Sarah K Whitfield
@sarahinthepark.bsky.social
Reader in Musical Theatre, Head of Doctoral Programmes at RCM, mum, data and digital humanities nerd, music ed advocate, tea drinker. About covers it
Come along to the book launch at the perfect setting of the Back to Backs in Brum. I'll be there talking about theatre cleaners writing the empty stage! www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/birmin...
November 21, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Come along to the book launch at the perfect setting of the Back to Backs in Brum. I'll be there talking about theatre cleaners writing the empty stage! www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/birmin...
The book proposal is on the loose! Off to review, fingers crossed for it, a history of ladies orchestras in Britain.
November 15, 2025 at 10:21 AM
The book proposal is on the loose! Off to review, fingers crossed for it, a history of ladies orchestras in Britain.
It is the year 3023. Computers now do all of the talking. They still cannot correctly insert an image into microsoft word without breaking everything they have ever held dear. This is how they remember us.
November 2, 2025 at 5:48 PM
It is the year 3023. Computers now do all of the talking. They still cannot correctly insert an image into microsoft word without breaking everything they have ever held dear. This is how they remember us.
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Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
October 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
rare couple of hours of writing, and realising again how important it is if you're not sure about structure to just let that be, and _continue writing_ - sometimes you just have to see how the thing comes out and fix it afterwards #amwritinghonestly
October 29, 2025 at 12:14 PM
rare couple of hours of writing, and realising again how important it is if you're not sure about structure to just let that be, and _continue writing_ - sometimes you just have to see how the thing comes out and fix it afterwards #amwritinghonestly
Devastating news from Manchester 💔
October 2, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Devastating news from Manchester 💔
Hugely proud to have a chapter in this collection! I explore the missing history of theatre cleaners, often a women's history, and traced the fragments of their lives that remain.
Out today: British Working-Class and Radical Writing Since 1700 edited by John Goodridge & @adambridgen.bsky.social.
This book is published #OpenAccess, with funding from @acls1919.bsky.social 👏
'Workers, Radicals, Environmentalists and Feminists, Unite!'
uolpress.co.uk/book/british...
This book is published #OpenAccess, with funding from @acls1919.bsky.social 👏
'Workers, Radicals, Environmentalists and Feminists, Unite!'
uolpress.co.uk/book/british...
British Working-Class and Radical Writing Since 1700 - University of London Press
At a time when working-class writing is gaining long-overdue recognition and radical ideas may be more important than ever, this timely collection of eighteen essays examines the powerful intersection...
uolpress.co.uk
September 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Hugely proud to have a chapter in this collection! I explore the missing history of theatre cleaners, often a women's history, and traced the fragments of their lives that remain.
Reposted by Sarah K Whitfield
We spoke to Laura Hamer about her free course with @openuniversity.bsky.social 🎶
It includes interviews with experts in the field championing the music of women composers, advocating for greater gender equity within the classical music industry 📣
🔗Read more: www.musicmark.org.uk/news/researc...
It includes interviews with experts in the field championing the music of women composers, advocating for greater gender equity within the classical music industry 📣
🔗Read more: www.musicmark.org.uk/news/researc...
September 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
We spoke to Laura Hamer about her free course with @openuniversity.bsky.social 🎶
It includes interviews with experts in the field championing the music of women composers, advocating for greater gender equity within the classical music industry 📣
🔗Read more: www.musicmark.org.uk/news/researc...
It includes interviews with experts in the field championing the music of women composers, advocating for greater gender equity within the classical music industry 📣
🔗Read more: www.musicmark.org.uk/news/researc...
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Also can we stop with the "unproven" claims and just say what it is. False claims. Lies.
September 23, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Also can we stop with the "unproven" claims and just say what it is. False claims. Lies.
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You can’t fix autism because autistic people are not broken.
September 23, 2025 at 1:08 AM
You can’t fix autism because autistic people are not broken.
In case you hadn't heard this wonderful late Rodgers and Hart song, please enjoy 'To Keep My Love Alive' www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmXe...
To Keep My Love Alive - Ella fitzgerald
YouTube video by Michael C.
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September 19, 2025 at 8:20 PM
In case you hadn't heard this wonderful late Rodgers and Hart song, please enjoy 'To Keep My Love Alive' www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmXe...
Reposted by Sarah K Whitfield
The EHRC Code will devastate trans people's lives. This is an emergency.
Here are three ways to fight back.
Take action now:
www.transsolidarityalliance.com/ehrc-code
Here are three ways to fight back.
Take action now:
www.transsolidarityalliance.com/ehrc-code
September 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The EHRC Code will devastate trans people's lives. This is an emergency.
