My research group made its home on a single floor of a 1970s high rise. Although the building’s exterior was ugly, we did well to make the inside cosy with antique furniture and carefully positioned ornaments.

Everyone seemed happy enough until the day that we received an anonymous letter about a recently completed PhD thesis. FR and I soon worked out that LK was accusing JM of failing to reference Scottish Government publications on page 164. LK took this as a personal slight since she was the author of all the ‘missing’ sources.