@robertdeakin1

Anthropologist. Interested in inequalities in the context of urban and social change. Current project on migrant histories of social housing @Katharine1885.

 London
Joined June 2009
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Katharine Buildings was a long brick rectangle five storeys high. 50-60 individual rooms occupied each floor, clustered into groups of four or five and opening onto communal landings. 1/
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🎤🎤 Upcoming talk at the @ihr_history Migration and Mobility Seminar. Tuesday 20th October 2026, 5.30-7.30pm. Senate House, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HU and online. Register for free: tinyurl.com/53xv6j6c
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Replying to @Katharine1885 @LeverhulmeTrust @LBTHArchives @UniWestminster @robertdeakin1
Historians out there - is there any info on women cleaners in London’s East End?
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I’ve recently started working on this really exciting project about Katharine Buildings in east London. Immigration and social housing entitlement is a hot topic at the moment. But we rarely appreciate how intertwined immigration and social housing was from the very beginning.
Katharine Buildings@Katharine1885Oct 7
👋 Introducing Revisiting Katharine Buildings! - a historical research project exploring migration, difference and inequality at a Victorian housing estate in east London.
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In the 1880s, Eastern European Jews, Irish Catholics, Indian and Caribbean residents lived alongside people from across the British Isles. Follow our new project account for regular stories on how residents lived with difference at the estate!
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Please consider financially supporting striking Goldsmiths workers
Goldsmiths UCU@GoldsmithsUCUSep 21
1/8 Now in our 15th week of indefinite strike against the 20mil in staff cuts, we are calling for urgent fundraising support from across UCU and all trade unions to help us through one of the longest and most difficult disputes in our branch's history. opencollective.com/goldsmith…

goldsmiths mutual aid - Open Collective

Currently mobilised as the Goldsmiths UCU Solidarity Fund Levy, supporting GUCU members into their fourth month of indefinite strike action in defence of jobs, education, and the future of Goldsmiths

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Richard Seymour@leninologySep 12
AI did not go 'rogue', did not 'solve' the Navier-Stokes problem, does not have 'goals', is not and will not ever be conscious, certainly is not going to evolve into a god-device and wipe out humanity. Criti-hype obscures the real dangers. patreon.com/richardseymourwt…

Kill all humans | Richard Seymour

It seems a strange publicity gambit, to say our product could wipe out humanity. In the lingo of our evolving tech empire, though, this is e

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Pleased to learn that our 'long-read' on the closure of McGlynn's, Kings Cross, featured in @BoakandBailey 's 'best beer writing 2025'. Might be of interest to @dead_pubs
After Last Orders?@AfterLastOrders15 Oct 2025
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McGlynn's, Kings Cross. An Irish pub which closed suddenly in 2023 after the death of its long term licensee. Celebrated in the media and popular with a wide-range of people, we explore the convivial qualities of this much lamented pub. after-last-orders.lboro.ac.u…
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📢 New case study alert! We’ve just published the latest long read case study for the After Last Orders project — exploring the closure of the famous Birmingham pub the Bartons Arms👉 after-last-orders.lboro.ac.u…
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Richard Johnson@richardmarcjFeb 27
There was basically no good-faith effort in Labour or among most commentators to learn the lessons of the 2017 general election, when Labour won 40% of the vote and gained 10 points from the previous general election. It didn't give the Labour Right the result they 'wanted'.
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Nesrine Malik@NesrineMalikFeb 9
What links Jeffrey Epstein and Keir Starmer’s government? A thick seam of contempt theguardian.com/commentisfre…

What links Jeffrey Epstein and Keir Starmer’s government? A thick seam of contempt | Nesrine Malik

We’re often told the PM is a ‘decent’ man. But in appointing Peter Mandelson he chose political convenience over doing right by trafficked women and girls, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

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Please to share the latest 'long read' from mine and @ThurnellReadSoc 's research on UK pub closures.
After Last Orders?@AfterLastOrders15 Oct 2025
Our latest long-read is up! The White Horse in Kimpton, Hertfordshire closed in 2014. For over a decade, residents have campaigned to reopen it as a community-owned pub rather than see it converted into a private residence. Links to this and other published long reads, below!
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We've just launched the website showcasing our research on pub closure! Each 'long read' tells the story of a different pub closure, drawing on field visits, archival research and extensive interviews with those connected to it. Links below!
After Last Orders?@AfterLastOrders15 Sep 2025
Excited to share the first three case study 'long reads' from the After Last Orders project. Each case study draws on extensive research to tell the story of a pub and the people and places affected by its closure. after-last-orders.lboro.ac.u…
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McGlynn's, Kings Cross. An Irish pub which closed suddenly in 2023 after the death of its long term licensee. Celebrated in the media and popular with a wide-range of people, we explore the convivial qualities of this much lamented pub. after-last-orders.lboro.ac.u…
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Our case studies attempted to capture the diversity of pubs and the communities they serve, across rural-urban geographies and regions. Stay tuned for future long-reads about closed pubs in coastal Wales, city center Manchester, suburban Birmingham and rural Hertfordshire.
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After attending the ⁦@AfterLastOrders⁩ event yesterday it’s great to see it in the ⁦@ConversationUK⁩ today! #pubs theconversation.com/consolat…

Consolation, community, national identity: what is lost when pubs close – and how they can be saved

The cost of running a pub has risen dramatically.

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Pubs are closing at a rate of 1 per day in the UK. @ThurnellReadSoc and I wrote an article for @ConversationUK on the negative impacts of closures and what might be done to prevent the loss of these important community assets.theconversation.com/consolat…

Consolation, community, national identity: what is lost when pubs close – and how they can be saved

The cost of running a pub has risen dramatically.

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