I saw this today in a cook book (Amazing Grains, bought because we need a wider range of options) and once more it made my teeth grind, not because it's wrong, but because the writer doesn't understand the implications ( Read more... )

On the 11 & 12 March we present Penny Dreadful’s production How To Be Immortal at the Mumford Theatre. A post-show talk on the theme “What your genes say about you” follows the performance on 11 March. There are student and staff ticket deals on this production whereby tickets can be purchased for only £5 ( Read more... )

Science as the Spark: Literature Inspired by Science Thursday, March 20th ( Read more... )

We've been invited away for the weekend of May 3-4. Would anyone like to house and cat sit in London? The cat is 19, the house about 119 ( Read more... )

"Sticks and stones will break my bones
But words will never harm me."

Possibly 1862, maybe earlier.

One of the great lies of the English nursery. Words are what make it possible for people to harm others: they set up legitimate targets, dehumanise the target, and ultimately excuse the attacker.

I have taken today's posts private. Things have gone far faster than even I, who regularly discuss the speed of twitter, expected ( Read more... )

As this turned out particularly well, I thought I'd post it here. Last night I had one vegetarian guest and one guest I knew would happily eat vegetarian as long as there was one meat dish, so I made tapas and it all went well ( Read more... )

I've just seen a thing on facebook in which a cis friend tells a trans friend that she is never going to look in a mirror and see a pretty girl look back because all women are conditioned to see themselves as works in progress, with things they want to fix ( Read more... )

I am at work on 22nd Feb (an open day at Anglia Ruskin University) but I could come into town in the evening. Anyone for dinner?

Lecturer in English and Film Studies: International Cinema ( Read more... )