Senior Lecturer in Human Geography, University of Edinburgh. Interested in cities, housing, capitalism. Sometime artist and drummer.https://bsky.app/profile/hamishkallin.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/hamishkallin.bsky.social/post/3mgs562br622yIf you're in London, I'm part of a family art exhibition alongside my mother and two sisters in the Peggy Jay Gallery at Burgh House, Hampstead. It's open 10-4 Weds, Thurs, Fri & Sun until the 29th March and at least three random members of the public have called it "fabulous."11 Mar 2026 14:52 +0000at://did:plc:bebmpn4potnubf46oi2dwgrp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgs562br622yhttps://bsky.app/profile/hamishkallin.bsky.social/post/3mcrl7febfs26My klezmer band Och Vey are playing alongside Edinburgh-based Italian folk band The Badwills on 21st Feb, followed by a cumbia set from Peruvian DJ él-pi-b0y. It's gonna be fun, and you're invited. Tickets via www.skiddle.com/e/4196040619 Jan 2026 11:50 +0000at://did:plc:bebmpn4potnubf46oi2dwgrp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcrl7febfs26https://bsky.app/profile/hamishkallin.bsky.social/post/3m6i4g7tpqs2jAt this rate, I honestly don't know why we aren't seeing mass riots against AI, which drains our most precious resources, replaces our jobs, steals our culture, will likely break our economy (again), infantalises us, and syphons money up to the uber rich who see themselves as rulers of our future. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Nov 2025 19:50 +0000at://did:plc:bebmpn4potnubf46oi2dwgrp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6i4g7tpqs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/hamishkallin.bsky.social/post/3m3cadnq6wk2mChakrabortty on fine form: this is economically, politically, and morally bankrupt nonsense from Steve Reed, the new Labour housing minister. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/15/labour-housing-memo-leak-steve-reed16 Oct 2025 07:29 +0000at://did:plc:bebmpn4potnubf46oi2dwgrp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3cadnq6wk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/hamishkallin.bsky.social/post/3lyl24s45gk2fPlaying on pickets is always immensely fun, I recommend it. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Sep 2025 15:16 +0000at://did:plc:bebmpn4potnubf46oi2dwgrp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyl24s45gk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/hamishkallin.bsky.social/post/3lxwdevclmc2bInteresting reflection on the removal of the Kirkgate benches by Connor Robertson. What did it signify and why does it matter? "The benches are back, but the battle for the right to the city continues." https://www.discontent.wtf/news/holding-the-line-gentrification-and-the-dispossession-of-the-kirkgate-benches03 Sep 2025 09:36 +0000at://did:plc:bebmpn4potnubf46oi2dwgrp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxwdevclmc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/hamishkallin.bsky.social/post/3lwecefitb22sLovely show on the life and politics of the anarchist Colin Ward on @resonancefm.bsky.social just now. You can listen via the link below. https://extra.resonance.fm/episodes/summer-2025-a-span-of-autonomy-r-2025-08-1414 Aug 2025 12:04 +0000at://did:plc:bebmpn4potnubf46oi2dwgrp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwecefitb22shttps://bsky.app/profile/hamishkallin.bsky.social/post/3lvnvhvlz4c2pI watch some football highlights on Youtube, and it recommends I watch these next (on a browser with no cookies or account). If the internet is now our public space, how do we fight the far right without fighting this algorithmic shepherding? This feels so urgent and impossible.05 Aug 2025 14:15 +0000at://did:plc:bebmpn4potnubf46oi2dwgrp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvnvhvlz4c2phttps://bsky.app/profile/hamishkallin.bsky.social/post/3lvdjjjp3ek2cAdditional word on my door as of this morning. I think I'm officially old now.01 Aug 2025 11:15 +0000at://did:plc:bebmpn4potnubf46oi2dwgrp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvdjjjp3ek2c