Terence Edward "Terry" Hall. Born OTD in 1959, Coventry, Warwickshire. Died 18/12/2022 www.youtube.com/watch?v=SElg...

Looking forward to saying a few words at this celebration.

China is ordering its refineries to halt exports. Flows of crude exports from the Gulf to Chinese refineries, which are in turn generate refined products exports, are an essential part of the world economy. Adam Hanieh's history of global oil, Crude Capitalism, has a good chapter on this.

Delighted to share word of this special issue of @ersjournal.com co-edited by our own Dominic Pasura and colleagues. 'Roaming and Rooted' brings together 11 articles rethinking migration via lived religion/spirituality and African epistemologies across Nigeria, Zimbabwe, South Africa & the UK.

Out now on the Sociology Staffroom podcast, @academicdiary.bsky.social discusses his work and his role as this year's @britsoci.bsky.social president.

Great episode of Thinking Allowed with two great contributors @academicdiary.bsky.social and @imogentyler.bsky.social. Well worth a listen! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Really enjoyed doing this interview for the Sociology staffroom sociology-staffroom.captivate.fm/episode/seas...

Love this!

Sharing here a recent interview in Black Histories with our own @nasarmeer.bsky.social

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.

Moral decadence and spiritual sickness, Cornel West so right! www.instagram.com/reel/DU9_wcz...

I don’t usually cross the steams of my academic and musical lives - but just so sickened by the sexual exploitation and misogyny of powerful and degenerate elites and their rotten tech bro empires - Funk the Patriarchy II 8th March, Glad Cafe www.instagram.com/reel/DU-_VWQ...

Here's a new article from our own @academicdiary.bsky.social, as well as @michaelacbenson.bsky.social and Maisie Tomlinson, which reflects on how we might teach research methods in ways that help foster a ‘demonstrably alive’ sociological craft.

This is a fabulous episode of Thinking Allowed with Kate Herrity and Kate Gooch www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Just been down to BBC Pacific Quay in Glasgow to record an episode of Thinking Allowed with Imogen Tyler on the value of theory with Laurie Taylor - Imogen is so great to listen to.

The new Sociological Review Magazine is out. Brilliant interview with Karl von Holdt by political crisis and sociological engagement by Carin Runciman thesociologicalreview.org/magazine/

Love this Jimmy Reed’s speech at UofG www.instagram.com/reel/DUs0yev...

Love listening Cornel preach sociology… ‘let the ears of the guilty ones tingle with truth’. www.instagram.com/reel/DUR7OnD...

Had a wonderful trip to speak at the Winter Seminar for the Norwegian Sociological Association… lots of serious thinking and ribald fun - Norwegian pop songs sung loudly in the bar late into the night. Freezing though in Storefjell -20 one night!

Remembering dear friend Caspar Melville today who died last year. Caspar and I would take Goldsmiths students on an annual pop music history walks around Soho, London. Sorely missed RIP. A beautiful spirit.

Congratulations to @academicdiary.bsky.social on the @britsoci.bsky.social presidency! We are so thrilled to have such a caring and visionary leader in our community at a time when we need Sociology more than ever! 🎉 es.britsoc.co.uk/professor-le...

Looking forward to speaking at the Norsk sosiologforening on Friday, trying to make sense of the dark times we’re living through. sosiologen.no/foreningen/f...

‘Lawless Britain’ update, in case you missed it. Homcides in England and Wales currently lower than at any point since the 1970s. Knife crime at its lowest level since 2003… Why aren’t we shouting this stuff from the rooftops? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Wonderful news - Bridget Fowler received the Distinguished Service to British Sociology Award, 2025. es.britsoc.co.uk/distinguishe...

Bruce Springsteen has become braver and more radical as he has got older. It’s the way to end a career like Johnny Cash did before him - “Take a stand in this land for the stranger in our midst” www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWKS...

