Beth Hayde

King's College London

Beth is a former youth music worker from East London and a specialist in community education. After completing an MA in Education, Policy and Society in 2025, where she focused on grime education, she responded to Bashy’s 'Being Poor is Expensive' (2024) by analysing the track 'How Black Men Lose Their Smile' through the lenses of education policy, music, and the body (Sacred Cyphers, October 2025). Her current PhD research explores heritage and collective memory in urban regeneration, examining how sound and storytelling can challenge dominant narratives of urban change. A grime enthusiast and occasional DJ, Beth integrates her creative practice into her research, exploring how sonic and embodied forms of knowledge can inform more inclusive approaches to education and urban studies.