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The first in a new Global Comment series, in which Global Comment editor Philippa Willitts re-reads childhood tales with a more sceptical, adult brain. I've got very into folk tales the last few years, starting with Angela Carter's fairy tales and,...
Michael Joseph Richardson, Newcastle University A dawn chorus begins with the chirping and tweeting of birds, wind blowing through the trees and a woodpecker hammering on wood. Dappled sunlight bursts through the forest canopy, and an evocative...
A couple of years ago I mostly stopped watching crime-based TV, whether true crime or fictionalised. Having spent years living on a diet of Criminal Minds and CSI and every other show in the genre, as well as true crime documentaries galore, I began...
