I'm writing a book about musicals, I say. Ooh, what did you do today?, you ask. ...

Lot of destruction and negativity in my life rn so I continue to indulge my ADHD whims to make over the garden of a Sunday

The largest single offering on the table was a golden honey-crusted confection of latticed pastry, with mintcream and candied chestnuts oozing from it onto a bed of purple plums.

We do not need panel discussions about the "dismantling of Black Studies." Cross the street and ask the local church if you can run a Black Studies Saturday school in their basement for interested community members.

That list is inevitably light on genre fiction but the absence of The Fifth Season makes me extremely sad

I will die on the hill that Beloved is only your favourite Toni Morrison if you haven’t read most of her work. www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...

Pugh! Pugh! Barney McGrew! Cuthbert! Dibble! Grubb! 👀

If you remember the flavor of the wooden spoon instead of the ice cream, don’t forget to take Ibuprofen, 90s kids.

Referred to the paint shade I (mistakenly) bought as “Ground Force decking blue” and realised that’s a reference only very specific age group will now parse 🤣

And it just gets worse: it looks like there will be no modern language provision at all. No music, no languages. Can a silent university call itself a university at all? Help us resist! Please contribute to @uonucu.bsky.social hardship fund if you can: www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...

Simultaneous, the best and worst time to be reading an Octavia Butler novel

My bachelor’s degree in a nutshell. 😆

Every single member of the History Department at Uni of Nottingham is at risk of redundancy. Every single one of us.

Life when you live rent free and don’t understand the words “at risk of redundancy” lol

So the £85million+ spent (aka 'wasted') on a completely failed new city campus has dropped off this news altogether. This disaster was defended repeatedly in Senate by the VC who is now 'excited' by the opportunities presented by ending the careers of 100s of staff. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This article points to an £85m loss to reinforce the idea that UoN will run out of cash. That number includes the reval of the pointless campus and redundancy payments. Neithe affect cashflow. The truth is we made a slim profit operating (£0.8m) www.timeshighereducation.com/news/notting...

Photo by @tregenza.bsky.social

44% of Arts with total closure of Music, Languages, and American and Canadian studies. An exciting time for education indeed

Refreshing my email for the At Risk letter to arrive is not my personal branch of exciting but there we are.

Needless to say the cuts to the Arts faculty are the greatest: 44% of our staff to go.

Tfw the VC announces that 44% of the Faculty of Arts will likely be made redundant (subject, of course, to consultation with the unions). @uonucu.bsky.social

Hannah spends too much time on Pinterest to disassociate strikes again this Sunday.

Chanting, dancing, speeches, and pantomimes, both inside and out, with participants decked out in their best pink garb. What more could you ask for?

Go vote today! Don't forget you need to take ID - passport, driving licence, PASS card all work!

Yesterday saw a small, but precious casework win (the second win this week). If you're despairing at the situation in HE & feel completely powerless, becoming a caseworker is one way to make small, meaningful, tangible differences for colleagues. ✊ @uonucu.bsky.social

Our new series Fashioning Change takes the message behind last night's Met Gala theme even further, exploring how fashion shapes our societies, economies, and environments. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/series/fashi...

Two shows this week! This one is on Thursday and will be the first show from this brand new duo I have with Ruben of Petrichor (not to mention everyone else on the line up will surely rip).

Popping on to recommend the opening chapter to On Morrison and grappling/embracing her difficultness

Hurray! My first academic monograph exploring the controversial hit musical Kiss Me, Kate is now available on @academic.oup.com for purchase by university libraries. Full citation below. More on UK and international preorders as well as events next week and so on.

Friends and colleagues in Nottingham, there will be a cross-union rally NEXT Wednesday as council meets to vote on the substantial threat to jobs, units, and courses at UoN. Do come along. Do tell people and students. (More official flyers are available but I couldn't resist)

Bench has been thoroughly claimed by a Labrador.

A truly accessible community sports centre - gender affirming workout classes, cheap cafe, childcare, sensory sensitive classes and workout slots. Bookable rooms for solo and small group sessions. Rotating pay what you can slots at different times of day. One day, I’ll make it happen.

One of the UK’s only Black-owned bookstores needs your help! They need to sell 300 more books by the end of April or they’re in danger of closing. Please buy a book if you can! They do great anti-racist community work too. Support Black-owned businesses & independent bookstores! 📚💙 #blacksky 📚🤎

The snagging is done and we are on to making the bench intensely “Hannah”

I'm putting everyone on notice that I will be buying the most *beautiful* version of this book I can find on preorder so send all and any special editions my way.

Filed for divorce yesterday but @hodderscape.bsky.social just announced A NEW BECKY CHAMBERS. I REPEAT: A NEW BECKY CHAMBERS! I've already texted about 12 people. This my equivalent of zoomies.

Well, this is magical content

Got a community advisory board for a theatre this evening so am having an early dinner and I really won. Delightful vegan taco spread with bonus lunches to come.

Remember to occasionally cancel plans so your introvert friends don’t have to. It will make them love you more.

I followed the thought and built a bench. Hannah in STEM🌻

I had a dream that I built (actual DIY) something last night and now I’m building it. Do I have ADHD or does ADHD have me?

Such cheer in one of my front borders 🩷

Meet this adorable rainbow puffer fish—now available for adoption! Fluro, cheerfull, and full of personality, he could be yours for just £15… cue the crowd going wildddddd 🐡✨ #risograph #pufferfish jasminefloyd.etsy.com/listing/4480...

Ahhhh! It's live. I'm so excited to share the cover of my first book with @academic.oup.com which is coming out in August! Get ready for all the Kiss Me, Kate facts in the coming weeks and months. uk.bookshop.org/p/books/too-...

I miss my best mate, who died in 2021, every single day. I don't think we imagined that I'd (also) end up getting divorced and my god, I wish he was here to laugh at me. I have no idea what he would have said but I know it would have been sensible and kind. hannahmarierobbins.com/2021/10/29/t...

Extremely bonkers start to my annual 🏳️‍🌈 festive reading activities. In which husbands are going through a rocky patch when one of them brains an intruder who is actually The Santa Claus and a plot ensues about saving Christmas and their marriage lol.

Our students get it. Why doesn't the administration? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Guys I think we might win the World Cup

If they only knew how to zoom in, they might just be able to make out the red poppy too....

Da Tism n da Aitch Dee (Found on fashbook) #Autism #adhd #Audhd