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Gavin Brewis

@gavinbrewis.bsky.social
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C4 Community Catapult Research Fellow with interests in youth culture, communities, systemic violence, and intergenerational psychosocial trauma. Scholar of Buckfast Tonic Marxism. 🍾

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Gavin Brewis @gavinbrewis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Take note. Several universities cited.💡
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Gavin Brewis @gavinbrewis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Pleased to share that my review of Uwe Boll’s Citizen Vigilante, titled: “A Landlord with a Gun”, is now available in Crime, Media, Culture. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Gavin Brewis @gavinbrewis.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Gloria Steinem was a CIA asset who was tasked with subverting the feminist movement away from class-based analysis. She founded the Independent Research Service that was funded by the CIA to spread anti-communist propaganda at youth festivals abroad. 1/3
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Gavin Brewis @gavinbrewis.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Deadline for this call for abstracts for relevant chapters is Wednesday. Send abstracts to gav.brewis@hotmail.com or the email in the OP. Cheers.
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Gavin Brewis @gavinbrewis.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Going on holiday tomorrow. Suffered a bit of burnout last week and while the weekend seemed to sort me out, a few days in the sunshine with copious amounts of cocktails will do me the world of good. Had some good news with work after the graft so seems a good time for it. 🍸
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Gavin Brewis @gavinbrewis.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Hameboon. Aboot time anaw!
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Gavin Brewis @gavinbrewis.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Apparently this has been selling quite fast, and according to Darren, not many tickets are left, so thank you for showing an interest. I look forward to seeing you there. I'll be on the 14th but the whole series looks great. Link below! www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...
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Gavin Brewis @gavinbrewis.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Visited Fermanagh and Milltown today, the latter of which my great great grandfather was a servant (professional name "coachman", so drove Edward Archdale around, as did the rest of our family at that time) at the Archdale Castle.
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Gavin Brewis @gavinbrewis.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Glorious.
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Gavin Brewis @gavinbrewis.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
"They are trying to make hunting difficult because of one murder" First, just to get it right, Dunblane was not “one murder”. It was the murder of sixteen children, their teacher, alongside fifteen others who were seriously wounded...
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Gavin Brewis @gavinbrewis.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Interesting to see a return of the term "Ned" to mainstream media in the last couple of years. That's a few times now that journalists have felt comfortable throwing around the label, thinking not about the implications, let alone caring about them.🧵 www.heraldscotland.com/news/2625367...
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Once-wonderful T in the park festival became, well, a Woodstock for Scotland's neds
Once-wonderful Scots festival became Woodstock for neds
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Gavin Brewis @gavinbrewis.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Huge match for the people of Scotland tonight... #worldcup
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Gavin Brewis @gavinbrewis.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Queen's have given me expert status in my field. Check out my details below for any related work or insight. www.qub.ac.uk/News/find-an...
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Dr Gavin Brewis | News | Queen's University Belfast
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Gavin Brewis @gavinbrewis.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
I did say I'd make my own wee World Cup tune... Here's a wee Scottish Makina number to get folk in the mood for Wednesday. Titled as such in respect of the new book #Raveheart by @graemearmstrong.bsky.social ‘Raveheart (2026)’ by GFB is on #soundcloud m.soundcloud.com/gavin-f-brew...
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Raveheart (2026)
Stream Raveheart (2026) by GFB on desktop and mobile. Play over 320 million tracks for free on SoundCloud.
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Gavin Brewis @gavinbrewis.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
"Poor white children aren't victims of the state, but of bad parenting" Or so John Townsley would have you believe. Some thoughts on this here: www.linkedin.com/posts/gavin-...
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Gavin Brewis @gavinbrewis.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Belfast in an eerie state. Everything closed. The vast majority of buses stopped. Also seen the media cutting about taking photos of smashed windows (which have been smashed for a while now). Asked them about it and got pied. Stoking panic.
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Gavin Brewis @gavinbrewis.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
How Glasgow's young teams got happy for hardcore www.glasgowbell.co.uk/happy-hardco...
