Category: UCC
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Reviewing the Facts
“Ah, but my dear sir, the why must never be obvious. That is the whole point.” Agatha Christie – Five Little Pigs As nebulous as my thesis is at the moment, I have some idea of the different aspects of detective fiction I want to focus on. The main suspect in terms of primary texts…
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Every Good Mystery Has A Satisfying Conclusion
“Communism was just a red herring.” Wadsworth – Clue (1985) Our MA programmes were tasked with creating and maintaining a scholarly blog in early October, which would ultimately culminate with this post, a portfolio of sorts tracking the progress of my writing and my development as a scholar of sorts. Now, there is nothing stopping…
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Reflections on: Textualities Mini-Conference 2023
“Nothing clears up a case so much as stating it to another person” Sherlock Holmes – The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes I had my reservations about the mini-conference when I first heard of it all those months ago. Prior to doing my Higher Diploma in English last year, I had never really properly presented my…