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...central message of love for life in all its forms”. If this is the case, we have wondered, why isn’t the Doctor a vegan? [The Conversation] Peter Capaldi, who plays the latest incarnation of the Doctor, has not eaten meat on screen. This is a nonhuman character who does not appear eat other nonhumans, and in this regard he differs from his previous three incarnations...

...central to Fry’s penal reform project. Yet at the same time, both the anniversary and Fry’s retreat from public life, call for a reconsideration of exactly what is being remembered and what should be commemorated. Who was Elizabeth Fry? Born Elizabeth Gurney on 21 May 1780 at Norwich, she was one of twelve children born into the wealthy merchant and banking Gurney...

...central characters in The Lonely Londoners. For Selvon, this period was significant for what it taught him about himself and other West Indians, as well as presenting him with some negative first impressions of England: It was my first experience of living among other West Indian islanders, happening in the heart of London thousands of miles from our home territory, and I...