Les Back

Just wanted to let you know that I will not be posting any longer on X thanks to all the follows in the past I will be posting in future at @academicdiary.bsky.social

Thank you Bruce. Here’s to the artists who inspire us to keep fighting.

University of Glasgow - Schools - School of Social & Political Sciences - Recovering Community Podcast - Bonus Episode gla.ac.uk/schools/social…

For Ray Charles 95th birthday everythingjazz.com/story/ray-char…

A pilgrimage to the Cable Street Mural in London, a celebration of the kind of cross community antifascist coalitions we so need today.

Too much talk about our PhD scars does current students a disservice timeshighereducation.com/opinion/too-mu… via @timeshighered

@I_amMukhtar They are not hiding.

Steve Bannon did a Nazi salute. They're not hiding it anymore.

@BenAndersonGeog Thanks, Ben.

Sobering, important reflections here - but Les Back’s @AcademicDiary particularly spoke to me, not least in holding onto academia as a collective endeavour timeshighereducation.com/depth/uks-redu…

“while scholarship is rewarded individually, it cannot be practised alone; it is a shared collective endeavour or it is nothing. Redundancies in one place damage us all.”— @AcademicDiary

"While scholarship is rewarded individually, it cannot be practised alone; it is a shared collective endeavour or it is nothing...Unprecedented damage is being experienced everywhere in UK higher education.. & we must find ways to repair it" @AcademicDiary timeshighereducation.com/depth/uks-redu…

@AhmedNMuse @UofGlasgow @UofGSocSci It was wonderful see you Ahmed, it was a brilliant occasion I thought and was glad that so many PhDs attended.

It was a pleasure meeting Les Back @AcademicDiary 2day at z #PhDThrive_Connect event. Les interviewed me back in 2014 when I was applying 2 #GoldsmithsCollege, & after all these yrs, we finally met in #Glasgow—where he now serves as z Head of Sociology at @UofGlasgow @UofGSocSci.

Grateful to Zoe Williams at @guardian for the mention of our book in today's paper #socialmurder #austerity theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

#injustice he’s guilty as hell and everyone knows it - including and especially Jack Smith.

@sumingkhoo Yes Matt’s a wonderful person - his book about the cultural history of the drum kit is brilliant. He’s an amazing drummer himself.

@AcademicDiary Goodness, really extraordinary.

Du Bois last message to the world - what an extraordinary thing.

@allenanalysis Astonishing

What an absolutely pathetic display of fragility and hate. The bare minimum—shaking someone’s hand—is apparently too much for these people. This is cave-dweller behavior, plain and simple. No class, no decency, just pure spite.

Paul Gilroy, one of the foremost theorists of race and racism, has very generously donated several hundred books from his university office library. We will be selling these books, priced mostly from £1-5, from the 18th of January onwards. Come find a hidden treasure!

Deeply honoured to have my work recognised in this way.