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It's been months! Contrary to what's perceptible, I am still a blogger! It's just that in the aftermath of the BOOK , I've had a lot of other writing and public-engaging to do. Much of it is collected here . The most recent piece I've published was in The Guardian , and relates to some of my current research with Rachele De Felice (discussed a bit here ). In the midst of all this book-promoting and writing for others, I've had to manage working my 7.5 hours/day at the day job. So let me slip gently back into blogging, with an nice little adjective suggested to me by Paul, a correspondent who's now lived longer in the US than in his birthplace Britain. He writes: From the Guardian, this caught my eye: "This grade I-listed house was built in 1704 and refronted by Robert Adam in 1774-80. Inside, it has a number of ravishing interiors which are still intact. It was sold 10 years ago and since then the house has been disused ." 'Disused' ...