Author Posts

Trump and the Trillion Dollar Infrastructure Finance Challenge

On 9th November, after his victory in the American Presidential election, Donald Trump declared, “We are going to fix our inner cities and rebuild our highways, bridges, tunnels, airports, schools, hospitals. We’re

Amores

Latin Love

I chose to focus on Amores(Book I) because Ovid’s text seems particularly suitable for students at that crucial stage when they have learned the basics of Latin and are just starting

Caroline Warman

Interdisciplinary Diderot

Denis Diderot (1713-1784) was a mathematician, a major art critic, an innovative novelist, a playwright, and, of course, the editor of the Encyclopédie, which contained articles on most subjects under the sun: science,

Conveyancing

In Honour of Professor Robert Rennie

In 2014, Robert Rennie retired from the post he had held since 1994 as Professor of Conveyancing at the University of Glasgow. This brought an end to part – but only part – of a

Documentary Photography

How I Came Home

For most of my professional career I was a teacher of French literature and much of my published work has been in that field. But I have always been a wanderer and, since

20th-Century Literature

In a Pilgrim's Footsteps

In September 2011, I found myself standing on a rock on the shore of Lake Peipsi, the huge stretch of water that lies between Estonia and St Petersburg, peering out across the haze

English

Spelling the Answer

I wrote the Dictionary of the British English Spelling System [https://doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0053] because (1) most children learning to read and spell need to be taught the most effective

On Colonial Knowledge, Africa, and Imperial Russia

Choose Your Own Adventure

The EU Energy Transition: Doing More with More

The “Charm” of Objectivity