The Plashing Vole

Occasionally, you see a publicity stunt so inept, so tone-deaf, that you wonder how it got through the planning stage. Here's a humdinge...

Where have I been? Well, I gave a paper with my co-author at a conference in London on Rediscovering Class Consciousness in Contemporary Lit...

I was listening to the wonderful The Reunion  on Radio 4 this morning, which gathered Alan Bennett and the living actors and producers who m...

Hi everyone. Since I last posted, I've had a rich and varied week or so: volunteering at the School Games in Manchester and Bolton, atte...