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In 1859, a book review in The Economist stated ‘Novels by male authors are more in keeping with the natural world, and… are more delightful as well as more profitable than the best novels by women’. The book was Adam Bede by George Eliot.

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In his ‘Dictionary of the English Language’ (1755), Samuel Johnson gave ‘not exhilarating, not delightful’ as one of the meanings of the word ‘dull’. He also showed how the word could be used in a sentence: ‘To make dictionaries is dull work’.

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Lee Child’s character Jack Reacher got his name from a shopping trip. When Child retrieved a can from a high shelf his wife said, ‘Hey, if this writing thing doesn't pan out, you could always be a reacher in a supermarket’. https://t.co/94tMbQyd3U

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1922 was an important year in western literature: the publication of ‘Ulysses' in full by James Joyce and ‘The Wasteland’ by T.S. Eliot, the death of Marcel Proust and it's the year in which F. Scott Fitzgerald set 'The Great Gatsby’. https://t.co/9XCHVuqWpW

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And finally… True or False In 1954, Harper Lee's friends gave her a full year's salary as a Christmas gift, so that she could take time off to focus on writing. She then wrote To Kill A Mockingbird.

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1922 was an important year in western literature: the publication of ‘Ulysses' in full by James Joyce and ‘The Wasteland’ by T.S. Eliot, the death of Marcel Proust and it's the year in which F. Scott Fitzgerald set 'The Great Gatsby’. https://t.co/9XCHVuqWpW

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1922 was an important year in western literature: the publication of ‘Ulysses' in full by James Joyce and ‘The Wasteland’ by T.S. Eliot, the death of Marcel Proust and it's the year in which F. Scott Fitzgerald set 'The Great Gatsby’. https://t.co/9XCHVuqWpW

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"The truth may be out there, but the lies are inside your head." TERRY PRATCHETT

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Charles Wesley’s original first line for ‘Hark! the Herald Angels Sing' was ‘Hark! How All the Welkin Rings’ – ‘welkin’ meaning ‘the heavens’ (from the Old English wolcen for ‘cloud’ or ‘sky’). https://t.co/hLu7krcZWy

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On 12th June, John will interview Paul McKenna as he takes the EA Festival stage to talk about Positivity -- not just the name of his new book -- but his life based on that precept. https://t.co/e5a7Yl7pcU https://t.co/98hLac8nfP