Oxford professor of poetry Ruth Padel resigns

[wellinghall]

"The first female Oxford Professor of Poetry resigned today following her involvement in an alleged smear campaign against a former rival."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/may/25/ruth-padel-oxford-poetry-resigns

Comments

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

what next? the last TS committee elections will be shown to have been subject to fraud?

Hey, you weren't meant to know about that story! ;-)