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Cunning and Art: Review of Leásungspell, by Bob Beagrie

Set in 657AD, moving between Hartlepool and Whitby, and drawing on Old English, modern English and Northumbrian dialect, Bob Beagrie’s new…

Oct 23, 2017

Cunning and Art: Review of Leásungspell, by Bob Beagrie

Oct 23, 2017

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Review of The Sparsholt Affair, by Alan Hollinghurst

As it moves from the 1940s to the present day, Alan Hollinghurst’s new novel The Sparsholt Affair traces the complexities of gay sexuality…

Oct 12, 2017

Review of The Sparsholt Affair, by Alan Hollinghurst

Oct 12, 2017

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Politicians: Our Greatest Storytellers?

While “fake news” may be a relatively new term, politicians have long been accused of making-up stories about themselves and their…

Oct 2, 2017

Politicians: Our Greatest Storytellers?

Oct 2, 2017

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Review of Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe, by Kapka Kassabova

The lines on a modern map that mark the borders between Bulgaria, Turkey and Greece do not adequately represent the changes and shifting…

Sep 29, 2017

Review of Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe, by Kapka Kassabova

Sep 29, 2017

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Five Ways Horace Walpole Influences Us Today

It is 300 years since the birth of Horace Walpole. In his own time, Walpole was a prominent figure in eighteenth-century literature…

Sep 27, 2017

Five Ways Horace Walpole Influences Us Today

Sep 27, 2017

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Four Ways Dante Still Matters Today

Although it was composed 700 years ago, Dante’s Inferno continues to influence our culture and society, from depictions of hell in video…

Sep 26, 2017

Four Ways Dante Still Matters Today

Sep 26, 2017

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Five Thought-Provoking Quotes by Horace Walpole

Horace Walpole (1717–1797) was a man of remarkably diverse talents: novelist, art historian, designer and politician. He was also a…

Sep 20, 2017

Five Thought-Provoking Quotes by Horace Walpole

Sep 20, 2017

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Writing Across Languages: English and Chinese Poetry

Chinese and English are very different languages. But the forms and structures of English poetry provided a fertile ground for Chutian…

Sep 16, 2017

Writing Across Languages: English and Chinese Poetry

Sep 16, 2017

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Paradise Lost and Arab Academics: An Interview with Mona Prince

An Egyptian academic, Dr Mona Prince, was recently accused by her university of ‘calling for the glorification of Satan’ after she taught…

Sep 2, 2017

Paradise Lost and Arab Academics: An Interview with Mona Prince

Sep 2, 2017

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Why Ann Quin’s Tripticks is a Road Trip Novel for Our Time

Hippy love cults, drifters, and a native American: just some of the cast of characters you’ll meet on a journey through Ann Quin’s final…

Jul 28, 2017

Why Ann Quin’s Tripticks is a Road Trip Novel for Our Time

Jul 28, 2017

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