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James Kneale

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Cultural/historical geographer at ucl working on drink/temperance, insurance, literary geographies, sf/fantastic/horror, &c. He/him. Journal of Victorian Culture co-editor @jofvictculture.bsky.social Drinking Studies Network starter pack gardener

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James Kneale @jameskneale.bsky.social · Nov 10

Inevitably, I've made a Drinking Studies Network starter pack based on the DSN's members list (drinkingstudies.wordpress.com/members-2/) If you don't want to be included, or if you see people I've missed and could add, please let me know!
go.bsky.app/4zgBneK

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James Kneale @jameskneale.bsky.social · 22h

The Abba holograms will soundtrack the heat death of the universe

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 1d

you ever think about those real weird overlaps. like tennessee williams might have listened to the ramones

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James Kneale @jameskneale.bsky.social · 1d

We heard about smoking rooms and smoking jackets...

James Kneale @jameskneale.bsky.social · 1d

Enjoyed Ivan Marković's seminar on the 'atmospheric politics of smoking in modern Britain' at today's @lghgseminar.bsky.social seminar, the first in this term's 'Bad Habits' series. Three stories from his book, prompting many questions & thoughtful answers www.bloomsbury.com/uk/atmospher...

An Atmospheric History of Smoking in Modern Britain

This book studies the historiography of smoking in modern Britain, with a focus on the social, cultural, and emotional aspects of the practice.Centring on four…

www.bloomsbury.com

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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · 1d

Think While You Drink on Thurs features Local Archaeologist & Brewer Nick Fitzgerald and Heritage Brewer @beernouveau.co.uk. Together, they'll explore what early (pre-historic) beers might have tasted like, and what flavours are still used today.

goodchemistrybrewing.co.uk/pages/think-...

Think While You Drink

Join Good Chemistry and Drinking Studies Network for a series of free talks designed to make you THINK WHILE YOU DRINK! Bringing interesting talks on beers, brewing, pubs, the industry and wider drink...

goodchemistrybrewing.co.uk

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Ben Mechen @benmechen.bsky.social · 2d

On Weds we welcome @katrinanavickas.bsky.social to IHR @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social seminar

Katrina will talk abt "Public space + popular protest in 20thC England: enclosure, resistance + commoning"

In-person/hybrid. All welcome, register here!
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

@ihr.bsky.social

Public space and popular protest in 20th century England: enclosure, resistance and commoning

This session draws from the book, Contested Commons: a History of Protest and Public Space in England

www.history.ac.uk

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Colm Murphy @colmpm.bsky.social · 1d

*Calling PhD students of modern British and imperial history in London*

The @ihrbritainseminar.bsky.social's first session this Thursday (9 Oct.) is dedicated to PhDs, at any stage, for elevator pitches and meet-and-greet. Do come along! Details in the link.

www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

New PhD Student Session

For the first session of term we will be hosting a meet and greet at the IHR for all PhD students in modern British and imperial history.

www.history.ac.uk

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James Kneale @jameskneale.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks Pam!

James Kneale @jameskneale.bsky.social · 1d

Another fantastic online seminar from the Women and Alcohol cluster of the @drinkingstudies.bsky.social coming up in November!

Women & Alcohol (DSN Research Cluster) @womenandalcohol.bsky.social · 1d

Our next online seminar will take place on 6 November at 12.00 midday. Louisa Niesen, European University Institute will speak on 'Alcohol Consumption among Women Tourists, 1880-1914'. This event is online. More information and how to get the zoom link here:

www.womenandalcohol.net/2025/10/onli...

Online seminar - Alcohol Consumption among Women Tourists, 1880-1914

Project: Between the drunken ‘mother of destruction’ and the sober ‘angel of the house’.

www.womenandalcohol.net

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The Geographical Journal @thegj.bsky.social · 13d

Special Section in The GJ:

'Legacies of Austerity', edited by @smhall.bsky.social & @sanvanlan.bsky.social

This #OpenAccess collection explores how the lens of legacies can be applied to understand austerity's effects in Europe. Available here⬇️

rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...

A blue tile with a quote from the editorial introduction to the 'Legacies of Austerity' Special Section by S. van Lanen & S.M. Hall (2025): "As political discourse transforms and the period of fierce austerity implementation moves into history, we believe critical geographers should remain attentive to its traces in everyday practices, policy realities and material conditions. To imagine alternative futures, austerity's legacies should not be forgotten".

