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Tag: Psychology

From Green to Blue: how my personality changed

November 4, 2022

A recent personality test for work has made me think hard about what I’ve become and how much I’ve changed in the past decade. (Spoiler – quite a lot!) … More From Green to Blue: how my personality changed

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At Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich

The day I nearly died

March 4, 2020

It was easy to think of stress as something that affected other people, not me – until a life-threatening incident came along. … More The day I nearly died

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Marvell and Privacy (Leicester, 2013)

The Politics of Envy

September 12, 2018

Why do we always seem to be drawn to what we don’t have? The stumbling block of how to pursue academic publications without fear of rejection. … More The Politics of Envy

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Was Marvell a seventeenth-century ‘incel’?

June 6, 2018

The difficulties of dealing with involuntary celibacy, from desolation to misogyny, seem to haunt some of Andrew Marvell’s most famous lyric poems. … More Was Marvell a seventeenth-century ‘incel’?

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Bristo Square, Edinburgh

Learning a new language

March 10, 2018

I was reminded this week how nerve-wracking it can be getting to grips with a master’s, and why I have my supervisor to thank for it. … More Learning a new language

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Apple Tree Yard (BBC) - Yvonne Carmichael (Emily Watson)

Dealing with inadequacy: Apple Tree Yard

January 24, 2017

There’s no escape from growing old, but can we escape the sense of inadequacy it can bring? Watching this unfold is perhaps the most uncomfortable aspect of the BBC’s new drama, Apple Tree Yard. … More Dealing with inadequacy: Apple Tree Yard

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The day that changed me forever

October 29, 2016

October 28th still registers as one of the most important days in my calendar after a horrible incident 17 years ago. It’s a day that changed me forever. … More The day that changed me forever

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Would Marvell approve of Tinder? A response to Cosmopolitan

May 10, 2016

The seventeenth-century poet Andrew Marvell received a mention in a recent Cosmopolitan article about Tinder. Would he really have approved of it, as its author claims? … More Would Marvell approve of Tinder? A response to Cosmopolitan

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Marvell, Shakespeare, and Green Sicknesses

April 11, 2016

Green is the colour of innocence and experience, of sickness and of health. A glimpse at what it means to be ‘green’ in Andrew Marvell and William Shakespeare. … More Marvell, Shakespeare, and Green Sicknesses

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A Matter of Life and Death

February 14, 2016

What would change if you knew you had the chance to live your life repeatedly until you got it right? A story of a poem, a novel, and a show; fantasy, philosophy, and a game of numerous lifes. … More A Matter of Life and Death

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