Dr David Mckendrick
@davidmckendrick.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Social Work at Glasgow Caledonian University. Coughing up fire.
La La Peace Song by Al Wilson www.shazam.com/track/295772... At @academicdiary.bsky.social gaff for daughters graduation and this is playing in the coffee shop
La La Peace Song - Al Wilson: Song Lyrics, Music Videos & Concerts
Listen to La La Peace Song by Al Wilson. See lyrics and music videos, find Al Wilson tour dates, buy concert tickets, and more!
shazam.com
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... "Reconfiguration of the prison estate realised around 400 additional places and two further new prisons will deliver a further 460 spaces." Quite the expansion.
Further delay to completion of £209m HMP Highland
The new jail being built in Inverness was originally to be finished in 2020.
bbc.co.uk
No Farage statement about ‘cold rage’ concerning the Edinburgh incident? He must be on holiday.
www.theirishvoice.com/post/charlie... Big Peas and Barley, one of the best. Peace go with you brother.
Charlie always brought us joy and magic
HOLY Cross Church in Crosshill was packed to the rafters for Charlie Devlin’s Requiem Mass, a sign of just how highly valued and deeply admired he was in a remarkable life.
theirishvoice.com
Scotlands new super prison has 357 more places than the facility it is replacing. This is despite a policy focus on non custodial sentences, a fall in population and a reduction in crime rates. It is an expansion that will see more imprisoned for less. @prisonculture.bsky.social
Here's some excellent mid-week listening, with @profkepickett.bsky.social, Gurminder Bhambra, and @academicdiary.bsky.social.
Thinking Allowed - Rethinking Sociology: Empire, Knowledge and Connection - BBC Sounds
Rethinking sociology through empire, inequality and global connections.
bbc.co.uk
www.laprogressive.com/education-re... "As authoritarian movements throughout history have recognized, controlling culture is indispensable to controlling consciousness, and treating education as a site of indoctrination"
The Authoritarian Assault on Education Is an Assault on Democracy
From book bans and school takeovers to censorship and political intimidation, the struggle over education has become a battle over who gets to shape the future of democratic society.
laprogressive.com
Never prouder thank today to be a citizen of Glasgow. The fascists returned to Buchanan Street again in their hundreds and were opposed by people in their thousands. Nae pasaran!
He was right then (Suspect Communities) and he is right now "legalised lawlessness"
Paddy Hillyard@paddyzemia.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe Pat Finucane inquiry opened today. It will explore the role of state agents involved in his murder. Ironically, they were drawn from the loyalist communities, the same communities who created mayhem last night. The ‘legalised lawlessness’ of the past continues to have consequences today.
crackmagazine.net/article/long... This gives some insight into the book
Rap on trial: Why the UK must stop treating lyrics as evidence
Dr Lambros Fatsis, author of 'Policing the Beats: Black Music, Racism and Criminal Injustice', outlines how UK drill music is criminalised in courts and why the law needs changing.
crackmagazine.net
This, by Lambros Fatsis, is an utter joy to read.
thesociologicalreview.org/magazine/may... This is a lovely read
Laurie Taylor in conversation: A life that celebrates ‘the drunkenness of things being various’
Laurie Taylor talks to Les Back about life as a sociologist of crime and deviance, his long career as a broadcaster and the value of sociology today.
thesociologicalreview.org
So chuffed to write this appreciation of Laurie Taylor. He’s really done so much to provide a platform for sociology in the public sphere. thesociologicalreview.org/magazine/may...
May 2026
thesociologicalreview.org
Scotland has seventeen REFORM MSP's. The same amount as Labour.
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ap...
The man who saw the future: the legacy of cultural theorist Mark Fisher
Touching on everything from late-stage capitalism to Adele, the work of the late writer is proving increasingly influential. Now a documentary on him is looking to live up to his ideals
theguardian.com
briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/vie...
Community policing: expanding the carceral web
Excerpt from Policing Black Lives: Revised and Expanded – In a revised and expanded version of Policing Black Lives, Robyn Maynard documents how half a centre of police reforms, including community po...
briarpatchmagazine.com
Something to listen to tomorrow, or at a future date: our own @academicdiary.bsky.social and Imogen Tyler on BBC Radio 4's Thinking Allowed: Tuesday 24th February, at 3.30pm, UK time.
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