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History & The Arts
Thoughts on creativity
Andrew Cowan shares his perspective on the creativity, his creative process - and beating writer's block.
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History & The Arts
At home with ghosts and werewolves
Toby Litt explains his approach to chronicling his non-realistic worlds.
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History & The Arts
What is the relationship between history and historical fiction?
Two authors who tell stories about the past come together to compare notes.
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Languages
Keep the quotes straight and the puns sharp: The creativity of translation
Professor Jeremy Munday, and professional translators Jutta Schettler and Jamie Bulloch talk about creativity in translation.
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History & The Arts
Writing across cultures
Xiaolu Guo explains how she approached her novel, A Concise Chinese–English Dictionary for Lovers - making creativity work across the English and Chinese languages
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History & The Arts
What do literary agents do?
Johnny Gellar explains what it is that literary agents do to earn their money - and help their authors earn theirs!
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History & The Arts
The Lords against the gunboats: When the House of Lords took on Lord Palmerston
In 1850, The House of Lords gathered to condemn the British Government's use of a blockade to force reparations from Greece. Their intervention wasn't warmly received, as this extract from the Portsmouth Telegraph shows.
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The People on the Notes: Elizabeth Fry
Elizabeth Fry, sometimes known as 'the angel of prisons', was depicted on the £5 note for over a decade - only recently being replaced a couple of years ago by Winston Churchill. Here's what we know about her:
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A quiet man, hounded: One person's experience of the UK's anti-homosexuality laws
Trevor Thomas built a reputation in Leicester - before British attitudes to his sexuality nearly destroyed his life.
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If a pig gives you a new liver, do you give the pig rights?
Science is pushing ahead developing human-animal chimera creatures. Ethicists need to keep up to be ready for them, says Joshua Shepherd.
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History & The Arts
Should Trump's tweets be a matter of record?
When the President deletes a tweet, he's wiping out material of value to historians. Potentially. Shontavia Johnson explains what's at risk.
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History & The Arts
Humphry Davy, laughing gas and the era of self-experimentation
When Humphry Davy wanted to explore the properties of nitrous oxide, he decided the best way would be to experiment upon himself.