Besides being one of the most famous English authors, Oscar Wilde was also one of the most intriguing people who have ever lived on Earth. […]
11 Interesting Facts you may not Know About Oscar Wilde
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Writing Hacks: Strange Habits of English and American Authors
Mark Twain once said: “Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words.” But is it always so? Tireless perfectionists […]
In the Mists of Memory: The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
Sometimes I picture memory as a sort of mental container in which one’s experiences, conveniently labelled school, family vacations, UFO etc., can be compressed with […]
Five Famous Fiends
Author’s note: This list is, of course, completely biased. Where there is light, there must be darkness, and where there is good, evil must also […]
Hit the road: A Walk Across Serbia – An Interview with Kevin Shannon
In 2013, travel blogger and adventurer Kevin Shannon walked the length of Serbia twice. Kevin embarked on a solo journey across a country that was mostly new to him; not knowing if he’d be able to find a place to sleep on any given night, or what sort of people he’d encounter in the next town over.
If on a winter’s night a traveller you knock on Neil Gaiman’s door
Winter is coming, or so they say. Well, I guess that they are right. It is really cold outside these days. Yet somehow I […]
The Yellow Wallpaper and the story of Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Charlotte Perkins Gilman Being a frequent visitor of street booksellers near my faculty, Great Short Stories by American Women edited by Candace Ward immediately caught […]