I’m now going to take a few days off from the blog. I’m spending Christmas itself in Ghana, and then heading back to the UK for a few days with family.

I have a few other posts that I’ll try to finish before the year is out, which are mainly lists – of academic books that I’ve appreciated from 2013; some new music that has been the soundtrack to my year; and the second half of my novels read list (you can see the first half of the year here).