Jonathan Pitches
@profpitches.bsky.social
Theatre Professor and eco critic. Author of Performing Mountains. Head of School of Performance and Cultural Industries at University of Leeds. European. Trying my hand at some poetry. Views my own.
Inspiring conversation with Fraser and Fraser Check it out podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m.... @futuremountain.bsky.social @jonwestaway.bsky.social
somewhere nowhere with Harriet and Rob Fraser
Podcast Episode · Mountain Stories, Mountain Futures · 25 March · 1hr 3min
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Fascinating interview with Caroline Schaumann in this great new podcast series.
Mountain Stories, Mountain Futures@futuremountain.bsky.social · 5mo agoNew podcast! Talking with Caroline Schaumann about Humboldtian science in the mountains - feeling, failure, and queer sensibilities + 19th C. mountaineering in print, archive and film #EnvHist #Mountaineering #Alps #Andes shorturl.at/tVj9T @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social @profpitches.bsky.social
Just out and Open Access. Full article: ‘Thinking Like a Mountain’: Ecocritical Perspectives on Norman Nicholson’s Mountain Dramaturgy @futuremountain.bsky.social
Another gem in this new series. Check it out 👇
Mountain Stories, Mountain Futures@futuremountain.bsky.social · 6mo agoNew podcast talking with @peterhhansen.bsky.social about how #mountaineering & #modernity emerged together & how the idea of the 'summit position' came to encompass concepts of sovereignty & empire from the #Alps to #Everest shorturl.at/oI5fh @profpitches.bsky.social @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social
बाउ को धुरी छैन “Father Has No Roof over his head” An #OtherEverests #ConfluenceCollective exhibition in Kalimpong 21-27 February 2026 shorturl.at/YrbVv Lost archives & hidden histories of Indigenous high-altitude workers from the 1920s & 1930s. @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social @profpitches.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m... Fascinating interview with an inspirational artist and academic @futuremountain.bsky.social
Into the Mountain with Simone Kenyon
Podcast Episode · Mountain Stories, Mountain Futures · 28/01/2026 · 51m
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Full disclosure - I am part of the team on this. But nevertheless this is a stunning first episode and a fascinating listen.
Mountain Stories, Mountain Futures@futuremountain.bsky.social · 7mo agoJoin us for our first podcast! We talk with the amazing Alexandra Cotofana about landscape sentience in the Romanian Carpathians and the concept of xenophobic mountains. shorturl.at/DfOrj @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social @profpitches.bsky.social @staclassics.bsky.social @britschoolathens.bsky.social
I just signed the campaign calling to say NO chlorinated chicken on our supermarket shelves!
Excited to see @jonwestaway.bsky.social and coeditors’ great collection in my local independent bookshop @grovebookshop.bsky.social Was going to offer to do signings of my chapter but thought again!
Lovely to have the new Leeds Playhouse AD visit our school last week. Insipiring stories for our students and a great plan for the theatre ahc.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...
Leeds Playhouse Artistic Director Tom Wright visits PCI
Leeds Playhouse Artistic Director Tom Wright visited the School of Performance and Cultural Industries on 20 November, engaging in an in-depth session with theatre directing students
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So much history on the @universityofleeds.bsky.social campus and much of it brilliantly navigated by heritage corner for Black History Month. Joe Williams is an inspiration. Here he is outside my school of PCI. A bonus to walk round with @bethjohnsontv.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/culture/inte.... It takes me at least a week to read the Observer so apologies for my tardiness but this is pure gold.
Bill Nighy: ‘What shorts should I wear? The shorts that g...
Bill Nighy has strong opinions on the art of living. And now he is imparting his wisdom as an agony uncle. Choice tips: become a glory hunter, shake you...
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www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/o... Great review for Rinse @stage@leeds
Transform festival: Rinse and Blackmilk review – a double shot of engrossing dance
Amrita Hepi measures words and movement as she talks through her artistic journey and Tiran Willemse takes Moon River in a new direction
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Great project and cause, this - accents and unconscious bias @unileedsnews.bsky.social youtu.be/U4I8TPJpJD8
All Accents Welcome
YouTube video by University of Leeds
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@lner.co.uk big shout out to Carley at Leeds today. Charming and incredibly helpful in letting us move seats to help my wife with her injured knee. LNER you’ve got a great colleague there. ❤️
Brilliant place to read my birthday present and to celebrate the poets curated by @helenmort.bsky.social in this fab collection. That Norman McCaig poem on Climbing Suilven is my favourite!!
🚨🌱 The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. Please join me in signing the @campaignforthearts.org petition to remind the UK Govt: the arts make our lives happier & our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them. www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/sp...
Petition: Make the arts part of UK National Renewal | Campaign for the Arts
The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. The arts make our lives happier and our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them.
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Good luck to all the chicks !
University of Leeds@universityofleeds.bsky.social · last yr.Did you know that we have peregrine falcons nesting in Parkinson Tower? Over the weekend, we welcomed four new peregrine chicks onto campus! 🐣 Watch our peregrine live stream now ⬇️ sustainability.leeds.ac.uk/our-work/bio...
Sarah Vaughan singing send in the clouds on BBC 2 tonight. My word. What a voice.