The Gordon Burn Prize shortlist – the run-down:
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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Imogen Marchant
Lessons in queering the medieval: Lauren Groff’s Matrix
“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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The Book Pharmacy: prescriptions for starting Freshers’
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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Women’s rights in Taliban controlled Afghanistan: is history repeating itself?
“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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Leicester’s decolonisation is an avoidance tactic
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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Inside Durham Drama Festival
Some of DDF’s contributors take us inside the process of the week-long festival.
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‘Mad, or well advised?’ (Comedy of Errors) – an exploration of open air theatre
‘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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Prioritise existing students, not prospective ones
“It seems callous for Durham to offer incoming students funds that could be allocated to addressing the issues that generated the strikes faced by existing students this past year.”
In response to Durham’s proposal to offer bursaries to deferring students, Imogen Marchant argues that the university should instead prioritise the experience of existing students and staff.
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Finding my shelf
“There have been so many phases defined by what I’ve read.” Imogen Marchant discusses which books have enabled her to find her own distinct shelf of books at university.
Read moreReview: ‘Laika’
Imogen Marchant relishes every second of Aliya Gilmore’s ‘Laika’.
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