I’m so excited that the clocks change in the UK this weekend. That extra hour of daylight in the morning will really help me harvest crops and support the country during the First World War. Definitely worth the payoff of it being dark by mid-afternoon over 100 years later…

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Having one of these finally helped me finish my book. The dedicated room for fellows is a wonderful place to work in an already great library. So do check these out and apply. Crucially, the process is relatively simple.

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Switching from taking after my gold miner ancestors to taking after my great grandmother who ran though the hollers

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People want intellectual community and this is mostly dead or inaccessible off-line in institutions and in places people live. Most people can’t afford to live in New York or LA.

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The other thing that is missing here is that the turn to online platforms among millennial humanities academics isn’t all about declining opportunities in the academy; it’s also about the rupturing of the possibilities for intellectual camaraderie within the neoliberal university.

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