Will Kitchen

My author’s copies arrived recently from Bloomsbury 📚 Another great cover design from Eleanor Rose! Thanks to NBC for permissions.

Still one of the best cover images I can imagine. Wish I could use it for more than just one book.

Oh my.

Universities commissioner needed ‘to oversee mergers and cuts’ Call for government to create new position mirrored on role that already exists in further education, to help steer sector while avoiding excessive regulation

A higher education commissioner should be appointed to take responsibility for supporting universities before crisis strikes, says Lifelong Learning Institute www.timeshighereducation.com/news/univers... via @helenpacker.bsky.social

I am delighted to share that my monograph ‘Women and Amateur Cinema: Redefining Authorship within the Archive’ is under contract to be published with Edinburgh University Press in 2027. 📚 #womenfilmmakers #amateurfilm

Still one of the best cover images I can imagine. Wish I could use it for more than just one book.

Out now in hardback from @edinburghup.bsky.social

Zootropolis 2 becomes Hollywood's biggest animated film ever The film has overtaken the previous record holder, Inside Out 2, after making $1.7bn (£1.3bn) worldwide.

Always worth pointing these news stories out for those who dispute the economic value of the creative industries and the degrees that sustain them: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

My author’s copies arrived recently from Bloomsbury 📚 Another great cover design from Eleanor Rose! Thanks to NBC for permissions.

Over the holidays, I’ve finally been getting to know this production. I’ve attempted a few Ring DVDs in the past, but this Met version from 1990 seems to get it right. The staging is one Wagner would have recognised, and the performances are all very strong; especially James Morris’ Wotan.

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The Winter book sale at Bloomsbury Academic is over, but a more affordable paperback of "Culture, Capital and Carnival: Modern Media and the Representation of Work" will be available in 2026. Stay tuned 📚

Excellent! I’ve yet to receive my editor’s copies, but I’m glad to see they’re getting out there. Many thanks again, Kevin, for your great contribution!

cover of ReFocus: The Films of Lindsay Anderson

picture of first two pages of my chapter The White Bus and Townscape

excited to receive my contributor copy of ReFocus: The Films of Lindsay Anderson, edited by @willkitchen.bsky.social. Pleased to have finally had a chance to write about The White Bus. Nice thing at the end of the year.

#18 for my @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social channel’s festive list is the wonderful @willkitchen.bsky.social chatting about Culture, Capital and Carnival: Modern Media and the Representation of Work newbooksnetwork.com/culture-capi...

Culture, Capital and Carnival Culture, Capital and Carnival offers an interdisciplinary examination of how modern culture contextualises the values of labour.How do the stories we consume re…

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The Winter book sale at Bloomsbury Academic is over, but a more affordable paperback of "Culture, Capital and Carnival: Modern Media and the Representation of Work" will be available in 2026. Stay tuned 📚

Women are still absent from how history is taught and assessed in England Over a third of GCSE, AS and A-level exam papers in 2023 made no mention of women at all.

"Of the 991 history exam questions set in 2023, 357 featured a named individual, but only 31 were women – and nine of those were references to Elizabeth I or her reign."

Dr Natasha R. Hodgson of Nottingham Trent University writes this week in The Conversation bit.ly/49ZqTiq

Here is the cover design for The Films of Lindsay Anderson, available next month from EUP @edinburghup.bsky.social. For 30% off use code: NEW30

Here is the cover design for The Films of Lindsay Anderson, available next month from EUP @edinburghup.bsky.social. For 30% off use code: NEW30

Don’t forget to add “ReFocus: The Films of Lindsay Anderson” to the basket 📚 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Pre-order now for December publication!

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CRITICAL THINKING: THE LAURA MULVEY INTERVIEW

Over half a century and around the globe, Laura Mulvey’s influence on thinking about film has been unparalleled. As she receives a BFI Fellowship, she talks to Sight and Sound about her career and her influences. By Isabel Stevens.

Lecturer in Media & Film, York St John University, applications close 7th November 2025 jobs.yorksj.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Author’s copies 📚 This may be my last one for a while

CCC is available today in Ebook format 📚 Still prohibitively expensive, unfortunately. But the paperback is on the way… www.bloomsbury.com/uk/culture-c...

JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships for Overseas Researchers 2026 The scheme provides funding for early career postdoctoral researchers to conduct cooperative research in Japan, with leading research groups in Japanese universities and other institutions, under the ...

Opportunity for early career postdoctoral researchers to conduct research in Japan for 12-24 months. You'll receive a monthly maintenence stipend, a settling in allowance, a research grant and round trip air fare. Apply by 10 Dec
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Competition law exemption ‘needed to prevent courses dying out’ Attempts to quell universities’ fears about competition laws may actually be heightening anxiety over collaboration in cash-strapped sector

Competition law exemption ‘needed to prevent courses dying out’

Some comments here in @timeshighered.bsky.social from me on the challenges and impacts of CMA involvement in higher education at the moment.

#Regulation #ShakespeareMartineau #CMA

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Listen! @willkitchen.bsky.social talks to @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about the fascinating "Culture, Capital and Carnival:
Modern Media and the Representation of Work" newbooksnetwork.com/culture-capi...