Elke Weissmann
@tellyelk.bsky.social
Reader in TV, who watches TV and sometimes makes some with her students at Edge Hill University. Interested in the role of media in communicating climate change. Also interested in questions of inequality and television. Also posts pretty pictures.
Dear people of #Richmond, I encourage you to come and live with people in #Picton or #Knowsley for a week. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘I don’t live in a mansion. It’s a 1930s house’: Richmond residents react to council tax rise
Rachel Reeves’s new council tax surcharge on homes worth £2m or more earns mixed reception in well-heeled London borough
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Dear people of #Richmond, I encourage you to come and live with people in #Picton or #Knowsley for a week. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Important read: press freedom under attack. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media
Ultimatums sent to publications appear to intensify as Nigel Farage’s party rises in polls
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Important read: press freedom under attack. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
So so true. It also affects pedestrians. Crossing over a green light now involves checking that all cars have actually stopped so many of them run red lights. @liamthorp.bsky.social
Powerful words from @alexnurse.bsky.social - who simply doesn’t want to be killed while commuting to and from work
'I don't want to be an obituary in the ECHO, we need change'
Dad-of-two writes powerful letter after facing near-death experiences on the roads of Liverpool
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 7:56 AM
So so true. It also affects pedestrians. Crossing over a green light now involves checking that all cars have actually stopped so many of them run red lights. @liamthorp.bsky.social
What does the attack on the BBC at a time of crisis in HE tell us? cstonline.net/a-major-cris...
A Major Crisis in the BBC at a Time of a Crisis in Higher Education by Elke Weissmann
If you live, like me, in The Guardian bubble, you will be heartened by the outspoken defence of the BBC in the last two days (The Guardian, 2025). But this defence clearly doesn’t come from all sides.
cstonline.net
November 15, 2025 at 6:39 AM
What does the attack on the BBC at a time of crisis in HE tell us? cstonline.net/a-major-cris...
Job going at my university in my lovely department (lovely because of amazing colleagues who are truly supportive of each other). Lecturer in Film, media and broadcast production. jobs.edgehill.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
Job Vacancy at Edge Hill University: Lecturer in Film, Media and Broadcast Production
We’re here to create and harness knowledge, to deliver opportunity for everyone.About the RoleAs Lecturer in Film, Media and Broadcast Production this is an exciting opportunity to join the department...
jobs.edgehill.ac.uk
November 14, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Job going at my university in my lovely department (lovely because of amazing colleagues who are truly supportive of each other). Lecturer in Film, media and broadcast production. jobs.edgehill.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
Please support the BBC. I know it's not perfect, but to paraphrase Raymond Williams, it's the best of imperfect models. 38d.gs/bbc_o_eaio
Sign the petition: save our BBC: don't let the likes of Trump and his UK cronies meddle with our public broadcaster
🚨Our BBC is under attack 🚨 We can't let those that want to see it torn up & replaced by the likes of GBNews or Fox win. Sign the open letter now to demand the new BBC boss is someone that will protect...
38d.gs
November 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Please support the BBC. I know it's not perfect, but to paraphrase Raymond Williams, it's the best of imperfect models. 38d.gs/bbc_o_eaio
Absolutely. @teamlabouruk.bsky.social it would be good to emphasize the role of the BBC in public life and our commitment to freedom of the press.
What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Absolutely. @teamlabouruk.bsky.social it would be good to emphasize the role of the BBC in public life and our commitment to freedom of the press.
P.S. this is an awesome programme that is super timely and asks really important questions. Please watch www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002hytj
November 9, 2025 at 8:56 AM
P.S. this is an awesome programme that is super timely and asks really important questions. Please watch www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002hytj
Watching @davidolusoga.bsky.social 's #Empire on #BBC which is great as always. Love the interviews with descendants discussing the impacts of the events on generations of their ancestors. But mostly jealous because he got to travel to all these interesting places.
November 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Watching @davidolusoga.bsky.social 's #Empire on #BBC which is great as always. Love the interviews with descendants discussing the impacts of the events on generations of their ancestors. But mostly jealous because he got to travel to all these interesting places.
October 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I brushed my hair this morning and then I decided to cycle 3 miles against the wind. So glad it was largely downhill. Otherwise I would probably have collapsed... #StormBenjamin
October 27, 2025 at 8:38 AM
I brushed my hair this morning and then I decided to cycle 3 miles against the wind. So glad it was largely downhill. Otherwise I would probably have collapsed... #StormBenjamin
It's CFP time for the Critical Studies in Television conference 2026. All papers on TV welcome , but conference theme is 'Crisis'. sites.edgehill.ac.uk/tvresearchgr...
Critical Studies in Television Conference 2026 - Television Studies Research Group
Slow Online Conference6-17 July 2026 We invite papers on all aspects connected to television, but this year we want to pay particular attention to the feeling of crisis that envelops us and television...
sites.edgehill.ac.uk
October 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
It's CFP time for the Critical Studies in Television conference 2026. All papers on TV welcome , but conference theme is 'Crisis'. sites.edgehill.ac.uk/tvresearchgr...
