We all missed you too Emily! Hope to catch up soon...

Opening the door is the problem here.

Somehow it feels colder here. I think the cold tended to stay outside when you close the door there.

Sounds great. Yeah - I'm sure there's absolutely loads to say about it. Look forward to learning more at some point.

It takes a broad interpretation of 'political' (which I would obviously like), but are you writing about the U3A? Always thought that would be a great bit of work. At various points, it positions itself as a movement and has those roots with activist voices.

I am aware that I have fallen directly into this newspapers' make people who work in universities tetchy on a Sunday morning fun.

I'd welcome that.

Genuinely sinister

You should chat to Emma Barrett here. You have a shared former supervisor (👋) in common...https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/history/barrett-emma