025 at 6:56 PM
ICYMI
"Badenoch's Tories have departed the norms of conventional conservatism for the politics of Viktor Orban, the National Rally, and AfD."
"Badenoch's Tories have departed the norms of conventional conservatism for the politics of Viktor Orban, the National Rally, and AfD."
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Or, why the idea Nigel Farage might adopt a "pro-working class" politics isn't one worth taking seriously.
The Class Politics of Reform
You can't move for Reform these days. Nigel Farage's mug regularly flashes up on social media feeds almost as much as he appears on Question...
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January 3, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Or, why the idea Nigel Farage might adopt a "pro-working class" politics isn't one worth taking seriously.
Is splitting the P on a Paulaner a thing?
January 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Is splitting the P on a Paulaner a thing?
Saying hello to anyone else I know who has fled from you know where!
November 18, 2024 at 9:29 PM
Saying hello to anyone else I know who has fled from you know where!