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.
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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
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
February 4, 2026 at 12:58 PM
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
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
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Fascinating interview with an inspirational artist and academic @futuremountain.bsky.social
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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January 28, 2026 at 8:54 AM
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Fascinating interview with an inspirational artist and academic @futuremountain.bsky.social
Fascinating interview with an inspirational artist and academic @futuremountain.bsky.social
Full disclosure - I am part of the team on this. But nevertheless this is a stunning first episode and a fascinating listen.
Join 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.
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@mountainsofgreece.bsky.social @profpitches.bsky.social @staclassics.bsky.social @britschoolathens.bsky.social
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January 15, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Full disclosure - I am part of the team on this. But nevertheless this is a stunning first episode and a fascinating listen.
I just signed the campaign calling to say NO chlorinated chicken on our supermarket shelves!
January 15, 2026 at 12:49 PM
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!
November 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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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November 25, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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...
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
October 28, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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
Mejadra on the way. Ooh the anticipation!
October 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Mejadra on the way. Ooh the anticipation!
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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October 24, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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.
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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October 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/o... Great review for Rinse @stage@leeds
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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October 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Great project and cause, this - accents and unconscious bias @unileedsnews.bsky.social youtu.be/U4I8TPJpJD8
It’s happening www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Green party reaches 100,000 members for first time after Polanski becomes leader
Green party in England and Wales has had near-50% rise in membership since since Zack Polanski took over last month
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October 18, 2025 at 8:04 AM
It’s happening www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
@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. ❤️
June 6, 2025 at 12:48 PM
@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. ❤️
Read my review of Writing the Mountains here www.h-net.org/reviews/show...
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June 5, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Read my review of Writing the Mountains here www.h-net.org/reviews/show...
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!!
May 18, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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.
www.campaignforthearts.org
May 7, 2025 at 6:52 AM
🚨🌱 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...
Good luck to all the chicks !
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 ⬇️
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Over the weekend, we welcomed four new peregrine chicks onto campus! 🐣
Watch our peregrine live stream now ⬇️
sustainability.leeds.ac.uk/our-work/bio...
April 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Good luck to all the chicks !
Gotta be worth a watch!
Wunderbar! The Berliner Ensemble’s ‘historical recording of "Mother Courage and Her Children" from the Berliner Ensemble in 1957, in which Helene Weigel plays the title role, will be free of charge via stream on our website for one week starting May 9 at 8 p.m.”
zu Helene Weigels 125. Geburtstag am 12.5. zeigen wir ab 9.5. 20.00 Uhr für eine Woche eine historische Aufzeichnung von "Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder" aus dem Berliner Ensemble von 1957 kostenlos im Stream auf unserer Website, in der Helene Weigel die Titelrolle spielt.
April 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Gotta be worth a watch!
Foxes tarn to Scafell. The reality!
April 28, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Foxes tarn to Scafell. The reality!
Gotta love Wasdale
April 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Gotta love Wasdale
Sarah Vaughan singing send in the clouds on BBC 2 tonight. My word. What a voice.
March 23, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Sarah Vaughan singing send in the clouds on BBC 2 tonight. My word. What a voice.