Dr David Jarratt.
@davidjarratt.bsky.social
Academic. Interested in various aspects of #tourism, place and coastal communities in particular. Interdisciplinary. Preston, Lancashire.
Pinned
How do imagination and history merge in tourism?
Our new Annals of Tourism Research paper explores how #historicalfiction offers the lure and blur of the real.
Freely available here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... The case we consider is the Cragg Vale Coiners and #TheGallowsPole. #Tourism
Our new Annals of Tourism Research paper explores how #historicalfiction offers the lure and blur of the real.
Freely available here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... The case we consider is the Cragg Vale Coiners and #TheGallowsPole. #Tourism
Ex-world boxing champ Jane Couch's plea to restore #Fleetwood #Pier, #Lancs.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ex-world boxing champ Jane Couch's plea to restore Fleetwood Pier
The Lancashire town lost its pier when it burnt down in 2008 and the site has been empty ever since.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Ex-world boxing champ Jane Couch's plea to restore #Fleetwood #Pier, #Lancs.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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NEW There's no overstating how significant the Nathan Gill case is. On Friday, the close associate of Nigel Farage was jailed for over 10 years for taking bribes ultimately from a friend of Putin. It's a complex, detail-heavy story that raises questions about Farage’s claim Gill was ‘one bad apple’🧵
November 23, 2025 at 11:53 AM
NEW There's no overstating how significant the Nathan Gill case is. On Friday, the close associate of Nigel Farage was jailed for over 10 years for taking bribes ultimately from a friend of Putin. It's a complex, detail-heavy story that raises questions about Farage’s claim Gill was ‘one bad apple’🧵
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Pleased to have a chapter in this book.
If interested, the code THTM35 gets you 35 percent off via the Goodfellows website.
#Tourism
If interested, the code THTM35 gets you 35 percent off via the Goodfellows website.
#Tourism
In 'Tourism’s Horizon: Travel for the Millions', mass #tourism is a "dynamic cultural & social phenomenon that touches everyone", tourists have "humanity", and hosts have "agency". In an era of 'critical tourism studies', that's refreshing. #GoodTourism
www.goodtourismblog.com/2025/10/tour...
www.goodtourismblog.com/2025/10/tour...
October 31, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Pleased to have a chapter in this book.
If interested, the code THTM35 gets you 35 percent off via the Goodfellows website.
#Tourism
If interested, the code THTM35 gets you 35 percent off via the Goodfellows website.
#Tourism
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23rd November 2025 10.52
November 23, 2025 at 10:58 AM
23rd November 2025 10.52
'Woman's bid to give grandparents last dance at Blackpool ballroom' 🥲
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Woman's bid to give grandparents last dance at Blackpool ballroom
Olivia Watts reached out for help on TikTok in a bid to get her grandparents to the Tower Ballroom before her grandfather goes into a care home.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 8:43 AM
'Woman's bid to give grandparents last dance at Blackpool ballroom' 🥲
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Morning all.
Whitby, 1960s No image credit, from Si Jubbs Found Series.
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Whitby, 1960s No image credit, from Si Jubbs Found Series.
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November 21, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Morning all.
Whitby, 1960s No image credit, from Si Jubbs Found Series.
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Whitby, 1960s No image credit, from Si Jubbs Found Series.
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Current weather mood. A chilly start in Miller Park this morning.
Pic: Lynn Fielding
Pic: Lynn Fielding
November 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Current weather mood. A chilly start in Miller Park this morning.
Pic: Lynn Fielding
Pic: Lynn Fielding
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Do fun and politics mix? Can we or should we ‘leave our cares behind’ on holiday?
It’s a “Good Tourism” Insight Bites question.
" #GoodTourism " #tourism #travel #fun #politics
www.goodtourismblog.com/2025/11/fun-...
It’s a “Good Tourism” Insight Bites question.
" #GoodTourism " #tourism #travel #fun #politics
www.goodtourismblog.com/2025/11/fun-...
November 5, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Do fun and politics mix? Can we or should we ‘leave our cares behind’ on holiday?
