When cruelty and carelessness can be such an effective combination for both traditional and social media, it’s clear that the era of rational discourse is well and truly over. Or is it?

Project page. My journey from “working-class” origins to a hybrid identity: using interpretative autobiography/autoethnography to explore my social mobility

Paper accepted for The International Education Studies Association Conference 2026

Abstract accepted for International Conference of Autoethnography (ICAE) 2026

Digital and AI literacy for social mobility #1

Weird Whale Man Project

Who writes the history of Punk and Post-Punk is a bone of contention. Try my ‘cold case’ approach for size!

John Cook. Links for bands, academic work & photos

Wishing you a Happy New Year for 2025

My interview with the excellent StrawberrySwitchblade.net fan site is out