Very proud to see this entirely justified praise for Phil's work. He was my UG and MA supervisor and supervised the second half of my PhD. He introduced me to Old English, place-names, charters and manuscripts. https://twitter.com/DJMHarland/status/1353123940718305280

He also literally not once ever complained about the fact that for some reason I never grasped the concept of him having office hours and happily and patiently sat and talked about my dissertation whenever I turned up at his door (which was often).

It's exactly this kind of academic rigour, and this kind of supportive teacher, mentor and friend, that is directly under threat from Leicester right now.