Category: Literature
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David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas: visionary masterpiece or experimental flop?
I recently finished British novelist David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas, the novel that brought him to the world’s attention probably because of the rather controversial 2012 film adaptation starring the likes of Hallé Berry, Tom Hanks and Hugh Grant (which I have yet to see!) I started reading the book intending to go to an event…
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Coding and translations of Tolstoy
The other day I was having a drink with some friends and one of them happened to be someone I haven’t seen since my undergraduate days. I was happy to find out that he is now studying Digital Humanities at UCL. After explaining (vaguely) what his degree means, he told me he has just completed…
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Ralph Fiennes’ performance of T. S. Eliot’s “Four Quartets”
Ralph Fiennes is most known for his performance of Voldemort in the Harry Potter series, so watching him perform the dark and existential Four Quartets was quite a jarring experience…or perhaps it was fitting…
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Unprocessed thoughts: Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice”
Unprocessed thoughts on Jane Austen’s classic novel “Pride and Prejudice”
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Sonnet: My Char Siu Bao
I wrote a sonnet to remind myself what an absurd day the 29th of July was.
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Why Greta Gerwig’s “Little Women” Matters
Greta Gerwig reaches her arm into history and puts “Little Women” back on the table again, but this time telling us that it is not merely a girl’s fantasy nor yet another novel which shows that love and marriage is all that matters. She reads between the lines and shows what unnecessary pain and sacrifice…
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The Creatures
Hong Kong is home to an abundance of species, but this species is perhaps the most fascinating. Join Professor Grady, renowned cultural biologist, as he reveals to his disciple Henry the wonders of these mysterious creatures…