Honestly England will offer no greater treat to your ears and brain today than Dinah Birch talking about Edward Lear in these amazing surroundings.

A terrible loss. Hilary Mantel was one of the great voices of historical fiction – and so much more theconversation.com/hilary-mantel-… via The Conversation

Exploring Hilary Mantel's legacy, and why it was so much more than her historical fiction (fabulous as it is), by the University's Professor Dinah Birch (Dinah Birch) theconversation.com/hilary-mantel-…

People of Liverpool. I’m coming to your fab city this weekend as I have an event on Sunday night. Can you give me ideas on best use of 48 hours? Where to eat, what not to miss? #liverpool

Frank Cottrell Boyce's 'The Door in the Pillow' (Radio 4 extra) is perfect ghostly listening for a Halloween weekend. Wonderful script, moving performances.

'O’Brian cared about the historical authenticity of his fiction, and if you have ever wondered about the difference between a flying jib and a main topgallant, he is the man to explain.' (Dinah Birch) the-tls.co.uk/articles/the-c…

NEW on Wonkhe: Dinah Birch has pieced together the changes to REF and finds a very different research exercise Dinah Birch buff.ly/43MRsB9

Some very shrewd reflections here, on both the promising aspects of the new REF regulations and the need to be careful to frame the more radical features to guard against unintended consequences.

'[W]e are throttling the pipeline. [...] this is accelerating the longer-term trend of shuttering arts, languages and humanities departments across British universities.' We need to value human craft and creativity in education!

Advocating for #ArtsandHumanities? I am sharing this summary of The British Academy SHAPE Skills by @EnglishAsso fbaveystock. Arts & Humanities Alliance (AHA) School of Advanced Study, University of London IES University English englishassociation.ac.uk/the-british-ac…

A clear-sighted response from to Sunak's 'hammer' by The British Academy based on careful analysis of data on graduate destinations and salaries. Please do read.

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Very excited that The British Academy research on SHAPE in R&D has been published today. Our evidence synthesis calls for the inclusion of SHAPE R&D in UK statistical methodologies for evidence-led policy-making in support of the entire RD&I ecosystem. thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publications/u…

Tomorrow evening, Dinah Birch delivers the 23rd-annual Ruskin Lecture on the subject of "Mariana at Work: Ruskin and Gender." RSVP: eventbrite.com/e/mariana-at-w…

Do NOT Miss this. Really

This Sunday on Radio 3, 6.45 UK time, a stellar company helps me tell the story of Robert Greene and the precarious lives of university graduates. Oh yes, that other young whippersnapper of a playwright makes a brief appearance-- what was his name again? bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

So delighted to have Dinah Birch at #BRLSI this Wednesday evening to talk about #Dickens #AChristmasCarol. Read an interview with her in The Bath Magazine below. Dinah Birch English Department English at Bath Spa Booking: brlsi.org/whatson/dicken…

Just read Dinah Birch ‘s fascinating & positive 2-page The TLS review of Avril Horner’s new bio of novelist Barbara Comyns.I’ve got Comyns’s Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead. Remarkable, & kin to Ursula Holden - both neglected.Great work by today’s women critics on our shared past