Well, that made no sense whatsoever.

Michael Boyd brought slow cooking to British theatre when it was in danger of becoming fast food. A leader who led like a friend and a friend who wore his leadership lightly. I loved him and his History cycle was the most inspiring vision of what British theatre can be.

Another long week of hoping emails find people well draws to a close.

Chuffed that 'Creeping up on the Roman Provincial' is now out on firstview for Transactions of the Royal Historical Society bit.ly/3P0XGZu

For those who could not make the Memorial Service at Fitzwilliam College for Jim (James Aitken) last Friday, there is a video available here: youtube.com/watch?v=vCiiId…

One does wonder what happened in this pub this evening...

the 82 people waiting for me to reply to their email

V. nice review of Papal Overlordship and European Princes by Jeff Wayno scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index…

Look what Zack Rauwald has to say on Adam Smith on the public provision of education tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… just out now

Finally available for pre-order: The Cambridge History of the Papacy. 3 volumes, 2,400 pages: cambridge.org/gb/universityp…

Pleased to report the timely news that The Cambridge History of Papacy is now published and available online at Cambridge Core! Physical edition to follow in three weeks. cambridge.org/core/books/the…