I had this feeling that the house would be a lot cleaner once I'd retired. This has proven to be completely untrue, but today I suddenly realised why. Before I reveal all, let's just think about academics and housework more generally. First, cleaners: we don't have one. Lots of my academic friends do, whether they… Continue reading Housework for academics
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My favourite classical place
I first went to Rome in my teens, and that wasn't deliberate: it was one of the venues visited when I won three weeks in mainland Europe as part of a competition run by Barclays Bank. But I didn't go to Athens until my forties. It wasn't fifth-century Athens, so why would I want to… Continue reading My favourite classical place
The retiring academic 