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Les Machines de l’Ile
This is the second of two short posts about my summer holiday in France, only this time it’s not really about anything historical. I was just blown away by Le Grand Éléphant at Les Machines de l’Île in Nantes. Unfortunately, we arrived too late in the day to have a look round the workshop, but…
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Back to the book
Since my children returned to school the push has been on to complete the final stages of my book manuscript. It’s due to go to the publisher at the end of September, so I’ve been doing all the tedious things that come with completion. Things like making sure all the images that I am using…
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Edvard Munch and Artsy
It’s always nice to get an email that shows that there are actually people out there who read my blog when they come across it, and yesterday afternoon I received a message from someone at Artsy, who wondered if I could help them to promote their Edvard Munch pages. Now I’ve said before that I…
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Loire Chateaux
This is the first of two posts about my summer holiday in the Loire Valley. It’s a long time since I’ve been to France, so I wanted to see a bit of the countryside and the culture as well as the place where we stayed. We had a couple of day trips to Nantes, which…
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Pictures, or no pictures?
As I write this, I’m still waiting to hear whether I’ve been granted any money to pay for the images and permission rights for a few illustrations for the book, so I’ve been thinking a lot about the problems of images recently. My royalties won’t cover the cost of the illustrations (unless, of course, it…
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Working on the book
I’ve spent a lot of time in the last few weeks working on my book, which is due to go to the publishers, Routledge, in the autumn. The first task was to apply for some money to pay for a few high quality images and the rights to use them, and I’m still waiting to…
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PROUD TO REBLOG: To the leaders and major stakeholders of humanities departments within UKHE institutions — Open Letter on Precarious and Unethical Short Term Contracts
To: Jo Johnson MP, Minister of State for Universities and Science, Research and Innovation (England) Kirsty Williams AM, Cabinet Secretary for Education (Wales) Shirley-Anne Somerville MSP, Minister for Further Education, Higher Education and Science (Scotland) Economy Minister (seat currently vacant, previously Simon Hamilton), Northern Ireland Executive (NI) Vice-Chancellors of all UKHE institutions Heads of Humanities…
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Visiting Fellowship at Southampton
I am pleased to tell everyone that I’ve been appointed a Visiting Fellow at the University of Southampton from today. I’m proud to be associated with a department that includes Professors Anne Curry and, of course, G.W. Bernard, even if most of the time it’s going to be at a distance! Visiting fellows are senior…
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