Words To That Effect
Words To That Effect is a narrative storytelling show that explores the intriguing places where fiction, history, science, and popular culture intersect and inspire. From the Victorian past to utopian futures, dinosaurs to detectives, zombies to mummies.- Conor Reid
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57: The Sensation Novel
Sensation fiction was a hugely popular genre in the 1860s. The novels were sensationally popular, but they also caused a sensation, with their plots of bigamy and murder, forgery and blackmail. In so many ways the influence of sensation fiction can still ...
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56: Arthurian Romance
Knights in shining armour, damsels in distress, castles, chivalry and courtly love, heroic quests, dragons.
King Arthur, Camelot, Merlin, the Knights of t...
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55: A History of Dragons
Dragons have been around for a very long time.
They are one of the very few mythological creatures that have become absolutely central to popular culture...
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Season 6 Preview
Words To That Effect is back! Find out what's coming up on Season 6, launching on Jan 25th
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54: Underwater Worlds
There is a complex and fascinating relationship between humans and the ocean, how people and cultures across the world know and understand the sea, whether through m...
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53: Fiction & Food
How do we use fiction in food? What does a character's choice of food reveal about them? Do you simply have to go and make a dish when it's described beautifully in ...
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