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Reid Allen @reidallen.bsky.social · 22d

Yes!

The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 22d

Key takeaways: “Morley’s functions as an essential ‘third space’: an informal, community-driven place existing between home and work, offering a kind of urban intimacy.”

In our new issue, Safia Banharally looks beyond a London chicken shop’s menu to its underexamined social role.

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Photograph of North London branch of Morley’s fried chicken, with its brightly lit, bold red interior and groups of customers chatting and ordering, illustrating research on fast-food outlets as social third spaces beyond home and work.

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Alison Stenning @alisonstenning.bsky.social · Aug 29

Children are ***82%*** more likely to be killed when hit by an SUV than by a regular passenger car.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"We did a review of all of the studies globally, which included half a million road traffic injuries, and that found that if you are hit by an SUV compared to being hit by a passenger car you are 44% more likely to be killed.

"Among kids it's higher - it's 82%. And that makes sense when we think about it. The taller, blunter bonnets mean kids are more likely to be hit in the head or the torso. The real summary is they are much more dangerous to pedestrians and cyclists."

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Des Fitzgerald @desfitzgerald.bsky.social · Aug 6

Re-sharing this piece I wrote yesterday evening for the evening standard, on those 'tree on its way' signs in the square mile, and the problems of nature as superhero: www.standard.co.uk/comment/lond...

London commuters, a tree is 'on its way'. Can it save you?

‘Tree on its way.’ Commuters between London Bridge and the Monument may have seen this rather startling message, stencilled on the pavement in stark black and white, at regular intervals in recent wee...

www.standard.co.uk

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Reid Allen @reidallen.bsky.social · Jul 28

An interesting take with an important warning to heed as we continue the push towards swimmable cities

outdoorswimmer.com/featured/is-...

Is urban swimming a threat to swimming freedom? - Outdoor Swimmer Magazine

There's a growing movement to make our cities more swimmable - but this usually means created controlled swimming spots rather than allowing unrestricted swimming.

outdoorswimmer.com

Reid Allen @reidallen.bsky.social · Jul 18

Pleased to say that I completed my RLSS Open Water Lifeguard training at Beckenham lake earlier this week (including an additional Automated External Defibrillator training qualification) learning crucial first aid, CPR and water-based rescue skills.

Reid Allen @reidallen.bsky.social · Jul 11

An excellent few days at my second (and the 50th anniversary of!) @leisure-studies.bsky.social conference in York.

The interdisciplinary nature of LSA always makes for great presentations and discussions around the borderlands.

And thanks to all that came to Tom and I’s workshop and engaged!

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Reid Allen @reidallen.bsky.social · Jul 8

Hi Chris, I may be too late to the party here but I would be interested if you still need someone

Reid Allen @reidallen.bsky.social · Jul 8

Arrived in York on a gorgeous day for the @leisure-studies.bsky.social conference

Reid Allen @reidallen.bsky.social · Jul 2

‘Researching the leisure we practice: unpacking and understanding embodied ethnographic methods’

Tom Critchley and I are running a workshop at LSA 2025 next week in York. If you’re there come along and talk participatory, entangled methods!

Reid Allen @reidallen.bsky.social · Jun 30

Hi Claire - I'd be interesting in participating online if possible and seeing if I can add anything helpful from my master's thesis

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Reid Allen @reidallen.bsky.social · Jun 24

Will tell you all about it soon!

Reid Allen @reidallen.bsky.social · Jun 24

It was indeed! That also sounds fantastic - big fan of Copenhagen harbour

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Reid Allen @reidallen.bsky.social · Jun 24

Some of the other (minimal) photos I took: citizen science water testing workshop, scale model of the Rijnhaven’s grand plans, and a couple of presentation and panel highlights

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Reid Allen @reidallen.bsky.social · Jun 24

Inspiring few days at the first ever Swimmable Cities summit in Rotterdam. More conferences with morning and evening swims in the programming please!

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Reid Allen @reidallen.bsky.social · Jun 17

Big news! Temporary...but a step in the right direction regardless

www.timeout.com/london/news/...

A new free lido will open in east London this summer

It’ll be at the Royal Docks for one month only.

www.timeout.com

Reid Allen @reidallen.bsky.social · Jun 17

I've just dropped you an email!

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Reid Allen @reidallen.bsky.social · Jun 17

Thanks Les. I'd love to chat to you about it at some point as I have indeed heard you were an avid Beckenham enjoyer!

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Reid Allen @reidallen.bsky.social · Jun 17

Just listened this morning - loved it Les!

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Reid Allen @reidallen.bsky.social · Jun 12

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Leisure Studies Journal @leisurestudies.bsky.social · Jun 10

New Research Article 📚

The leisure of grey spaces, urban play and the chromatic turn.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#Leisure #GreySpaces #Environment

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Reid Allen @reidallen.bsky.social · Jun 3

New developments in the Thames Water saga this morning www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Thames Water preferred bidder KKR pulls out of rescue deal

Future of troubled supplier in doubt as US private equity group says it cannot proceed with acquiring £4bn stake

www.theguardian.com

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · May 27

OUT NOW #OnlineFirst: Live Methods Revisited

Eight new papers focus on @academicdiary.bsky.social‬ and Nirmal Puwar’s Live Methods and its clarion call for more “artful and crafty” sociological methodologies. Edited by @emmakjackson.bsky.social‬ ‪& @kirsteen-paton.bsky.social‬

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Reid Allen @reidallen.bsky.social · May 13

A Shadwell story: the swan and the turtle (/terrapin?)

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Reid Allen @reidallen.bsky.social · May 13

Blurb from her website is fascinating