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Adelaide 🤝 Wellington

(Giant preserved squid squad)

Delighted to introduce the wee (and not so helpful) co author + hijinks coordinator. Likes: milk, dictation software, sunlight. Dislikes: bassinet

The only thing I’ve ever said about my field which has come close to causing a physical altercation is the phrase “long eighteenth century”. Thrilled and vindicated to see wobbly borders of ~100yr periods grouped mainly by the vibes is more common than you’d think

A very cool (and brief) bit of archive work of mine has gone up on Notes & Queries!! This was a delight to prepare and + a real strange little archival source. Hope to do more w this weird little document!

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I was delighted to read Martha F. Bowden’ incredible paper on Mary Davys in Women’s Writing, and so warmed to see her uses of my own investigation of Davys’ Familiar Letters: doi.org/10.1080/0969... as a Davys reader, I am indebted to her pathbreaking work more than I can articulate.

I've been re-reading Susannah Minifie/Gunning's Barford Abbey in the new ed. w Margaret Doody and Kurt Edward Milberger and so should you. It's an unmitigated delight.
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Go-to is 2-3 shots of espresso in a mug with a dash of cold water, so I am notably feral in my coffee drinking, but - always astounding that antipodean coffee seems to be the only format which wants you to realise you're drinking coffee.

Visiting my folks in Darwin - staggering to watch the sun set in the “wrong” direction. Life this close to the equator has an odd rhythm.

Editorial intern; paid in snacks, swipes me when I make an argumentative overreach

Surely JA misspelling “friend” as “freind” is deliberate… right? I had thought it was a quirk, but it’s everywhere. It’s jarring to see “freind” and “sufficient” appear in the same line. She’s the edgy ‘Mayhem t-shirt' 8th grader at the spelling bee?

“Uprising”, new film dir. Kim Sang-man, is an absolute gem. I’m a sucker for anything with choreographed swordplay, but the visuals in this are just crazy. Any recs for memorable films along similar lines, vibe or style wise? I’m a ears