Thanks to Richard Kerridge and Shelagh Weeks for reading and wise advice, and to Mary Nichols, G. Q. Williams, and Marcia Jennings for explaining things I needed to know. The Welsh Arts Council gave me a generous bursary that gave me a semester’s relief from teaching, and Bath Spa University College have been supportive and encouraging. Thanks to Jennifer Barth, whose interventions have been so creative, and to Joy Harris, Dan Franklin, and Caroline Dawnay.