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Welcome to The Polyphony
It is no longer true to say that the medical and health humanities – here invoked in connection rather than in tension or competition – -
Languages of Care in Narrative Medicine (Review)
In this post, Autumn Marie Chilcote reviews Languages of Care in Narrative Medicine: Words, Space and Time in the Healthcare Ecosystem (New York: Springer International, -
Fact, Fiction and Phenomenology
Novelist Hilda Reilly discusses biographical fiction as a research method into the patient experience — and the unexpected questions raised in her exploration of Bertha -
Our Resistance to Recovery Narratives
This week we will be posting a series of responses to Angela Woods‘, Akiko Hart‘s and Helen Spandler‘s article The Recovery Narrative: Politics and Possibilities -
Gartnavel Royal: An Asylum and an Inspiration
Writer Gillean McDougall reflects on Gartnavel Royal Hospital, NHS archives and family history. The old Gartnavel Royal Asylum, a well-known landmark in the West of
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ON STRIKE
In solidarity with the UCU strikes, The Polyphony will not be posting any new material on February 20th and 21st; February 24th to 26th; March -
Anne Boyer’s “The Undying” (3/3)
The Polyphony invited Agnes Arnold-Forster and Will Viney to review Anne Boyer's cancer memoir, The Undying (2019), and to respond to each other's reviews. Their -
Anne Boyer’s “The Undying” (2/3)
The Polyphony asked two readers, Agnes Arnold-Forster (Research and Engagement Fellow, Surgery and Emotion, University of Roehampton) and Will Viney (Research Associate in the Department -
Anne Boyer’s “The Undying” (1/2)
The Polyphony asked two readers, Agnes Arnold-Forster (Research and Engagement Fellow, Surgery and Emotion, University of Roehampton) and Will Viney (Research Associate in the Department -
Dangerous Contagions: Desire, Infection, Misogyny
Uncle Vanya, Ghosts and When the Crows Visit There is a long history of contagion as a metaphor for the proliferation of desire in theatre.
