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The author of First You Write a Sentence makes a strong case for the humble full stop.
The female characters appear to reinforce traditional gender roles.
For African slaves, folk tales were a way of remembering their past and keeping their culture alive.
Too many satirists on social media misunderstand that it is humour designed to provoke change, not merely direct ridicule.
Embracing change is the theme of Doctor Who’s fizzing series opener.
Monobrow, Instabrow, Scousebrow: here’s one facial feature that deserves more attention.
Milton’s famous defence of free speech, Areopagitica, was a strange choice for the attorney general.
Anything is possible in the world of computers games – except women who fight, apparently.
Proper horror should be more than just monsters and suspense.
What is it about Westerns that tempts so many musicians into ten-gallon hats?
Take the time to engage with poetry on your own terms.
The Wife: my research shows that this self-sacrificing form of wifehood is hardly history.
A tattooed professor explains how the unconventional became rather, well, ordinary. Will we now see more on show in the workplace?
The writings of John WIlmot, Earl of Rochester, were certainly obscene. But his poetry also gave us a new way of looking at the human condition.
The continued prevalence of fat stigma and shaming needs to be challenged.
Depression, addiction and misanthropy in cartoon form.
Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s funny, sassy, violent script doesn’t make a drama out of the two strong female leads, it normalises them.
No cheating, please.
Dwarf wrestling is a spectacle that harks back to the Victorian age of ‘freak shows’.
Research is changing how artists contribute to the world’s knowledge base.
Have you ever read a novel in the second person? You probably found it strange.
Northern dialects are actually close to original English – despite what southerners might say.
Everyone has a favourite novel that hasn’t made it to the screen. Here’s why.
Best known these days as the presenter of It’ll Be Alright on the Night, Norden was one of a generation of entertainers who got their start in uniform.