While Cuthbert is psyching himself up to make a proper start on his PhD thesis, he has been seeking to re-use his academic skills by finding employment outside SPUE.
Radio and audio media companies have offered him two engagements.
The first is to interview an author who has specialised in using objects, especially articles of clothing, in order to develop and visualise character.
The second is to interview a non-fiction author, with a view to exploring the overlap between fiction and exciting non-fiction. The non-fiction author in question is cookery writer, Nigella Lawson.
Which of these Cuthbert Dry-Monotone (the eminent Reader) undertakes first (or whether he gets out of bed at all) will depend on comments posted on this blog.
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I think he should be interviewing Nigella (Nigella being the ancient latin word, meaning :"Whoops, we wanted a boy".)New comment
I had a feeling you were going to say that.New comment
Ranunculaceae, from the latin crow-foot.
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I'm afraid you've bowled me a googly there, Dick.New comment
I think Neil maybe hinting, thus. According to that trusted font of all knowledge- WikiPedia:
"Ranunculaceae - (buttercup or crowfoot family; Latin rānunculus "little frog", from rāna "frog") is a family of about 1700 species of flowering plants in about 60 genera, distributed worldwide."
One of these genera is called "Nigella".
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Eoghan, thank you for that valuable piece of insight. You have rescued what might otherwise have been a spoiled ballot paper.
Nigella seems to be winning. Give me a little time to think.