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On The Road: Kerouac Roundup
September marks the 50th anniversary of Jack Kerouac's novel On the Road, notorious for being written on a single roll…
Managing The Library of Babel
Jorge Luis Borges' story 'The Library of Babel' proposes a library so vast it contains all possible books, but is…
Philip Davis Interviewed on Bernard Malamud
Our very own Philip Davis was interviewed on Dublin radio station Dublin City Anna Livia tonight and the programme is…
Featured Article: The Shakespeared Brain
I have just added an article by Philip Davis on the neurological effects of reading Shakespeare to the Features page.…
The Fabric of Quotations: Literature and Interactivity
Back in the 1980s, when the Sinclair Spectrum seemed the pinnacle of personal computing, English departments were arguing over the…
Depression worst for health
An article published in The Lancet today states that depression "produces the greatest decrement in health" compared with the chronic…
Booker 2007 Shortlist
The shortlist for this year's Man Booker prize was announced today with most newspapers, including The Guardian focussing on Ian…
Reading on Wheels
I'm not an especially acquisitive person. I hate shopping and flashy gear doesn't impress me much with its flashiness. But…
Venetian dreams
I have just (reluctantly) returned from Venice and although my body is back in England, my spirit has stayed there.…
Language That Moves
Tyler Meier has posted an interesting piece on the Kenyon Review blog about figurative language and its role in making…
Offset Your Reading
Carbon offsetting is all the rage at the moment. Take a short flight somewhere warm for some well-earned beach time…
Voices from the past
by Angela Macmillan One of the great things about the Internet is the wealth of material that would never see…
