Well, our blog has gone a bit silent over the last few weeks – apologies to those who have been checking us out and eagerly awaiting new posts! One of the reasons is that one of the moderators (that’s yours truly) is away on a study leave – so if the supervisors of my dissertation are reading this, ehmm, I’m blogging in the comfort of the evening having worked very hard all day in the library. I’m enjoying the hospitality of our sister school, Regents Park College in Oxford. It’s amazing what a network of friends I’ve discovered here, mostly stemming from occasions when our ways crossed because of or…