Almost six months have passed since the last instalment of my MW diary. Since then, I’ve sold a flat, bought a house, formed a wine trade band called Skin Contact and managed the redesign of a certain website – but the quest for a suitable research paper topic has remained tantalisingly elusive.
My last subject was concerned with health warnings on wine labels. It was, I admit, not something that set my heart aflutter – but it was relevant and achievable, or so I thought. Under closer scrutiny, however, it began to crumble in a way that has become...