Tuesday, 16 March 2021

The Eighteenth Brumaire of Generation Sensible

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This morning I was doing the lecture I do once a year to keep my position as a ‘visiting fellow’ at Bournemouth University.  This year, I ha...
Wednesday, 11 November 2020

Alcohol isn't like sushi

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I’m off work for a few days this week, so while I’ve been catching up on jobs around the house I’ve also been catching up on my podcast list...
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Thursday, 17 September 2020

Fear or Compassion - what's the way to change policy?

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I’ve been thinking a lot about the politics of drug and alcohol treatment recently.  Obviously this is something that’s on my mind in a cert...
Monday, 20 July 2020

Is it always best to think local?

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I’m quite a fan of the New Local Government Network (NLGN).  Their starting point is that government in the UK could be more efficient and ...
Thursday, 9 July 2020

The rise and fall (and rise and fall) of neoliberalism in alcohol policy?

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Between 2006 and 2009, I was doing research into alcohol and the night-time economy.   This still felt like a time of ‘ peak booze ’.   Th...
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Saturday, 4 July 2020

Wetherspoons in a time of COVID-19

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I originally started this blog as a place to write about things I wasn’t too sure about – developing ideas that weren’t quite up to academ...
Monday, 11 May 2020

Policy change to address COVID-19

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This is the first time I’ve blogged here since COVID-19 really hit.   If you’re interested in broader reflections on what the cris...