It’s true though! Having had a wonderful morning listening to people reading out, and dissecting, one of their favourite poems, I thought I’d have a go myself.
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You're joking, right? By Terry Freedman
The Bartleby Response
in Reflections
The Bartleby response is, in my opinion, one of the most quotable examples of American gothic literature.
Read MoreCan your face be used for copyright protection?
in News & views
The idea is that if an article is ripped off, it’s much easier to prove that it was originally published by you if your face is embedded in it.
Read MoreA computational approach to Eng Lit
I often wonder if the most arduous part of the work of the people who write this sort of tripe is to ensure they don’t use the same words more than once for the same editor.
Read MoreA glimpse into cancel culture
in News & views
As far as I know, I’ve never been cancelled. I’ve been attacked online, had my reputation smeared, but not actually cancelled.
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How you could help Ukraine
in News & views
The following is a list of 29 ways in which you might be able to help the Ukrainian situation. My aim was to collate a list of ways that ordinary people could contribute, even if only in a small way.
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Books by Terry Freedman
The OTHER World Book Day
in News & views
Why are there two World Book Days?
Read MoreIt's World Book Day!
Attention teachers! World Book Day is with us again today, March 3rd, when it is celebrating its 25th birthday! Here are some activities and resources to make it a day to remember.
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Blogger, by Terry Freedman
Ideas for making your blog work for you (revisited)
in Handy hints
This post from 2014 is still relevant, not least for the ‘90 tips’ article referenced within it. Enjoy.
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Terry cycling cartoon, by Terry Freedman
Playing with context (revisited)
People say “It’s all a matter of context”. But I think that it’s when you take ideas, styles or objects out of context, or juxtapose them with apparently incongruent other ideas, styles or objects , that things start to look interesting and exciting.The Carrot2 Search Engine Revisited
The Carrot2 search engine can be a useful alternative to Google.
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Give me strength! Photo by Terry Freedman
A closed-loop conversation
The following conversation really happened. No wonder my hair has started turning grey.
Read MoreOn being late
Far from being late all the time, I am ridiculously early. We all know that there’s nothing worse than a convert (just try smoking within a mile of where I’m sitting if you’re not convinced of the veracity of this statement).
Read Moretesting publishing
This is a test
In case this website disappears...
in News & views
I am experiencing domain issues.
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On this day: The Greek Myths
in Bookshelf, On this day, Reviews
If you have forgotten what bad writing looks like, read on…
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PhotoPrompt and On This Day
On 29 January 2022 I published a PhotoPrompt featuring a keep out sign.
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Groundhog hour
I was astonished at how she was able to carry on a conversation which, at first, seemed perfectly normal and sensible.
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On this day: a 100 word short
A couple of years ago I was experimenting with writing articles of exactly 100 words. This was one I wrote about detective stories.
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Image from John Hain on Pixabay
Is satire dead?
It seems to me that for satire to work it has to walk a fine line between being so close to reality that it’s not funny, and so far-fetched that it’s not credible.
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