I was googling slightly randomly earlier, trying to find my old film tutor’s master’s thesis to show to John (we were discussing Moby Dick, which Alan was an expert on). Through the combination of search terms I used, Google turned up my own thesis, which has been uploaded to the university website. To my great pleasure, it also said how many citations my thesis has had: three. That means my work is mentioned in at least three bibliographies, somewhere. Not only that but, looking a little further, I saw that my thesis has been downloaded over 300 times. I must admit that made me feel rather chuffed. I know three citations over ten years isn’t much, and that other, more useful work gets referenced much, much more; but it is good to know that the text I worked so hard on for so long is actually being read and made use of, if just occasionally.