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Dr Thomas Thurnell-Read

@thurnellreadsoc.bsky.social
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Sociologist of leisure and consumption; alcohol, drinking culture & pubs; men and masculinity (wellbeing, identity & relationships). www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/social-pol…

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Dr Thomas Thurnell-Read @thurnellreadsoc.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Baking with my five year old daughter and three year old twins this morning.
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Robert De Niro Demands Perfect Blueberry Muffins
ALT: Robert De Niro Demands Perfect Blueberry Muffins
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Dr Thomas Thurnell-Read @thurnellreadsoc.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
‘Nobody’s going out!’ Why is Britain’s nightlife in such decline – and can anything save it? www.theguardian.com/music/2026/m...
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Dr Thomas Thurnell-Read @thurnellreadsoc.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
📢 New case study alert! We’ve just published the latest long read case study for the After Last Orders project — exploring the closure of the famous Birmingham pub the Bartons Arms👉 after-last-orders.lboro.ac.uk/the-bartons-...
Water colour illustration of The Bartons Arms pub.
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Dr Thomas Thurnell-Read @thurnellreadsoc.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
A quick visit to the "Brewery Graveyard" at the Bread and Bitter in Mapperley, Nottingham.
Pub blackboard explaining "All of the Brewery memorabilia in this area is from now closed English Breweries"
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Dr Thomas Thurnell-Read @thurnellreadsoc.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Disgraceful. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The 15-minute call where hundreds of 'devastated' Brewdog staff were made redundant
The independent brewer and pub chain has been bought by US beverage and cannabis firm Tilray in a £33m deal.
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Dr Thomas Thurnell-Read @thurnellreadsoc.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Drinks, darts, DJs and drag queens: the artwork that’s a fully-functioning pub – with the artist pulling pints www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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Drinks, darts, DJs and drag queens: the artwork that’s a fully-functioning pub – with the artist pulling pints
Young Glasgow artist Trackie McLeod talks us through Utopia, the boozer he built from scratch where punters can sink a beer, throw darts at Thatcher or Trump – and win chocolate coins from one-armed b...
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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
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!
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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 · 15/09/2025
Useful looking online methods event on Qualitative Sampling and Sample size with @profkarenoreilly.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/qualitativ...
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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 · 15/09/2025
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 · 06/09/2025
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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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 · 16/07/2025
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-...
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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.
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Dr Thomas Thurnell-Read @thurnellreadsoc.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
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 · 16/06/2025
"You okay mate?" The Notts pub that’s getting men talking about their feelings leftlion.co.uk/features/202...
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"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 · 16/06/2025
'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...
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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 · 16/06/2025
Great being involved in this. Thanks @professorpub.bsky.social for setting the stage and facilitating the discussion.
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Dr Thomas Thurnell-Read @thurnellreadsoc.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
‘Parenthood is messy’: what it’s really like to raise a child – in pictures www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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‘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 · 07/06/2025
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 · 14/05/2025
www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2025...
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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 · 13/05/2025
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.
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Dr Thomas Thurnell-Read @thurnellreadsoc.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
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...
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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.
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Dr Thomas Thurnell-Read @thurnellreadsoc.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
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Dr Thomas Thurnell-Read @thurnellreadsoc.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
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
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Gareth M. Thomas @gmthomas.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
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 thomasg23@cf.ac.uk.
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Recalibrating Stigma - Symposium.pdf
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Drinking Studies Network (DSN) @drinkingstudies.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
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...
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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 · 09/04/2025
"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...
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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.
