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We invite you to listen to and debate some of the country’s leading academics working in pubs & beer, Tuesday 10th September 2024 at Castle Rock’s Canalhouse in Notts. Join us at this exclusive event in collaboration with Drinking Studies Network: beerguild.co.uk/events/change-…

📣 Job alert! I am recruiting a post-doctoral researcher (full-time, 12 months) to work with me on an interdisciplinary research project on disinformation (Mis)Translating Deceit (AHRC-funded project), focusing on audience research: jobs.ac.uk/job/DJJ467/res…

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Looking forward to speaking at this British Guild of Beer Writers x Drinking Studies Network collaboration event in Nottingham next week. Still time to register, non-members welcome: beerguild.co.uk/news/change-cr…

How should we ‘do’ Sociology in Business Schools? Find out by booking for ‘Situating Consumption II: Navigating the Business School’, a BSA Consumption Study Group free online event, 23 September tinyurl.com/3dpw4sed #sociology

More than one in 10 British pubs are at imminent risk of closure with 20% of the total number of venues deemed technically insolvent. morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2024/1…

Independent gyms jump into gaps in UK high street amid shift to local living theguardian.com/business/2024/…

📢Opportunities for fully-funded PhD studentships at Lboro Criminology, Sociology and Social Policy! I'm keen to hear from prospective students developing doctoral-level research topics relating to my areas: alcohol and intoxication; pubs and other spaces of leisure and consumption; men, masculinity and wellbeing.

Excellent article about an absolute gem of a programme. "The show’s exploration of relationships – the ones that work and the ones that need more time and care – lies at the heart of its muddy-booted soul, particularly in terms of male friendship."

Really appreciating the Andrew Garfield and Elmo grief video. Its been tough talking to my nearly-four-year-old about grief and why her maternal grandmother, paternal grandfather and cousin aren't around to get to know her and see her growing up. youtu.be/EVlXbiP4x2E

Call for applications! The Alcohol and Drugs History Society (ADHS) invites applications for the position of Editor-in-Chief of its peer-reviewed journal The Social History of Alcohol and Drugs, published by the University of Chicago Press. pointshistory.org/post/call-for-…

If you are 16-19, you could win yourself an iPad and £500 for your school in our Young Sociologist of the Year Competition by answering the question: ‘To what extent and in what ways have social media changed people’s lives?’ Deadline Friday, 1 November. tinyurl.com/2e48ehx8

Craft beer has abused crowdfunding ‘cash well’, claims Pressure Drop thegrocer.co.uk/news/craft-bee…

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Sat in a pub watching a pug called Napoleon sit -patient, wide-eyed and salivating - watching his owner slowly work through a plate of bangers and mash only to have, right at the end, a single floret of broccoli tossed his way. Napoleon is not pleased.

Adrian Chiles on how pub closures represent the loss of important public meeting spaces theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

‼️Want to be in with a chance of winning £100 and help shape university responses to student drug and alcohol use? Fill out our survey before the 8th December You do not have to drink alcohol or take drugs to take part, and all responses are anonymous bit.ly/StudentsDrugsA…

We are excited to announce the theme of the 2025 Loughborough CRCC symposium. 'Reactionary politics, women, and popular culture’ The keynote will be delivered by Professor Angela McRobbie, the pre-eminent scholar of gender and feminism. More information: shorturl.at/NqAy6

The first article from our The Leverhulme Trust 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.