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What can office workers learn from The Secret Life of Walter Mitty?

"The character Walter Mitty was first brought to life in James Thurber’s short story The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, published in a 1939 issue of The New Yorker."

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I’m Still Here: An exploration of memories

"I’m Still Here follows a mother and her family as they deal with the disappearance of the father at the hands of a military dictatorship."

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The Oxford Cinema & Café: A profile

"The opening of The Oxford Cinema & Café marks a new chapter in Oxford’s cinema scene: a move further towards independent cinema."

Film Luke Brown -

The Case for Reincarnated Romances

"Reincarnation romance films are sometimes silly, mostly melodramatic, but always overlooked as a subgenre."

Film Isobel Wanstall -

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Film

What can office workers learn from The Secret Life of Walter Mitty?

I’m Still Here: An exploration of memories

The Oxford Cinema & Café: A profile

The Case for Reincarnated Romances

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