New profile picture after the annual vist to the Jane Austen Centre in Bath.

Ha, snap!

On holiday in Bormio. Mountains are lovely even though the Stelvio Pass is closed for a landslide. We are surrounded by would-be Fausto Coppi struggling uphill (and by photos of Coppi on his bike in the town).

Tonight's film. Laughing so much I'm crying.

Il sorpasso (may not last).

A film that takes place where you are from.

Life goal achieved.

If you see this, quote post with a bridge from your gallery.

Presents to stoke my obsession just as I prepare to teach a module on the country house novel from January.

Merry Christmas!

If you see this, drop a pic of the last place your passport was stamped. (Also the first place as a new British citizen.)
Titisee, Black Forest. And if anyone can tell me where to find kaffesahne in the UK...

Field trip to the Jane Austen Centre in Bath with Literature and the Marketplace students. I could mention literary tourism, the Austen phenomenon, fandom, commodification (tea with Mr Darcy, anyone?), but really the best thing is dressing up in Regency clothes - best fashion for both sexes.

The view from my office. I teach until 5pm. Will I manage to get home?

Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light - here I come.

Ah yes, autumn food. (Favourite season!)

Appropriate weather to mark the first day back at school...

I remember Barnier gave Davis "Annapurna" as a present at the start of Brexit negotiations. I assume as a metaphor. Have you read anything by Reinhold Messner? We went to Brunico and he is everywhere, incl a museum of mountaineering designed by Zaha Hadid that looks like the lair of a Bond villain.