Very sad to lose you from the early morning, Petroc. You’ve been a wonderful voice accompanying us through so many historic events. Best wishes for the new adventure!

That’s very tough. Have you looked at the Civil Service? They’re the people who often want analysis and reflective writing skills. You need to follow their application process carefully to demonstrate the match of your skills with the job spec, and practice the interview format.

We had a rule instituted in the HE institution that I used to work in, which was that emails to colleagues containing brief questions were strongly discouraged - instead, we were asked to get up from our desks, walk down the corridor, and ask face to face.

Very sad news. We chatted from time to time after an early morning church service where we were both regulars - Clive told me that he looked forward to discussing my PhD with me as it progressed. I’m sad not to have the opportunity to hear what he was going to share with me.

So far my mind has been blown the revelation that bookshelves actually got invented at a certain date. I think I imagined bookshelves as being intrinsic to human culture, or at the very least being first designed for the Tower of Babel.

… and yet climbing down the tree to sit at a desk with a piece of paper seemed like it would slow me down too much… #PhDnightmares

* It was very specifically the Cambridge Uni 3rd year “Tragedy” exam.

Narrowly defeated by F.T. Marinetti

Italy a clear winner there, with Marinetti’s innovative asymmetric approach.

I arrived 30 mins before the library actually opened.

* not a bookshop