A tale of two inevitabilitiesAcademically, I came of age around the 2008 financial crisis (yes, looking for an academic job at that time was great fun). These were, of…Feb 22, 2021Feb 22, 2021
Two turning pointsThe big turning point in all of this is, of course, the one that, in the space of a few days in March 2020, changed the perceptoin of…Feb 21, 2021Feb 21, 2021
The futility of trying to engage with the Covid do-gooders: a personal storyPreface: I have been plunged into severe depression by lockdowns, complete with suicide attempts. If you object “Oh but you might have had…Feb 11, 2021Feb 11, 2021
Scenes from the post-covid university (I)Another series of indefinite length. Originating from this post here but mostly a harmless bit of fun.Feb 10, 2021Feb 10, 2021
Why are most Humanities academics pro-lockdown (VII)I don’t know where the much-touted phrase “lives vs the economy” came from, but I am prepared to be that there’s a high chance it was a…Feb 8, 2021Feb 8, 2021
Why are most Humanities academics pro-lockdown? (V)In this post I discuss two rather obvious reasons; because they are obvious — and one of them is not exclusive to A&H academics — , they…Feb 6, 2021Feb 6, 2021
Random dystopian fantasizing on the post-vaccine worldLike many in the lockdown-sceptic community, I sometimes fall prey to reverse doomerism (less often, I must say, since I started a course…Feb 4, 2021Feb 4, 2021
What A&H academics have written about lockdownsSinéad Murphy, a lecturer in Philosophy, published last week an article called “Preliminary materials for a theory of Devi Sridhar”. It’s…Feb 2, 2021Feb 2, 2021
