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What’s old is new again

On April 17, 2018 By Kat RedfernIn Analysis, Importance of storiesLeave a comment

There's a theory lurking in the long grass of Communications Theory that I'm slightly obsessed with. The theory was put forward by a Jesuit priest and professor of Renaissance English Literature by the name of Walter Ong in 1982. The theory is Secondary Orality. What's fascinating about it, is that he intended it to be …

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Three Little Pigs

On March 21, 2018November 24, 2019 By Kat RedfernIn Random Fiction, StoryLeave a comment

Once upon a time, there were three little pigs. Their names were Toby, Ben and Hugh. Toby was the eldest and took things seriously. Ben was the middle one and the artistic one. Hugh was the happy-go-lucky, outdoorsy, baby of the family.   One day, for various reasons I won’t go into, our three heroes …

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