Monthly Archives: May 2013

It Has Not Escaped Our Notice #94

Posted on 6 May 2013 by Henry Gee

In an anguished missive accompanying this picture, Professor Trellis of North Wales writes: Have you noticed how existential DIY megamarts get on Bank Holiday weekends? All I wanted to do was get a new hasp for the shed door, and … Continue reading →

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Let me give you some advice….

Posted on 5 May 2013 by Sylvia McLain

on advice If I were to offer a new academic advice it would be to not be afraid to take advice from your colleagues; especially with respect to writing. I was talking to one of my collaborators the other day … Continue reading →

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Crawling around the back yard

Posted on 3 May 2013 by Richard Wintle

This is the kind of thing that happens when I’m waiting around all day for a plumber to appear to fix a leaky valve in the upstairs bathroom: Yes, that’s a perfectly ordinary Earthworm, wriggling into the earth under a … Continue reading →

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Once Absence of Impact used to be the Fashionable Thing to Claim

Posted on 2 May 2013 by Athene Donald

Up and down the land, academics from Vice Chancellors down are sweating over 3 letters: REF. This dread acronym, standing for the Research Excellence Framework, must be absorbing a fantastic number of hours of time for many people and it … Continue reading →

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Now I Am Old, I Shall Play Purple

Posted on 1 May 2013 by Henry Gee

This is the first generation of the truly ageing rock star. The Stones are still at it, fifty years on (proprietors M. Jagger & K. Richards, both 69.) David Bowie (66) has just released a new record which is reportedly … Continue reading →

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The Maison Des Girrafes Caption Competition #51

Posted on 1 May 2013 by Henry Gee

Suggestions welcome for suitably surreal titles for this bizarre installation recently discovered at the Maison Des Girrafes. You know the sort of thing: things like Oh Calcutta! Calcutta! or The Ghost Of Professor Trellis of North Wales, Which Can Also … Continue reading →

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