The Plashing Vole

What to write about this week? So much has happened, but most of it I either don't understand or haven't had the time to process, as...

Another year, another Conservative Prime Ministerial resignation. How different from the last. In 2016, Chancer Cameron, appalled that the r...

Good Monday to you all. I"m not thinking swiftly or deeply today - I've just come back from the annual conference of Cymdeithas L...

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...

This week has mostly been consumed with rage about this advert, shamefully retweeted by University English on behalf of the British Library...

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

'Pob lwc, Wayne' 'Diolch yn fawr iawn…scheisse!' Why am I mistranslating a famous scene from The Great Escape ? In honour...

I met my reader the other day, and he asked me why, as someone with a full spectrum of facile opinions and a Labour Party card, I haven'...

Apologies for the break in transmission. The beginning of the year included massive amounts of teaching, marking and admin, helping with t...

I have a friend whom we'll call Gary, because that's his name. When I got to know him, he was the university's copyright officer...

Well it has been an interesting couple of weeks since last I posted. Christmas came and went (siblings' children, saw friends, ate calor...

Well here I am in the office alone, because the student who asked for a tutorial has stood me up, and all of my colleagues are curled up in ...

You find me relatively full of festive cheer today. Despite spending an hour in the ring with my vindictive dentist – someone clearly prey t...