Gail Marshall
@gailmarshall.bsky.social
Head of School and Prof of Victorian Literature at University of Reading. Chair of University English
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One of the finest software engineers I've ever had the pleasure to work with had a degree in music. Another had a degree in Egyptology.
The important thing was that their degrees taught them how to think. Their love of the subjects just made things better.
The important thing was that their degrees taught them how to think. Their love of the subjects just made things better.
October 12, 2025 at 11:43 PM
One of the finest software engineers I've ever had the pleasure to work with had a degree in music. Another had a degree in Egyptology.
The important thing was that their degrees taught them how to think. Their love of the subjects just made things better.
The important thing was that their degrees taught them how to think. Their love of the subjects just made things better.
It’s deeply ingrained. I’m just finishing a book about 1859 and the same exceptionalist attitudes are on full display there too
August 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
It’s deeply ingrained. I’m just finishing a book about 1859 and the same exceptionalist attitudes are on full display there too
Did AI write this??
July 22, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Did AI write this??
Yes, all of them, plus first parts of Tennyson’s Idylls, Mrs Beeton, and The Woman in White
July 19, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Yes, all of them, plus first parts of Tennyson’s Idylls, Mrs Beeton, and The Woman in White
I’m finishing a book on 1859 and was reading your account of the voting reform efforts that year
July 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I’m finishing a book on 1859 and was reading your account of the voting reform efforts that year
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He was a well-known scholar of the late-19th century, publishing especially influentially on Wells and Gissing. Simon was one-time editor of The Wellsian journal, and edited Vile Bodies for OUP’s landmark Collected Works of Evelyn Waugh.
June 16, 2025 at 9:00 PM
He was a well-known scholar of the late-19th century, publishing especially influentially on Wells and Gissing. Simon was one-time editor of The Wellsian journal, and edited Vile Bodies for OUP’s landmark Collected Works of Evelyn Waugh.
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Above all, Simon was the essence of generosity, an engaging and wonderful speaker, the person you’d be delighted to see at any conference or seminar, a rich and very present presence.
University English sends its condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues.
University English sends its condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues.
June 16, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Above all, Simon was the essence of generosity, an engaging and wonderful speaker, the person you’d be delighted to see at any conference or seminar, a rich and very present presence.
University English sends its condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues.
University English sends its condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues.