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  • Seminars and an article

    An interesting week.  I’ve spent most of it smoothing out the  wrinkles in my  epitaph ballad article.  I think it’s nearly ready to go, which is quite pleasing.  The process of refinement is interesting and one that I really quite enjoy, as it brings out the pedant in me.  I’ve spent most of the week…

  • Happy Anniversary Doctor Who

    Just as an aside, nothing to do with anything else, can I just say a belated Happy 50th to Doctor Who. One very happy family sat on the sofa together with a packet of curly wurlies and thoroughly enjoyed the special last night. Brilliant. Particularly amused to find out why Elizabeth I never married, of…

  • Review: Elizabeth I and her people – National Portrait Gallery exhibition

    Originally posted on Mathew Lyons: Those whose interest lies outside the Tudor era could be forgiven for exasperation at the extent to which the long sixteenth century still dominates our nation’s cultural life. But the new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery – Elizabeth I and Her People, which runs until January 5 2014 –…

  • Back on track?

    You may have noticed that I didn’t post a blog last week.  This was mainly down to the tremendous amount of stress I was under – several problems, nothing to do with my PhD and way beyond the scope of this blog, came together to make last week the week from hell.  What few attempts…

  • The Adventures of Notorious Ph.D., Girl Scholar: The Daily Mail’s “History Girls,” or: Do I have to wear stilettos to the archive now?

    Quite a well-considered response, I think.   The Adventures of Notorious Ph.D., Girl Scholar: The Daily Mail’s “History Girls,” or: Do I have to wear stilettos to the archive now?.