Just finished writing a feature on Laurie Taylor @ 90 for a Sociological Review Magazine… what a life Laurie has led. Should be out in May. He is recording a new season of Thinking Allowed at the moment for BBC Radio 4. 28 years of putting socioligy on the airwaves. 👏👏👏

About 150 protesters gathered outside Sen. John Fetterman's office in Philadelphia Tuesday, urging him to not vote in favor of a bill that would provide more funding for the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees both ICE and the Border Patrol. www.inquirer.com/politics/pen...

Really feel for friends and colleagues in the US and the violence of ICE. It’s almost a year since being in Harlem in the first days of the Trump Presidency www.gla.ac.uk/schools/soci...

So chuffed to be in this new book edited by Charlotte Bates and Emma Jackson, and my chapter is my first attempt at writing about life in Glasgow manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526184900/

A real honour to attend a Memorial Service marking the 45th anniversary of the New Cross Fire at St Andrew’s church, Brockley yesterday. A beautiful service honouring the 14 lives lost to this still unresolved tragedy, and the dignity and resilience of all those impacted by it.

Love this story of Cockney Jacobites and the link between Mill Wall FC and Bonnie Prince Charlie - thanks Fraser www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

On Stepney Beach with dear friend and sparring partner Michael Keith. So good to see Michael, sharing stories by the Thames in the sunshine.

Absolutely incredible evening at Goldsmiths honouring the great poet, musician and activist Linton Kwesi Johnson. A deep reminder from Les Back @academicdiary.bsky.social and others, including students interpreting Linton’s poetry, of all the things that drew me to Goldsmiths in the first place…

Hoping to get the words out for Linton tonight… wonderful to be reminded of the depth of his contribution.

A small pilgrimage and a prayer for the victims of the New Cross massacre on my way to the event for LKJ tonight. Not forgotten.

On the train to London to speak at this time event for LKJ at Goldmsiths. Nervous as hell but so to have the opportunity to say something about my debt to him. www.eventbrite.com/e/honouring-...

This is going to be a great night in Glasgow for International Women’s Day raising money for Scottish Women’s Aid www.thegladcafe.co.uk/events/2026-...

Umberto Eco’s essay ‘Ur Fascism’ seems more relevant - Ur or eternal fascism in 14 key features, and one is enough for hate to coagulate around. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg0u...

Really thrilled to be invited to say a few words for LKJ at this event in south London next week. Linton will read one of his poems too www.eventbrite.com/e/honouring-...

This is a wonderful converqtion with te Surviving Society podcast cihttps://open.spotify.com/episode/1PJcY7jlf7WLvdXLOtYPAB?si=caRZeSJoTAObpdXkpdygjgh

It was my birthday last week… this wonderful record was the best of gifts marking BB King’s centenary. Derek Trucks says in the liner notes that BB was a ‘real life Santa Claus’.

🚨Thrilled [email protected] Big Ideas Talk just dropped www.youtube.com/watch?v=jykO... 🎙️MANUFACTURING CARE: WHAT CAN WE LEARN ABOUT CARE FROM AI It was such an inspiring experience sharing a stage & delivering this alongside my super idols Ellen Galinsky & Rosabeth Moss Kanter in Montreal (1/5)

Resonating with @academicdiary.bsky.social's wonderful annual lecture on "The Paradox of Home" @uclsociology.bsky.social last week.

Update on this. A friend who does anti fascist work found this posted on social media. The SS flag is clearly visible and they also seem to claim affiliation with @raithroversfc.bsky.social

This is an extraordinary film - weaponising water in Gaza. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfpx...

Here’s the details off Ben Carrington’s talk next week. Ben gave our Frisby Lecture at the University of Glasgow a couple of years ago. His award is really well deserved.

The inaugural Stuart Hall Award lecture is next week December 10th 2025, 6pm UK time and given Dr. Ben Carrington (University of Southern California), the first winner of the award. Please register and attend the meeting via this zoom link: emory.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Sad to hear of Steve Cropper’s passing today. He made such a contribution to the music of the civil rights era. I interviewed him for this piece in 1999. Rest in soul…