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- ISBN 9781915023551
- Dimensions: 127 x 203mm
- Publication Date: 04 Dec 2025
- Publisher: EnvelopeBooks
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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A SOCIOLOGICAL WORK FROM ENVELOPEBOOKS
Wembley Speaks is a new type of grassroots sociology. Based entirely on postings on Nextdoor, the local networking app, the book reveals how a community talks to itself and what matters to it.
As well as housing England’s national stadium, Wembley – the community under observation – is unusual in its demographics. Over 70% of the population has an ethnic minority background, compared to 18% for England as a whole. To what extent do tensions arise?
Wembley Speaks provides a heartwarmingly reassuring answer. It shows how people engage with each other, how they challenge and support each other, what triggers their concerns and shapes their attitudes, how they use language, what they find funny and how they work together for the common good. Uplifting.
The editor, Stephen Games, is the publisher and editor of EnvelopeBooks and of Booklaunch, the UK's biggest books magazine. He is the author of 15 nonfiction titles. Stephen came to publishing after a lifetime reflecting on the creative arts. A former correspondent for the Guardian, documentary maker for the BBC and opinion writer for the Los Angeles Times, he studied Graphic Design and Architecture, taught as an adjunct professor at American and British universities and has a PhD from Cambridge University.
