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Tag: Church of England
Signs that you are getting old
Life as a retiring academic continues much as it has been. The book I have been writing since shortly after I retired is due to be published in September, but now the US/Canada rights have been sold (hooray) there's more work needed on what we had assumed was the completed manuscript (not so hooray, but… Continue reading Signs that you are getting old
Church and the new normal
What does church look like here, now, two years into the pandemic?
Going to dinner with the speaker
Academia can be hideous and cut-throat, but it can also be social and fun.
One year of retirement
What has it been like? And what have been the best things about retiring?
It’s ‘retiring’, not ‘retired’
When I retired, I never planned to have a clear before/after moment. Professionally, binaries of this kind have no appeal - I wrote a whole book about one such alleged moment - and when it comes to life transitions, why is one supposed to feel any different just because of a birthday, for example? In… Continue reading It’s ‘retiring’, not ‘retired’
The cunning plan
So what are my 'plans for retirement'? At this stage, apparently I'm supposed to have some. I ran into a cousin at a family funeral last week and he assumed my plan would be 'to travel'. That's largely because this is what he has been doing, very intensively, since he retired several years ago. But… Continue reading The cunning plan
The retiring academic 