If you want a sneak peek at my forthcoming book, Temperance Lives: Life Assurance, Drink and Medicine in Britain, 1840-1918, you can read part of the introduction and check out the contents and indexes with this widget bloomsburycp3.codemantra.com/viewer/690c7... @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social

This looks brilliant. I've been lucky enough to see see @jameskneale.bsky.social present on this research and its just fascinating. Can't wait to see the whole thing. Recommend wholeheartedly to @drinkingstudies.bsky.social and Victorianists among others....

My series ‘Intimate Histories’ about how history is not some abstract thing that happened to someone else, but personal to all of us is now available on BBC Sounds. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/serie...

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Hello - it's taken a while but we are finally here! The BSC is on Bluesky. We look forward to sharing all the exciting things happening at the BSC: Events, Networks, Newsletters, our 2026 conference, membership opportunities and much more. Please follow us for all things Criminology and CJ!

Call for new convenors for @britsoci.bsky.social Alcohol Study Group: www.britsoc.co.uk/groups/study...

Delighted to see this live illustration by Rebecca Osborne of my latest #pubs in the community sustainability knowledge exchange event being showcased within Social and Political Sciences at NTU

It was great to be part of this podcast Has the price of a pint become unaffordable? www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2025...

koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2025-09... Interesting article and interview with the Irish Ambassador to Korea in the Craic House Irish pub, which has me thinking of the work of @culturalclare.bsky.social, even if this pub is in Korea!

Fantastic to host the event ‘Pubs in the Community – What Can Be Done to Help Them’ #pubs . Thank you to everyone who attended and supported. And I look forward to working with you soon

📢 Reminder: the deadline for the Social History Society Small Grants is coming up soon! 💷 Up to £1000 available to support research, events & activities in social & cultural history 🗓️ Apply by 1 October for events Dec–Apr 🔗 socialhistory.org.uk/funding/smal... ✨Apply today!

messages like this! Make it worth getting up at 4am every weekend x

Since losing my best friend to cancer last year I had struggled with my eating disorder recovery. Thankfully, I’m now in a good place. For me my pub work, career & LEGO, combined with listening to @matthew-wright.bsky.social & @boomradio.co.uk gave me the motivation I needed to get back on track 😊

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What we did in school today. Here’s an amazing graphic summary, drawn by Rebecca Osborne as we talked, of today’s Pubs in the Community meeting @nottinghamtrentuni.bsky.social organised by @culturalclare.bsky.social

Fantastic to host the event ‘Pubs in the Community – What Can Be Done to Help Them’ #pubs . Thank you to everyone who attended and supported. And I look forward to working with you soon

A few online spaces are still available on the what can be done to help save our #pubs event. Event is free & open to those who work in pubs, those who campaign for them, or anyone who is passionate about #pubs. Contact me for more details

BLOG POST: Our former local, The Drapers Arms, got a bloody great big billboard back in July, and apparently it's been good for business. 🍺🍻 boakandbailey.com/2025/09/when...

Suspected arson attack after pub damaged in fire www.bbc.com/news/article...

Teenager becomes landlady of her local pub www.bbc.com/news/article...

A great video on pubs and their struggles from the @guardian - the best quote: "Are we witnessing the strangulation of fun?" - www.theguardian.com/news/video/2...

Please note the event is free and open to those who work in pubs, and those who campaign for them, or anyone who is passionate about supporting our #pubs. Event will be in person in Nottingham, and also online. Please get in touch if you’re interested in attending

My old history lecturer called pubs 'The Cathedrals of The Working Class'

When you have a pub symposium the attendees do tend to head straight to the pub afterwards! The White Hart in Loughborough! #pub

A pub is way more than alcohol. ⭐️They are sites of history and heritage ⭐️Social spaces for communities ⭐️Important for local economies We need to all we can to help support pubs and the communities they serve @matthew-wright.bsky.social

I’ve secured some funding to host a focused knowledge exchange event around what can be done to help sustain ours pubs 😊. Invites being sent out if you’re interested in participating let me know. Event 10th Sept will by hybrid #pubs

We are delighted to say that #SHSConf2025 was an immense success! Please read more about it here - and stay tuned for more information and announcements from the conference!✨ socialhistory.org.uk/2025/07/10/s...

What a great conference on so many levels: meeting new people, engaging fab papers, a fun fair, fish and chip tea, amazing conference venue… the list goes on 😊 #SHSConf2025 Altogether a fab way to start a big birthday month …40 🤫

To be fair, a chippy tea and then access to the fairground makes for a pretty epic first night of a conference! #SHSConf2025

I think we've definitively established that #SHSconf2025 is the best history conference this year. As proof: we spent yesterday evening in a reconstructed fairground, going on the rides and trying out the games, before having chippy tea.

@matthew-wright.bsky.social happy birthday, have a great day

I’m at a social history conference talking about pubs so of course my first destination was always going to be the on site pub #SHSConf2025

Paper ready for #SHSConf2025 #pubs

Planning underway. The event will be hybrid and invitations will be sent out shortly. Please get in touch if interested in participating #pubs

'Pubs on TV' | @morrighani.bsky.social www.extremehousewife.com/2025/05/the-...

Happy days. I’ve secured some funding to host a focused knowledge exchange event around what can be done to help sustain ours pubs 😊. Hope you may be able to attend @charlotte2153.bsky.social @matthew-wright.bsky.social @plunkettuk.bsky.social @bbpa.bsky.social @campaignforpubs.bsky.social

I did a brief dive into pub history for The Bookshop, The Draper... and they really are unique, and incredibly important, both historically and as today. I know several community owned pubs which are fantastic and show they can still play a real role, well beyond being just a boozer.

Many people work from a coffee shop but what about working from the pub. See 👇 workfromthepub.co.uk

Pubs are way more than alcohol. ⭐️ They are sites of history and heritage ⭐️ They are Social spaces for communities ⭐️ They are important for local economies We need to all we can to help support pubs and the communities they serve

The loss of not only a social hub but also one of history, and heritage 😔

Pretty fair summary of the crisis facing Britain’s pubs from @tldrnews.bsky.social youtu.be/MYY2epmSooE?...

I would love to do some #media and #publicengagement around my work on the social and cultural history & importance of #rural #pubs

In the archives yesterday I came across the rules of "The Boston Intemperance Society” (1830). They include: “No member shall get so drunk as to require more than 4 persons to take him to bed...” Thoughts, alcohol historians? cc @davidwondrich.bsky.social @alcademics.bsky.social @brewedculture.org

‘Like you’re a giant’: Edinburgh artist creates pintsize replicas of city’s pubs www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

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...

We are looking for 1.500 word articles for our 'Doing History' feature of The Historian (magazine of The Historical Association). Please get in touch if you might like to share an aspect of historical practice with our members. 🗃️ @histassoc.bsky.social

It’s a fascinating topic! I presented a radio 4 doc episode about changing pub culture 3 years ago, as part of my series Past Forward - as a teetotaller, I am super interested in the history and culture of drinking