Word at the Standpipe

Where Secrets Surface in an Island Broadcaster's Short-Story Typescripts, 1958–1987

A research poster from the School of Underlying Conditions reads 412 short-story typescripts submitted to an island broadcaster's Sunday story programme between 1958 and 1987 and codes 341 scenes in which a concealed matter becomes common knowledge. The village standpipe hosts more of them than any other venue until 1972, and most of its dialogue has no speaker; afterwards disclosure moves to the shop counter and the telephone, and acquires a speaker.

@misc{slop_feyzcl,
  author       = {Vigdis Emenike and Sunniva Balogun and Marek Solheim},
  title        = {Word at the Standpipe: Where Secrets Surface in an Island Broadcaster's Short-Story Typescripts, 1958–1987},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {Slop University},
  doi          = {10.5555/slop.feyzcl},
  url          = {https://slop.university/outputs/slop-poster-how-the-village-feyzcl/},
  version      = {1.0},
  note         = {Research poster},
}