Here are three ways to fight back.
Take action now:
www.transsolidarityalliance.com/ehrc-code
Here are three ways to fight back.
Take action now:
www.transsolidarityalliance.com/ehrc-code
Meanwhile ProQuest has moved into direct check ins or... threats?
August 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Meanwhile ProQuest has moved into direct check ins or... threats?
Historic theatre listing or a description of a Phd?
August 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Historic theatre listing or a description of a Phd?
This is a hugely important report which gathers together devastating testimony about what is happening and being experienced across the LGBTQ community, and the way in which our trans family are being segregated in daily life. Please take a moment to write to your MP.
A concrete thing every UK person who cares about trans rights can do right now:
1. Email a link of this report to your MP, with highlights from the executive summary in your email. Ask them what it means for your constituency and their party - highlight trans people's legally mandated human rights
1. Email a link of this report to your MP, with highlights from the executive summary in your email. Ask them what it means for your constituency and their party - highlight trans people's legally mandated human rights
TW.
Needs to be widely shared with cisgender people, especially politicians. Utterly horrifying that Britain has come to this- that most of Britain is just looking the other way while a whole community is being eliminated from society because of lies and hatred. transactual.org.uk/wp-content/u...
Needs to be widely shared with cisgender people, especially politicians. Utterly horrifying that Britain has come to this- that most of Britain is just looking the other way while a whole community is being eliminated from society because of lies and hatred. transactual.org.uk/wp-content/u...
August 20, 2025 at 9:26 AM
This is a hugely important report which gathers together devastating testimony about what is happening and being experienced across the LGBTQ community, and the way in which our trans family are being segregated in daily life. Please take a moment to write to your MP.
So this is my lovely news!
We’re delighted to announce that Dr Sarah K Whitfield (@sarahinthepark.bsky.social) has been appointed Reader in Musical Theatre at the Royal College of Music and has also been appointed Head of Doctoral Programmes.
Read more about Sarah’s achievements: bit.ly/RCM-Sarah-Wh...
Read more about Sarah’s achievements: bit.ly/RCM-Sarah-Wh...
August 4, 2025 at 1:17 PM
So this is my lovely news!
Word of advice for coming back from leave. If all those emails didn't come in during one day, you cannot actually answer them in one day either. Breathe.
July 29, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Word of advice for coming back from leave. If all those emails didn't come in during one day, you cannot actually answer them in one day either. Breathe.
What's your favourite niche album? I'm not talking Ella sings Gershwin here, we are thinking the Supremes sing Rogers and Hart, the Disco Sondheim album... rock anthems from your Grandad's shed... the more specific the better
July 16, 2025 at 10:39 AM
What's your favourite niche album? I'm not talking Ella sings Gershwin here, we are thinking the Supremes sing Rogers and Hart, the Disco Sondheim album... rock anthems from your Grandad's shed... the more specific the better
got to have a serious photo for a work thing, and this may be one of the best options.
July 15, 2025 at 3:45 PM
got to have a serious photo for a work thing, and this may be one of the best options.
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Are you an early career researcher looking to get published?
Don’t miss out on financial support and mentorship with the Bloomsbury Academic Writing Fellowship, in partnership with Writers & Artists.
Find out how you can apply here: bit.ly/4mHlgcn
Don’t miss out on financial support and mentorship with the Bloomsbury Academic Writing Fellowship, in partnership with Writers & Artists.
Find out how you can apply here: bit.ly/4mHlgcn
July 9, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Are you an early career researcher looking to get published?
Don’t miss out on financial support and mentorship with the Bloomsbury Academic Writing Fellowship, in partnership with Writers & Artists.
Find out how you can apply here: bit.ly/4mHlgcn
Don’t miss out on financial support and mentorship with the Bloomsbury Academic Writing Fellowship, in partnership with Writers & Artists.
Find out how you can apply here: bit.ly/4mHlgcn
Got excited about creating a butterfly feeding station with some questionable fruit. What I've actually done is created a Wasp Service Station, with the occasional visit of a butterfly like 'wow, there are a lot of wasps here'.
July 8, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Got excited about creating a butterfly feeding station with some questionable fruit. What I've actually done is created a Wasp Service Station, with the occasional visit of a butterfly like 'wow, there are a lot of wasps here'.
Had a joyful day of Graduations today, with amazing PhD students celebrating their achievements. Love meeting students families and seeing them beam with joy too
July 4, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Had a joyful day of Graduations today, with amazing PhD students celebrating their achievements. Love meeting students families and seeing them beam with joy too
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