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It’s November, so it’s AcWriMo (Academic Writing Month, based on NaNoWriMo) again. November always seems to need a bit of a push...

You can now read my interpretation text for the collage artist Sarah Eyre’s 2019 exhibition Copy / Cut / Paste (2019) online! The piece...

You can now read my interpretation text for the collage artist Sarah Eyre’s 2019 exhibition Copy / Cut / Paste (2019) online! The piece...

Like every year, I’m doing something approximating AcWriMo. I’ve been checking in on twitter (although towards the end of last week I got...

Like every year, I’m doing something approximating AcWriMo. I’ve been checking in on twitter (although towards the end of last week I got...

As it’s November 1st, I thought I’d do a quick #AcWriMo post. AcWriMo posts are something of a tradition on this blog, with 2014, 2015,...

As it’s November 1st, I thought I’d do a quick #AcWriMo post. AcWriMo posts are something of a tradition on this blog, with 2014, 2015,...

Thanks to a 2016-17 Travel Grant from the Lewis Walpole Library (taken in April 2017) I was able to conduct crucial primary research for...

Thanks to a 2016-17 Travel Grant from the Lewis Walpole Library (taken in April 2017) I was able to conduct crucial primary research for...

Victorian hand calling card, private collection. A slightly belated Week in Review post. As I’ve noted before, Notches and the Age of...

Victorian hand calling card, private collection. A slightly belated Week in Review post. As I’ve noted before, Notches and the Age of...

Inspired by a number of reflective end-of-year blog posts (including this and this) I thought I’d map out my aims and activities for...

Inspired by a number of reflective end-of-year blog posts (including this and this) I thought I’d map out my aims and activities for...

Each year I try (and usually fail) to participate in #AcWriMo, and write a corresponding post on this blog. You can read 2014’s and...

Each year I try (and usually fail) to participate in #AcWriMo, and write a corresponding post on this blog. You can read 2014’s and...

Like many researchers, I’m both interested and invested in the idea of productivity and the varying methods used to increase it. So it...

Like many researchers, I’m both interested and invested in the idea of productivity and the varying methods used to increase it. So it...

For many academics, the most challenging aspect of the writing process is just that: the writing. Between the mountain of books that are...

For many academics, the most challenging aspect of the writing process is just that: the writing. Between the mountain of books that are...