Baking with my five year old daughter and three year old twins this morning.
Robert De Niro Demands Perfect Blueberry Muffins
ALT: Robert De Niro Demands Perfect Blueberry Muffins
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Dr Thomas Thurnell-Read
@thurnellreadsoc.bsky.social
Sociologist of leisure and consumption; alcohol, drinking culture & pubs; men and masculinity (wellbeing, identity & relationships). https://www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/social-policy-studies/staff/thomas-thurnell-read/
‘Nobody’s going out!’ Why is Britain’s nightlife in such decline – and can anything save it? www.theguardian.com/music/2026/m...
📢 New case study alert! We’ve just published the latest long read case study for the After Last Orders project — exploring the closure of the famous Birmingham pub the Bartons Arms👉 after-last-orders.lboro.ac.uk/the-bartons-...
A quick visit to the "Brewery Graveyard" at the Bread and Bitter in Mapperley, Nottingham.
Drinks, darts, DJs and drag queens: the artwork that’s a fully-functioning pub – with the artist pulling pints www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Drinks, darts, DJs and drag queens: the artwork that’s a fully-functioning pub – with the artist pulling pints
Young Glasgow artist Trackie McLeod talks us through Utopia, the boozer he built from scratch where punters can sink a beer, throw darts at Thatcher or Trump – and win chocolate coins from one-armed b...
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If you are a pub/bar/restaurant/hotel/council that would like to use our nolo point of sale materials/publicans guide you can find them here www.york.ac.uk/business-soc... They are FREE to use!!! Grateful for any shares to get them out there!
Exploring no and low alcohol consumption
Multi-perspective research exploring NoLo alcohol’s global impact, consumer typologies, trade visibility, economic effects, and policy tools.
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Useful looking online methods event on Qualitative Sampling and Sample size with @profkarenoreilly.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/qualitativ...
Qualitative Sampling and Sample size with Karen O'Reilly
An interactive online session examining interpretive sampling as outlined in Karen's book Qualitative Research Methods for Everyone.
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Excited to share the first three case study 'long reads' from the After Last Orders project - funded by @leverhulme.ac.uk. Each case study draws on extensive research to tell the story of a pub and the people and places affected by its closure. after-last-orders.lboro.ac.uk
Drawing on our research for the @leverhulmetrust.bsky.social funded After Last Orders project, @robertdeakin.bsky.social and I share some insights into the impact of pub closures in this new article for @uk.theconversation.com theconversation.com/consolation-...
Consolation, community, national identity: what is lost when pubs close – and how they can be saved
The cost of running a pub has risen dramatically.
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A huge thanks to the wonderful interdisciplinary group of academics, writers and researchers who visited @lborouniversity.bsky.social yesterday to discuss findings from our Leverhulme Trust funded After Last Orders project on the social and cultural impacts of pub closures.
"You okay mate?" The Notts pub that’s getting men talking about their feelings leftlion.co.uk/features/202...
"You okay mate?" The Notts pub that’s getting men talking about their feelings
The national mental health crisis and its profound effect on men is a phenomenon widely talked about that lots of people have posed different solutions to. In Sneinton Market however, LeftLion neighbo...
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'Young people's consumption of no/low alcohol drinks in family settings' | new project launch @sarg-scharr.bsky.social sarg-sheffield.ac.uk/projects/you...
Young people's consumption of no/low alcohol drinks in family settings - Sheffield Addictions Research Group
This project explores young people's consumption of no/low alcohol drinks in Great Britain, focusing on family settings. Using surveys and interviews, it will investigate adult perceptions, consumptio...
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Great being involved in this. Thanks @professorpub.bsky.social for setting the stage and facilitating the discussion.
Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻@professorpub.bsky.social · last yr.Some more article proofs today - a ‘conversation’ - part of our @jmmnews.bsky.social special issue which will be out soon (with @goodchembrew.bsky.social , @theswanyork.bsky.social , @thurnellreadsoc.bsky.social & @robertdeakin.bsky.social)!
