Big thanks to Academy of Social Sciences for the invitation to speak on The We Society podcast 🎙️. I’m a big fan of the series, and it was excellent to chat to Will Hutton + Prof Matt Williams about hate crimes and their impacts. Listen to our conversation at podfollow.com/the-we-society…

The undergrad Black Studies degree has been cancelled by BCU. We still have MA but this is an institutionally racist move that continues the attack on Black thought in higher ed. Full vid pouring (but not spilling) the tea on Make It Plain podcast: youtu.be/g7-oQU2XTNY

An update on diversity, equity and inclusivity work in our publishing from Sage Journals #DEI perspectivesblog.sagepub.com/blog/research/…

FINALLY it’s September! Publication month!!! It’s come around so quickly (not!)😂 I’m very excited to be doing this event Waterstones Trafalgar Sq. with Andy West We’d love to see you there. Tickets at waterstones.com/events/an-arch… Thanks to Scribe UK

Some thoughts from me in the The Guardian on where we find ourselves now in relation to the recent riots: theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Fancy £10k for humanities or social science research? We’ve opened the call for our small research grants. Do share. Awards will be allocated through partial randomisation - awarded randomly between those applications that meet our quality threshold thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/ba-lev…

My letter, and another, about the prison overcrowding got published. We must stop filling and building prisons | Prisons and probation | The Guardian theguardian.com/society/2024/s…

Can’t wait to be in conversation with Andy West on Thursday evening Waterstones Trafalgar Sq.. We’d love to see you there. Tickets need to be bought in advance - waterstones.com/events/an-arch…

NEW: Access to Sure Start as a child reduced the likelihood of ending up in youth custody by a fifth. THREAD on our new report, funded by Nuffield Foundation, on Sure Start’s impact on crime and social care outcomes: [1/9] ifs.org.uk/publications/e…

Once this trial is over, Gisele Pelicot should receive every honour in France and the International Women’s award. What she says about shame shouldn’t need saying but she’s used her darkest hours and a global spotlight to do so. She’s extraordinary. bbc.com/news/articles/…

My column on Saoirse Ronan burning the chat show circuit down theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Our day in court is fast approaching!⚖️ Please join us on Wednesday 6th November at 9.45am outside the Royal Courts of Justice as we fight to stop Hackney Council Caroline Woodley closing #Hackney’s #SureStart Children’s Centres. Hearing begins at 10.30am. maps.app.goo.gl/7giN2PiCGa3NVE…

My ⁦The Guardian Long Read⁩ ‘Places to heal, not to harm’: why brutal prison design kills off hope’ is now available as a podcast | Prisons and probation | The Guardian theguardian.com/news/audio/202…

HUGE NEWS!! Hackney Council have conceded that the consultation on Children’s Centre closures was *unlawful* so WE WON OUR CASE!!🎉 THANK YOU to all our supporters for helping us to achieve this huge victory! And to our legal team💪🏻 Rook Irwin Sweeney Steve Broach KC rookirwinsweeney.co.uk/hackney-counci…

Hackney Council has accepted its consultation to close “much-loved” children’s centres is unlawful, days before the final hearing in our clients' case was due to take place. Counsel Steve Broach KC Jake Thorold @39essex were instructed. rookirwinsweeney.co.uk/hackney-counci…

Hackney: High Court case over closure of nurseries dropped - BBC News l bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Big congratulations to campaigners fighting to save Hackney Children’s Centres for winning the first round in the battle Sebright CC SaveFernbankNursery

We are deeply saddened by the death of our previous president, professor David Farrington. He was one of the most influental criminological psychologists and the founder of the Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development. 1/2

This has made me smile so much my face is aching: the Christmas lights in the Scottish town of Newburgh are designed by its children-there’s a competition to design a new one each year. They’re made by the same co. that makes the lights for Blackpool, the Shard & Champs-Élysées:

Loved ones mourn Kelyan Bokassa, the 14-year-old boy killed on a London bus. And we all have some thinking to do theguardian.com/commentisfree/…