harry edwards

‘All the Kids Wanna Sniff Some Glue’: glue-sniffing, deindustrialization, and moral panic in 1980s Britain Abstract. This article analyses anxieties surrounding glue-sniffing in 1980s Britain and their entanglement with the era’s accelerated deindustrialization.

Brilliant new article by @malcolmrussell73.bsky.social on glue-sniffing panics, youth boredom and deindustrialising towns c. 1970s-80s, published in @mbhjournal.bsky.social

This began life as an exceptional MA dissertation at @uclhistory.bsky.social

Congrats Malcolm!

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"Glastonbury 2" was an early forerunner of a name for what became Megatripolis, so I think we can all say the final name was better than this 😅

Hi Morris, I don’t suppose you saw my request for an oral history interview for my PhD about evolution^/Megatripolis/America? It would be great to chat if you have the time. I can be reached at harry.edwards@fu-berlin.de

Don’t ask me for any trends of capital D discourse from this year in music. I had a new baby in January so lord knows what’s happened since, but as usual, there were also good things happening.

harry's picks 2025

Looking back over last year, it’s my yearly new music playlist 2025. I always find it rewarding to go back and curate the newly released music that punctuated the past year. Less dance music, more music to soundtrack a year of upheaval, still sprinkled with joy open.spotify.com/playlist/1fo...

I have created this account primarily to share news and updates about my ongoing PhD project “Dancing at the End of the World”, a new cultural and intellectual history of acid house/rave, the early internet and 'end of history' via Megatripolis and beyond. More in 2026!