“Born more than for myself”: Acknowledgements
September 28, 2013
The acknowledgements to my doctoral dissertation, submitted 26th September 2013, as they read. … More “Born more than for myself”: Acknowledgements
Letting Your Chance Go By
May 18, 2013
A reflection on a love of teaching and why I’ve turned down the long-awaited chance to do it again. … More Letting Your Chance Go By
The Frightening Rule of ‘If’, not ‘When’
April 7, 2013
I’ve been trying hard – so hard – to force a change of mentality in recent weeks. But it doesn’t half bring forth its challenges, and that was truly epitomised this week. … More The Frightening Rule of ‘If’, not ‘When’
Time For A Change
March 9, 2013
This week marked the fourth anniversary of Writing Privacy. Time for a long-overdue makeover, I thought. And perhaps more importantly, time for a change. … More Time For A Change
Epic Fail: Andrew Marvell’s Definition of Love
February 21, 2013
At the time of the year when we are drawn to reflect upon companionship, a look at seventeenth-century poet Andrew Marvell’s way of coming to terms with its absence. … More Epic Fail: Andrew Marvell’s Definition of Love
An Eye to Every Storm: An Epilogue, 2012
January 3, 2013
These end-of-year epilogues have become invariably sad affairs. Of course, I would prefer that it was different, but I still believe that they help me channel energies in a better way. Last year – in what I still believe to be my best ever contribution here – I said that structural positives had been offset by surface negatives. Now, the poles have changed. … More An Eye to Every Storm: An Epilogue, 2012
Proximity
December 8, 2012
Part of the reason I’ve written so little here this year is because I’m being read by the people around me. That’s quite unusual. … More Proximity
Broken Dreams: Marvell’s Poetics of Privacy
October 20, 2012
Writing the final chapter of my thesis has been traumatic. The internal negotiations that Marvell faced and the impossibility of choice he so often found himself with leave him trapped in a life that offers so little solace. … More Broken Dreams: Marvell’s Poetics of Privacy
Reading the Small Print: Marvell’s Horatian Ode
September 27, 2012
New material on Marvell’s ‘Horatian Ode’ excites me more than any other subject, I would wager. It is one of the iconic poems upon which every Marvellian faces his or her own judgement day. … More Reading the Small Print: Marvell’s Horatian Ode
Knightmare: 25th Anniversary
September 7, 2012
Today marks the 25th anniversary of Knightmare: the show that brought me to life and nurtured me into the person that I became. … More Knightmare: 25th Anniversary
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