These pages describe a series of times, events and incidents that, as far as I am concerned, have been significant in some way. I am not sure how this will develop or how interesting it might be for other people. The title of this page obviously references a Tom Petty song, Petty is one of my wife’s favourite singers, but it also seems to reflect a feature of my life in academic leadership positions. I do try to do what I believe to be the right thing and perhaps persist in that for longer than is sensible.
Due to the fact that my website was hacked I have decided to put some of the pages behind a password. This is simply to keep some of the material secure from people who were trying to make some mischief with it. Some are personal and some are professional. The links below will take you to the different stories, to get the password for the protected pages you will need to contact me.
It is worth pointing out that these are all told from my point of view. This will mean that they are one-sided I only saw what happened when I was present after all. It will also mean that what is written here is coloured by my own feelings about the situation, there will also be errors of recollection after all some of these events took place a long time ago.
History Pages