Category: WB Column
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The Comic Loss of 2014
Read more: The Comic Loss of 20142014 has not been the best year for comedy and that is putting it mildly. During the course of the year three pioneering comedians have passed away: Rik Mayall, Robin Williams and Joan Rivers. They have been influential in their respective comedy scenes as well as worldwide, and inspired a great many comedians that followed…
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Introduction to the Deep Dark World of Cyberpunk Fiction
Read more: Introduction to the Deep Dark World of Cyberpunk FictionMy academic year started on a rather chaotic note. Four days before the first semester was to start, I realised I hadn’t enrolled in any courses. Thankfully I ended up managing to enroll in whatever courses caught my eye (that is, in my 1-second glance of hurry-up-hysteria). Consequently, I found myself stranded in a classroom…
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WB Column: Accents
Read more: WB Column: AccentsAwrite! Hou’s aw wi ye? Can A gie ye a haund? It’s quite remarkable that when you study English you get taught about grammar, literature, philosophy even, but nothing about pronunciation. We do have phonology, but that is mostly theoretical and only in Received Pronunciation. We learn how to pronounce sounds and phonemes, but don’t…
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We’re only human / Column Block
Read more: We’re only human / Column BlockWe as editors of Writer’s Block have decided to start a new series of columns, of which this is the first. Our aim with this is to write about the things that us editors encounter whilst being a part of the Writer’s Block editorial board. Having read so many work sent in by you, it’s…
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