In the latest blog post on my E. M. Delafield site, I look at EMD's father's family, the de la Pastures, who give her both French and Indian heritage and an early literary role model: emdelafield.org/blog/the-de-...

EMD’s family background: the de la Pastures

The de la Pastures, EMD’s father’s family, come from a markedly different background to her mothers’ ancestors the Bonhams, although as we shall see they have points in common. The website geneanet.or...

I'm on the Society of Indexers' blog today, with an account of our conference last week, Human Indexing in a Digital World. #SIConf24#IndexSkywww.indexers.org.uk/posts/human-...

Human Indexing in a Digital World: Society of Indexers Conference, 18–19 September 2024

Human indexers from around the world met online in the digital space of Zoom for this year’s SI Conference. Between 50 and 60 members of SI and our sister societies attended over the two days, which w...

This inspired me to look up the mottos of the various places I've studied and if I ever want to write a five-volume campus novel series the titles are right here waiting for me: By Study We Flourish A City is Built on Wisdom Learn and Live A University Without a Motto Be Still and Know

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‘Do different’ has been my call of the week: in The Frankfurt Kabuff session with Beth Driscoll and Claire Squires at Society of Indexers #SIConf24, giving a nod to the UEA coat of arms motto (alumna here), and receiving a crafty Stockport gift today. 😊 #IndexSky

Thank you! It was good fun to prepare, and gratifying to find out that humans are better at indexing than chatbots. There will be a fuller account in @indexer.bsky.social later on this year.

Very much enjoyed Day 1 of #SIConf24@pierke.bsky.social#IndexSky

My latest E. M. Delafield blog post is about her grandfather, Edward William Bonham, father of six, consul, and family historian: emdelafield.org/blog-databas...

Edward William Bonham

Edward William Bonham, E. M. Delafield’s grandfather and Betty’s father, was born in Tabriz (then Persia, now in Iran) on 30 April 1844; his father Edward Walter was consul there at the time and had m...

I wonder how many of those ERII index entries are really quite minor mentions, but they went in because she was the Queen?

I've got a piece in this issue, giving an overview of the Society of Indexers events held to mark National Indexing Day 2024.

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The latest issue of The Indexer, 42(3), has been published online at www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/journal/index. Read about the Dictionary of Basic Indexing’s Welsh and Japanese entries; indexing Classic Mayan; Picardy book-indexing software; training in creating ebook indexes, and more!

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This has been a joy to follow. Thank you!

I’ve been having a bit of a sort out over the summer. I’m throwing out some old titles for poems which I shall never write. Free to a good home.