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Stephen Farrall

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Criminologist (offending careers; politics & crime; homicide; fear of crime) & cyclist (MTBs + Brompton). S11 & NG7. Sociology qualifications: BSc/MSc (Surrey) Law qualifications: DPhil (Oxford); GCSE (graded at U ๐Ÿคฃ). https://stephenfarrall.substack.com

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Pubs to stay open until early hours in push for UK growth Exclusive: Plans for England and Wales would help ailing hospitality sector but health experts criticise plans

Coz nothing says โ€œproductivityโ€ like a thumping headache on a Thursday morning.

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

08.10.2025 20:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Robert Jenrick complained of โ€˜not seeing another white faceโ€™ in Birmingham neighbourhood Shadow justice secretary criticised for suggesting he could tell how integrated Handsworth was based on short visit

#Jenrick appalled that #whitepeople do not live in impoverished areas, rather than the fact that some Black British people have to.

#ToryBoy #Tories #inequality

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

06.10.2025 20:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€˜The president is unhingedโ€™: Trumpโ€™s online behavior grows increasingly odd The US presidentโ€™s recent behavior is strange to many, from reposting a false AI video of himself to confusing comments during press conferences

It does strike me as ironic that the #USA got rid of #King GeorgeIII only to elect this insane, wannabe-King and total doofus a mere 240 years later!

#TheOrangeTrumpet
#POTUS #Trump #WhiteHouse #RamblingFool

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

05.10.2025 20:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Emily Gray did all the work!

04.10.2025 08:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Lives Transformed - 40 Years of Violence and Social Change This short film draws on the largest-ever study of the Homicide Index in England and Wales, tracing four decades of shifting patterns of lethal violence. It examinesโ€ฆ

The film we commissioned as part of out ESRC funded homicide trends project is out, and can be viewed here:

#academicsky #ESRC #documentaryfilms

vimeo.com/1120080918?f...

04.10.2025 06:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Our review of #homicide rates in Eng&Wales is out in the #AnnualReviewOfCriminology

We examine longterm trends of lethal violence in
#Eng&Wales. We examine the #gendered and #racialized dimensions of homicide and the increasing proportion of unsolved cases.

www.annualreviews.org/docserver/fu...

24.09.2025 12:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump UN speech: Six years ago his audience laughed, this year they were silent The US leader's address was one of the clearest expositions of the way he sees the world, writes James Landale.

And this is why I call #DonaldTrump #TheOrangeTrumpet

He likes to #Trumpet his own โ€˜successโ€™ and looks kinda orange-y coloured. But he is just a nasty #racist

#POTUS #Trump #AcademicSky #BlackSky

Six years ago Trump's UN audience laughed, this year they were silent www.bbc.com/news/article...

24.09.2025 02:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump attacks Tylenol as officials unveil highly contentious conclusions on autism President says acetaminophen โ€“ also known as paracetamol - increases risk when taken by pregnant women, assertion contradicted by research

Nevermind #autism , why are these people SO stupid? Are they just pretending, or do they really believe it?

#AcademicSky

#TheOrangeTrumpet #POTUS
#Trump #paracetemol #tylenol #WhiteHouse #MMR #VaccinesWorkYouThickies #WhyDoICareIfYouDonโ€™tGetVaccinated&Die?

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

23.09.2025 05:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This #train is full of #tea ! Thats my kinda train. I guess some of the wagons at the end have milk and thereโ€™ll be an open wagon with sugar.

18.09.2025 16:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

All metrics have their downsides โ€ฆ

18.09.2025 16:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ‘

Great. We can call it the Sutton-Farrall Misappropriation Popularity Index!

Anything over 3 is better than average and means youโ€™re an author whose work isnโ€™t just worth reading or citing but also worth stealing! ๐Ÿ˜‰

18.09.2025 14:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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UK public has paid ยฃ200bn to shareholders of key industries since privatisation Analysis reveals โ€˜privatisation premiumโ€™ of ยฃ250 per household per year paid to owners of water, rail, bus, energy and mail services since 2010

Thanks Maggie!

#Thatcherism #Gini #TaxWealth

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

16.09.2025 17:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh dear. Sorry to hear that.

Still, maybe it ought to be included in the AltMetrics alongside policy briefings and newspaper articles etc. ... "N of times stolen from book fairs".

16.09.2025 09:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I used to be able to see that building from my living room window (I think) ... Still miss Glasgow.

