I’m
home! Not only am I in London, I’m actually going to be there for a walloping
ten days.
Just
pulled in from a lovely weekend in Scotland at The Burn, a retreat centre
operated by Goodenough College, the postgraduate residential community where
many central London Scholars live. The Marshalls go each year for some time all
together before people whose scholarship tenure is ending fly away. We frolic
about castles, romp a ceilidh (traditional Scottish group dancing), and play
croquet – a *lot* of croquet. (Seriously. They would not stop playing croquet.
They played by the light of their cell phones until 1am or so.
Greg
and I went straight from our week in Lisbon to Scotland, with a lovely night
interval at Heathrow Airport en route. I was very happy to be somewhere quiet
for a few days – and it was incredibly rejuvenating to be back in Scotland. I
am now very much ready to be home, though, and back to writing. I got a ton of
really helpful ideas and brainstorms during my week of summer school on
participatory methods, so the next few days shall be delightfully spent very
quietly (the kid and his parents are traveling, so it really will be quiet)
writing away. Next week, I’m teaching a summer programme at King’s, a revised
version of my Brilliant Club course on “Does the Telly Lie? Media and the
Middle East”. Hopefully a grand time will be had by all.
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