The Academic Uses of Imprisonment
An inescapable part of editing academic material is Internet research, which can unexpectedly entertain and inform (see The Serendipitous Pleasures of Work-Related Googling). The other day, while looking up a technical term, I stumbled upon an odd piece of trivia about finding a career. Of all the improbable ways of homing in on a career, it must rank as one of the strangest. My thoughts drifted to a famous book I had enjoyed reading: The Great Escape. A distant half-formed