Heavy Metal and Disability is out now!

A groundbreaking collection that examines the relationship between #heavymetal and disability, edited by Jasmine Hazel Shadrack and Keith Kahn-Harris. Part of the Advances in Metal #Music and Culture series.

👉intellectbooks.com/heavy-metal-an…

I will be discussing with Ben Gidley the consequences of October 7th 2023 at this online event organised by Leo Baeck College on 29 May. Free to attend with registration. It's part of a fundraising programme but don't worry - it won't be too intrusive!

lbc.ac.uk/2024-fundraisi…

I really hope the next Labour government learns from this: Policies brought in as cynical gestures of performative cruelty to appease a populace you assume are much crueler than you are, have real world consequences.

theguardian.com/law/2024/apr/2…