The talk I gave last week in Cambridge (many thanks to the Institute of Criminology @cambcriminology.bsky.social for the invitation and hospitality, of course) is now available on YouTube. We start 1st March and are funded by @leverhulme.ac.uk (and thank you too!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=J63q...

This is the link to the talk I am giving on Thursday 12th Feb (5-6pm) at the Inst. of Criminology @ Cambridge: www.crim.cam.ac.uk/events/explo...

Yesterday’s ride in the fantastic #LakeDistrict strava.app.link/XgWJ5dUpA0b

One week left until the first of the Lent Term public seminars, given by Professor @stephenfarrall.bsky.social from the @uniofnottingham.bsky.social, about New Labour's policy on crime and its effect on crime over individuals' life course. Learn more and book: www.crim.cam.ac.uk/events/explo...

Join Professor @stephenfarrall.bsky.social for this year's first Lent Term public seminars on 12 February, titled 'The effects of New Labour’s social policy agenda on crime over the life-course'. Learn more and apply: www.crim.cam.ac.uk/events/explo...

Yet more joys of Thatcherism (the gift that keeps on giving): www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

CALL: seminar funding for 2026 The Foundation is inviting submissions for its 2026 Undisciplining Seminar Series exploring who and what sociology is for. Submit your proposal by 31 January for public events focusing on the transformative potential of sociological thinking. ➡️

This AM’s MTB ride: strava.app.link/yQFjcIWrlYb

The #Tories are in the “centre ground”?!? Eh? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

You know, aside from #TheOrangeTrumpet being in office, another thing which puts me off going to the #USA , sadly, is their health policy, or lack thereof. #vaccine #academicsky #POTUS #WhiteHouse #covid #governmentshutdown #US #Trump #morons www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This is interesting news: www.theguardian.com/society/2025... They’re right. #Thatcher’s right to buy was a disaster - we wrote abt the effects in terms of crime here: academic.oup.com/bjc/article/... #academicsky #housing #crime #politics #thatcherism #legacies

**NEW** You can now pre-order my book on the domestic policies of the Blair governments for just £14... All you need do is type in EVENT30 at checkout! What a bargain. Do spread the word if you think a historical look at Labour govts might help: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526146328/

#KierStarmer really does have some sort of #ReverseMidasTouch doesn’t he? Everything he says turns out to be little better than Bloke in a Pub type analysis. Another self-inflicted error. No political nouse at all. #Maccabi #AstonVillaFC #AcademicSky www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Want a quick summary of some #Thatcher ‘s impact on #UK #society? You could start here 👇 #academicsky #politics #ConservativeParty #Thatcherism #neoliberalism #neo-liberalism #BigIssue #TheBigIssue #crime #housing #schooling #transport #sociology #criminology www.bigissue.com/news/politic...

It is 100 years since #Thatcher was born. Read my thoughts on her legacy in this week's #TheBigIssue here: #Thatcherism #politics #crime #housing #trains #TonyBlair #schooling #neoliberalism #neo-liberalism #UK #Conservatives #Tories #ConservativeParty #GreenParty www.bigissue.com/news/politic...

Read my thoughts on the legacy of #Thatcher and #Thatcherism here (courtesy of the #BigIssue ): www.bigissue.com/news/politic...

100 years ago today, #Thatcher was born. The #BigIssue have written this about her (and to which I have contributed): www.bigissue.com/behind-the-s...

It is 100 years since the birth of Margaret Thatcher. In what ways did 'Thatcherism' change Britain? A while back for an ESRC research project, we collaborated with documentary maker Michelle Coomber on a film about the long-term social and economic impacts of the Thatcher governments.

Coz nothing says “productivity” like a thumping headache on a Thursday morning. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

#Jenrick appalled that #whitepeople do not live in impoverished areas, rather than the fact that some Black British people have to. #ToryBoy #Tories #inequality www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

It does strike me as ironic that the #USA got rid of #King GeorgeIII only to elect this insane, wannabe-King and total doofus a mere 240 years later! #TheOrangeTrumpet #POTUS #Trump #WhiteHouse #RamblingFool www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The film we commissioned as part of out ESRC funded homicide trends project is out, and can be viewed here: #academicsky #ESRC #documentaryfilms vimeo.com/1120080918?f...

Our review of #homicide rates in Eng&Wales is out in the #AnnualReviewOfCriminology We examine longterm trends of lethal violence in #Eng&Wales. We examine the #gendered and #racialized dimensions of homicide and the increasing proportion of unsolved cases. www.annualreviews.org/docserver/fu...

And this is why I call #DonaldTrump #TheOrangeTrumpet He likes to #Trumpet his own ‘success’ and looks kinda orange-y coloured. But he is just a nasty #racist #POTUS #Trump #AcademicSky #BlackSky Six years ago Trump's UN audience laughed, this year they were silent www.bbc.com/news/article...

