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Author Archives: Sophie Benbelaid

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Must Read Voraciously to Improve Style: Monsters Are Made, Not Born

by Sophie Benbelaid September 14, 2021September 14, 2021
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Must Read Voraciously to Improve Style: The Mania of Dark Academia

by Sophie Benbelaid September 8, 2021September 8, 2021
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Must Read Voraciously to Improve Style: Fourteen Days of Solitude

by Sophie Benbelaid September 6, 2021September 6, 2021
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Must Read Voraciously To Improve Style: The Power of Imagination

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Must Read Voraciously to Improve Style: The End of an Era… The Beginning of the Next…

by Sophie Benbelaid August 16, 2021August 16, 2021
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Must Read Voraciously to Improve Style: The Travel Murder Trope

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Must Read Voraciously To Improve Style: The Dead Never Truly Die

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Must Read Voraciously To Improve Style: The Collins Conundrum

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by Sophie Benbelaid July 22, 2021July 22, 2021
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by Sophie Benbelaid July 20, 2021July 20, 2021

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“A City on Fire”: Hong Kong in Mourning After Deadly Tai Po Inferno  

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Hong Kong is in collective mourning.  On 26 November, a catastrophic fire tore through the Wang Fuk Court housing estate in the Tai Po district.…

‘Moments drawn out fine’: Sitting With Gwen John’s ‘The Convalescent’ and Dorothy Richardson’s Pilgrimage

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“To sit and look at Gwen John’s ‘The Convalescent’ is to become acutely aware of one’s own body, “the shape and weight of each limb”.”…

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