@Nick_kerigan@SnellArthur Yes although he too railed against the effects of old age. Deafness and also sight problems - exacerbated by a woman hitting him in the eye with a hard piece of gingerbread when he was campaigning in Chester - increasingly hampered his political activities and his reading.
Tonight, in his first few hours as Prime Minister, @Keir_Starmer has spoken to allies and partners across the world.
The UK stands ready to continue to work with them to deliver security and growth at home and abroad.
Enjoying poster presentations at end of stimulating first day @womenandworlds of learning conf. Real diversity & some brilliant questioning. Lovely to be in Oxford sharing my research on @CityUniLondon Academic Wives’ Association! @PentonMusic@jsecker - will send you slides!
Starting tomorrow... I'll be working with 4 @YSJLit students & 1 MA in Publishing student to produce a new, fully accessible, critically annotated & completely FREE edition of Eliza Haywood's incredible 18th-century periodical The Parrot.
To be published as an E-book in August.
@HalifaxBank can you explain why your #homeinsurance team won’t pay anything to cover repairing burst pipe under ground floor which rendered boiler inoperable, required 2 days track and trace and labour to find leaving a brand new wooden floor mutilated? No? Thought not! 😡
Notice served. 18.5 years' loyal service, five books with leading publishers, 6th and 7th on the way, an international prize, two massive grants, loads of "impact" work, glowing teaching reports. Need another job. Surely someone would value all this. Please spread the word.
Donald Trump would be an octogenarian in the White House: Biden’s already there. That’s not unprecedented — Gladstone led a global superpower in his 80s and so did Emperor Gordian of Rome. Latest Long View with @rcwApr10 and @jcorkewebster https://t.co/Tv645CWrb7