Ellie Duncan
Period poverty is a national embarrassment, not a ‘women’s issue’
An interview with activist Amika George reveals how period poverty is excluding young women from an equal education
Nancy Drew – feminist icon or tired corporate creation?
Ellie Duncan explores whether the children's detective series Nancy Drew is progressive or not
Layers of history in the bright colours of Porto
Ellie Duncan is enchanted by the 'azulejos' of Portugal
Dispatches: Friends, Ulysses, and the value of a story’s ending
Ellie Duncan considers how endings reflect a need for stories
Online discoveries through the Oxford Book Club
Ellie Duncan chats to the editors of the Oxford Book Club's new website
Tiny words: on the art of small talk
Ellie Duncan ruminates on the place of everyday interaction in literary writing
Imagination and immediacy in travel writing
Ellie Duncan interviews Neil McQuillian, Senior Editor at Rough Guides
Food diary: why brunch?
Ellie Duncan explores the role of brunch in history, culture and her weekend routine
Author of the week: Halldór Laxness
Ellie Duncan takes a look at one of Iceland's greatest writers
Author of the week: Paul Beatty
A look at the winner of the 2016 Man Booker Prize
Writing winter from Shakespeare to Selvon
Ellie Duncan surveys the representation of winter in literature through the ages
On the incompleteness of reading
Ellie Duncan gets lost in the countless possibilities of translation
Rewind: Winnie-the-Pooh’s 90th birthday
On its 90th anniversary, Ellie Duncan ponders the publication of Winnie-the-Pooh
Stop to record the moment
Ellie Duncan considers the reasons why it is such a human act to record our lives
