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
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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
Private Education: Universities, Fees, and Futures
December 29, 2010
With student protests, planned anarchy, university sit-ins, the attack on the Royal cavalcade, we have attempted revolution on our streets once again. Here, it becomes necessary to divide the issues from the vitriolic protests that were carried out in response. … More Private Education: Universities, Fees, and Futures
The Fifth Element: Leicester
October 9, 2010
This week marked the start of university number five: Leicester. … More The Fifth Element: Leicester
Farewell Frost, (or Waking the Dead)
March 23, 2009
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)
Way Out
January 23, 2009
The academic climbs of the past few months have been outstanding. Yet this seems permanently overshadowed by problems in Switzerland. … More Way Out
Time Out
November 5, 2008
There is finally some space to breathe. After several weeks of teaching lengthy texts in The Grand Remonstrance, Areopagitica, The Kings Cabinet Opened, we have two weeks’ respite with poetry. It’s good timing.
Samemes
September 12, 2008
At the beginning of the summer, I was tasked with creating a poster for the Swiss Association of Medieval and Early Modern English Studies (SAMEMES). … More Samemes
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