{"id":63,"date":"2025-10-23T15:11:43","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T14:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/creative\/?page_id=63"},"modified":"2026-01-21T11:27:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T11:27:23","slug":"my-cultural-life-dr-elke-weissmann","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/creative\/my-cultural-life-dr-elke-weissmann\/","title":{"rendered":"My Cultural Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Your university years are an age of discovery. A place to find your new favourite&#8230;well, everything, really. Our influences inform our identity. They become part of our DNA. A chance meeting can take you down the road less travelled. And believe it or not, our lecturers were once just like you, with their own unique origin stories. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With this in mind we&#8217;re asking <strong>our students<\/strong> to look behind the curtain, as they quiz Edge Hill&#8217;s academics about how they got here: what they were reading, what they were watching, who they were talking to&#8230;and why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So if you&#8217;ve ever wondered whether your tutor is a Swiftie for life or a committed Dylanologist, a Corrie addict or fascinated by Chinese historical drama-thons, this is as good a place as any to start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:25% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/creative\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2026\/01\/Kim-W_1000x1000.jpg\" alt=\"Dr Kim Wiltshire, Reader in Creative Writing\" class=\"wp-image-79 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/creative\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2026\/01\/Kim-W_1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/creative\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2026\/01\/Kim-W_1000x1000-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/creative\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2026\/01\/Kim-W_1000x1000-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/creative\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2026\/01\/Kim-W_1000x1000-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Dr Kim Wiltshire: not really a morning person&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Episode 2: Dr Kim Wiltshire, Reader in Creative Writing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/creative\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2026\/01\/kim-wiltshire_cultural-life_edit.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:25% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/creative\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2025\/10\/Dr-Elke-Weissman1000x1000.jpg\" alt=\"Dr Elke Weissmann, Reader in Film and Television\" class=\"wp-image-65 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/creative\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2025\/10\/Dr-Elke-Weissman1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/creative\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2025\/10\/Dr-Elke-Weissman1000x1000-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/creative\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2025\/10\/Dr-Elke-Weissman1000x1000-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/creative\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2025\/10\/Dr-Elke-Weissman1000x1000-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Dr Elke Weissmann: likes Sting, apparently.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Episode 1: Dr Elke Weissmann, Reader in Film and Television<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/creative\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/411\/2025\/10\/elke-w_cultural-life_edit.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edge Hill creative arts academics give us an insight into their cultural lives. 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