Spot my rehearsal quote (blues clue: it’s the least intelligent one!) Tickets available here: oxfordplayhouse.com/events/the-two… theguardian.com/stage/article/…

Better out than in?

This conference season, I’ll be asking the big questions. Like: “When writing their paper, does everybody pretend they’re presenting a BBC4 documentary?” No? Just me? Ok. #BSA2024

I feel so lucky to have been at the conference where this book was verified as a first edition! bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Forgive the uncharacteristic self-promotion, but this baby is officially published. Huge thanks to Colin Burrow and the team at RES Oxford Academic, and to my supervisors @OldFortunatus and David Taylor for reading 50,000 drafts! doi.org/10.1093/res/hg…

Introduction: this article will redefine the disciple Conclusion: look…the important thing is we all had fun

A maths problem for GCSE results day: Caroline’s train from Oxford to Leeds has a 12 minute change at Birmingham New Street. But the train from Oxford is routinely 11 minutes delayed. How fast can Caroline run?

Help a frustrated researcher out - how does one get access to a collection at the British Online Archives @boa_map? I’ve emailed the address on the website twice, but both have bounced.

Just in time for Hallmark’s Christmas season:

Taking the plunge and moving over to BlueSky. Follow me there - cazzert.bsky.social