Vincent Straub, University of Oxford; Joanna Nadin, University of Bristol; Michael Joseph Richardson, Newcastle University; Robert Walker, University of Stirling, and Sarah Moore Fitzgerald,...
Sometimes you’re just itching to read a new book, but nothing’s catching your attention. Or, let’s face it, you’re broke and already feel guilty about your TBR pile that’s staring at you...
Tim Atkins, University of East London Back in the liberal-compared-to-now days of the Ronald Reagan administration, a rapper named Brother D released a single that asked the question: “How we gonna...
In the history of literature, many women writers used male pseudonyms to be accepted by an industry that underestimated the quality of their work. These pseudonyms gave credibility and served as...
When Murder on the Orient Express was first published in 1934, it caused quite a stir amongst critics. Its ingenious twist ending (no spoilers here!) challenged conventional mystery tropes and...
Every Monday on Global Comment, we share Something Special you don't want to miss. To fit with the six core pillars of the magazine, these will alternate between the themes of watch / listen / read /...
Rory Waterman, Nottingham Trent University Historically, poets have had less to say about pandemics than you might imagine. Hardly any English-language poetry written during successive waves of...
2025 is promising some incredible adaptations of books onto the screen. And because we want you to keep those pages turning, we're bringing you three great stories you can start reading before they...
Hi, and welcome to this month's Great Adaptations, where we're looking at the novel Chocolat by Joanne Harris and the 1990 film of the same name, starring Juliette Binoche, Johnny Depp and Dame Judi...
The English language has an estimated one million words, though many are gifts from other languages. The Eton Institute suggests that the average English speaker has a vocabulary somewhere between...
