On youth in the multi-cultural inner-city in the 1990s
Youth in the multi-cultural inner-city: Learning from experience I learned as much of my sociology from experience as I did from books. Ethnography has always been my preferred method. I learned to write as much from home-made journalism, particularly for Chapeltown News and Big Flame, as I did from the great literature I’ve consumed since […]
‘Leeds – a two speed city.’ A talk in PowerPoint
This is an illustrated talk I do for Ben Carrington’s University of Texas students on their ‘Maymester’ in Leeds each summer. It goes with a walking/talking tour of the city which takes in the highs and lows (including the David Oluwale story) of Leeds. It’s such a pleasure working with these bright young Americans. The […]