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By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) ‘The Commuter’ is an early short story by Philip K. Dick (1928-82), which appeared in the science-fiction magazine Amazing in 1953. The short story is perhaps best categorised and analysed as an alternative history story, so it qualifies as ‘fantasy’ in the broad sense […]

By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) ‘Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.’ Who said, or wrote, this well-known sentence? Karl Marx? Vladimir Lenin? Not either of those political figures, but someone who lived quite a long time before either of them.

By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) Strength can take many forms: physical toughness and sheer muscle, strength of character and qualities such as perseverance, and strength of mind. Poets have paid tribute to all of these kinds of strength, as the following classic poems demonstrate.

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