Dolly incarcerated in the Moor Hospital Lancaster for having an illegitimate child in her early teens she never left, from the exhibition Life goes on @saltsmill For the history & background of this inhuman treatment read The undesirables by Sarah Wise

Can’t wait to read Lucia Osborne-Crowley

Thank you The Sociological Review Foundation for including this in your parenting issue. Thinking of all the mothers who have had their children removed from their care 💛

“As sociologists, colleagues and friends of Sociology, Goldsmiths @GoldsmithsUOL staff, we are horrified at their treatment, and the wilful and malevolent destruction of rich sociological knowledge.” Statement by the Foundation on Goldsmiths sociology job cuts: thesociologicalreview.org/announcements/…

"I want to live in a country where every child born every minute has the opportunity to flourish and thrive. For that to happen, the two-child limit needs to go, and go today." Guardian Opinion theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Super excited to listen to two of my favourite authors, Lucia Osborne-Crowley and Terri White 💛

Three major mental health Trusts in the UK have allowed researchers to use footage of patients in their bedroom for research purposes Patients have not been told their data was used in this way. THIS IS NOT OK stopoxevision.com/2024/07/15/stu…

10,000 paper dolls spill out of offertory bags, signifying the number of women estimated to have gone through the Magdalene laundry system since Irish independence. Incredibly moving exhibition by ⁦alison lowry⁩ ⁦National Museum of Ireland⁩

Important new report - Roma Families - how do we create inclusive services? lancaster.ac.uk/news/study-rev…

Really proud of my friend and colleague Joanna Kostka who has been part of the project team on this Sociology Department Lancaster University Such important work

Saw this overwhelmingly moving image today Ian Beesley exhibition Salts Mill

The completely fabulous mbherbert is the new The Sociological Review Foundation Fellow. Brenda’s work is off the scale brilliant and vital. Huge congratulations, Brenda!

'There were lots of empty seats....I was really quite shocked' Robert Peston says he was surprised by how many MPs left the Commons before the prime minister's statement on the Grenfell Inquiry report.

Listening to Helen Charman this evening BlackwellsManchester blew me away. I’ve bought the book for us Jenny Hanson. Threads of Connection Ambassador. 🌟

Congratulations Professor Jason Schaub on your new post at Bristol! Dr. Kim Detjen, LCSW and I are thrilled for you 🌟

Very excited to be one of the co-editors of Qualitative Social Work special issue on domestic violence/abuse. See our Call for Papers. Consider submitting and please circulate in your networks. #qualitativesocialwork #domesticabuse #socialwork journals.sagepub.com/page/qsw/calls…

So excited about our special issue on domestic violence/ abuse Dr Ariane Critchley DrWahidaShahKent mbherbert Professor Dawn Mannay Karen Broadhurst, FAcSS John Devaney Dr Caroline Leah

Amazing day The Sociological Review Foundation #UndiscipliningII Highlight for me was Dr Ulla McKnight workshop called Materialising Affective Beacons: Singing trauma and calling race. Building on work of Les Back and Nirmal Puwar