Fiction by Northern Irish women is booming – leading the way against misogyny
If all you know of Northern Ireland is the turmoil of political institutions, you could do worse than to pick up some of the recent flux in women's fiction.
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How reading fiction can help students understand the real world
Students of the social and political sciences can benefit enormously from being taught literature, short stories and watching artistic feature films.
From Sophocles to Sherlock: economics, literature and the detective story
Works of fiction are brimming with economic principles, but perhaps none more so than the detective story.
What a less Eurocentric reading list would look like
There's a fierce debate underway about changing university curricula in Africa and the UK to be less Eurocentric. Three academics offer their suggestions for a decolonised reading list.
Reading literary fiction makes for a better society
Readers of literary fiction are better placed to comprehend the complexity of social relationships and understand the mental…
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