All maps (necessarily) lie to you. It is impossible to unwrap the surface of the near-spherical Earth and lay it out as a flat sheet, and so cartographers (map makers) have to decide what features they wish to accurately preserve and then then …
This week I’ve chosen to look at, The storytelling animal: How stories make us human by Jonathan Gottschall. I was interested to read about the forthcoming Ink: well project and thought I would like to learn more about the psychology …
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There are many things library staff here are good at. Delivering excellent customer service, promoting information literacy, cataloging, public speaking, delivering training, organising stock, managing online information, singing our own praises, baking, dressing up, eating cake, raising money for charity…
For last year’s induction week, the Library scripted and filmed a short film that introduced the Library and its surroundings to new students in a lighthearted and entertaining manner for those new to the university and to develop writing and …
Channel 4 and British film culture It’s always satisfying to review a title produced by ‘one of our own’ so here’s a a collection of academic journal articles printed in book form and co-edited by Justin Smith. Those of you …
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This week’s book, Magazine Movements is by Dr. Laurel Forster, from UoP’s School of Media and Performing Arts. It extends the current research on women’s magazines into broadcast programmes as well as print media, defining magazines as ‘any media genre of …
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