Research Outputs

Academic Outputs

• The End Has a Start: The timeliness of endings and the affects of closure – Sociological Research Online, 2026.
• The Last of England: Banal Nationalism and Communities of Loss in British Pub Closure Media Narratives – British Journal of Sociology, 2025.
• A pint-sized conversation: publicans, brewers, and academics on the UK beer, pub and brewing industry – Journal of Marketing Management, 2025.

News and Media

• What is a pub really worth?. The Lock In Pub Podcast, The Morning Advertiser, 22 June 2026.
• Regulars: The lifeblood – and headache of the local pub. The Lock In Pub Podcast, The Morning Advertiser, 26 May 2026.
• Sobering thoughts – why thousands of pub closures are leaving us lonelier. The Daily Mail, 4 May 2026.
• Last orders for pubs is bad for friendships. The Mirror, 1 May 2026.
• Study shows the human cost of pub closures. The Morning Advertiser, 29 April 2026.
• More than a quarter of British pubs have closed since 2000. Here’s why. The Independent, 16 July 2025.
• Consolation, community, national identity: what is lost when pubs close – and how they can be saved – The Conversation, 15 July 2025.
• Is this the end of the pub? – Sky News, 13 August 2024.
• The pub closures at the heart of Britain’s loneliness epidemic – The Telegraph, 21 September 2023.