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Five things I learned struggling with the octopus

Near my desk is hanging a reproduction of this picture, which shows a sailing ship in the grip of a giant octopus. In my head, it’s titled ‘My Dissertation and Me’. I’m pleased to say I successfully grappled with the octopus and gained my PhD last year. In the process I learned lots about aspects… Read More Five things I learned struggling with the octopus

March 6, 2022June 10, 2022 dorothylawrenson

Success, failure, and neither

As the final leg of my PhD has coincided with the onset of a global pandemic, I’ve been thinking a lot about how we represent not only achievements but also things we haven’t accomplished. I’m lucky that my research and writing were not impacted by the lockdown in any major way: library access is not… Read More Success, failure, and neither

November 11, 2020 dorothylawrensonLeave a comment

Tricks and techniques for summer reading

Apparently, if you were to read a chapter of War and Peace during each match played at Wimbledon, you would easily finish the book before the end of the tournament. I’ve been reminded of this helpful schedule recently, not only because Wimbledon has just finished, but because this summer I’ve decided I’m finally going to… Read More Tricks and techniques for summer reading

July 23, 2019December 15, 2019 dorothylawrenson1 Comment

On overcoming resistance to writing prompts

As a poet, I have a love-hate relationship with writing prompts. Perhaps it’s simply a dislike of being told what to do, but I feel an instinctive resistance whenever I’m urged to write in response to an idea suggested by someone else. Logically I know I should get over this, because one can’t write a… Read More On overcoming resistance to writing prompts

July 4, 2019December 15, 2019 dorothylawrenson1 Comment

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