Reposted by Elke Weissmann
My students made this film about a local #cricket club. If you need something to make you believe in the #goodness of people again, this is it. Feel free to support the club as well. youtu.be/sczf9HCeYE0?...
Edge Hill's Student Film Project keeps Wavertree CC in the game
YouTube video by Edge Hill University Research & Knowledge Exchange
youtu.be
October 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM
My students made this film about a local #cricket club. If you need something to make you believe in the #goodness of people again, this is it. Feel free to support the club as well. youtu.be/sczf9HCeYE0?...
Yes please. More of this, please, @teamlabouruk.bsky.social. I may not be a doctor, but I teach students at a university. And I try my best for them. We all contribute. That includes the lovely people in the corner shops who help their communities with a vital local shop and many more.
This the kind of message politicians need to send:
When asked about Reform UK's plans to scrap indefinite leave to remain, Wes Streeting answered: "Nigel Farage says go home, I say you're home."
When asked about Reform UK's plans to scrap indefinite leave to remain, Wes Streeting answered: "Nigel Farage says go home, I say you're home."
September 30, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Yes please. More of this, please, @teamlabouruk.bsky.social. I may not be a doctor, but I teach students at a university. And I try my best for them. We all contribute. That includes the lovely people in the corner shops who help their communities with a vital local shop and many more.
I went to Portland in 2002. It was the US city where I felt safest. It seemed like a relaxed, open kind of place. When I asked someone for directions, they didn't gasp or were surprised, but rather smiled and showed me the way. It must have changed a lot, then, as Trump clearly never lies....
September 28, 2025 at 6:25 AM
I went to Portland in 2002. It was the US city where I felt safest. It seemed like a relaxed, open kind of place. When I asked someone for directions, they didn't gasp or were surprised, but rather smiled and showed me the way. It must have changed a lot, then, as Trump clearly never lies....
Dear Reform, you are not very clever, are you? You don't know what migrants contribute to this country, do you? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reform plans to scrap indefinite leave to remain for migrants
The party says scrapping the scheme and restricting migrant access to benefits will save hundreds of billions of pounds.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 22, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Dear Reform, you are not very clever, are you? You don't know what migrants contribute to this country, do you? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
So free speech is for saying horrible things about people we don't know and bringing real fear to their lives, but is not about behaviour we can observe directly by powerful people who don't like what we are saying?
September 18, 2025 at 7:41 AM
So free speech is for saying horrible things about people we don't know and bringing real fear to their lives, but is not about behaviour we can observe directly by powerful people who don't like what we are saying?
Do any Americans on here like the orange person back who is DEFINITELY NOT in the Epstein files? I don't feel comfortable having him here. Also, I really don't understand how people can believe that he isn't guilty of all kinds of horrible sex crimes. He has admitted to it... 🤷
September 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Do any Americans on here like the orange person back who is DEFINITELY NOT in the Epstein files? I don't feel comfortable having him here. Also, I really don't understand how people can believe that he isn't guilty of all kinds of horrible sex crimes. He has admitted to it... 🤷
I wonder how proud George Osborne is about his legacy. Austerity bred discontent and a sense of disenfranchisement. And this is exploited by rich folk such as Lennon Yaxley, i.e. Tommy Robinson and Nigel Garage to do this. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Police hurt during Tommy Robinson's Unite the Kingdom rally in London
Some 25 arrests are made after
www.bbc.co.uk
September 14, 2025 at 8:45 AM
I wonder how proud George Osborne is about his legacy. Austerity bred discontent and a sense of disenfranchisement. And this is exploited by rich folk such as Lennon Yaxley, i.e. Tommy Robinson and Nigel Garage to do this. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A woman on the left, persistently hounded, eventually resigns for underpaying tax. At the same time, the man who avoids taxes on his second job, who doesn't work for his constituency, rarely attends parliament, is hailed as potentially next PM. #DoubleStandards
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Angela Rayner resigns after underpaying tax on Hove flat
Her departure comes after the PM's ethics adviser concludes that she breached ministerial rules.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
A woman on the left, persistently hounded, eventually resigns for underpaying tax. At the same time, the man who avoids taxes on his second job, who doesn't work for his constituency, rarely attends parliament, is hailed as potentially next PM. #DoubleStandards
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The loud sigh you can hear? It's the collective outbreath of parents seeing their children return to school after 6 weeks of juggling work and childcare.
a black and white photo of a woman smiling and saying `` instant relief '' .
ALT: a black and white photo of a woman smiling and saying `` instant relief '' .
media.tenor.com
September 1, 2025 at 8:32 AM
The loud sigh you can hear? It's the collective outbreath of parents seeing their children return to school after 6 weeks of juggling work and childcare.
So good to see so many of us here to embrace immigration and reject hate #Liverpool #RefugeesAreWelcomeHere
August 23, 2025 at 11:48 AM
So good to see so many of us here to embrace immigration and reject hate #Liverpool #RefugeesAreWelcomeHere