Nevermind #autism , why are these people SO stupid? Are they just pretending, or do they really believe it? #AcademicSky #TheOrangeTrumpet #POTUS #Trump #paracetemol #tylenol #WhiteHouse #MMR #VaccinesWorkYouThickies #WhyDoICareIfYouDon’tGetVaccinated&Die? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This #train is full of #tea ! Thats my kinda train. I guess some of the wagons at the end have milk and there’ll be an open wagon with sugar.

Thanks Maggie! #Thatcherism #Gini #TaxWealth www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The closing date for these 2 PDRF jobs is just two weeks away! Help us study #NewLabour and #Blair as a follow up to our studies of #Thatcherism #AcademicSky @uniofnottingham.bsky.social @bschcnetwork.bsky.social @britsoci.bsky.social #UKpolitics #criminology jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

It is not to read this and think that #Starmer is toast. And harder still to feel a sense of upset. #Labour #DowningStreet #LabourParty www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

If you’re still wondering why so many #UK #universities are in financial trouble, this explains why. Hard to think of any other sector of the economy which can’t control its own pricing! #AcademicSky #neoliberalism isn’t working!

3rd and final day’s #MTB ride in the #LakedistrictNP . It will have got v wet there if the rain around Manchester was anything to judge by. Great time at #Ambleside #YHA too! #BikeSky #mountainbiking #lakes strava.app.link/BoitwyQftWb

Great day’s riding in the #Lakes. #BikeSky #MTB #Ambleside strava.app.link/2FQw72pnsWb

Odd that this isn’t headline #news given the allegations made against #Trump and the link to #Epstein #POTUS #USA #US #metoo #VAWG #SexualOffences #modelling #abuse #academicsky #TrumpTower #EpsteinFiles #StaceyWilliams #PresidentTrump #TheGuardian www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A little warm-up ahead of Saturday’s ride. The #Lakes do look superb l must say. But isn’t that always the case? #BikeSky #MTB #mountainbiking #Ambleside strava.app.link/9bvK1t65pWb

Odd that this isn’t headline #news given the allegations made against #Trump and the link to #Epstein #POTUS #USA #US #metoo #VAWG #SexualOffences #modelling #abuse #academicsky #TrumpTower #EpsteinFiles #StaceyWilliams #PresidentTrump #TheGuardian www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I'm part of an #ESRC grant exploring #homicide trends in #England&Wales . We have a #dissemination event on the 22nd Sept. Please register/send on to interested colleagues. @bschcnetwork.bsky.social @britsoci.bsky.social @ukri.org @uniofnottingham.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/40-years-o...

Only now might #Labour and #Starmer realise what is at stake if they let #UK #Universities fail. But it is close to “too late”. But they won’t realise. #£billions of #investments will be lost. Revenue will #decline. #Tories & #Labour are #toast #UCU #UUK www.theguardian.com/education/20...

After yesterday’s 55k-er, a shorter route today. Feeling ready for next weekend’s #LakeDistrict trip. 👍 #BikeSky #MountainBiking #MTB strava.app.link/SiwatQikhWb

Love it! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Skirting the edge of the #PeakDistrict today ahead of next weekend’s #LakeDistrict trip. #mountainbiking #MTB strava.app.link/HvqIE77JfWb

A sobering discussion of #TheOrangeTrumpet ‘s actions in the #USA . #POTUS #Trump #US #politics #fascism #dictator www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Today’s bijou ride-ette. Good to be back on a #bike after so long. And the #peaks #PeakDistrict looked lovely today. 😀 strava.app.link/ZfgyGwvvPVb

Stories like this are the reason I decided not to go the the #AmericanSocietyOfCriminology in #Washington #DC this year … … calling in the #NationalGuard only serves to further justify my decision. #POTUS #Trump #ASC2025 #criminology #TrumpIsABloodyNutter www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

There has been a lot abt #Thatcher and the #RightToBuy in the #UK media this week. Here are my and colleagues’ thoughts on this policy’s impact on #crime : #politics #propertycrime #neoliberalism #AcademicSky #housing #crisis #socialscience academic.oup.com/bjc/article/...

This could be about to get interesting. Will #YourParty challenge #Starmer and #Labour or fight back against #ReformUK - or both? #parliament #AcademicSky #politics #politicalparties #UK www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Come and work with Emily Gray, Maria Grasso and I on our @leverhulme.ac.uk funded project on #NewLabour and the legacy of their social and economic policies. #criminology #AcademicSky #polsci #politicalsociology #sociology #longitudinalresearch jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

Come and work with Emily Gray, Maria Grasso and I on our @leverhulmetrust.bsky.social funded project on #NewLabour and their social and economic policies. #criminology #AcademicSky #polsci #politicalsociology #sociology #longitudinalresearch jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

☣️ Building 'better' does not necessarily mean building 'new' As extreme weather events intensify and infectious diseases proliferate, these inadequate conditions become even more dangerous.

🚨 We found that prisons are failing to provide adequate indoor air quality, creating serious health risks for prisoners, staff, & wider public: ☣️ Prison gym ventilation 40% below recommended standards ☣️ Healthcare spaces 60% below guidelines ☣️ CO₂ exceeded 2000ppm, far above the 1500ppm threshold