swotting

Cue news-surfing and current affairs swotting, which is a useful excuse to have a break from the book.

18 Doughty Street again Rachel 2006

Cue news-surfing and current affairs swotting, which is a useful excuse to have a break from the book.

Archive 2006-11-01 Rachel 2006

When not swotting to please him or attract his attention, we displayed behaviour that verged on the demented, yet seemed routine in an average day's stalking.

Joanna Briscoe: Mr A, my unattainable love god 2011

This diverting question has prompted a wealth of academic examination, but no exhaustive research is needed to know that adolescent boys are less given to swotting than their sisters, and are perhaps less good at essays.

GCSE results: Right question, wrong answer | Editorial 2011

I've tried swotting up, but all those treaties and French words… I'm beginning to see what my party was on about.

Dr Gerry Mander: the therapist the stars trust 2011

January 21st, 2009 12: 12pm george the laird of glasgow has disappeared, probably swotting with carl "how to get respect" FAILED.

On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

Hannah - and Stoppard - are obsessed with the way the garden at Sidley Park was redesigned while Thomasina was swotting and Septimus was shagging, because it represents the intellectual shift that was sweeping Europe at the time.

Johann Hari: Is This the Greatest Play of the Late Twentieth Century? 2009

Sister Phillips as you call her doesn't go for all this swotting and nuance.

John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009

I've been swotting up for my History of science exam next week, which means I haven't been doing anything blog-worthy.

Archive 2008-09-01 Penny 2008

I've been swotting up for my History of science exam next week, which means I haven't been doing anything blog-worthy.

Still here Penny 2008