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Imogen Marchant

Books Indigo Print Edition 

“We don’t always agree on everything!”: Alexandra Hart and Phoebe Sleeman on publishing their childhood novel

March 10, 2022March 10, 2022 sub.editors 0 Comments Alexandra Hart, Imogen Marchant, Phoebe Sleeman

Books editor Imogen Marchant speaks to second-years Alexandra Hart and Phoebe Sleeman, who have just published their childhood novel.

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Indigo Print Edition Stage 

10 plays to see before you die

November 26, 2021November 26, 2021 sub.editors 0 Comments Ben Willows, Emerson Shams, Imogen Marchant, Jodie Sale

“The play approaches the minutiae of the human heart with such delicacy and warmth that it is impossible not to fall in love with the characters and the play”: Many of our contributors write about some of their favourite plays in last week’s print edition of ’10 plays to see before you die’.

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Books Print Edition 

The Canonisation Problem

October 30, 2021October 30, 2021 sub.editors 0 Comments Imogen Marchant

“He fears becoming an ‘eat your greens’ writer”. Following the announcement of this years Nobel Prize for Literature, Books Editor Imogen Marchant discusses the problems inherent in canonization.

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Books Print Edition 

The Gordon Burn Prize shortlist – the run-down:

October 15, 2021October 15, 2021 sub.editors 0 Comments Aoifke Madeleine, Cerys Edwards, Georgia Hall, Holly Downes, Imogen Marchant, Sarah Henderson

As we await the announcement of this year’s Gordon Burn Prize winner, our reviewers offer an overview of the short list.

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Books 

Lessons in queering the medieval: Lauren Groff’s Matrix

October 8, 2021October 8, 2021 sub.editors 0 Comments Imogen Marchant

“Marie’s generic legacy lives on beyond the confines of a medieval literature curriculum.” Books Editor Imogen Marchant reviews Lauren Groff’s Matrix.

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Books 

The Book Pharmacy: prescriptions for starting Freshers’

October 8, 2021October 9, 2021 sub.editors 0 Comments Aoifke Madeleine, Emily Oliver, Imogen Marchant

Three contributors offer their prescriptions for a selection of Freshers’ Week induced ills as part of Books’ new series The Book Pharmacy.

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Politics 

Women’s rights in Taliban controlled Afghanistan: is history repeating itself?

August 17, 2021August 17, 2021 sub.editors 1 Comment Imogen Marchant

“There are reports of women burning their degree certificates in Kabul”: Imogen Marchant explores the future of women’s rights in a Taliban controlled Afghanistan.

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Comment National Comment Print Edition 

Leicester’s decolonisation is an avoidance tactic

March 5, 2021March 5, 2021 sub.editors 0 Comments Imogen Marchant

Imogen Marchant argues that Leicester University’s removal of Medieval Studies from its English Literature courses is not an effective way of ‘decolonising the curriculum’, and is instead an attempt to avoid tackling key issues.

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Print Edition Stage 

Inside Durham Drama Festival

February 19, 2021February 19, 2021 sub.editors 0 Comments Ben Smart, Charlie Barnett, Esalan Gates, Imogen Marchant, Miriam Templeman

Some of DDF’s contributors take us inside the process of the week-long festival.

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Stage 

‘Mad, or well advised?’ (Comedy of Errors) – an exploration of open air theatre

September 15, 2020September 15, 2020 sub.editors 0 Comments Imogen Marchant

‘Open air theatre has been suggested as the salve to the lockdown theatre drought’. Imogen Marchant explores the successes and struggles of outdoor theatre, commenting on the recent production of ‘The Comedy of Errors’.

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