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Mark Pulsford @markjpulsford.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Very pleased to be inviting chapter proposals for our new Routledge Companion to Gender & Fatherhood - share and get in touch if would like to contribute! #fatherhood #gender #families #research
The Routledge Companion to Gender and Fatherhood offers a panoramic view of the fatherhood studies field. The volume gathers contributions from a range of disciplines and perspectives, taking fatherhood as a dynamic, multifaceted cultural symbol and as context-bound, embodied practice undertaken within systems of gendered social relations. It introduces a new generation of researchers and professionals to the field and showcases current research themes, aiming to galvanise new empirical and theoretical endeavours. Contact the editors if you would like to contribute a chapter!The Routledge Companion to Gender and Fatherhood offers a panoramic view of the fatherhood studies field. The volume gathers contributions from a range of disciplines and perspectives, taking fatherhood as a dynamic, multifaceted cultural symbol and as context-bound, embodied practice undertaken within systems of gendered social relations. It introduces a new generation of researchers and professionals to the field and showcases current research themes, aiming to galvanise new empirical and theoretical endeavours. Contact the editors if you would like to contribute a chapter!
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Dr Thomas Thurnell-Read @thurnellreadsoc.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Intro track for today's lecture on the sociology of food: "It's true that I, well, I'm a barbecue enjoyer And I slag off nut roasts sometimes, just to annoy you" www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2c3...
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The Vegan Song
YouTube video by Grace Petrie - Topic
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Dr Claire Markham @culturalclare.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Trying to get some traction on Bluesky as I move from X any reposts of my pub research /work much appreciated @matthew-wright.bsky.social
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Dr Emma Casey @emmahcasey.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
My book The Return of the Housewife is now available to pre-order, has an appropriately angry front cover and some lovely early endorsements @manchesterup.bsky.social
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Manchester University Press - The return of the housewife
The return of the housewife - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of The return of the housewife by Emma Casey
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Dr Thomas Thurnell-Read @thurnellreadsoc.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Why Craft Beer Just Isn't as Popular as It Used to Be www.vice.com/en/article/w...
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Why Craft Beer Just Isn't as Popular as It Used to Be
It's likely not a coincidence that the decline in craft beer interest lines up with the surge in non-alcoholic offerings.
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Dr Thomas Thurnell-Read @thurnellreadsoc.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Better sleep, more energy and feeling in control: the reported benefits of Dry January theconversation.com/better-sleep... via @uk.theconversation.com
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Better sleep, more energy and feeling in control: the reported benefits of Dry January
In one study, more than half of participants reported better sleep quality and more energy.
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Dr Thomas Thurnell-Read @thurnellreadsoc.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-n...
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The Notts pubs combating loneliness and encouraging art of conversation
Christmas can be a lonely time and venues have pledged to open for people spending the day on their own
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Dr Thomas Thurnell-Read @thurnellreadsoc.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Happy to have a newly published article out exploring how older consumers negotiate and adapt their consumption preferences and practices and, in spite of various barriers, use socially active consumption to challenge negative stereotypes about inactivity in later life. doi.org/10.1332/2752...
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Alcohol, adaptation and (in)activity in the narratives of older consumers
It is only recently that sociologists of consumption have begun to explore the experiences of older consumers, yet there remains a persistence of stereotypes of older adults as habitual consumers pron...
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John Holmes @jholmessheff.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
We wrote a book! Everything we learned over six years of work on the decline in youth drinking in the UK, Australia, Sweden and Finland. www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/1...
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Young People, Alcohol, and Risk | A Culture of Caution | Amy Pennay, G
Young People, Alcohol, and Risk theorises the social, cultural, and economic shifts that have underpinned significant declines in young people’s drinking in
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Dr Thomas Thurnell-Read @thurnellreadsoc.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
As a qualitative research, not always, but often enough, I come out of an interview just feeling privileged to have a relative stranger share a bit of their lives and themselves with me, and for some time after I keep thinking please let good things happen to this nice person.
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Dr Thomas Thurnell-Read @thurnellreadsoc.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Interesting focus on the changing leisure habits reconfiguring the night-time economy. These trends are typically thought of as spatial phenomena - people staying 'in' or 'online' - so the strong focus on temporal shifts is fascinating. www.theguardian.com/music/2024/n...
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‘By 8pm it is time to head home’: whatever happened to the big night out?
This week, the chief executive of a major bar group suggested 3pm is the new 9pm. Why have we stopped drinking and dancing the night away on a Friday and Saturday night?
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