Tony Harcup
@writerlytone.bsky.social
Tony Harcup writes about journalism - mostly in books and articles, sometimes here and at @rememberlop.bsky.social
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/journalism/people/academic/tony-harcup
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/journalism/people/academic/tony-harcup
Excellent news re Northern Guitars and Our Own Venues, in today's print version of the @yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk.
#KeepMusicLive #GrassrootsMusic
#KeepMusicLive #GrassrootsMusic
November 26, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Excellent news re Northern Guitars and Our Own Venues, in today's print version of the @yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk.
#KeepMusicLive #GrassrootsMusic
#KeepMusicLive #GrassrootsMusic
#NationalPoetryDay #BrianPatten
When the schools inspector turned up to find my old schoolteacher Chris Searle teaching the Mersey poets...
When the schools inspector turned up to find my old schoolteacher Chris Searle teaching the Mersey poets...
October 2, 2025 at 7:39 AM
#NationalPoetryDay #BrianPatten
When the schools inspector turned up to find my old schoolteacher Chris Searle teaching the Mersey poets...
When the schools inspector turned up to find my old schoolteacher Chris Searle teaching the Mersey poets...
Some sound advice here ⬇️
September 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Some sound advice here ⬇️
Journalists in peril the world over, warns NUJ - report on @nujofficial.bsky.social motion at the @tuc.org.uk from today's @mstaronline.bsky.social ⬇️
September 11, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Journalists in peril the world over, warns NUJ - report on @nujofficial.bsky.social motion at the @tuc.org.uk from today's @mstaronline.bsky.social ⬇️
I'm shocked - shocked!
Today's @theguardian.com ⬇️
Today's @theguardian.com ⬇️
September 9, 2025 at 6:48 AM
I'm shocked - shocked!
Today's @theguardian.com ⬇️
Today's @theguardian.com ⬇️
The schoolchildren's strikes of 1911 were immortalised in a great play by Billy Colville and Dave Marson, put on at the Half Moon Theatre in East London in 1973: Fall In And Follow Me. Dave was a Hull docker who researched the strikes after spotting reference to them in an old press cutting.
September 5, 2025 at 8:19 AM
The schoolchildren's strikes of 1911 were immortalised in a great play by Billy Colville and Dave Marson, put on at the Half Moon Theatre in East London in 1973: Fall In And Follow Me. Dave was a Hull docker who researched the strikes after spotting reference to them in an old press cutting.
The schoolchildren's strikes of 1911 were immortalised in a great play by Billy Colville and Dave Marson, put on at the Half Moon Theatre in East London in 1973: Fall In And Follow Me. Dave was a Hull docker who researched the strikes after spotting reference to them in an old press cutting.
September 5, 2025 at 8:18 AM
The schoolchildren's strikes of 1911 were immortalised in a great play by Billy Colville and Dave Marson, put on at the Half Moon Theatre in East London in 1973: Fall In And Follow Me. Dave was a Hull docker who researched the strikes after spotting reference to them in an old press cutting.
September 3, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Impressive turnout at the @nujofficial.bsky.social vigil in Leeds tonight in remembrance of journalists killed in Gaza.
#StopKillingJournalists
#StopKillingJournalists
September 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Impressive turnout at the @nujofficial.bsky.social vigil in Leeds tonight in remembrance of journalists killed in Gaza.
#StopKillingJournalists
#StopKillingJournalists
September 1, 2025 at 7:17 AM
August 26, 2025 at 7:51 AM
'I write this as a warning to the world...'
August 8, 2025 at 10:11 AM
'I write this as a warning to the world...'
Really pleased to be speaking at @theajeuk.bsky.social conference this week. To mark the occasion, there's also a discount offer on the Palgrave book What's the Point of News?, courtesy of @snsocsci.bsky.social.
June 25, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Really pleased to be speaking at @theajeuk.bsky.social conference this week. To mark the occasion, there's also a discount offer on the Palgrave book What's the Point of News?, courtesy of @snsocsci.bsky.social.
I'm honoured to be asked to speak at @theajeuk.bsky.social conference this week - it's always provided a space for journalism and academia to meet in a positive and supportive environment. To mark the occasion, @sagepub.com are even offering a discount on my book Journalism: Principles and Practice.
June 25, 2025 at 6:02 AM
I'm honoured to be asked to speak at @theajeuk.bsky.social conference this week - it's always provided a space for journalism and academia to meet in a positive and supportive environment. To mark the occasion, @sagepub.com are even offering a discount on my book Journalism: Principles and Practice.
Really sad news. Many tributes will quite rightly be paid to Andrew Norfolk's investigative journalism, but when he talked to me for the book Journalism: Principles and Practice he also had plenty of wise words about getting the basics right, as learned in the local press.
May 15, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Really sad news. Many tributes will quite rightly be paid to Andrew Norfolk's investigative journalism, but when he talked to me for the book Journalism: Principles and Practice he also had plenty of wise words about getting the basics right, as learned in the local press.
A small but important par in this new @reutersinstitute.bsky.social report about journalists in the UK shows the good news that union membership is up on the previous study. Too many non-members, though, so plenty of scope for @nujofficial.bsky.social recruitment in the months and years ahead.
May 2, 2025 at 2:57 PM
A small but important par in this new @reutersinstitute.bsky.social report about journalists in the UK shows the good news that union membership is up on the previous study. Too many non-members, though, so plenty of scope for @nujofficial.bsky.social recruitment in the months and years ahead.
Here's the wreath from my union branch along with @neilwilby.bsky.social, who spoke on behalf of the @nujofficial.bsky.social and who pointed out the risks faced by journalists in the UK as well as in Gaza and around the world. #WorkersMemorialDay
April 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Here's the wreath from my union branch along with @neilwilby.bsky.social, who spoke on behalf of the @nujofficial.bsky.social and who pointed out the risks faced by journalists in the UK as well as in Gaza and around the world. #WorkersMemorialDay
There was a good turnout for #WorkersMemorialDay in Leeds today, including members of the @nujofficial.bsky.social, @unitetheunion.bsky.social, @rmtunion.bsky.social, @tucneyh.bsky.social and many more. Here are a few snaps.
April 28, 2025 at 1:30 PM
There was a good turnout for #WorkersMemorialDay in Leeds today, including members of the @nujofficial.bsky.social, @unitetheunion.bsky.social, @rmtunion.bsky.social, @tucneyh.bsky.social and many more. Here are a few snaps.
Pretty good but I think I still prefer this one ⬇️
March 20, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Pretty good but I think I still prefer this one ⬇️
Former BBC reporter Nick Jones launching his latest book in Leeds. The Art of Class War dissects how press cartoonists covered the 1984-5 miners' strike, which ended 40 years ago this month. Nick's personal archive on the #MinersStrike has now been given to @sheffielduni.bsky.social.
March 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Former BBC reporter Nick Jones launching his latest book in Leeds. The Art of Class War dissects how press cartoonists covered the 1984-5 miners' strike, which ended 40 years ago this month. Nick's personal archive on the #MinersStrike has now been given to @sheffielduni.bsky.social.
I see the Valentine's Fair is back in Leeds city centre - 25 years ago it was the subject of the first article I had in a peer-reviewed academic journal. I'd just done a cultural studies masters...does it show?
February 21, 2025 at 9:02 AM
I see the Valentine's Fair is back in Leeds city centre - 25 years ago it was the subject of the first article I had in a peer-reviewed academic journal. I'd just done a cultural studies masters...does it show?
On now at @lulgalleries.bsky.social
February 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
On now at @lulgalleries.bsky.social