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Seeking the hoarder in literature
| Georgie EvansNicole Coffield
As she strives to deepen her understanding of hoarding, Georgie Evans turns to books. But depictions of hoards and hoarders are few and often sparse, except in one surprising place.
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The hidden history of homesickness
| Gail TolleyMaria Rivans
Gail Tolley delves into the history of homesickness and discovers that its rich past holds a clue to how we view the experience today.
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Tragic artists and their all-consuming passions
| Anna Faherty
Does having a debilitating disease help or hinder creative genius?
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Robinson Crusoe and the morality of solitude
| Professor Barbara Taylor
Robinson Crusoe, fiction’s most famous castaway, was certainly isolated, but did he suffer the intrinsically modern affliction of loneliness?
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Finding out where my lithium comes from
| Laura Grace SimpkinsMatjaž Krivic
The origins of the lithium Laura Grace Simpkins swallows daily are unclear. If we don’t know the provenance of our pills, how can we make informed decisions about them?