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And Peace Shall Return – Ben Okri | Emergence Magazine
Twenty thousand years into the future, an exploration of the Earth uncovers the final notes and unfinished stories left behind by the last sentient human beings in the twilight of their history. Source: And Peace Shall Return
BBC Radio 4 – Love Stories, A Many-Splendoured Thing, Part 1
A new dramatisation of Han Suyin’s landmark novel of passion and revolution in Hong Kong. The story follows Suyin, a doctor and writer, living and working in late 1940s Hong Kong. When Suyin meets British war reporter Mark, she embarks … Continue reading
The politics of fiction | Elif Shafak
istening to stories widens the imagination; telling them lets us leap over cultural walls, embrace different experiences, feel what others feel. Elif Shafak builds on this simple idea to argue that fiction can overcome identity politics. […]
The Sinister Secrets Lurking in the Jack and Jill Nursery Rhyme
Step into a realm where childhood innocence intertwines with chilling mysteries as we delve deep into the haunting origins of the beloved nursery rhyme, “Jack and Jill.” Prepare to have your perception shattered as we uncover the hidden layers of … Continue reading
BBC Radio 4 – Open Book, George Orwell Now
Chris Power surveys Orwell’s complex legacy with Anna Funder, Adam Biles and Sandra Newman Eric Arthur Blair remains best known for his contrary and often contradictory writing persona George Orwell, an enduring and much mythologised figure known for penning searing … Continue reading
BBC Radio 4 – Helen Lewis: Great Wives, Series 1, Thanks for Typing
Helen Lewis meets the life partners of history’s most famous geniuses. For two decades, Great Lives on Radio 4 has explored what it takes to change the world. But Helen Lewis wants to ask a different question: what does it … Continue reading
Neuromancer: The Origin of Cyberpunk | A Horrifying Dystopia
Even if you are not familiar with Neuromancer by William Gibson you still technically have seen it, this is the case with many groundbreaking works of science fiction because t ropes invented in books like Neuromancer have become standard in … Continue reading
The Library of Alexandra | Radiolab
mage credits: Library of Alexandra How much does knowledge cost? While that sounds like an abstract question, the answer is surprisingly specific: $3,096,988,440.00. That’s how much the business of publishing scientific and academic research is worth. This is the story … Continue reading
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