Connections With The Edge https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html MailPoet Page Stories from the coastal edge: Mullagmore Head, Sligo, Ireland #4 Wishing you a Happy New Year for 2025 Who writes the history of Punk and Post-Punk is a bone of contention. Try my ‘cold case’ approach for size! AI in learning, leisure and work: ethical considerations Article published Punk and Post Punk (Journal) Weird Whale Man Project My interview with the excellent StrawberrySwitchblade.net fan site is out Digital and AI literacy for social mobility #1. I am a gamekeeper’s son who has travelled a long way! But I am slightly ashamed to say that I unconsciously hid my northern roots and accent when I joined academia in the 1988 Two of my original compositions from the debut album by Three Bop Navigation tips: Ways to view photo stories Part 4, Episode 1, Outsider Academic – As a Gamekeeper’s Son, I have travelled a long way Selected photos: Chicago ‘L’ (elevated train) August 2024 Stories from the coastal edge: Streedagh Point and road to Glencar Waterfall, Sligo, Ireland #5 When post-punk tribes go to war: the story of my 1984 (conference report) Submission to the Punk Scholars Network USA/Canada conference has been accepted Winter Solstice 2023 Stories from the coastal edge: Rosses Point, Sligo, Ireland #3 Stories from the coastal edge: W. B. Yeats, Sligo, Ireland #2 Stories from the coastal edge: Sligo, Ireland #1 Research Approach #1 Part 7 – Portfolio #10.1, Graveyards for Boats and Ships. Purton Hulks Part 5, Portfolio #2.3, Living under the Cotswold Edge: Martin’s Story Part 2, Episode 10, Damaged Goods EP Part 7, Portfolio #10.5 – Graveyards for Boats and Ships. Sharpness #2 Part 7, Portfolio #10.4 – Graveyards for Boats and Ships. Sharpness #1 Part 5, Portfolio #2.6, Living under the Cotswold Edge: Carolyn’s Story Part 5, Portfolio #2.5, Living under the Cotswold Edge: Portraits at Painswick Beacon Report from Subcultures Network Conference Part 2, Episode 9, Spiral Scratch EP Part 5, Portfolio #2.4, Living under the Cotswold Edge: Spring Mist Part 5 – Portfolio #2.2, Living under the Cotswold Edge: Moe’s Story Part 7, Portfolio #10.3 – Graveyards for Boats and Ships. 1960 Severn Railway Bridge Disaster Portfolio of John’s photos John Cook. Links for bands, academic work & photos Simon Emmerson RIP About London in the 80s Indie music milieu, a network linked to me (i.e. yours truly John Cook) London in the 80s Indie music milieu, a short 1.5 min Reel of bands I was in like Angles One 5 (best Peel sessions of 1981) and Strawberry Switchblade London in the 80s Indie music milieu, slides for Subcultures Network International Conference I am taking a break from blogging until later in the year. I will be following up leads, passions, hunches and photo story ideas … Connections With The Edge: Part 1 Introduction (20 July, 2022) Part 2, Episode 11, Siouxsie and the Banshees Part 5 , Portfolio Show Reel #2 Part 7, Portfolio #10.2  – Graveyards for Boats and Ships. Lydney Hulks Research Approach #2 Get Involved Part 6, Portfolio #8, Lighthouses on the Pacific Edge Part 6 – Portfolio #9, Lighthouses on the British Coast Abstract accepted for International Conference of Autoethnography (ICAE) 2026