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How Glasgow's young teams got happy for hardcore
‘It was basically extending the gang warfare through the airwaves’
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Gavin Brewis @gavinbrewis.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Productive end to the week. Long overdue catch up with @crmnlgy.bsky.social and @robbiejourno.bsky.social this morning for a wee scran and coffee. Then got a new article in for submission after weeks of effin about with it. Few smokies and some reading now before an early night. Slàinte mhath!
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Gavin Brewis @gavinbrewis.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
The Ned Culture Renaissance has just peaked. 15-year-old me is in that collection somewhere, so please ignore the bleached blonde barcode fringe and hoop earring. 😆
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Gavin Brewis @gavinbrewis.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Notice! Scots can apply for the School Age Payment Grant (£331.95 per child) from today. The grant is for families with children aged 4 and 5, who are ready to start primary school. This can go toward uniforms, trips, stationery, etc. Read more and apply here: www.mygov.scot/best-start-g...
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Best Start Grant and Best Start Foods
Best Start Grant and Best Start Foods are payments to help with the costs of supporting your family.
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Graeme Armstrong @graemearmstrong.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
⚠️Limited time offer on Amazon before release on 04/06!!!! ⚠️ #Raveheart www.amazon.co.uk/Raveheart-be...
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Ryan Coyle @ryancoyle.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Two great minds and orators when discussing social class and the place of working-class people in Scottish politics and society. Nae polished social media affectation or pseudo intellectualism here, these guys are the real deal who are well informed, researched and have lived the life!
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Gavin Brewis @gavinbrewis.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Friday, 14th August. I'll be live at the @edinburghfringe.bsky.social with Darren McGarvey as part of his latest conversation series "Performative Male". We will be discussing politics, class, identity and culture in Scotland. Tickets on the link below: www.thestand.co.uk/fringe/2912/...
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Gavin Brewis @gavinbrewis.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Article by Greg Martin. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Gavin Brewis @gavinbrewis.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
"Like the conversation between the sword and the neck". Ghassan Kanafani highlights the inherent contradictions and detachment in Western media interviews. A Marxist-Leninist and active member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Kanafani was assasinated on 8th July, 1972.
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Gavin Brewis @gavinbrewis.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Many thanks to @graemearmstrong.bsky.social for an early copy of his brand new book – a hardback too! And an additional thank you too for the thoughtful wee mention in it.
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Gavin Brewis @gavinbrewis.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Exactly as I predicted!
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Graeme Armstrong @graemearmstrong.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Ravers & readers of 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿… we need you locked in for Raveheart: The Launch Party 🏰: SWG3, Glasgow 🕰️: 7pm-1am Wed 3rd June ⚠️: Over 18s only (sorry kids) skiddle.com/whats-on/Glasg…
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Gavin Brewis @gavinbrewis.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
The Demon Drink. We are all so invested in football. It means so much to us. But as a class, due to the trauma and hardships we endure, many of us struggle to enjoy the good without alcohol. We struggle to find a sense of escapism. But sadly, with a drink, we struggle even more.
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Gavin Brewis @gavinbrewis.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Despite the constant talks of "progressive" politics by those in power these last few months, the Scottish Government are doing absolutely nothing to prevent thousands of job cuts across Scottish academic institutions. Where is the support for the country's educators? A complete shambles!
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Gavin Brewis @gavinbrewis.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
"The whole system becomes weightless, it is no longer anything but a gigantic simulacrum—not unreal, but simulacrum, that is to say never exchanged for the real, but exchanged for itself, in an uninterrupted circuit without reference or circumference." Jean Baudrillard
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Graeme Armstrong @graemearmstrong.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Ravers & readers of 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 … Raveheart: The Launch Party @ SWG3 - 03/06/26 -7pm-1am ⏰ Arrive early, stay late 🦺 Dress to sweat ⚠️ Over 18s only www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Gla...
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Gavin Brewis @gavinbrewis.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Latest Queen's Communities and Place QCAPTURE, with a wee mention for the Sociology Association of Ireland Conference, some of the great work that was on show, and the launch of the brilliant new book 'Notions: The Lives of Working Class Academics'. www.qub.ac.uk/sites/qcap/n...
