The Plashing Vole

Normally at this point of the year it feels ass if things are slowing down a little. Not this time - between the second Faculty re-structure...

For a few years, I was one of my sport's child protection officers – advising on good practice and helping to investigate complaints. It...

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...

I’d be the first prime minister who has been an entrepreneur – creating hundreds of jobs in a way that goes to the heart of what we as a pa...

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...