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On Monday morning I started the day by reading a couple of posts by the Thesis Whisperer.  The first was on time management, and it gave me an idea.  http://thethesiswhisperer.wordpress.com/2012/05/14/time-can-you-ever-really-manage-it/    I’ve wondered for a while whether the way I was taking notes was the most useful and practical, mainly because I suspected that it wasn’t. …

Today I have been at Bromley Cross Country Fayre, with the Bolton HA branch president, representing the branch.  Last year it was really productive, and we talked to lots of people, so we were very enthusiastic about being there again.  Unfortunately this year, a stall location in the back of beyond combined with traffic chaos…

In the last week I’ve been working very hard on my Spanish, as I’ve had my end of term Spanish exams.  The second written paper was last week, and my last day of revision was kiboshed by my eldest son being sent home from school at 11am having attempted to break the tarmac of the…

The snake fight portion of your thesis defence: http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/faq-the-snake-fight-portion-of-your-thesis-defense#.T57KGz08pjA.twitter Brilliant!  Even my husband enjoyed it!

This week has been hard. I’m tired. Very tired. If it were just the work, it would be fine, but the added pressure of parenthood is difficult at times, and this was one of them. I’ve been reading (yes, again). Mainly theoretical stuff on monarchical republic and oral culture. A friend pointed out that I…

Today I’ve been looking at Cardinal Reginald Pole’s letters. It’s an interesting, European perspective on Mary’s accession.  To be honest I’ve not got a great deal done this week.  I haven’t been feeling very well, and I suspect that I’ve been overdoing things over Easter trying to keep the children occupied as well as doing…

Originally posted on The Hoper of Far-Flung Hopes: *BEWARE: long blog post* Yesterday, I put a post on my Twitter feed asking for peoples’ thoughts on self-funding PhDs. I was really staggered by the response I got: 60 tweets on the subject, with a really diverse range of feedback and opinions, some of which hadn’t…

I’ve started telling my children that I’m working.  It’s easier.  “Mummy is doing a PhD” is completely incomprehensible to an 8 year old, let alone a 6 year old or a 4 year old, so I’ve always told them I was writing a book.  But recently I’ve realised that to them, that doesn’t matter, it’s…