Slightly panicking, as I have a Spanish exam in a week and in between I have to fit in my revision around a trip to the dentist, a trip to the doctor, two school plays, doing church flowers, going to church, buying and decorating a Christmas tree, taking children to Brownies, Cubs and choir practice and making…

I should have done this on Friday evening, but I forgot, but I’m here now.  The trouble is that I can’t entirely remember what I did last week.  I’ve handed in my essay on Mary I and the Reformation – I sent it off on Thursday morning.  On Friday I did some more work on…

I’ve been writing a literature review on Mary and the Reformation, and I handed in my first, rough draft on Monday, which we discussed today.  It’s okay.  It’s not brilliant, and it’s not right yet, but it’s okay.  Although it needs re-jigging and more detail in places, it’s not in need of a complete re-write,…

Yesterday I got an email from David, the chair of the Bolton Branch of the HA, to say that he had spoken to Michael Wood after a Merton Dinner on Friday and that he might be able to speak for the branch sometime in the next couple of years.  Hence the squeals of excitement. On…

At last, a week where I feel like I’ve actually got something done.  On Monday I knuckled down to actually putting some words down on paper, so I made a start on my review essay.  3000 words to review 20 books/articles isn’t many.  When you consider that it has to have some flow, an introduction…