{"id":742,"date":"2018-09-13T21:09:19","date_gmt":"2018-09-13T21:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/?p=742"},"modified":"2018-09-28T08:10:55","modified_gmt":"2018-09-28T08:10:55","slug":"whither-subtext","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/2018\/09\/13\/whither-subtext\/","title":{"rendered":"WHITHER SUBTEXT?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 13 years, 180 issues, 8 specials and a suspension notice, 28 individuals have at some point shouldered responsibility for producing subtext. None of us are getting any younger. People move on, storm off, succumb to ailments, or retire.<\/span><\/p>\n

We haven’t recruited new, longstanding editors in some time, and now is the time for us to start looking. If you are interested, then do get in touch with us at subtext-editors@lancaster.ac.uk so that we can have a conversation.<\/span><\/p>\n

The fickle finger of fate could send any of us packing at a moment’s notice. In 2010, the collective was reduced to three individuals. This, not being enough to produce subtext, led to a hiatus lasting several months. Would staff and students of the university be informed and empowered to speak out against the tsunami of scandal, incompetence and occasional lunacy that engulfed Lancaster in 2017-18 without subtext? For an answer to that, see our recaps below.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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