Jon Venn

Researcher of Mental Health/Suicide/Performance. 'Madness in Contemporary British Theatre' (Palgrave, 2021).

[Arts&Humanities HE @AHHEresearch]

Rebecca Benzie
@BecBenzie
Contributions from a range of wonderful scholars and practitioners:
@Arifa_Akbar,@CatherineLove21,@KThomaidis
@jonvenn,@kath_graham,@FayeRigopoulou
@pflonergan,@Dr_A_Hartl,@lisawoynarski
@bigbookenergy,@Kasia_Lech,@reid_trish
@sarahbartaz,@katejlovell

[Jon Venn @jonvenn]

@BecBenzie @soonamahal @EvelynOMalley @DrBenPoore @noraj_williams @Dr_Kate_Newey @katejholmes @karenjquigley @kath_graham @nphjones @adriancurt Congratulations Bec!

[Rebecca Benzie @BecBenzie]

Full of joy and disbelief, I'm excited to share that my book 'Feminism, Dramaturgy, and the Contemporary British History Play' has been published today with @BloomsburyAcad! https://t.co/2MOxKaneHO

[Jon Venn @jonvenn]

Spent the evening reading Alice Munro: 'Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage'. It was surprising, expansive, clever, and compassionate: as with nearly all her work. I'm very glad to live in a world in which she wrote.

[Jon Venn @jonvenn]

@DavidPattie So far mainly Roth (I suggested The Human Stain would've been more appropriate, but he gurgled something to the effect of 'too obvious'), though a Cortazar got a slight side-spray.

[Jon Venn @jonvenn]

My baby recently managed , through force of gas and will from the changing table, manage to excrete over my copy of Philip Roth's The Counterlife. I guess this is his first piece of literary criticism.

[Jon Venn @jonvenn]

Tonight, couples are wondering how they can stay in the same continent, people who've made their lives here suddenly under threat. A sharp hard cruelty.

[UK Prime Minister @10DowningStreet]

The level of net migration is too high.

Today we’re announcing a new plan to reduce immigration and curb the abuse of our visa system.

Here is what we're doing 🧵👇

[Des Fitzgerald @Des_Fitzgerald]

I've also resigned from UKRI's Interdisciplinary Assessment College, following Laura's lead. I simply can't/won't give my review time an organisation operating in these conditions.

[Jon Venn @jonvenn]

@Moranfox I find, knowing that I need to wake at 4.45, my brain decides it must wake every 30 minutes, in pure terror that I'll miss the alarm. The delights of cognitive self-torture.

[Jon Venn @jonvenn]

Horrific. We're watching the slow dessication of a previous luscious literary and art culture, from the snide withdrawal of the barest drip of funding.

[The White Review @TheWhiteReview]

It is with great regret that we announce that The White Review is going on a hiatus and ceasing its day-to-day publishing for an indefinite period. Full statement here: https://t.co/6i4Hf8uXX3

[Jon Venn @jonvenn]

@katejholmes And lovely to be in your company, as ever PhD sister, scholarly or otherwise!

[Jon Venn @jonvenn]

@rebeccawynter Looks absolutely brilliant, looking forward to reading it!

[Jon Venn @jonvenn]

@higgyC Much love in navigating its byzantine cruelties.

[Jon Venn @jonvenn]

As ever, Amia Srinivasan provides a critical lucidity and nuance that cuts through the tediousness mud of much of 'free speech in universities' discourse.

https://t.co/vJp3V47YS6

[Jon Venn @jonvenn]

From earlier, in the quiet of the park, basking in how we've thought with and though suicide these past two days. My special thanks to the organisers, for curating such a warm and welcoming space. #suicidecultures23

[Jon Venn @jonvenn]

Still in the glow at an extraordinary first day at the Suicide Cultures conference - with a plethora of different disciplinary approaches, exceptional critical thought, and a genuine warmth of atmosphere. A delight to be amongst it all. #suicidecultures23

[Jon Venn @jonvenn]

@noraj_williams I love Nigel, but there was an episode where he spends 10 minutes talking about 'a good jelly and peanut butter sandwich', where it comes down to lots of adjectives and exclamations for 'get nice bread'

[Jon Venn @jonvenn]

@MichaelJLeader Very slightly terrified by how much of my dvd wallet back at home is the exact same.