‘Parenthood is messy’: what it’s really like to raise a child – in pictures www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
‘Parenthood is messy’: what it’s really like to raise a child – in pictures
Aware that social media paints an unrealistic picture of ‘perfect’ parenting, Kirsten Lewis spent 15 years capturing the raw reality of life with kids. Her message? Your children love you!
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Impromptu visit to what might as well be called the South Leamington Beer Furlong.
The first article from our @leverhulme.ac.uk funded project 'After Last Orders?: A biographical exploration of the impact of UK pub closures' is now published in British Journal of Sociology. Open access via the link below.
Robert Deakin@robertdeakin.bsky.social · last yr.New article on the 'banal nationalism' of pub closure media narratives with @thurnellreadsoc.bsky.social, now out in the British Journal of Sociology: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Interesting that the uptake of remote and hybrid working is shifting the timing and location of leisure and retail spending, with suburban supermarkets the big winner. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
After-work drinks in decline outside London, peers told
A Lords committee hears Thursday is the new Friday for city-centre workers - but only in the capital.
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So many lovely and brilliant people involved in this series of talks taking place in in some excellent Bristol pubs this spring/summer @goodchembrew.bsky.social @drinkingstudies.bsky.social @boakandbailey.bsky.social @philmellows.bsky.social
Pam Lock@pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · last yr.Delighted to announce the first three events in our re-launched 'Think While You Drink' series. Based in pubs in Bristol, free and open to all, come and join us for some interesting and fun talks this spring/summer. Sign up for the first event here: fb.me/e/2uqWTYz3s
Free symposium, 'Recalibrating Stigma', on 26.06.25 at at University of Edinburgh. Funded by SHI Foundation. Speakers: Katharine Cheston, Harriet Cooper, Fay Dennis, Janice McLaughlin, Jennifer Remnant, and more! Details: jumpshare.com/v/bzZYybtCP9.... Register by 30/04. Email at thomasg23@cf.ac.uk.
Recalibrating Stigma - Symposium.pdf
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Delighted to be collaborating with @britbeerwriters.bsky.social for this online event with @culturalclare.bsky.social @professorpub.bsky.social @thurnellreadsoc.bsky.social and Dr Rob Deakin, chaired by @philmellows.bsky.social www.beerguild.co.uk/news/new-gui...
New Guild Event - The Pub: Evolving not Dying? | The British Guild of Beer Writers
Monday 12th May 2025, 7pm Zoom online Pubs have survived pandemic lockdowns only to lurch into a crisis of rising...
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"Pubs and cafes are more than just businesses. Often, they’re the beating hearts of communities...When the shutters come down, it represents a tear in the community fabric and threatens the cohesion of neighbourhoods". theconversation.com/how-the-stru...
How the struggles of the UK hospitality sector could hit the rest of the economy
Pubs, restaurants, cafes and hotels are part of the UK’s economic and social fabric.
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Very pleased to be inviting chapter proposals for our new Routledge Companion to Gender & Fatherhood - share and get in touch if would like to contribute! #fatherhood #gender #families #research
Intro track for today's lecture on the sociology of food: "It's true that I, well, I'm a barbecue enjoyer And I slag off nut roasts sometimes, just to annoy you" www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2c3...
The Vegan Song
YouTube video by Grace Petrie - Topic
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Trying to get some traction on Bluesky as I move from X any reposts of my pub research /work much appreciated @matthew-wright.bsky.social
Dr Claire Markham@culturalclare.bsky.social · 2y agoI 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
My book The Return of the Housewife is now available to pre-order, has an appropriately angry front cover and some lovely early endorsements @manchesterup.bsky.social
Manchester University Press - The return of the housewife
The return of the housewife - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of The return of the housewife by Emma Casey
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Why Craft Beer Just Isn't as Popular as It Used to Be www.vice.com/en/article/w...
Why Craft Beer Just Isn't as Popular as It Used to Be
It's likely not a coincidence that the decline in craft beer interest lines up with the surge in non-alcoholic offerings.
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