The Plashing Vole

A strange few days since I got back from the US. Jetlag of course, but it turns out that all the things I thought were hallucinations actual...

So I went to Austin, Texas for a few days, to attend the Britain in the World conference. Yes, I did travel United (and Flybe) and yes, it w...

Next week I'm off to Texas to deliver a conference paper on Lewis Jones and the move away from explicit political engagement in post-19...

This morning I received a letter asking me to promote an 'internship programme' to my students. It turned out to be a very expensive...

I've been so ridiculously busy recently that I haven't really had time for blogging, and when I have it's been addressing Big Is...

Yes, I've deliberately chosen a bit of British propaganda to headline this piece because fresh from my analysis of that Communist Academ...

If you read or listen to the rightwing media, by which I mean BBC Radio 4's Today  show, the Times, the Mail  and a range of other grubb...