It’s a “Good Tourism” Insight Bites question.
" #GoodTourism " #tourism #travel #fun #politics
www.goodtourismblog.com/2025/11/fun-...
It’s a “Good Tourism” Insight Bites question.
" #GoodTourism " #tourism #travel #fun #politics
www.goodtourismblog.com/2025/11/fun-...
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Stopped twice on motorway & had a look from this tower.
November 18, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Stopped twice on motorway & had a look from this tower.
November 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
@lakesstiles.bsky.social Lancashire stiling. #Parlick
November 15, 2025 at 9:41 PM
@lakesstiles.bsky.social Lancashire stiling. #Parlick
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BBC Under Attack: Pot and Kettle Special
The new Private Eye is out now.
The new Private Eye is out now.
November 12, 2025 at 8:06 AM
BBC Under Attack: Pot and Kettle Special
The new Private Eye is out now.
The new Private Eye is out now.
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Reform in Lancashire threatens closing five day centres and five care homes, with “reprovision” forcing disabled or older adults (including a 106-year-old) into alternative support.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Reform in Lancashire threatens closing five day centres and five care homes, with “reprovision” forcing disabled or older adults (including a 106-year-old) into alternative support.
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This chimes with the experiences of young people I know.
🎓 Young people from disadvantaged backgrounds are less likely to take up degree apprenticeships than to study at elite Russell Group universities, according to new research feweek.co.uk/degree-appre...
Degree apprenticeships less accessible to disadvantaged young people than Russell Group unis
Research reignites warnings that the route risks becoming 'another middle-class preserve'
feweek.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 1:09 PM
This chimes with the experiences of young people I know.
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Pink-footed Geese arriving at dawn, North Norfolk - framed ready for my exhibition this weekend. Painted in sub-zero conditions and ice crystals have left their own marks in the watercolour washes
November 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Pink-footed Geese arriving at dawn, North Norfolk - framed ready for my exhibition this weekend. Painted in sub-zero conditions and ice crystals have left their own marks in the watercolour washes
theconversation.com/how-authorit... The alternative reality of #authoritarian states.
How authoritarian states sculpt a warped alternative reality in our news feeds
Russia and China push content that depicts western states as chaotic, immoral and even just weird.
theconversation.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:11 AM
theconversation.com/how-authorit... The alternative reality of #authoritarian states.
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Reposted every year in response to all those who fetishize remembrance
November 9, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Reposted every year in response to all those who fetishize remembrance
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New research from Z2K shows that a punitive benefits system pushes people away from work and harms the economy in the process.
How making the benefits system meaner has backfired
www.bigissue.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:26 AM
New research from Z2K shows that a punitive benefits system pushes people away from work and harms the economy in the process.
The moors above Preston this morning, you can see the city on the horizon in the last photo. @blogpreston.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The moors above Preston this morning, you can see the city on the horizon in the last photo. @blogpreston.co.uk
UK's sense of division reaches new high as culture war tensions grow, study finds | King's College London share.google/iXcfejXUeZih...
UK's sense of division reaches new high as culture war tensions grow, study finds | King's College London
Growing numbers say the nation feels divided and they would like the country to return to how it used to be
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November 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
UK's sense of division reaches new high as culture war tensions grow, study finds | King's College London share.google/iXcfejXUeZih...
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Someone at a Russell Group university was moved to almost-poetry by their Faculty Meeting… Can anyone do better?
November 7, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Someone at a Russell Group university was moved to almost-poetry by their Faculty Meeting… Can anyone do better?
A very interesting read on #wealth in the #UK. theconversation.com/the-uks-weal... '...half of UK families have no net wealth at all, with debts outweighing assets for 40% of households.'
The UK’s wealth ‘timebomb’ – and how to defuse it
The case for taxing wealth has historically come from the political mainstream – so why is it so unpalatable now?
theconversation.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:28 PM
A very interesting read on #wealth in the #UK. theconversation.com/the-uks-weal... '...half of UK families have no net wealth at all, with debts outweighing assets for 40% of households.'