Sorry about that, Jillian, I hope you got to Jimmy Reid quickly… I think he’s fantastic - he even makes stupid questions interesting. They are both a bit sheepish next to Lauren Bacall!

Definitely, I’ll be in London for the week before. Have been working on this paper for a long time hoping that giving the lecture will help me finish it x

Really looking forward to this too Katherine, working hard to finish this essay something I’ve been working on for a few years. Coming and doing your talk is giving me the focus to get it submitted.

Oh that’s great Mike, it’s great that it Ain’t Half Racist Mum is available on BBC iPlayer now. Let me know what you thought of it.

I’ll tell her Kath, Gargi is one of the most creative thinkers I know.

Be lovely to be in touch again, Pat. Hope you are well x

I met her when we were both studying the Linguistics MLitt in 1988-9 at Strathclyde and we were friends ever since. Brilliant writer and undervalued in the UK but not elsewhere. A truly wonderful friend