Nobody needs to ask why we should read fiction by JK Rowling, or for that matter, John Grisham, or Stephen King. It would be like asking why we should listen to music or go dancing or take in a movie. People find these writers’ fictions fun, entertaining, and refreshing like a nice cool drink. If… Continue reading Why read literary fiction anyway?
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Being true to thine own self
There’s a lovely little scene in Hamlet where the pompous, doddering Danish courtier Polonius is sending his beloved son Laertes off to study in Paris. Polonius is not known for his deep insight and yet he offers Laertes some practical and timeless parting wisdom that culminates in the following: “This above all: to thine own… Continue reading Being true to thine own self
Daniel Goodwin 