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Month: February 2021
Janet Brown looks at The Descent of Man
On the 150th anniversary of its publication, Janet Browne looks at the initial controversy over Charles Darwin’s ‘The Descent of Man’ and its subsequent political consequences
‘It’s a Sin’
As ‘It’s a Sin’ comes to the end of its run on Channel 4, and we celebrate LGBTQ+ History month, Sally Minogue looks at the sometimes hidden history of diverse sexualities in literature.
Dante 2021 and the hills we climb
Stefania Ciocia basks in the light of two radiant literary visions
The Personal is the Political: Nineteen Eighty-Four
Sally Minogue reflects on the connection between the two in George Orwell’s ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’.