Embroidery in violet, white and green by UK Suffragette Janie Terrero, who embroidered the signatures of fellow hunger strikers imprisoned in Holloway Prison, to highlight the women's suffrage cause,1912 #womensart
My memory of 2024 is basically the obscenely wealthy & powerful attacking poor people for being poor , blaming Palestinians for getting killed, pretending extreme flooding & fires are normal & most of the world’s media applauding their ever greater depths of depravity .
We're super excited in @FCW_UoB to announce that we're looking for an Assistant Professor in Creative Writing (prose, non-fiction, scriptwriting) -https://t.co/fElaTpeL4J Fancy joining an awesome team of creative scholars or know of someone who does?
@eine please share!
For #BeingHuman2024 I am organising 'Fangs and Folklore' for the #Derby Hub run by @cathfeely at @derbymuseums. We're bringing together three legends of supernatural & vampire research (Jeremy Harte, Dr Gail-Nina Anderson & Dr Juliette Wood) to talk folklore, writing & #Dracula.
The #BeingHuman2024 programme includes the half day event 'Fangs and Folklore' as part of @DerbyUni's Being Human Festival Hub programme. Sat 16 Nov 2024, 10.30am - 2.30pm, Derby Museum & Art Gallery. Free to attend but booking required. More info at: https://t.co/3YuY8kSmRL
Dracula takes centre stage at @derbytheatre today with two perfs 2.30 & 7.30pm
AND at 12.30pm it's the Matinee Meet Up with Director Nick Lane
AND after the matinee join Nick @eine@DrCWynne & cast members to explore Dracula and its connection with Derby!
https://t.co/kn9K0Oyy0n
DRACULA is returning to Derby!
Come join him for a bite this week in a world premiere production marking the centenary of Hamilton Deane's groundbreaking 1924 production at Derby's Grand Theatre! Performances Tue 17 - Sat 21 Sept. For tickets:
https://t.co/kn9K0Oyy0n
What Reeves is saying is beautiful because its true. We have somehow talked ourselves into a corner where taxation of the rich is perceived as impossible, whilst, simultaneously, we are increasingly transferring all of societies resources to those untaxable people. 5/8
The plight of the small press, appealing for support in the face of poor sales, is often framed as a financial issue. While there is, of course, some truth in this, it's never simply a matter of money, and money is rarely the most important matter. A 🧵
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Fantastic article about how #Dracula is returning to Derby. Read it, and if you're interested in getting involved in our events and plans, sign up for updates on the @DerbyUni web page about Dracula.
I really enjoyed writing this feature for @GdnSaturday on the Dracula Returns to Derby project and the fascinating evolution on stage and screen of such an iconic character. https://t.co/XFxRBeJmPy