The Plashing Vole

Pretty much nothing to say this week. I've just marked re-submitted essays and attempted to wrestle with the fresh new tortures added to...

It's been a hectic week or so since my last substantial post. Two unexpected days in Ireland for a wake/funeral, and all the admin assoc...

There's almost been too much news to cope with this week, at least for a nerd like me. Attorney-General Barr's Congressional hearing...

Just a quick one about this week's reading. 1. Finished Richard Adams's Maia . Dreadful in almost every way, and for 1000+ pages. ...

Well, it took me until Tuesday night to submit 17 amended Course Specification Templates (see last weeks's despairing rant), laboriously...

Good afternoon all. I'm sitting in the office wondering if anything's happened this week and realising that actually, quite a lot ha...

Bit of an odd week. Firstly, let's talk about the weather. I hate it. I evolved, as far as the genealogy suggests, a waterproof skin p...

OK, seeing as all the posh newspapers do it, here's a semi-comprehensive list of all the books I've bought this year (in reverse ord...