Jon Day is a writer, academic and cyclist. He worked as a bicycle courier in London for several years, and now teaches English Literature at King’s College London. His essays and reviews have appeared in the London Review of Books, the New York Review of Books, Bookforum, n+1, the White Review, the Times Literary Supplement, the Financial Times, the Guardian and Observer and the Telegraph. He writes about art for Apollo, and is … Keep Reading
In Volume 13 we speak with Hannah Wise from the University of Surrey.
Pulchritudinous
I’ll help you out with the pronunciation, ‘pul-kruh-TOO-di-nuhs.’
Not really a word you can guess the meaning of, it is used exclusively to describe people of great physical beauty. How you go about delivering this compliment in casual conversation is another matter…
What’s your role in the library?
Information Resources Advisor — making sure all our online content works.
Favourite book?… Keep Reading
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