Wednesday, 27 July 2016

Beam Me Up, I'm Done

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(I gather that there's a desperate shortage of online commentary about popular science fiction franchises: here's my contribution to...
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Friday, 22 July 2016

Every Loser Wins, Or How I Became An Academic

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When did I first realise that I was destined for a career in academia? Obviously as teacher of sorts I should add some qualifiers: 'care...
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Thursday, 14 July 2016

It's not fair

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Today is my birthday and the cosmos has bought me The Apocalypse, at least politically. I've been chairing panels at the British Compara...
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Monday, 4 July 2016

From Despair Thus High Uplifted: John Milton Live Blogs the Tory Election

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Lines Upon The Current Election Within Ye Conservative Party, penned somewhat in advance by Mr. John Milton , Regicide  and former Latin Se...
Friday, 1 July 2016

Bullshit and the End Times.

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Back in the late 18th and 19th centuries, there was a minor craze for contemplating The End, through the medium of vast, thought-provoking ...
Friday, 24 June 2016

No, me neither

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Unlike the very distinguished professor who said to me 'it's never crossed my mind that there could be a Leave vote. Do you real...
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Friday, 17 June 2016

Man hath no love greater than this: that he lay down his country for his frenemies

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What can one possibly say about the murder of Jo Cox, an unassuming, hardworking Labour MP while she went about her job of listening and tal...
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Friday, 10 June 2016

Meanwhile, back in Stuckeyville

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Actually, Stuckeyville wasn't so bad. It had a bowling alley and warm quirky people with good teeth who helped you re-evaluate your pr...
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