HeyJaredSarah Moss
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- Sep 7, 2026
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Sarah Moss signs off: âBeing hated on the internet has begun to tint my life, sleep and thoughtsâ (opens the original)
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This is my last column, though not, I hope, my last appearance in these pages. Iâve enjoyed the hundred or so Iâve written. Iâm not a journalist by vocation or training. Iâd written the occasional feature before and frequent book reviews, but the discipline of the weekly column was an interesting challenge to someone used to the much longer horizons of writing books. I feel like the vicar in a Victorian novel, I said early on to a friend, who is actually a vicar, always scouting for next
Sarah Moss: University is a chance to re-make yourself. No one knows if you were shy at school (opens the original)
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On university campuses across Europe, we are getting ready to welcome new and returning students. It is an exciting and nerve-racking time for everyone from professors (I never quite outgrow the fear that I have forgotten how to teach over the summer) to new first years. In some countries, most undergraduates leave home and move to a new city at the age of 18. I think it is an underestimated and important difference between England and Ireland (Scots also tend to stay close to home), because mov
Sarah Moss: August is the strangest month, the âSunday of the yearâ (opens the original)
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Iâm not usually very well oriented to time. Numbered days are slippery for me, though as a professor the weekly, repeating timetable of the teaching term is intuitive. I know the day of the week and, during term, the week of the semester, but rarely the day of the month. In August, work takes longer arcs. Itâs not true that teachers and academics âtake the summer offâ. Our work is bigger, longer and deeper than the hours of performance in the classroom. The comparison is of course not ex
Big brother can be protective. As a driver and cyclist, I like cameras (opens the original)
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My household has been watching a British detective series of an evening. As for many families, the overlap in our ideas of âlight entertainmentâ is inconveniently small. I am not entertained, lightly or otherwise, by explosions, speeding vehicles, violence or espionage. I have no taste for sci-fi or alternative realities. Others are easily bored or baffled by the slow development of feelings and relationships, especially when characters donât say what they think and not much action takes p
Sarah Moss: I used to feel obliged to finish a book I started reading. Now I'm more playful (opens the original)
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We were less than halfway around a circular walk when a friendâs visiting relative said she wanted to turn back because her new boots were stiff. I glanced at my friend, who is of my generation and approximate type of upbringing. We were both thinking: how does she think sheâll wear in her boots without tolerating discomfort? And what would it be like to think that transient discomfort, as opposed to mortal danger, is a reason to abort hillwalking? Of course, I said, weâll head back whenev
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