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Are novels less joyful and more scary? A scientific study seems to think so

Helena Fairfax4 Comments

Why do people read novels?  Surely one of the main reasons – and I know it is for me – is to be swept up in the characters’ emotions. Now a study by three British universities (Bristol, Durham and Sheffield) has thrown up an incredible fact: books are exactly 14% less emotional in content today…… Continue reading Are novels less joyful and more scary? A scientific study seems to think so

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The great language divide: Britain, the US and English (but not as we know it)

Helena Fairfax6 Comments

Today I’m going to start with a language quiz.  (I love quizzes and as a writer I LOVE to talk about language.) If you were out walking, and a complete stranger offered to give you a fanny pack, would you: a)      Think him a little odd, and say ‘No thanks, I already have one’? b)     …… Continue reading The great language divide: Britain, the US and English (but not as we know it)