Just one Romanticism in-joke amid the assorted Australiana I've brought a colleague: Byron Bay was named for the poet's uncle, "Foul Weather Jack" Byron (not to be confused with "Mad Jack" Byron)

Getting to our Manchester hotel was an odyssey, but now relaxing, and enjoying Holmes on Tennyson hugely

Just started this - it's intriguing

Enjoying time in Oxford as Carr-Thomas-Ovenden Fellow in Romantic Literature. It's an ever-evolving institution, as I see at the beautiful and brand-new Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities

The Murray shelf in my bookcase. Am I catching up? Disadvantaged by writing shorter books w/r/t book shelf real estate

Sad to learn of the death of Simon James, Professor of Victorian literature at Durham University. I have lost a friend

Irish Studies 6-week fellowship at the University of Melbourne isaanz.org/odonnell-fel...

My review of #Twist, the new novel by #ColumMcCann theconversation.com/in-colum-mcc...