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Gavin Brewis @gavinbrewis.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
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An Economist’s Case for Selling a Kidney | Gavin Brewis
We are now at the stage where the capitalist classes are moralising the sale of organs as a common good principle. Indeed, we have long struggled against the brutalisation of the working-class body. ...
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Gavin Brewis @gavinbrewis.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Great day at the Sociological Association of Ireland Conference. As expected given contemporary global discourse, there were numerous talks on race, migration, and far right. Yet, class was rarely mentioned despite being a central feature in much of the above. Unimportant or uninteresting? Curious.
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Gavin Brewis @gavinbrewis.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Happy Star Wars Day, my friends.
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Graeme Armstrong @graemearmstrong.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Raveheart: The Book Tour… Loads of dates up and some still TBC 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🌪️ lnkfi.re/ZCeuno #GraemeArmstrong #Raveheart
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Gavin Brewis @gavinbrewis.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
First time putting together a special issue proposal. All in the space of a few weeks. A lot of sleepless nights to get an eight paper proposal sent in. Hopefully it gets the thumbs up but a lesson learned in the work involved for these things regardless. 🥶 😆
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Virtual Criminal Law Group @vclg.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Join us next Wednesday 29 April to discuss Daniel Hill, Stephen McLeod, Attila Tanyi, and Tarek Yusari’s paper, "The Law and Ethics of Entrapment: Definition, Evaluation, and Implications". Hope to see you online!
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Gavin Brewis @gavinbrewis.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Last night's @telegraph.co.uk event. An incredibly diverse panel (lol) answering the kind of questions that only their class ever seem to ask. Really sad to have missed that...
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Gavin Brewis @gavinbrewis.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Few thoughts on recent exploitative "content creation" in Glasgow. www.linkedin.com/posts/gavin-...
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In recent months I have noticed an intensification of coverage around Glasgow. Content creators, and social media channels, that present themselves as "documentary makers", or as "expo...
In recent months I have noticed an intensification of coverage around Glasgow. Content creators, and social media channels, that present themselves as "documentary makers", or as "exposing" the "corr...
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Gavin Brewis @gavinbrewis.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Every. Single. Time.
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Gavin Brewis @gavinbrewis.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Linkedin has always been a place where self-interest and an entrepeneurial mindset has existed without much critique on the platform – it's simply the accepted etiquette on there. Because of that, it's a place I've always found generally quite fake in terms of personality and intention. However...
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Gavin Brewis @gavinbrewis.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Have received a lot of messages following last night's appearance on the new BBC series "Ultras". Really nice to be a part of it, and the team involved in the making of it were all great. Three episodes, so hopefully people enjoy the remainder of the show. If you missed it, it's also on iPlayer.
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Gavin Brewis @gavinbrewis.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Just watched the new Louis Theroux Manosphere documentary. Really insightful and depressing in equal measure, but not too much of it was actually surprising. 🧵
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Gavin Brewis @gavinbrewis.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Said it before, and I'll say it again, Scotland should boycott this World Cup. Unpopular perhaps but there is no justification for going to a World Cup, in a country that is committing mass murder and aiding genocide. Simple as that.
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Gavin Brewis @gavinbrewis.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
In 2003, the Daily Record supported Labour and the illegal invasion of Iraq. A few months later, Jack McConnell announced his 'War on Neds'. 🧵 1/9
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Gavin Brewis @gavinbrewis.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
"Scotland would be safer if our police had guns". The @thecourier.co.uk published this article by Jim Spence claims that was later picked up on by BBC Radio Scotland. Here are some thoughts.🧵 www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/opinion/c...
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JIM SPENCE: Giving Scotland’s police officers guns would make us safer
In an increasingly violent world, a stick and a spray can are insufficient tools to protect the public from the mad, bad and dangerous.
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Gavin Brewis @gavinbrewis.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
QCAP Queen's Communities and Place's currently has three fully-funded PhD opportunities available: Developing Measurement Tools for Community-Academic Partnerships: Building Capacity, Sustainability, and Replication Across Place. www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
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Gavin Brewis @gavinbrewis.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
"You don't need fascism until the crisis of capitalism, and then it becomes its only saviour". Oswald Mosley to Megan Lloyd George, 1933.
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