The fourth event in 2015’s Spring Literary Festival began with an introduction from UEA’s Philp Langeskov which summarised Ali Smith and her writing perfectly. An author who refuses to conform to genre and expectation, winner of the Goldsmiths Prize and the Costa novel of the year award and shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, she…
Ali Smith’s new novel, How To Be Both, explores the lives of two characters: a 21st century teenage girl struggling to deal with the loss of her mother, and a 15th century Italian painter narrating posthumously. Throughout the novel, parallels are drawn between the lives of the two characters and their similarities are accentuated throughout…
Last Thursday, seven dogs and their volunteer owners visited UEA in an attempt to introduce a Pets as Therapy (PAT) society for students. The club, if established, would aim to help students with a disability, mental health problems, depression, stress or loneliness through interaction and therapeutic involvement with animals. The two pilot days that have…
Alice Rodgers reports on research from UEA revealing that family problems can affect brain development.
Alice Rodgers on the latest installment in the Hunger Games Trilogy, Catching Fire.
Alice Rodgers reports on police warned members of the public not to give money to beggars in Norwich
