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Bea Wood
5 days ago9 min read
PamelAnimals: Samuel Richardson's Strange 'Creatures'
Throughout Pamela , Samuel Richardson’s repeated use of the word ‘creature’ has been linked to the novel’s preoccupation with class and...
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Bea Wood
5 days ago8 min read
Middlemarch: A Story of Renunciation
Renunciation in Middlemarch pivots against George Eliot’s belief in a need for self-sufficiency and necessary selfishness. The tension...
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Bea Wood
Feb 125 min read
CUH&H at BUCS - article draft
@acphotos As Nativity 2’s Angel Matthews said, ‘wow, wow, wow; in other words, game over’. This was certainly the atmosphere following...
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Bea Wood
Dec 22, 202413 min read
Beadle the Bard: ad rem Reflections on Harry Potter
To put it plainly, this is my most important scoop to date. Forget Babbitty Rabbitty: the time for jejune yarns is dead. I have taken...
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Bea Wood
Dec 3, 202417 min read
Even nimbler production of ludic commentary
As promised at the end of my initial compilation ('Rapid Production of Satirical Copy'), I attach here my Michaelmas mesh of...
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Bea Wood
Aug 25, 202420 min read
Rapid Production of Satirical Copy
Here are my sport-inflected welfare bonne-bouches from Easter Term ‘24, as first seen by the readers of my weekly email among the...
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Bea Wood
Aug 24, 20241 min read
Poem: 'Staying Carbohydrated'
Staying carbodydrated will make you run pasta; Come grain or shine, you will be faster. Each rice you run, each step you take, Fuelling...
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Bea Wood
Apr 8, 20249 min read
Louise Shanahan: How This Girl Can(ahan)
I recently caught up with Louise Shanahan, an Irish Olympic 800m runner, multiple-time Irish champion, and Cambridge PHD alumna, now...
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Bea Wood
Mar 9, 20238 min read
What were his Words Worth?: Why Wordsworth’s Legendary Status is a Hill on Which I’m Willing to Die.
To celebrate old Bill’s birthday (because nobody else is going to), I thought I would create a compilation of evidence supporting my...
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Bea Wood
Sep 7, 20224 min read
Summer 2022 Alternative Charts
And by summer 2022, I mean summer 2022 minus forty-odd years, in accordance with my preferred music eras… 1. Våren - Edvard Grieg...
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Bea Wood
Aug 18, 20225 min read
Boulevard of Broken (Mark) Schemes: the Politics of Creativity.
‘The opinion that art should have nothing to do with politics is itself a political attitude’ - George Orwell. I’m sure the arts students...
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Bea Wood
Jan 28, 20225 min read
Viva la Reader: Is Literature Over?
Exams are bad enough as it is, right? But imagine writing an exam on a book you’ve literally never read. And bearing in mind you’ve had...
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Bea Wood
May 23, 20211 min read
Sonnet 1 - Shall I Compare Thee To A Winter's Day? ©
(A Shakespeare classic with a joy division-esque twist) Shall I compare thee to a winter’s day? Thou art more icy and more violent. May’s...
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Bea Wood
May 23, 20213 min read
Bob Dylan - 80 Years On ©
In celebration of Bob Dylan’s 80th birthday on the 24th May, I reflect briefly on his extraordinary influence. In a straightforward way,...
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Bea Wood
May 3, 20212 min read
Why the world of contemporary music should be thanking Franz Schubert ©
Franz Schubert was literally centuries ahead of what we now consider to be some of the earliest pop musicians - Bing Crosby, Frank...
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Bea Wood
Apr 18, 20213 min read
Does the extortionate number of doping bans within athletics cast the entire sport in shadow?
Since the Athletics Integrity Unit was initiated in 2017, athletes within track and field have served 196 doping bans - the very athletes...
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Bea Wood
Mar 5, 20214 min read
Has Starmer’s Labour Party missed a historic opportunity? OPINION PIECE©
The increasing anti-Keir-Starmer condemnation and animosity I have seen on social media of recent weeks would normally not particularly...
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Bea Wood
Jan 17, 20213 min read
Is the idea of restoration Biden’s best leadership message? ©
Biden’s victory speech on November 7th of last year: “I sought this office to restore the soul of America. This is the time to heal in...
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Bea Wood
Dec 20, 20205 min read
FANTASMAGORIANA: (The night Frankenstein was created - historical fiction)
Shards of rain had splintered the blackening window panes, torrents had poured from the heights of the mountains, and a river was flowing...
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Bea Wood
Nov 25, 20202 min read
TOKYO 2021: What will a year-delay mean for the athletes competing?
For many athletes, there is a steady reassurance in the schedule of championships and competition; the biennial World Athletics...
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