Rupa Huq is a sociology lecturer at Kingston University where she specialises in youth culture and pop music. After a first degree at Cambridge, Rupa earned a PhD at the University of East London. Rupa also writes for the Times Higher Education Supplement, Tribune, the New Statesman, Progress and Red Pepper and appeared on BBC TV and Radio and Channel 4 News. She was the Labour parliamentary candidate in Chesham and Amersham in the 2005 general election and also stood for Labour in the 2004 European election in the North West.
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Chris Grayling: telly addict
By Rupa Huq You’ll have heard the furore about Chris Grayling likening crime in modern Britain to the Wire, the “gritty” US drama. Not only has this man got no...Read 'Chris Grayling: telly addict' >
Be There Now (or rather, on Wednesday)
By Rupa Huq If you click on this link it’ll take you to a 60 minute documentary directed by Ivo Gormley on web 2.0 and political participation/ grassroots activism. If...
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Flippin 'Eck, Tucker!
By Rupa Huq What is there to say about the expenses row that has not been said? None of this is particularly original but it seems: 1. Although much outrage...Read 'Flippin 'Eck, Tucker!' >
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