Richard Hall's Space

In this episode Mark and I discuss the corona-crisis in relation to how we feel about the pointlessness of parliamentary politics, our views of local activism, the nature of PhD study, whether it’s okay for me to drive to go for a walk in the County, and why David Bowie will never do it for […]

In this episode Mark and I discuss the corona-crisis in relation to 70’s music, our views of labour (alienating or purposeful), the number of cars on the Hinckley Road in Leicester as a measure of desire for herd immunity, and the potential for democratic planning. As ever, the music is by Rae Elbow and the […]

Following on from Episode 15, in which Mark Charlton and I discussed the genesis of The Coronavirus Diaries, we return to discuss the project and diary entries we have received so far. On the way, we discuss my current obsession with the 1980s and 1990s, the music of The The, whether Mark has been dreaming, […]

I talk to my good friend Joss Winn about spirituality, Buddhism and Quakerism, the making and playing and crafting of guitars, research into Luthiers, and the impact of the pandemic on work and home. Joss and I have been friends for a decade, writing on critical theory and higher education, and attempting to walk-the-walk on […]

With Mark Charlton from down our street, I discuss our citizen science project-cum-group therapy session-cum-local diary of life, that is our Street Diary under the dominion of Covid-19. We discuss how we are living under the virus as it infects our bodies and our lives, the role of the market and the idea of the […]

This is a podcast at the intersection of: first, what it means to be a professor; and second, what it means to be on strike. I am one of two professors on our UCU committee, and I do casework for members. Being on strike involves supporting more precarious colleagues, staff who are struggling over inequalities […]

I’m ready to write. I’ve sorted my notes. I feel the urge, need, desire to write again. And to write something substantial, with the University as the unit of analysis and with a dialectical, humanist, relational framing. I’ve detailed what this next project is about, namely a monograph entitled The Hopeless University: Intellectual Work at […]

I decided to dedicate a blogpost to my mate Jon Beech. If you want to make a donation or get involved with the Leeds Asylum Seekers Support Network, you can do so here. The blogpost is not recorded in a café when I’ve forgotten my directional mics, and so the sound quality is better. I […]

I met my friend and fellow Walsall supporter, Paul Trivett, in The Bell, Walsall, ahead of the home game with Macclesfield on Saturday 14 December. We discussed the differences between faith and hope, the relationship between hope and football as opposed to hope and University life, the ways in which institutions peddle hope, and the […]

I met my friend Sarah Amsler from the School of Education at the University of Nottingham last Friday for a catch-up. We discussed issues of how hope is coded, which made me think about how it is eroded, Vanessa Andreotti’s metaphors of the hospice and the beach in relation to institutions and structures, Alexis Shotwell’s […]