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Some would have you believe that queer histories can only really be written about from the late 19th century onwards, when words like ‘homosexual’ first appear. But spend a little time in dusty old ar

The Boundless Deep: Young Tennyson, Science and the ...

From his early days growing up in a deeply religious Jehovah’s Witness family in Wales, through to leaving home aged 17 in the 90s and moving to London’s hedonistic Soho, Evans tells the story of a sm

What childhood book sparked your love of reading? One that really stands out for me is Winnie-the-Pooh. I was given a hardback copy on my seventh birthday, and I still treasure it. The maps in the fro

Thomas Pynchon’s haunted vision of history

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