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Writing Tips from So Long As You Write
Did you make a resolution to write more this year? So Long As You Write, edited by Kerry Ryan, is brimming with inspiration and tips on putting pen to paper. We share some of her advice. Read More
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Revolutionary Roads
In this personal essay, Harriet Thompson examines whether we can ever trust the desire to follow our dreams, in the context of Richard Yates’s Revolutionary Road and her own life. Read More
6 years ago
Shakespeare and I
On Shakespeare’s 400th birthday, Bridie Wilkinson looks at her history (and your history, probably) with the Bard of Avon. Read More
7 years ago
Reclaiming Shakespeare: To She or Not To She
When Emma Bentley realised that, as a young woman in theatre, she would forever be deemed unsuitable for a vast range of roles simply because she was a girl, she went ahead and created her own role in To She or Not To She. Read More
7 years ago
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