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