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The Twitter Thread: Modernising a Good Yarn-

By JT Welsch on April 15, 2020

Elegant Emma: Wilde’s Austen adaptation is picture-perfect

By JT Welsch on April 15, 2020

How is self-isolation highlighting our unhealthy relationship with work?

By JT Welsch on April 15, 2020

Why it’s Time to “Cancel” Cancel Culture

By JT Welsch on April 15, 2020

‘KonMarie’ method sparks criticism among novel lovers

By JT Welsch on April 15, 2020

Do you think he’s compensating for something? – Adult Humour in PG Films

By JT Welsch on April 15, 2020

“Ralph Breaks the Internet” and Disney Breaks Tradition

By sl1784 on January 6, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

by Sarah Elliott The release of Wreck-It Ralph 2: Ralph Breaks the Internet was hotly anticipated since the release of the trailers. It’s not Ralph, however, or even his pint-size co-star Vanellope, […]

“The Devil Wears Prada” and Other Demon Women

By sl1784 on January 5, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

by Sarah Elliott In a world full of Andy Sachs, we all want to be a Miranda Priestley – or do we? Hollywood doesn’t seem to think so. Powerful, rich, talented and […]

Review: ‘Narcissist in the Mirror’ and the Power of Self-Reflection

By oj556 on January 5, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

By Izzy Davies ‘It’s very much about millenials’: Rosie Fleeschman’s one-woman play Narcissist in the Mirror opened in January this year, adding a new voice to the rising genre of female-authored, first-person narratives […]

Do Review Aggregators Create Echo Chambers?

By oj556 on January 5, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

By Izzy Davies Vice journalist Oobah Butler staged an experiment during which he managed to catapult a fictitious restaurant – The Shed at Dulwich – to TripAdvisor’s coveted number 1 spot. He […]

Future Focus on Creativity: Education and Beyond

By oj556 on January 5, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

In October 2018, Ofsted, the assessors of educational standards across the country, announced a change to their focus of assessment: instead of examination results, schools will be deemed effective based on a […]

The Art of Literary Cartography

By rday98 on January 5, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

by Rachel Day How would you navigate from the Shire to Mordor? Box-shaped mountain ranges and bizarre drainage basins aside, Middle Earth’s topography poses questions about crossing literary landscapes. As a writer, […]

Button Poetry: Speaking the Unspoken

By ejh575 on January 4, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

by Rachel C-Potter In a 2013 Button Poetry slam event held in Madison, Wisconsin, Neil Hilborn performed the poem that after going viral catapulted him to fame, landing him a contract as […]

Do we really need a sequel to ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’?

By Alex Sheriff on January 4, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Margaret Atwood recently announced a sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale, inspired, she says, by “everything you’ve ever asked me about Gilead and its inner workings”. The Testaments, to be narrated by three […]

Bibliomania, Tsundoku & Modern Book Collecting

By oj556 on January 4, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

By Oliver James The history of book ownership is well-documented. Our love of books as objects has existed for centuries. Out of such love are born the terms, ‘bibliomania’ and ‘tsundoku.’ The […]

Writing inside the Box: Constrained Writing in the Modern World

By oj556 on January 4, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

By Oliver James Whilst our understanding of the power of constraint on creativity might be relatively modern, constrained writing is no new concept. Consider, for example, the popularity of Haikus or Shakespeare’s sonnets. […]

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