Confessions of a displaced hedgehog

A displaced hedgehog is a figure - or rather an image - from Tove Jansson's Moomin books. This is how I can best describe myself. This blog is mostly about being displaced.

Sunday, 28 October 2012

Yet another conference

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So I've done it again. There is no logic at all. First I cancel all conferences and guest lectures, then I accept another invitation....

Sunday, 14 October 2012

Me and my paddy

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I have finally succumbed and got an iPad. I will mostly use it for lectures, meetings and conferences: reading from screen rather than pri...

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Sunday, 7 October 2012

Here we go again

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I was going to write a very angry post about how I spent this beautiful autumn Sunday, but luckily I checked what I wrote on a similar top...

Saturday, 6 October 2012

It's a book!

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I am reading a book. OK, you say, so what else is new? You are not getting it, are you: I am reading a book. You don't scroll it down, Y...

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Friday, 5 October 2012

Memorable matriculation

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A matriculation dinner in Cambridge is a very special rite of passage that I have now witnessed for the fifth time. It started with a group ...

Thursday, 4 October 2012

First week of term

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The term came over me like a tsunami. I thought I was well prepared after four years, but it all starts at once, and suddenly the buildings ...

Sunday, 30 September 2012

Creative lawn-mowing

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Staffan and I have different approaches to lawn-mowing, just as we have different approaches to loading the dishwasher and to other domestic...

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