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Making It Wyrd

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A scholar putting a gothic spin on pop culture. Books, films, music - we're making it wyrd 👻 Check out our blog: https://makingitwyrd.wordpress.com

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Dr Scarlett Butchers@scarlettbutchers1.bsky.social · 2w ago

My PhD thesis on the human/nonhuman relationship in the work of David Rudkin is now available to read on the University of Lincoln repository! repository.lincoln.ac.uk/articles/the...

'I see into the Now': The Prescient Ecologies of David Rudkin

This thesis explores the relationship between people and the natural world in the dramatic work of David Rudkin and in doing so reveals how these works map the shifts in this relationship in Britain over the past 60 years. Rudkin highlights nature's sentience, responding to human actions and becoming an active foundation upon which human identities are laid. In exploring how these texts are in dialogue with the societies from which they emerged, this thesis reveals the inherent prescience of Rudkin’s works, resonating with the anxieties of modern Britain and becoming tools for individual and communal self recognition and thus self-understanding. This thesis reframes Rudkin as a dramatist of great relevance for understanding how humans relate to nonhuman nature, particularly in the current moment of social and ecological crisis.The exploration of this relationship is divided into three chapters focusing on the different forms this relationship takes. These chapters are: ‘Nostalgia’, exploring the remnants of the British Empire that remain embedded in British culture through an analysis of Language, Accent and Xenophobia in these texts. ‘Rural/Urban Conflict’, explores how urban expansion, including traditionally urban structures such as capitalist ideology affect rural identities and communities. ‘Sentient Landscapes’, examining how the sentience of Rudkin’s nonhuman nature, acting both as avenger and teacher, maps the changing climate anxiety over time. The use of Rudkin’s 2020 PlacePrints series in this chapter enables a consideration of the ways Rudkin is also in dialogue with the contemporary moment of Climate Crisis. The methodology used is textual and live performance analysis, and the thesis is underpinned by an interview conducted with David Rudkin. This thesis uses the analytical frameworks of Ecocriticism and Cultural Materialism to place Rudkin’s physical worlds at the centre of study.

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Making It Wyrd@makingitwyrd.bsky.social · 2mo ago

With its child protagonist navigating a dark and distorted world, body horror, violence and gore, and chilling mysteries 'Little Nightmares II' becomes a fairytale for the modern moment. Human presence in this world only leads to pain and suffering... seem familiar?

Cover image for Little Nightmares II. Two children with covered faces stand in a looming industrial world.
Making It Wyrd@makingitwyrd.bsky.social · 2mo ago

With its child protagonist navigating a dark and distorted world, body horror, violence and gore, and chilling mysteries 'Little Nightmares II' becomes a fairytale for the modern moment. Human presence in this world only leads to pain and suffering... seem familiar?

Cover image for Little Nightmares II. Two children with covered faces stand in a looming industrial world.
Making It Wyrd@makingitwyrd.bsky.social · 3mo ago

"We'd all become Solarians: afraid of germs and too anxious for face-to-face contact". Jen Farr brings pandemic life into dialogue with Asimov's The Naked Sun in our first ever guest blog post! makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/2026/03/30/l...

Learning Happiness from Aliens

All the lonely people Where do they all come from? All the lonely people Where do they all belong? The Beatles (1966) New Year’s Eve 2019. Almost midnight. Finally, it was time to see out the decad…

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Making It Wyrd@makingitwyrd.bsky.social · 3mo ago

"We'd all become Solarians: afraid of germs and too anxious for face-to-face contact". Jen Farr brings pandemic life into dialogue with Asimov's The Naked Sun in our first ever guest blog post! makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/2026/03/30/l...

Learning Happiness from Aliens

All the lonely people Where do they all come from? All the lonely people Where do they all belong? The Beatles (1966) New Year’s Eve 2019. Almost midnight. Finally, it was time to see out the decad…

makingitwyrd.wordpress.com

Dr Sam Hirst@romgothsam.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Have you signed up for this week's talk yet? Get on it! Come join us for Body Horror, Transformation and Fear in old Norse Sagas! Talks online and free to access (donations welcome!)

Dr Sam Hirst@romgothsam.bsky.social · 7mo ago

We have a returning speaker, Natalie Hopwood, joining us on 25th April at 10am and 7pm BST to talk Eyes without a Face: Body Horror, Transformation, and Fear in Old Norse Sagas 10 - buytickets.at/romancingthe... 7 - buytickets.at/romancingthe...

Making It Wyrd@makingitwyrd.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Our first guest blog post is up! Written by the brilliant Jen Farr (@jen_farr_is_here on instagram), this post examines Isaac Asimov's The Naked Sun, pandemic isolation and our increasingly virtual living. Read it now! makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/2026/03/30/l...

Learning Happiness from Aliens

All the lonely people Where do they all come from? All the lonely people Where do they all belong? The Beatles (1966) New Year’s Eve 2019. Almost midnight. Finally, it was time to see out the decad…

makingitwyrd.wordpress.com