Friday linkery

Shhhh! Actual work is happening! The China Mieville/fantasy London paper is taking shape quite nicely in the back of my mind, and today has been spent finishing my examiner's report on this rather competent Masters dissertation on Edward Lear. The good news on the book updates has apparently been good for morale. Of course, the time-pressure induced by a weekend entirely infested with board schedules is also a motivating factor. Sigh.

Thus I leave you only with random linkery - and I do mean random - by way of a post:

• Rather a good meditation on Christmas meaning.
• Entertaining rudeness about Beowulf
• The Literary Bad Sex awards.

And may your weekend be better than mine.