A blue tile sharing the titles of 8 open access papers within the 'Legacies of Austerity' Special Section:
1) 'Legacies of Austerity: Editorial Introduction' by Sander van Lanen & Sarah Marie Hall
2) 'Family Hubs and the vulnerable care ecologies of child and family welfare in austerity' by Tom Disney et al.
3) 'Relational legacies and relative experiences: Austerity, inequality and access to special educational needs and disability (SEND) support in London, England' by Rosalie Warnock
4) 'Lived experiences of utilities-based indebtedness in Greece: Tracing the afterlives of austerity' by Aliki Koutlou
5) 'Grassroots temporary urbanism as a challenge to the city of austerity? Lessons from a self-organised park in Thessaloniki, Greece' by Matina Kapsali
6) 'De-municipalisation? Legacies of austerity for England's urban parks' by Andrew Smith et al.
7) 'Austerity's afterlives? The case of community asset transfer in the UK' by Neil Turnbull
8) 'Austere futures: From hardship to hope?' by Julie MacLeavy

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IrishBeerHistory @beerfoodtravel.bsky.social · 2d

This is an excellent piece - it really is. It reminded me too that I've been hoarding information on the seasonal migration of Irish hop pickers into England in the 19th century that I really need to write up ...

Brian Alberts @brewedculture.org · 2d

It's easy to love fresh hop beer season in the Pacific Northwest, but a bit harder to see the labor and communities that make it happen.

For @vinepair.com, I offer a taste of the multicultural history that roots PNW hops, and the mistakes we can't seem to learn from.

vinepair.com/articles/wor...

Beneath the Bines: The Multicultural Roots of the Pacific Northwest Hop Harvest

”My dad gave me advice 60 years ago: The day that you think you’re any better than the lowest man on the job is the day you start going backwards.” Bill Coleman represents the fifth of seven generatio...

vinepair.com

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Health Humanities Research Group @healthhumslboro.bsky.social · 2d

🔈📚🕰️🩺 Join us for a Loughborough Health Humanities x Cultural Currents event on Weds 29 October, 16:15. Taking place in a hybrid format - DM us (or DM @culturalcurrents.bsky.social) for link and details. See post below for more info on our wonderful speakers👇

culturalcurrents.bsky.social @culturalcurrents.bsky.social · 2d

On Wed 29 Oct, 16.15, join us for our first event of 2025-26, feat. two @lboroenglish.bsky.social legends:

1/1 Dr Anne-Marie Beller @braddonite.bsky.social
"We regret to learn that Miss Braddon is out of her mind": Insanity and the Lunatic Asylum in Mary Elizabeth Braddon's Life and Fiction

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James Kneale @jameskneale.bsky.social · 2d

I would definitely be there if I could be in two places at once! Looking forward to seeing the book

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James Kneale @jameskneale.bsky.social · 2d

Recommended - I would go myself, but I am giving a seminar at the IHR. Tickets for my seminar will be... room temperature rather than hot 🙂

Matt Houlbrook @tricksterprince.bsky.social · 2d

Three tickets left - if you're interested in #sevendials #London or #20s30s culture they might be the hottest ones in town.

Matt Houlbrook @tricksterprince.bsky.social · 22d

The launch of my new @manchesterup.bsky.social book Songs of Seven Dials will be at 6pm, Tues 21 Oct, at Waterstones Covent Garden. I'll be in conversation with the wonderful @julialaite.bsky.social.

Please do come along. Free tickets, but register in advance

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/songs-of-s...

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Katie Mather @katiematherkm.bsky.social · 2d

Here I am in DR talking about real ale's newest fans - the youth

drinksretailingnews.co.uk/real-ale-fin...

Real ale finds favour with younger crowd - Drinks Retailing

Katie Mather discovers why a new generation of drinkers are choosing cask beer Beer is hard to predict. In an industry where trends have been a major driver for change and growth, consumer desire for ...

drinksretailingnews.co.uk

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James Kneale @jameskneale.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks - looks like I can't get to the rest of the story, but that is helpful. Thank you

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Ben Whitham @drbenwhitham.bsky.social · 3d

Men in balaclavas set fire to a mosque in East Sussex last night. It's only appearing on the BBC's local coverage, rather than its main national headlines, despite coming just a week after the (also under-reported) firebombing of an asylum hotel in London last week
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Peacehaven: Fire at East Sussex mosque probed as 'hate crime'

Video appears to show two people in balaclavas at the mosque before a large blaze spreads.

www.bbc.co.uk

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planthums-uk.bsky.social @planthums-uk.bsky.social · 5d

#PLANTATION #SCIENCE & #EMPIRE in the 20TH CENTURY: 3.5 yrs funded PhD @LSE & @rbgkew.bsky.social supervised by Kasia Kaprocki & @marknesbitt.bsky.social Details: lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...

