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Professor of Humanities, QMUL | Fellow, Wolfson College, University of Oxford | General Editor of the OUP Letters of William Godwin | Writer on the edge | Northumbrian | Trainspotter | website: pamelaclemit.wordpress.com
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· Nov 25
RED-LETTER DAY: this afternoon I delivered the completed manuscript of The Letters of William Godwin, Volume IV: 1816-1828, to my editor at OUP. Contains 404 letters. Pictured (1) the last steps of a ten-year intellectual journey (2) engraving of Godwin by WH Lizars, after William Nicholson, 1816.
1. Thanks for the kind words, likes and reposts. I’m turning this into a short thread about Volume 4 of the OUP edition of Godwin’s letters.
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Second proof just landed, worryingly entitled 'OUP UNCORRECTED PROOF'. #thelongestjourney
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January 16, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Second proof just landed, worryingly entitled 'OUP UNCORRECTED PROOF'. #thelongestjourney
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The first I have seen this year and very early
January 18, 2026 at 5:50 PM
The first I have seen this year and very early
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A Corner of the Artist’s Room in Paris, 1907-09, painting by Welsh artist Gwen John.
January 3, 2026 at 2:05 PM
A Corner of the Artist’s Room in Paris, 1907-09, painting by Welsh artist Gwen John.
Second proof just landed, worryingly entitled 'OUP UNCORRECTED PROOF'. #thelongestjourney
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
January 16, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Second proof just landed, worryingly entitled 'OUP UNCORRECTED PROOF'. #thelongestjourney
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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It's one of those days isn't it.
Pike Fishing in January by Alfred James Munnings 1898
(Private Collection)
Pike Fishing in January by Alfred James Munnings 1898
(Private Collection)
January 11, 2026 at 1:59 PM
It's one of those days isn't it.
Pike Fishing in January by Alfred James Munnings 1898
(Private Collection)
Pike Fishing in January by Alfred James Munnings 1898
(Private Collection)
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Edinburgh Castle this afternoon.
January 13, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Edinburgh Castle this afternoon.
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A little Buttermere magic
January 12, 2026 at 8:56 PM
A little Buttermere magic
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Day 8. #12DaysWild. A #NewYearPlantHunt in Wigton. Trailing bellflower in West Street growing in a wall next to Maidenhair spleenwort.
January 1, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Day 8. #12DaysWild. A #NewYearPlantHunt in Wigton. Trailing bellflower in West Street growing in a wall next to Maidenhair spleenwort.
Happy New Year! Best foot forward into 2026. Image: Henri Cartier-Bresson, 1932.
January 1, 2026 at 10:20 AM
Happy New Year! Best foot forward into 2026. Image: Henri Cartier-Bresson, 1932.
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The Silver Birch & Jackdaws, in the mist.
A silhouette, on the last day of 2025.
#Dorset #NaturePhotography #Trees #Corvids
A silhouette, on the last day of 2025.
#Dorset #NaturePhotography #Trees #Corvids
December 31, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The Silver Birch & Jackdaws, in the mist.
A silhouette, on the last day of 2025.
#Dorset #NaturePhotography #Trees #Corvids
A silhouette, on the last day of 2025.
#Dorset #NaturePhotography #Trees #Corvids
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Félix Vallotton was a painter and printmaker born #onthisday in 1865. He worked in woodcuts in the 1890s and began to focus on painting around 1900 using blocks of colour that mimicked his printing style.
'Road at St Paul (Var) (Route à St Paul (Var))' by Félix Vallotton (1865–1925), Tate
'Road at St Paul (Var) (Route à St Paul (Var))' by Félix Vallotton (1865–1925), Tate
December 29, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Félix Vallotton was a painter and printmaker born #onthisday in 1865. He worked in woodcuts in the 1890s and began to focus on painting around 1900 using blocks of colour that mimicked his printing style.
'Road at St Paul (Var) (Route à St Paul (Var))' by Félix Vallotton (1865–1925), Tate
'Road at St Paul (Var) (Route à St Paul (Var))' by Félix Vallotton (1865–1925), Tate
Thomas Hardy’s great end of year lyric poem, 'The Darkling Thrush', first published in The Graphic on 29 Dec. 1900, and then in The Times on 1 Jan. 1901 – though a deleted ‘1899’ on the manuscript suggests he may have written it earlier.
December 29, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Thomas Hardy’s great end of year lyric poem, 'The Darkling Thrush', first published in The Graphic on 29 Dec. 1900, and then in The Times on 1 Jan. 1901 – though a deleted ‘1899’ on the manuscript suggests he may have written it earlier.
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Northern light.
December 28, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Northern light.
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Day 3, #12DaysWild. Travelling north.
December 27, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Day 3, #12DaysWild. Travelling north.
A good day for A Wild Goose Chase: Andrew McNeillie’s new collection of poems wiffling in for a landing.
December 26, 2025 at 12:34 PM
A good day for A Wild Goose Chase: Andrew McNeillie’s new collection of poems wiffling in for a landing.
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25th December 2025 08.36
December 25, 2025 at 9:34 AM
25th December 2025 08.36
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Thomas Hardy's 'The Oxen', composed in wartime and first published in The Times, 24 Dec. 1915.
December 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Thomas Hardy's 'The Oxen', composed in wartime and first published in The Times, 24 Dec. 1915.
Thomas Hardy's 'The Oxen', composed in wartime and first published in The Times, 24 Dec. 1915.
December 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Thomas Hardy's 'The Oxen', composed in wartime and first published in The Times, 24 Dec. 1915.
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From GDH Cole, The Simple Case for Socialism.
December 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
From GDH Cole, The Simple Case for Socialism.
Remembering my father, Albert Edward Clemit, who died #OTD 23 December 2012, with snatches from the obituary I wrote for the #Berwickshire News. Thinking of others who, like me, winter out Christmas every year.
December 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Remembering my father, Albert Edward Clemit, who died #OTD 23 December 2012, with snatches from the obituary I wrote for the #Berwickshire News. Thinking of others who, like me, winter out Christmas every year.
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Remember, Beckett is for life, not just for Christmas
Amongst the Christmas chaos I heard a child on the street ask his mother where they were going, ‘Nowhere ’ she answered
December 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Remember, Beckett is for life, not just for Christmas