Wings and Words: why you should read Grief Is The Thing With Feathers
Recalling the first time I read Grief, on a thankfully empty train, I’m very glad no one was present to witness what must have been a harrowing and confusing parade of expressions as I progressed. It’s a few hours I will never regret.
#Cancelled: Disillusionment in the age of Twitter #MeToo
Watching Weinstein movies like Pulp Fiction, or as more recently discussed, listening to music by R Kelly, in a way are acts of undue forgiveness.
There’s more to prehistory than cave drawings and diplodocuses
Katie Sayer revisits Yuval Noah Harari's tale of a revolutionary world
A rhetorical revolution on Trump?
Ethan Croft explores the academic discussion of Donald Trump's election and administration
Tiny words: on the art of small talk
Ellie Duncan ruminates on the place of everyday interaction in literary writing
Representing sex in young adult fiction
Cherwell Books focuses on the importance of consent and honesty
Imagination and immediacy in travel writing
Ellie Duncan interviews Neil McQuillian, Senior Editor at Rough Guides
Writing the uncanny and the lyrical
Tilly Nevin reviews Gillian Cross and Daisy Johnson in conversation
The life and death of the millennial author
Daniel Curtis considers the implications of social media for literary legacies
Dostoyevsky and the crime of orthodoxy
Daniel Villar reflects on how Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s religious beliefs influenced his literature as the anniversary of his death approaches on 9 February
Harry Potter and the Procrastinators’ Tome
Izzy Smith is reminded of the comforting power of the books of our childhood
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