I hold a Doctorate in Renaissance Literature, specialising in the seventeenth-century poet Andrew Marvell. I am currently a Digital Manager at University College London.
Both professionally and personally, privacy has been a daunting and fascinating topic over the past two weeks. A paper entitled ‘Denying Authorship: Marvell, Maniban and the Quest for Privacy’ was given in Geneva, followed by ‘Marvell in Manuscript and Print: Public and Private Experiences, 1649-1660’ at the University of Hull. … More Presenting Privacy: Marvell and London
The public face of this election has suddenly threatened to turn it into one of the low points in my experience of British politics rather than the high I had hoped for. … More Privacy and Elections
Generally positive thoughts on the 2009 film adaption of Hamlet starring David Tennant and Patrick Stewart. … More “A Mirror Up To Nature”: Hamlet (2009)
Marking the ten-year anniversary of a nasty incident that shaped much of the subsequent decade. … More Circles
There are times when taking nothing seriously is a perfect remedy, and there are many kinds of humour to be found in English Civil War literature. … More Body Schema
J.W. Saunders’ study ‘The Stigma of Print’ (1951) touched an important nerve on the subject of publication. Despite claims that this stance had became ‘unfashionable’ by the mid-seventeenth century, few demonstrate such a ‘stigma’ more than Andrew Marvell. … More Marvell’s Stigma of Print
An introduction to the virtual reality gameshow, Knightmare, through one of its most puzzling challenges. … More Knightmare
A book I recently reviewed on royalism states the argument that ‘Defeat, like familiarity, obviously breeds contempt’. I can’t help wondering how much this applies to me now I’ve left my academic post. … More Farewell Frost, (or Waking the Dead)
Has choirmaster Gareth Malone’s work in schools broken down some of the rigid stereotypes surrounding music? Something I contemplated as a attended a concert by the boys’ choir, Libera. … More Crackpot Culture (Gareth Malone, The Choir, and Libera)
The smallest of margins can have the most decisive impact. Ask Alex Bogdanovic.
