With 'Slut!' Taylor Swift joins a long history of women fighting slut-shaming in their writing

09 November 2023

In an article for The Conversation, Lecturer in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Creative Writing Dr Lucy Thompson explains that the practice of ‘slut-shaming’ goes back centuries and there is a long history of women fighting back.

Five works of Welsh gothic literature you should read this Halloween

27 October 2023

Writing in The Conversation, Sophie Jessica Davies from the Department of English & Creative Writing recommends five eerie works of Welsh Gothic Literature you should read this Halloween.

Ghosts: the uncanny similarity between the BBC comedy and a ‘real’ Victorian haunted house

11 October 2023

Writing in The Conversation, Dr Alice Vernon (Lecturer in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Creative Writing) likens the mix of humour and poignancy in BBC comedy series 'Ghosts' to real attempts to communicate with spirits, especially in the late 19th century.

Bed rotting: the social media trend the Victorians would love, especially writer Elizabeth Gaskell

18 July 2023

Writing in The Conversation, Dr Alice Vernon, Lecturer in Creative Writing and 19th-Century Literature, likens the latest TikTok 'bed-rotting' trend to the romanticising of sickly women by artists and writers of the 19th century.