Hannah Rose Woods
Hannah Rose Woods is a cultural historian and the author of Rule, Nostalgia: A Backwards History of Britain.
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The attack on the humanities is snobbery dressed as realism
Our world-leading universities are in crisis, yet debate centres on “entitled” students who have the audacity to want to…
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In my renter’s mind, a broken boiler valve means I might have to rethink my entire life
I collect, compulsively, stories from friends of rents being raised in response to maintenance requests.
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All it takes to transform me is the warmth of the first rays of the summer sun
I am going to put my nose in lilac and honeysuckle and roses and be generally unbearable with luxuriousness.
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Being in pain is bad enough, but being a woman in pain is even worse
Endometriosis, appendicitis, fractured vertebrae, and now my mother’s knee injury: why aren’t women taken seriously when they say they…
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A weekend with old friends turns into a catalogue of injuries – canine and human
The dog seemed distinctly unbothered to be padding around with a bit of her paw wobbling at a right…
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A childlike wonder at the world’s everyday beauty is best left to grown-ups
I feel the more experience we have of the world – not less – the more deeply we feel…
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My epiphany came on a sailing boat off the Isles of Scilly, flanked by dolphins
I am not sure I'll ever get my head around the combinations of choice and circumstance that make us…
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I’m a writer who thrives on stories – so why can’t I read novels any more?
I fear my reluctance to read fiction reveals how focused on myself I have become, amid the inwardness of…
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