It’s officially out: 35 essays (over 150k words) on Elizabeth Bishop edited by myself & Angus Cleghorn. Thanks to our commissioning editor, book designer & all our wonderful contributors, at least half of whom are here. #ElizabethBishop @CUP_LitPerform 1/

Applying for PIP for my mum was not easy. If you’re lucky enough not to need benefits don’t stereotype those who do. The idea that the UK is overly generous to disabled people is ridiculous.

Why academia is sleepwalking into self-destruction. My editorial @Brain1878 If you agree with the sentiments please RT. It's important for all our sakes to stop the madness https://t.co/5S5rL8Yda1

Celebrate Taylor Swift's 35th birthday with a literary deep dive into the lyrics of some of her biggest hits, featuring @AmberRegis @JonathanSEllis and @Katherine_Ebury https://t.co/vpgIEgQY7t

Not this Jonathan, unfortunately.

Staff pass motion of no confidence in @uniofeastanglia Probably no UK #university management has the confidence of its staff anymore There have been too many betrayals, too many mistakes, too much pain ... & too much money paid to the talentless https://t.co/W8xWNBwlG1

Listening to Joan Baez is all I can do this morning. Love & solidarity to all my friends in the US.

Word of the day is ‘recrudescence’ (17th century): the return of something terrible after a time of reprieve.

BREAKING: The majority of universities in the UK

Being invited to workshops on how to boost my institution’s reputation at the same time as research time is being cut and teaching loads increased is… a bit much imho.

Apparently 16 is the magic number!

The last time there was an "America First" rally at Madison Square Garden, in 1939:

A plague on Reviewer 2s and all your "helpful" feedback which yes, I do find "disappointing."

Mixed day doesn’t tell the half of it!

Golden threads don’t always lead you out of the labyrinth

academia is just making mental notes on how you don’t want to behave when you become a professor and then never becoming a professor

I’ve probably had worst days at work, but I can’t remember one.

Congratulations on your completion of a PhD at our university - you are now a valued member of our academic family. Your email and library access will terminate in 11 minutes.

Watching Eyes Wide Shut in a cinema that used to be the home of Louis XIV’s doctor is somehow very appropriate.

I was in the Supermarket (I love to go there to read the packages, it is just like a library, really) and I saw a number of Family Circle with “Marianne Moore on Baseball” on the cover & of course I bought it. – Elizabeth Bishop, Oct 10 1968