My supervisor, a *star* academic, took me on for a Phd in a year where I had already registered at another university in another country. She was at the time guiding my Masters work. Our conversations, especially over summer, by email, discussing books, the field, the future of the field, articles, papers, conferences, my career dreams, goals, ambitions, has been *amazing*. Even before the PhD started officially, there was such a tremendous amount of intellectual exchange and resonance. All her other students love working with her, as far as I am concerned, her work is outstanding, she inspires me tremendously and brings out the very best in me.8-)