Prof Thom Brooks
@thombrooks.bsky.social
Principal of Collingwood College, Durham and Professor of Law, Ethics & Government, Durham Law School. Researching citizenship, justice & ethics in public life. Expert on policy reform & civic engagement.
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thombrooks.info
Delighted to be elected to @thefabians.bsky.social Executive Committee this year
November 26, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Delighted to be elected to @thefabians.bsky.social Executive Committee this year
My first talk on a Labour think tank panel in Sunderland with Hilary Benn, Julie Elliott and Phil Wilson in 2012
November 26, 2025 at 10:57 AM
My first talk on a Labour think tank panel in Sunderland with Hilary Benn, Julie Elliott and Phil Wilson in 2012
Brilliant performance last night by @collingwooddurham.bsky.social , Dance Society. Enormously talented
November 22, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Brilliant performance last night by @collingwooddurham.bsky.social , Dance Society. Enormously talented
Snow has come to @collingwooddurham.bsky.social !
November 19, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Snow has come to @collingwooddurham.bsky.social !
Never in doubt.
November 18, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Never in doubt.
Happy birthday to @darrenpjones.bsky.social !
November 13, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Happy birthday to @darrenpjones.bsky.social !
Immensely proud to lay a wreath at today’s #ArmisticeDay service on behalf of everyone at @collingwooddurham.bsky.social
We will remember them.
We will remember them.
November 11, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Immensely proud to lay a wreath at today’s #ArmisticeDay service on behalf of everyone at @collingwooddurham.bsky.social
We will remember them.
We will remember them.
Delighted to be elected onto @thefabians.bsky.social Executive Committee!
October 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Delighted to be elected onto @thefabians.bsky.social Executive Committee!
Great to speak at wonderful Magna Carta event as part of an exhibition of three different issues on display at @durhamcathedral.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Great to speak at wonderful Magna Carta event as part of an exhibition of three different issues on display at @durhamcathedral.bsky.social
Amazing to host Mercury Prize fringe event on songwriting and production at our brilliant Mark Hillery Music Studios at Collingwood College, @durham.ac.uk
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generator.org.uk/mercuryfring... #MercuryPrize
October 13, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Amazing to host Mercury Prize fringe event on songwriting and production at our brilliant Mark Hillery Music Studios at Collingwood College, @durham.ac.uk
generator.org.uk/mercuryfring... #MercuryPrize
generator.org.uk/mercuryfring... #MercuryPrize
Just saw I’m noted as “there are some” in POLITICI London Playbook
October 1, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Just saw I’m noted as “there are some” in POLITICI London Playbook
Great to catch up with the Prime Minister last night.
September 29, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Great to catch up with the Prime Minister last night.
Brilliant news about a brilliant team!
September 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Brilliant news about a brilliant team!
Productive visit to Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law in Freiburg. Great discussions about Hegel’s theory of crime and punishment and learned much. csl.mpg.de/en
September 16, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Productive visit to Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law in Freiburg. Great discussions about Hegel’s theory of crime and punishment and learned much. csl.mpg.de/en
Delighted to see Portuguese edition of my Hegel’s Political Philosophy: A Systematic Teading of the Philosophy of Right (second edition 2013) now out www.livrariavozes.com.br/afilosofiapo... #Hegel #newbook
September 15, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Delighted to see Portuguese edition of my Hegel’s Political Philosophy: A Systematic Teading of the Philosophy of Right (second edition 2013) now out www.livrariavozes.com.br/afilosofiapo... #Hegel #newbook
Great to be back at Max Planck Institute for Study of Crime, Security and the Law in Freiburg
September 13, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Great to be back at Max Planck Institute for Study of Crime, Security and the Law in Freiburg
Great to be back at @lawatleeds.bsky.social #sls2025
September 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Great to be back at @lawatleeds.bsky.social #sls2025
Great to be at @lawatleeds.bsky.social for Society of Legal Scholars annual conference
September 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Great to be at @lawatleeds.bsky.social for Society of Legal Scholars annual conference
Delighted to start as Collingwood College, Durham University’s 7th Principal (formerly Master). An enormous honour and brilliant community.
September 1, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Delighted to start as Collingwood College, Durham University’s 7th Principal (formerly Master). An enormous honour and brilliant community.
Name on the door ahead of officially becoming Principal of Collingwood College, Durham on Monday
August 29, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Name on the door ahead of officially becoming Principal of Collingwood College, Durham on Monday
Happy 75th birthday to HRH The Princess Royal!
August 15, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Happy 75th birthday to HRH The Princess Royal!
David Brooks (1744-1801) was the brother of my great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather (son of Capt Enos Brooks, my great x7 grandfather).
A delegate to Connecticut's constitutional convention - voting against adopting the US Constitution csac.history.wisc.edu/wp-content/u...
A delegate to Connecticut's constitutional convention - voting against adopting the US Constitution csac.history.wisc.edu/wp-content/u...
August 12, 2025 at 7:39 AM
David Brooks (1744-1801) was the brother of my great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather (son of Capt Enos Brooks, my great x7 grandfather).
A delegate to Connecticut's constitutional convention - voting against adopting the US Constitution csac.history.wisc.edu/wp-content/u...
A delegate to Connecticut's constitutional convention - voting against adopting the US Constitution csac.history.wisc.edu/wp-content/u...
The grave of my great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather Lt Thomas Brooks, the first in the Brooks family born in what was New Haven colony in 1679.
August 11, 2025 at 7:58 AM
The grave of my great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather Lt Thomas Brooks, the first in the Brooks family born in what was New Haven colony in 1679.
