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Fiction is EVERYTHING! Why novels are as vital as nonfiction for our culture and growth
Entertaining, life-changing, informative, powerful, and so much more - fiction should be thought of as highly as non-fiction. Here's my pitch!
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To kiss or not to kiss: the evolution of the female action heroine
How fresh choices can revitalise our creative decision-making
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Sara Foster
Should we hold an Olympics for the Arts?
For a few decades the modern Olympics included medals for the Arts. What if this had never stopped?
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Sara Foster
Book banning: where do you stand?
What's been happening this year, and where to from here
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Finding ourselves in the ocean: reading Deep Water by James Bradley
Immerse yourself, because this book will change you
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My Kongenheimer Week
How do you judge a story?
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Can storytellers learn anything from the Princess of Wales’s Mother’s Day photo debacle?
A picture scandal is worth a thousand words
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Sara Foster
A few notes from my Twitter (X) breakup
And some broader social media takeaways
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In 2024, it's vital we examine the way we think about language
Understanding the fallibility of language could be the revolutionary act we need
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Why the Hunger Games series deserves its place as a cultural phenomenon
Revisiting the stories on the cinematic release of The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
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Wifedom: Mrs Orwell’s Invisible Life by Anna Funder
On losing George Orwell, finding Eileen O’Shaughnessy, and making powerful narrative choices
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