Ave atque vale to my welfare emails; here is my final stint in office, a florilegium of Lent Term’s belles-lettres.  Canto 1 Welcome to...

Throughout Pamela , Samuel Richardson’s repeated use of the word ‘creature’ has been linked to the novel’s preoccupation with class and...

Renunciation in Middlemarch  pivots against George Eliot’s belief in a need for self-sufficiency and necessary selfishness. The tension...

@acphotos As Nativity 2’s Angel Matthews said,  ‘wow, wow, wow; in other words, game over’. This was certainly the atmosphere following...

To put it plainly, this is my most important scoop to date. Forget Babbitty Rabbitty: the time for jejune yarns is dead. I have taken...

As promised at the end of my initial compilation ('Rapid Production of Satirical Copy'), I attach here my Michaelmas mesh of...

Here are my sport-inflected welfare bonne-bouches from Easter Term ‘24, as first seen by the readers of my weekly email among the...

Staying carbodydrated will make you run pasta; Come grain or shine, you will be faster. Each rice you run, each step you take,  Fuelling...

I recently caught up with Louise Shanahan, an Irish Olympic 800m runner, multiple-time Irish champion, and Cambridge PHD alumna, now...

To celebrate old Bill’s birthday (because nobody else is going to), I thought I would create a compilation of evidence supporting my...

And by summer 2022, I mean summer 2022 minus forty-odd years, in accordance with my preferred music eras… 1. Våren - Edvard Grieg...

‘The opinion that art should have nothing to do with politics is itself a political attitude’ - George Orwell. I’m sure the arts students...

Exams are bad enough as it is, right? But imagine writing an exam on a book you’ve literally never read. And bearing in mind you’ve had...

(A Shakespeare classic with a joy division-esque twist) Shall I compare thee to a winter’s day? Thou art more icy and more violent. May’s...

In celebration of Bob Dylan’s 80th birthday on the 24th May, I reflect briefly on his extraordinary influence. In a straightforward way,...

Franz Schubert was literally centuries ahead of what we now consider to be some of the earliest pop musicians - Bing Crosby, Frank...

Since the Athletics Integrity Unit was initiated in 2017, athletes within track and field have served 196 doping bans - the very athletes...

The increasing anti-Keir-Starmer condemnation and animosity I have seen on social media of recent weeks would normally not particularly...

Biden’s victory speech on November 7th of last year: “I sought this office to restore the soul of America. This is the time to heal in...

Shards of rain had splintered the blackening window panes, torrents had poured from the heights of the mountains, and a river was flowing...