16.09.2025 09:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Job Vacancy at the University of Nottingham: Research Fellow (Multiple positions, fixed term) We are now recruiting 2 full time Research Fellows to work with Stephen Farrall and colleagues at Warwick (Emily Gray) and Queen Mary College, University of London (Maria Grasso) on their research int...

The closing date for these 2 PDRF jobs is just two weeks away!

Help us study #NewLabour and #Blair as a follow up to our studies of #Thatcherism

#AcademicSky @uniofnottingham.bsky.social @bschcnetwork.bsky.social @britsoci.bsky.social #UKpolitics #criminology

jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

16.09.2025 08:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Keir Starmer warned โ€˜time running outโ€™ to repair faltering leadership After disastrous week, some MPs predict challenge against PM likely if local and Welsh elections go badly next May

It is not to read this and think that #Starmer is toast. And harder still to feel a sense of upset.

#Labour #DowningStreet #LabourParty

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

12.09.2025 22:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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If youโ€™re still wondering why so many #UK #universities are in financial trouble, this explains why. Hard to think of any other sector of the economy which canโ€™t control its own pricing!

#AcademicSky
#neoliberalism isnโ€™t working!

11.09.2025 04:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh no! Please come back Glen!

10.09.2025 18:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

3rd and final dayโ€™s #MTB ride in the #LakedistrictNP . It will have got v wet there if the rain around Manchester was anything to judge by. Great time at #Ambleside #YHA too!

#BikeSky #mountainbiking #lakes

strava.app.link/BoitwyQftWb

07.09.2025 14:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Great dayโ€™s riding in the #Lakes.

#BikeSky #MTB #Ambleside

strava.app.link/2FQw72pnsWb

07.09.2025 02:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I dated Jeffrey Epstein. The files must be released | Stacey Williams This is not a partisan issue. The American people โ€“ and Epsteinโ€™s many victims โ€“ deserve transparency

Odd that this isnโ€™t headline #news given the allegations made against #Trump and the link to #Epstein

#POTUS #USA #US #metoo #VAWG #SexualOffences #modelling #abuse #academicsky #TrumpTower #EpsteinFiles #StaceyWilliams #PresidentTrump #TheGuardian

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

06.09.2025 02:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I drove from Sheffield to the Lake District today. Plenty of ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ and ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง on bridges on the M6.

06.09.2025 02:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

First they came for the chemists โ€ฆ

06.09.2025 02:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes, precisely. And the rightwing party will execute rightwing policies with more conviction.

06.09.2025 02:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A little warm-up ahead of Saturdayโ€™s ride.

The #Lakes do look superb l must say. But isnโ€™t that always the case?

#BikeSky #MTB #mountainbiking #Ambleside

strava.app.link/9bvK1t65pWb

05.09.2025 17:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I dated Jeffrey Epstein. The files must be released | Stacey Williams This is not a partisan issue. The American people โ€“ and Epsteinโ€™s many victims โ€“ deserve transparency

Odd that this isnโ€™t headline #news given the allegations made against #Trump and the link to #Epstein

#POTUS #USA #US #metoo #VAWG #SexualOffences #modelling #abuse #academicsky #TrumpTower #EpsteinFiles #StaceyWilliams #PresidentTrump #TheGuardian

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

05.09.2025 00:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The programme:

A short film (based on project findings)

Project Findings

Contributions from Claire Waxman OBE (Victimsโ€™ Commissioner for London), Dame Nicole Jacobs (Domestic Abuse Commissioner), Prof Paul Rock (LSE), Dr Lauren Bradford-Clarke (Nottingham)

Q&A and discussion

Networking lunch

04.09.2025 08:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
SAMM โ€“ Support after Murder and Manslaughter

We've partnered with the folks from #SAMM - who work with those #bereaved by #murder or #manslaughter. There webpage is here:

samm.org.uk

04.09.2025 08:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Long-term trends in homicide and non-lethal violence in England and Wales 1977-2022 Long-term drivers of change in the homicide rate in England and Wales

The others involved in the #homicide trends project are Emily Gray (PI, Warwick) and Machi Tseloni (NTU).

Project page here:
warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/soci...

04.09.2025 08:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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40 Years of Homicide Trends โ€“ New Research and Remembrance Exploring 40 years of homicide trends in England & Wales, with academics, policymakers & charities on 22 Sep for reflection & dialogue.

I'm part of an #ESRC grant exploring #homicide trends in #England&Wales . We have a #dissemination event on the 22nd Sept. Please register/send on to interested colleagues.

@bschcnetwork.bsky.social @britsoci.bsky.social @ukri.org @uniofnottingham.bsky.social

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/40-years-o...

04.09.2025 08:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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