Director of the Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities and Durham University's Institute for Medical Humanities. Working on voice-hearing, psychosis, narrative, interdisciplinarity / Starting work on postpartum psychosis https://bsky.app/profile/literarti.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/literarti.bsky.social/post/3m6euzbpyws2l"The point is how do we navigate the gap between how we live and how we theorise, how we enact our identities and the sensibilities we bring to research?" Brilliant post by @davidwoodhead.bsky.social on lived experience, queer experience and theory https://thepolyphony.org/2025/11/24/am-i-queer-enough/24 Nov 2025 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:cfnsaby2uoofuockd3c7zo6c/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6euzbpyws2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/literarti.bsky.social/post/3m63j5lprt224“The report recommended a training course on “core scientific concepts” for politicians that could be provided at the outset of an emergency.” …or just mandated before they’re allowed anywhere near evidence based decision making? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/20/chaotic-and-indecisive-key-findings-of-report-on-uks-covid-response-under-tories?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other20 Nov 2025 19:33 +0000at://did:plc:cfnsaby2uoofuockd3c7zo6c/app.bsky.feed.post/3m63j5lprt224https://bsky.app/profile/literarti.bsky.social/post/3m5r7jfgnzc2x“We talk about “funding” as if it’s a favour. It’s not. It’s investment in imagination, in shared experience and in our national story.” https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/nov/11/durhams-lumiere-festival-was-a-beacon-of-hope-and-togetherness-we-cannot-let-the-lights-go-out-on-the-rest-of-the-arts?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Nov 2025 17:14 +0000at://did:plc:cfnsaby2uoofuockd3c7zo6c/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5r7jfgnzc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/literarti.bsky.social/post/3m5pajr3xak2sIt was worth braving the crowds at the last ever Lumiere15 Nov 2025 22:27 +0000at://did:plc:cfnsaby2uoofuockd3c7zo6c/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5pajr3xak2shttps://bsky.app/profile/literarti.bsky.social/post/3m3vdanhqb22jThe 'schedule send' function in outlook is now taking it upon itself to suggest by default a Monday morning weeks into the future. I shudder to think that this is the algorithm saying something about my average response times.23 Oct 2025 21:41 +0000at://did:plc:cfnsaby2uoofuockd3c7zo6c/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3vdanhqb22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/literarti.bsky.social/post/3m2z3gm7ihs2bResplendent12 Oct 2025 16:07 +0000at://did:plc:cfnsaby2uoofuockd3c7zo6c/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2z3gm7ihs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/literarti.bsky.social/post/3m2hyz5xk5s2wIt’s been that kind of a weekend05 Oct 2025 21:08 +0000at://did:plc:cfnsaby2uoofuockd3c7zo6c/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2hyz5xk5s2whttps://bsky.app/profile/literarti.bsky.social/post/3lzzto2jnlc2rToday we welcome seven postdocs to new roles in the @durhamimh.bsky.social Discovery Research Platform30 Sep 2025 05:55 +0000at://did:plc:cfnsaby2uoofuockd3c7zo6c/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzzto2jnlc2r