Twelve months and twelve years later
June 7, 2026
Two simultaneous retrospectives, one recent and one distant, are forming a slightly odd connection in 2026. What is it trying to tell me? … More Twelve months and twelve years later
Tag: Self-Confidence
Running out of lives
March 15, 2026
Last month, I launched perhaps my most significant professional achievement – a new website that will cater for hundreds of thousands of students. Two weeks later, I feared it might cost me my job. … More Running out of lives
Fond memories of a fuck-up
December 8, 2024
Ten years ago this week, I got my first main job at a UK university. The date is so memorable because I made a major fuck-up and somehow got away with it. … More Fond memories of a fuck-up
Marketeers gone rogue
July 30, 2019
Marketing in Higher Education is all about compliance, and that’s where you need skilled interpreters. … More Marketeers gone rogue
Review of Billy Hicks, ‘Connecting’, at the Chapel Playhouse, London
March 5, 2019
A review of Billy Hicks’s candid one-man play about the lonely experience of growing up in a new world of digital technology. … More Review of Billy Hicks, ‘Connecting’, at the Chapel Playhouse, London
The Politics of Envy
September 12, 2018
Why do we always seem to be drawn to what we don’t have? The stumbling block of how to pursue academic publications without fear of rejection. … More The Politics of Envy
10 things I learnt at IWMW 2018
July 19, 2018
10 things I took away from the IWMW 2018 event on ‘Streamlining Digital’ at the University of York. … More 10 things I learnt at IWMW 2018
Was Marvell a seventeenth-century ‘incel’?
June 6, 2018
The difficulties of dealing with involuntary celibacy, from desolation to misogyny, seem to haunt some of Andrew Marvell’s most famous lyric poems. … More Was Marvell a seventeenth-century ‘incel’?
Learning a new language
March 10, 2018
I was reminded this week how nerve-wracking it can be getting to grips with a master’s, and why I have my supervisor to thank for it. … More Learning a new language
Arrows of Peace: An Epilogue, 2017
January 28, 2018
2017 had a bit of everything – old, new, borrowed and blue. In the end, it left me in a much better place. … More Arrows of Peace: An Epilogue, 2017
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