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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 20d

If you are a pub/bar/restaurant/hotel/council that would like to use our nolo
point of sale materials/publicans guide you can find them here www.york.ac.uk/business-soc...
They are FREE to use!!!
Grateful for any shares to get them out there!

Exploring no and low alcohol consumption

Multi-perspective research exploring NoLo alcohol’s global impact, consumer typologies, trade visibility, economic effects, and policy tools.

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Dr Thomas Thurnell-Read @thurnellreadsoc.bsky.social · 26d

Useful looking online methods event on Qualitative Sampling and Sample size with @profkarenoreilly.bsky.social

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Qualitative Sampling and Sample size with Karen O'Reilly

An interactive online session examining interpretive sampling as outlined in Karen's book Qualitative Research Methods for Everyone.

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Dr Thomas Thurnell-Read @thurnellreadsoc.bsky.social · 26d

Excited to share the first three case study 'long reads' from the After Last Orders project - funded by @leverhulme.ac.uk. Each case study draws on extensive research to tell the story of a pub and the people and places affected by its closure. after-last-orders.lboro.ac.uk

Watercolour illustration of front of a closed pub, signage reads After Last Orders.

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Dr Thomas Thurnell-Read @thurnellreadsoc.bsky.social · Sep 10

Brilliant event, thanks for organising Claire!

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Dr Thomas Thurnell-Read @thurnellreadsoc.bsky.social · Sep 6

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Lincoln cat travels over 30 miles to Nottingham pub - twice

Peanut has managed to twice find his way from Lincoln to Castle Rock Brewery in Nottingham.

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Dr Thomas Thurnell-Read @thurnellreadsoc.bsky.social · Aug 20

Sad to see this famous and much-celebrated pub close. Have you seen this footage from 1974? Even then they were asking how the Bartons Arms could be 'miraculously still standing'! www.macearchive.org/films/atv-to...

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Dr Thomas Thurnell-Read @thurnellreadsoc.bsky.social · Jul 16

Drawing on our research for the @leverhulmetrust.bsky.social funded After Last Orders project, @robertdeakin.bsky.social and I share some insights into the impact of pub closures in this new article for @uk.theconversation.com theconversation.com/consolation-...

Consolation, community, national identity: what is lost when pubs close – and how they can be saved

The cost of running a pub has risen dramatically.

theconversation.com

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Dr Thomas Thurnell-Read @thurnellreadsoc.bsky.social · Jul 16

A huge thanks to the wonderful interdisciplinary group of academics, writers and researchers who visited @lborouniversity.bsky.social yesterday to discuss findings from our Leverhulme Trust funded After Last Orders project on the social and cultural impacts of pub closures.

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Dr Thomas Thurnell-Read @thurnellreadsoc.bsky.social · Jun 16

"You okay mate?" The Notts pub that’s getting men talking about their feelings leftlion.co.uk/features/202...

"You okay mate?" The Notts pub that’s getting men talking about their feelings

The national mental health crisis and its profound effect on men is a phenomenon widely talked about that lots of people have posed different solutions to. In Sneinton Market however, LeftLion neighbo...

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Drinking Studies Network (DSN) @drinkingstudies.bsky.social · Jun 16

'Young people's consumption of no/low alcohol drinks in family settings' | new project launch @sarg-scharr.bsky.social sarg-sheffield.ac.uk/projects/you...

Young people's consumption of no/low alcohol drinks in family settings - Sheffield Addictions Research Group

This project explores young people's consumption of no/low alcohol drinks in Great Britain, focusing on family settings. Using surveys and interviews, it will investigate adult perceptions, consumptio...

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Dr Thomas Thurnell-Read @thurnellreadsoc.bsky.social · Jun 16

Great being involved in this. Thanks @professorpub.bsky.social for setting the stage and facilitating the discussion.

Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · Jun 16

Some more article proofs today - a ‘conversation’ - part of our @jmmnews.bsky.social special issue which will be out soon (with @goodchembrew.bsky.social , @theswanyork.bsky.social , @thurnellreadsoc.bsky.social & @robertdeakin.bsky.social)!

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Dr Thomas Thurnell-Read @thurnellreadsoc.bsky.social · Jun 10

‘Parenthood is messy’: what it’s really like to raise a child – in pictures www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

‘Parenthood is messy’: what it’s really like to raise a child – in pictures

Aware that social media paints an unrealistic picture of ‘perfect’ parenting, Kirsten Lewis spent 15 years capturing the raw reality of life with kids. Her message? Your children love you!

