Isobel Cook
@isobelcook.bsky.social
Researching nuclear-themed British poetry. PhD-in-progress. Theatre and ballet fan. Based in Sheffield. Travels by train. She/her.
I don't think so - the Schengen Area hasn't all converged, and finances aren't the only reason people move (or stay where they are). Maybe places with more resources should be catering for more people anyway, as this would reduce global financial inequality in a per capita way?
November 14, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I don't think so - the Schengen Area hasn't all converged, and finances aren't the only reason people move (or stay where they are). Maybe places with more resources should be catering for more people anyway, as this would reduce global financial inequality in a per capita way?
Would also like to know what the 'lessons learned' from the Covid exam-results algorithm fiasco were are how they will be applied to this!
November 12, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Would also like to know what the 'lessons learned' from the Covid exam-results algorithm fiasco were are how they will be applied to this!
Yes, usually it's later in the day, but I think Gabrielle is joining from Japan so it's an early one further west!
October 27, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Yes, usually it's later in the day, but I think Gabrielle is joining from Japan so it's an early one further west!
Being told 'stop making mistakes' never helped my piano playing, my maths homework, or anything else I've done. Changing who I got my advice from, on the other hand...
September 8, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Being told 'stop making mistakes' never helped my piano playing, my maths homework, or anything else I've done. Changing who I got my advice from, on the other hand...
Write them down in a numbered list with the title 'Things I did not Google this week'. Instant poem. Not knowing the answers is *part of the art*.
June 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Write them down in a numbered list with the title 'Things I did not Google this week'. Instant poem. Not knowing the answers is *part of the art*.
Those moments of discovery are definitely worth celebrating! I have in the past compared research to panning for gold - a lot of wading through cold water in hope of finding something valuable.
June 26, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Those moments of discovery are definitely worth celebrating! I have in the past compared research to panning for gold - a lot of wading through cold water in hope of finding something valuable.
In 2023, I organised an event marking 40 years since the comparable 1983 'Reflect the Base' event and celebrating antinuclear creativity:
Antinuclear creativity – looking back at Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp and ‘Reflect the Base’, 40 years on
On the evening of Tuesday 12th December 2023, I was pleased to cohost the University of Sheffield’s Centre for Poetry and Poetics event commemorating the Greenham Common Women’s Peace C…
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June 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
In 2023, I organised an event marking 40 years since the comparable 1983 'Reflect the Base' event and celebrating antinuclear creativity: