NOT helpful or responsive

So, I sent off a request for advice to the email address listed for the professor in charge of postgraduate history studies (whom one is advised to approach directly) at Very Old and Famous University ...

This is the question I asked:

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Here is the reply I received, six days later.
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Really? Really? Do you think if all the relevant information was to be found on your website that I would have written to you (or, rather, to your boss, who is apparently too busy to do the job the university has asked him to do, and so has delegated it to someone)?

sleeping like a winter badger indeed

I took a quiz following a link from a BBC article on sleep and health. Interestingly, the final conclusion of the quiz, after advising me to get some more exercise and watch the caffeine and alcohol, said:

Too much of a good thing

• You said you have a
  problem with sleep but in your case, you seem to be worrying
  unnecessarily - your results show you're well rested. You say you want
  more sleep but bear in mind that too much sleep can cause grogginess.

Interesting.