I think I’m about to volunteer to do another thing?! I said no thank you and then got a reply accepting that and asking for advice on who else to seek out and now I’m like, oh that sounds interesting, maybe I’m a yes. This whole “no” thing is truly hopeless 😩

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This is an extraordinary graph charting a major transformation in the basic conditions of young people's everyday lives since the late twentieth century, when cohabitation before marriage became the norm.

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Excellent news. IMHO Stuart Hall was incapable of writing a boring sentence, which cannot be said of many academics.

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Writing a new lecture on 1890s women poets and it is WAY too long. How can I do justice to May Kendall, Dollie Radford (pictured), Amy Levy, Nora Hopper and E. Nesbit in 50 mins?? Send help!

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We were treated to a fantastic fly-through of the book from @sorourke25.bsky.social , including a generous name check for @nathankhensley.bsky.social, whose own book was one of the runners up for the prize. I like the RSVP Colby Lecture model, but this was a great send off for #BAVS2026.

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