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mcculloughp.bsky.social

UK prof. of English. Mostly post about things I like, make, or grow. 🌱🪡🏳️‍🌈 Major academic projects: biography of Lancelot Andrewes (OUP); Gen. Ed., the Oxford Edition of the Sermons of John Donne.

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So chuffed to have our second brood of great tits, one in each of the 2 boxes we put up in Feb.

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What does my head in is that any of this needs to be said (it's an excellent thread of course). There's so little in the world that I recognise any more except greed and stupidity—but even those are strange new monsters now, freed as they are from the institutional checks that I took for granted.

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This really is a serious problem that too many good people won’t face.

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After five weeks of 24/7 travelling with my bride if 54 years, Sir Walter Scott spoke to me at Edinburgh Waverly Train Station.

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Sunday morning, Magdalen cloisters.

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WHAT does the fox think I’ve buried under this new peony? Excavated with military precision two nights in a row. Blighter.

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Friday evening fun; potatoes out, zinnias in! (Soil as dry as August though. So alarming.)

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Stood next to Sir Ian McKellan in the gents at ENO; but I'd already seen his Lear.

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I’ve always been dismissive of choosing a plant only for its name, but I must say I’m tempted by Clematis ‘Propertius’ for that alone.

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I always look forward to being elated at the end of a long run of marking, but when I finally finish I just feel vaguely ill.

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New arrival up out of the pond.

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One of the great consolations for advancing years is receiving a former undergraduate’s book. Well done, Dan; seems like only yesterday we were having Dryden tutorials.

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Was introduced to this 30+ years ago at dinner parties hosted by my dissertation supervisor—perfect for a crowd—but with the twist of Pernod instead of vermouth. Terrific.

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In addition to what good news this is, three cheers (and more) for @oxfordclarion.bsky.social , which has transformed local news in Oxford. Astonishing speed, accuracy, balance, and humour (!). Revival of local journalism like this may be one of our best social-political safeguards.

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Last minute touches before the residents’ association Open Gardens. Thinking of it as our contribution to Pride Month (not that it’s remotely competitive or anything).

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Ladybird larvae doing their bit with the aphids in the greenhouse.

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