Next week the UCU is on strike at Durham - please remember that we are not islands. Whether you choose to strike all days, some or not at all, show solidarity & compassion -because we're all in this together, those in charge and those who labour - academia is a labour of love, remember to love.(4/4)

As well as if a promontory were:
As well as if a manor of thy friend's
Or of thine own were.
Any man's death diminishes me,
Because I am involved in mankind.
And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls;
It tolls for thee. (3/4)

No man is an island,
Entire of itself;
Every man is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less, (2/4)

I love books that give you a different insight each time. I found it a bit more difficult to get into than, for example, Jane Eyre, but I am really enjoying the political, feminist and religious playfulness she has and industry x nature. She poses a lot of good questions through her characters. :-)