Dr Rachel Cross

Researcher into nineteenth-century illustrated song. Privileged to also be a music and English teacher 😊.

[Cardiff UCU✊🌱 @CardiffUCU]

We have been balloting our members on industrial action against @cardiffuni’s cruel & unnecessary cuts.
We get the results tomorrow.
We don’t want a strike, or a disruptive assessment boycott.
But we are ready to consider both to save jobs.
@cardiffuni bosses: watch this space.

[Dr Rachel Cross @RachelCmusic]

@authorethan @growriter @Durre_Shahwar @pam_price @CreatedtoRead @FayssalHakawati @CUEngCommPhilos Awwh, thank you, Ethan! I hadn't seen it! 🥰

[Dr Rachel Cross @RachelCmusic]

@authorethan Couldn't have done it without your lovely encouragement, @authorethan 😊!

[Dr Rachel Cross @RachelCmusic]

Excited to share that I passed my viva 🎉🎊! Huge thanks to the most amazing supervisor ever, Professor Julia Thomas @Lost_Visions. Can't wait to start work on the book 😍!

[Dr Rachel Cross @RachelCmusic]

@authorethan @bethpyner Oh, Ethan. I'm so sorry. I have just lost my wonderful Mum very suddenly and feel your pain. Sending love xx

[Dr Rachel Cross @RachelCmusic]

@timecaptales @fasc1nate Lovely story. The sealion should be called Clarence!

[Dr Rachel Cross @RachelCmusic]

@authorethan Me tooooo 😔

[Dr Rachel Cross @RachelCmusic]

@MrEdByrne Absolutely LOVED your fringe show: best thing we went to. Thank you.

[Dr Rachel Cross @RachelCmusic]

@authorethan @daisyldixon @alixbeeston Yay! Go Ethan! 💪🌈

[Dr Rachel Cross @RachelCmusic]

@ThePhDPlace These ones are helping me through! 😍🐾❤️

[Dr Rachel Cross @RachelCmusic]

@ThePhDPlace Remembering it! 🤣

[Dr Rachel Cross @RachelCmusic]

@ThePhDPlace @PhDWritingClub @Editage Would love to be involved with this but I work Tuesdays 😔. Will you trial Fridays at all in the future, perchance?

[Dr Rachel Cross @RachelCmusic]

@authorethan Oh, Ethan. This is awful. You are one of the kindest people I know and hatred like this will not survive in your positivity and light. 💕

[Dr Rachel Cross @RachelCmusic]

@careygibb @ManchesterUP Fantastic! Congratulations, Carey! 🎉

[Dr Rachel Cross @RachelCmusic]

@authorethan Oh, Ethan. I'm so sorry. Here for a chat if you need me. 💖

[Dr Rachel Cross @RachelCmusic]

@careygibb @ILCS_SAS @BirkbeckUoL Thoroughly enjoyed your paper, Carey! Fascinating!

[Dr Rachel Cross @RachelCmusic]

@authorethan Yay! Of course he did! 😍

[Dr Rachel Cross @RachelCmusic]

@student_TeesUni @ThePhDPlace Oh wow! I'm studying Victorian illustrated songs and their representation of race and gender! 😊

[Dr Rachel Cross @RachelCmusic]

@authorethan Yippppeeee! Fantastic news! Well done, Dr Devika! 👏🎉👌