"The...type of language used around poor people needs to become as taboo, as clearly bigoted, as with any other form of systemic prejudice." https://t.co/TS7OSXppVL
@SimoneWebbUCL ✨You Let me In by Camilla Bruce
✨ The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
✨ Laura Purcell writes some good cosy historical horror
✨ Also highly recommend Adrian Tchaikovsky, particularly Children of Time and Cage of Souls, and Joe Abercrombie's first law books.
Professor Tom McLeish (author of Faith and Wisdom in Science, 2014) speaks to @VictoriaAddis about his latest work, The Poetry and Music of Science, which focuses on creativity and imagination in the sciences.
https://t.co/hBv1Me8ZuR
@ACReviewofBooks
"The contrast between them relies on two well- worn archetypes of the academic in fiction: the socially inept bookworm and the erratic, overly emotional creative genius."
Academics in Fiction: Hedda Gabler https://t.co/NokeMgMgRv
New set of poems for my office door: P. Shelley's "England in 1819," Derek Walcott's "Midsummer [LII]," and Jackie Kay's "Extinction"
Please steal this idea: it's a quick, cool way to spark wider student interaction with literature!
"It's about creating the conditions for originality rather than trying to manufacture novelty."
Reading Outside Your Discipline: How Reading Widely Can Supercharge Your Research
by @VictoriaAddis https://t.co/wUS8mQiiHL