Dear Reader, I am writing to you today from Senate House in London. This year I have had the pleasure of being the School of Advanced Study‘s Visiting Fellow, a post that comes with a short-term residency in their pretty amazing Art Deco office. I have been made to feel very welcome and am enjoying all the benefits of seeing much missed colleagues and friends in London. I don’t miss London per se however. It is an amazing city, a fabulous place to visit, but I would not live here again. Turns out you can take this girl out of Yorkshire – but only temporarily! The last couple of months have…