yeah, there's a real risk of a Marxist zombie uprising

gotta keep the proles out

Private James Widdle

Back in the day when they could afford to live nearby

Unless you have a siesta first

I guess that was just before we Broke With Rome to Stand Alone as a Proud Island Nation etc etc

Yeah, I mean I think there is a case in the very first term for saying okay, you have four essays due in January and need five days approx. for each, work backwards in your diary and allocate those 20 days. But we shouldn't need to spell it out every time.

Right - I think being able to research and write 400 words a day of in-depth prose is pretty reasonable for someone aiming at a graduate job.

if it's a thread against the murderous thieving horde of peasants then I need to see who exactly that is

For background see this by Chris Corker (on an important patron of Sheffield University)

That's the one - he must have moved over to Birmingham with Karen Harvey.

There was a PhD at Sheffield working on early modern leather about a decade ago - forget his name but worth a look in their repository.

I thought this was meant to be the point of History Compass, but some of the surveys there are maybe more advanced than what you're looking for.