[Eric]

Yes, Hulse is, among other things, a Sebald translator. As it happens, I saw four of Sebald's books in a recent Dutch translation in Hilversum the other day, and was pleased to note that the same woman has done all four. This is important for continuity and consistency of style.

Perhaps the Warwick brigade had filled the quota for translators and poets on the panel and, as Britain demands positive discrimination, they needed a nursery nurse and a gardener...