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Agenda Publishing @agendapub.bsky.social · 5d

“A chilling and eye-opening exposé... gives voice to those living at the sharpest edge of austerity and makes an irrefutable case for change.”

@graceblakeley.substack.com on 'Debt Trap Nation' by
@kbrickell.bsky.social & Mel Nowicki (out next week).

uk.bookshop.org/p/books/debt...

#housing #debt

Photo of a pile of books. The books are 'Debt Trap Nation' by Katherine Brickell and Mel Nowicki. Cover image features a woman and small child in a deep concrete basin or pit with no way of climbing out as the ladder is too short.

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Morag Rose @thelrm.bsky.social · 5d

It's First Sunday, this Sunday, so time for a wander with The LRM and you're invited. Meet 2pm under the tiled map in Mcr Victoria for a slow mooch to The Eagle Inn, Salford to celebrate #TheFeministArtofWalking. Pub open but event full, returns only INFO: thelrm.org/entries/gene... #psychogeography

The cover image for The Feminist Art of Walking by Morag Rose

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The London Archives @thelondonarchives.bsky.social · 5d

Before cinema, there was Music Hall! 🎭

From pub backrooms to grand palaces of entertainment, it was the heart of London's cultural life.

Uncover treasures from the golden age in our new free display, 'Spotlight on Music Hall'. Opens Oct 6!
www.thelondonarchives.org/visit-us/exh...
#Archives

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Journal of Cultural Economy @jcultecon.bsky.social · 6d

Our latest issue just out and, we think we can say this, it is a banger. www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjce20/c... feat. @philiproscoe.bsky.social @ulissess.bsky.social @cibled.bsky.social @maijutanninen.bsky.social @busedoyu.bsky.social @zephoria.bsky.social @theobourgeron.bsky.social &&

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 7d

Published this month: 'Atlantic Isles: Travel and Identity in the British and Irish West, 1880–1940', by Gareth Roddy bit.ly/48Hkjfu

The next in the Society's 'New Historical Perspectives' book series, available from 30 October: Open Access and paperback print @uolpress.bsky.social #Skystorians

Cover of new Royal Historical Society monograph published on 30 October 2025: 'Atlantic Isles: Travel and Identity in the British and Irish West, 1880–1940' by Gareth Roddy

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Hannah Elias @hannahelias.bsky.social · 8d

Are you an emerging scholar researching Black British history and looking for opportunities to share your research? Please get in touch with @oliviawyatt1999.bsky.social or Meleisa Ono George via contact info below to take part in this ⚡️ talks session @ihr.bsky.social (and please share widely!)

IHR Black British History Seminar @ihrblackbritish.bsky.social · 8d

Kicking off our fantastic line up with a showcase of new research! Get in touch if you are a postgraduate or early career researcher who would like to introduce their work to the field.

📍 Hybrid: N304, IHR, Senate House, WC1E 7HU and Online
📅 Thursday 16th October, 2025
⏰ 17:30
🔗 bit.ly/3INwCfO

Email Olivia.Wyatt@ed.ac.uk or Meleisa.Ono-George@history.ox.ac.uk to present online or in-person

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Drinking Studies Network (DSN) @drinkingstudies.bsky.social · 7d

'Trends in use of alcohol-free or low alcohol drinks in attempts to reduce alcohol consumption in Great Britain, 2020-2024: a population-based study' | @bmj.com bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/3/2/...

Trends in use of alcohol-free or low alcohol drinks in attempts to reduce alcohol consumption in Great Britain, 2020-2024: a population-based study

Introduction Sales and availability of alcohol-free and low alcohol drinks have increased in the UK since 2020. This study aimed to assess trends in the use of alcohol-free and low alcohol drinks to r...

bmjpublichealth.bmj.com

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James Kneale @jameskneale.bsky.social · 8d

That should be ease-y to work out...