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Dr Thomas Thurnell-Read @thurnellreadsoc.bsky.social · Jun 7

Absolutely! Its on a growing list of summer reading about to be ordered.

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Dr Thomas Thurnell-Read @thurnellreadsoc.bsky.social · Jun 7

The article on the history of GBBF is brilliant!

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Dr Thomas Thurnell-Read @thurnellreadsoc.bsky.social · Jun 7

Impromptu visit to what might as well be called the South Leamington Beer Furlong.

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Dr Thomas Thurnell-Read @thurnellreadsoc.bsky.social · May 14

www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2025...

Stonegate sees boom in low and no alcohol beers and cider sales

Guinness 0% topped the list of best performing low alcohol beers, followed by Heineken 0.0%, Old Mout Berries 0%, Peroni Nastro and Days Lager 0%

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Dr Thomas Thurnell-Read @thurnellreadsoc.bsky.social · May 13

The first article from our @leverhulme.ac.uk 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.

Robert Deakin @robertdeakin.bsky.social · May 12

New article on the 'banal nationalism' of pub closure media narratives with @thurnellreadsoc.bsky.social, now out in the British Journal of Sociology: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Dr Thomas Thurnell-Read @thurnellreadsoc.bsky.social · May 8

Interesting that the uptake of remote and hybrid working is shifting the timing and location of leisure and retail spending, with suburban supermarkets the big winner. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

After-work drinks in decline outside London, peers told

A Lords committee hears Thursday is the new Friday for city-centre workers - but only in the capital.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Dr Thomas Thurnell-Read @thurnellreadsoc.bsky.social · May 4

Beer Today @beertoday.bsky.social · May 4

www.vogue.co.uk/article/todd...

In Defence Of Children In Pubs

Pubs are actually the perfect place for toddlers, argues Vogue’s parenting columnist Nell Frizzell.

www.vogue.co.uk

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Dr Thomas Thurnell-Read @thurnellreadsoc.bsky.social · Apr 16

Oh, yes please :)

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Dr Thomas Thurnell-Read @thurnellreadsoc.bsky.social · Apr 15

So many lovely and brilliant people involved in this series of talks taking place in in some excellent Bristol pubs this spring/summer @goodchembrew.bsky.social @drinkingstudies.bsky.social @boakandbailey.bsky.social @philmellows.bsky.social

Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · Apr 14

Delighted to announce the first three events in our re-launched 'Think While You Drink' series. Based in pubs in Bristol, free and open to all, come and join us for some interesting and fun talks this spring/summer. Sign up for the first event here: fb.me/e/2uqWTYz3s

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Gareth M. Thomas @gmthomas.bsky.social · Apr 2

Free symposium, 'Recalibrating Stigma', on 26.06.25 at at University of Edinburgh. Funded by SHI Foundation. Speakers: Katharine Cheston, Harriet Cooper, Fay Dennis, Janice McLaughlin, Jennifer Remnant, and more! Details: jumpshare.com/v/bzZYybtCP9.... Register by 30/04. Email at [email protected].

Recalibrating Stigma - Symposium.pdf

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Drinking Studies Network (DSN) @drinkingstudies.bsky.social · Apr 10

Delighted to be collaborating with @britbeerwriters.bsky.social for this online event with @culturalclare.bsky.social @professorpub.bsky.social @thurnellreadsoc.bsky.social and Dr Rob Deakin, chaired by @philmellows.bsky.social www.beerguild.co.uk/news/new-gui...

New Guild Event - The Pub: Evolving not Dying? | The British Guild of Beer Writers

Monday 12th May 2025, 7pm Zoom online Pubs have survived pandemic lockdowns only to lurch into a crisis of rising...

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Dr Thomas Thurnell-Read @thurnellreadsoc.bsky.social · Apr 9

"Pubs and cafes are more than just businesses. Often, they’re the beating hearts of communities...When the shutters come down, it represents a tear in the community fabric and threatens the cohesion of neighbourhoods". theconversation.com/how-the-stru...

How the struggles of the UK hospitality sector could hit the rest of the economy

Pubs, restaurants, cafes and hotels are part of the UK’s economic and social fabric.

theconversation.com

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