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Struggling to believe #britgrad2025 @britgrad.bsky.social is over already! What a wonderful, chaotic, rich few days. Thanks to all the brilliant speakers and my fellow committee members for making it such a wonderful conference ✨

tanasa first examines John Partridge - he claims to be writing for women but the images and letters are to men… and the book isn’t practical to use #BritGrad2025

Next up Bianca Tanasa on early modern cook books… #BritGrad2025

Camponovo notes that appetite is never for love but for sexual lust #BritGrad2025

Moving onto Angelo’s sexual appetites and Isabella’s edible body #BritGrad2025

Camponovo argues that the language to describe the brothel and prison mirror the style of early modern cook books. Wider the prisoners are linked to over consumption of food and drink. #BritGrad2025

Camponovo deep dives into food euphemisms and the ban on brothels… parallels between food and sexually available bodies. Prunes in windows stood in brothels - so Pompey’s pregnant wife’s need for prunes becomes sexual #BritGrad2025

Camponovo has brought prunes…. #BritGrad2025

The content warning is again Measure for Measure #Britgrad2025

After lunch it is food and sex… up first Simone Camponovo #Britgrad2025

Broadribb wants to be clear that reviews are allocated first come first serve… rather than on experience! #BritGrad2025

Questions being fielded
… yes photos please where possible (high quality from the press office)… foreign language Yes please… #BritGrad2025

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Oh wait… I have now twice misunderstood “Lady m was chilling” I was imagining pina colada and Netflix rather than scary! #BritGrad2025

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Also the reader of a ShaxBull know the plots of Shakespeare’s plays! Think Belle not Gaston #BritGrad2025

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Balance description and critical interrogation … the description should serve the analysis… #BritGrad2025

Too top… avoid bland! Explore and analyse… WHY? #BritGrad2025

Broadribb stresses he is keen to work with authors and support them in the rewrites… if you are happy to work on a review he is happy to work with you. #BritGrad2025

Broadribb and Williams want to define performance widely … if you think it’s a performance and want to review it, pitch it! #BritGrad2025

Williams and Broadribb note that performance and performance review is an open field… there is no correct way to perform any play so the reviewers job is to take each performance on its own merits… #BritGrad2025

Thanks again, @britgrad.bsky.social, for inviting Tamara Batty and I to represent the College of Arts and Law Academic Writing Service @unibirmingham.bsky.social and for your lovely words of thanks! 🙏

First photo courtesy: BritGrad

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Broadribb and Williams ask us to think about what we have found useful in published performance reviews… #BritGrad2025

Up next a publishing workshop with @benbroadribb.bsky.social and @norajw.bsky.social for @shaxbull.bsky.social #BritGrad2025

She recommends that we learn texts - not rote learning but emotional and embodied experiential learning. #BritGrad2025

Granger cites @harrymccarthy.bsky.social and his approach to research with innovation. #BritGrad2025

She also recommends starting commonplacing for essays … start your reading with ten thematic headings then end up with material under those themes as you read. #BritGrad2025

Granger advocates for keeping a notebook with you with an easy thematic index… and to spend 5 mins a day archiving and compiling the content you have consumed. #Britgrad2025

Granger promotes the use of commonplace books … collecting ideas and thoughts for later … #britgrad2025

Granger asks us to look at things differently as we study and research… but notes it’s harder for early career researchers to be risky and quirky … we can however use play in our methods #BritGrad2025

Heading into day three of #BritGrad2025 up first Ruby Granger…

Turning to embedded criticism - Kirwan warns against the merging of dramaturg and embedded critic… #BritGrad2025