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Clare O’Farrell’s blog on books, TV, films, Michel Foucault, universities etc. etc.

I am fascinated by various kinds of literary and artistic maps. This article in The Guardian talks about some notable literary maps: Robert Macfarlane, Frances Hardinge and Miraphora Mina, Wizards, Moomins and pirates: the magic and mystery of literary maps, The Guardian, 22 Sep 2018 From Moominland to the Marauder’s Map, writers Robert Macfarlane, Frances …

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I am a big fan of artistic maps, not necessarily applied to actual geographical areas. Perhaps we could call these heterotopian maps. This lovely map which has recently been doing the rounds on twitter and facebook was designed by Gemma Correll for Evernote. Update 5 April 2019 A couple of really good articles on procrastination. …

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