January/February 2020: New Year, New Generation Thinkers!
I was absolutely delighted (and quite frankly, quite surprised) to discover, at the end of 2019, that I had been shortlisted for the BBC/AHRC New Generation Thinkers scheme. I’m a complete introvert, but I love the idea of engaging with…
Starting 2020 as I mean to go on
I wasn’t as up-to-date on my aca-blogging as I would have liked in 2019. I have a heavy teaching schedule, and semester 1 took over my life as it usually does! This year I’ve planned a few things I’d like…
Les Misérables: a thought in progress
The first time I came across Les Misérables in any form was the Penguin Popular Classics English version, a heavy abridgment taken from an audio book. I sang a few of the songs from the musical in secondary school. I…
Emmanuel Macron started his presidency talking like a revolutionary – now he uses the language of a monarch
Emmanuel Macron finds himself in a tricky situation of late. Elected just two years ago, he quickly came under heavy criticism, and even took the title of most unpopular president of the current Republic from his predecessor, François Hollande. His…