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On Corrections

Posted on 24/01/2017 by

I am convinced that noone actually likes to correct their work. In over a decade working in the field of historical research, I have yet to encounter any scholar who revels in the idea, who insists on going home early … Continue reading →

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‘The Write Stuff’

Posted on 24/05/2016 by

The difficult part of blogging is not in the writing. Believe it or not having something to say has never been a hard thing for me to do! Rather it is to find (a) the time and (b) the right thing to … Continue reading →

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Memento Mori – Morior Invictus

Posted on 16/02/2015 by

Being a historian is difficult. There’s the slog work as I call it; the readings, the theories, the whiteboard sessions, the late nights and early mornings, the travel (and travel food and budgets and not having a proper workspace on … Continue reading →

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The Historian and the Arts/or the ‘Temporal Engineer’

Posted on 03/11/2014 by

I have been thinking about writing this post for some time. But I caution you the avid reader, just because I have devoted considerable thought to something does not mean I have advanced it thoroughly! You have been warned! This … Continue reading →

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The plot thickens…

Posted on 07/05/2014 by

  http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/university-historians-distance-themselves-from-boston-tapes-30250418.html   It could be called the story which keeps on giving and it certainly shows no signs of stopping any time soon. Senior historians presently and previously attached to the Massachusetts based, Boston College, have come out publicly … Continue reading →

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