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Pushing the boundaries of decency

Pushing the boundaries of decency

Somehow, x-rated novels always manage to dominate bestseller lists and divide opinion. Rose Mortimer recounts a short history of sex in fiction ... ...

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Words that make love come unDonne

Words that make love come unDonne

Labour of love: Catherine Malpass unpicks the Romantic entanglements of John Donne's poetry...

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Shivers down your spine

Shivers down your spine

Charlotte Meredith embraces the stories that spook and lists her top five ghost stories...

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Strolling down memory lane

Strolling down memory lane

Rose Mortimer and Sarah Holmes prescribe childhood books as a cure for first term homesickness...

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Anyone for summer Shakespeare?

Anyone for summer Shakespeare?

Justina Crabtree encourages us to rediscover our love for Shakespeare...

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Never letting go of Kazuo Ishiguro

Never letting go of Kazuo Ishiguro

Christian Kriticos discusses the work of this bestselling author...

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Don’t mess with our heritage

Don’t mess with our heritage

Stephanie Southall finds that P.D. James’ effort to recreate the world of Austen in Death Comes to Pemberley is brave but clumsy...

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The future of fiction

The future of fiction

An interview with author and teacher Fadia Faqir about creative writing, education, and e-magazines...

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Durham Book Festival: The New Feminism?

Durham Book Festival: The New Feminism?

Jane Shilling and Catherine Hakim discuss what it means to grow old in a world obsessed with youth, and the importance of sexual appeal to get ahead...

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Durham Book Festival – The Last Colonial: Sir Christopher Ondaatje

Durham Book Festival – The Last Colonial: Sir Christopher Ondaatje

Curious Adventures and Stories from a Vanishing World: The Story of the Last Colonial...

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