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www.theguardian.com
3 months ago
Women

UK academic's Wikipedia project raises profile of women around the world

Less than 20% of biographies on English Wikipedia are about women, highlighting a lack of gender diversity.
Lucy Moore started an initiative to create Wikipedia pages for women in every country, including lesser-known historical figures. [ more ]
www.theguardian.com
4 months ago
Books

Author Peter Ackroyd: You eat a great deal of knowledge. You sick it up. And then you start again'

Ackroyd shifted from heavy drinking to sobriety to focus on his prolific writing career.
Ackroyd remains dedicated to his craft, adding numerous novels and nonfiction works to his repertoire. [ more ]
The New Yorker
3 weeks ago
Writing

What Does Freud Still Have to Teach Us?

Biographies of Freud aim for reinterpretation of his ideas rather than new discoveries. [ more ]
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