Ninth Level Ireland

“Is Oxford sexist? Paula Claire hoots with laughter. ‘Is the Pope a Catholic?’ she retorts. The only woman in the running for the Oxford Professorship of Poetry withdrew from the race after the university referred to her only as ‘performer and artist’, while the other ten contenders were all described as ‘poet’ …” (more)

[Mary Ann Sieghart, Times, 30 June]

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