#british authors

[diana-andraste]

The Death Fires Danced at Night (detail)

1896 illustration by Gustave Doré for Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

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Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)

British Author

[pomegranate-drift]

"The most prudent and effective method of dealing with the world around us is to assume that it is a complete fiction" - J.G. Ballard

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“The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an intellectual vice. [...] So long as men are not trained to withhold judgment in the absence of evidence, they will be led astray by cocksure prophets, and it is likely that their leaders will be either ignorant fanatics or dishonest charlatans. To endure uncertainty is difficult, but so are most of the other virtues.”

Bertrand Russell, Unpopular Essays

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Musings on the narwhal from Katherine Rundell, author of VANISHING TREASURES, with video from Oceana.

The narwhal is so strikingly unique, it almost seems like a mythical creature at times. 🐋🦄

This excerpt from Katherine Rundell’s new book, “Vanishing Treasures: A Bestiary of Extraordinary Endangered Creatures,” explores the extraordinary reality of the narwhal as well as the all-too-real threats it faces. Our oceans are full of fascinating and awe-inspiring creatures like the narwhal, and it’s up to us all to protect this wildlife and the waters they call home.

Narrator: Lenny Henry

[krumpkin]

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 😁

Famous British writer and creator of Sherlock Holmes, the first of which was published in ( 1887 ) A Study In Scarlet.

[a-tangled-mermaid]

Me, an American: Do you ever find yourself spelling things the British way without knowing it?

Friend: Like what?

Me: Like... I tend to write travelling instead of traveling, grey instead of gray, theatre instead of theater etc.

Friend: Weird. Idk why you do that bc I don't.

Me: .... oh.

We've decided it's probably because I read a lot of British authors as a kid (C.S. Lewis, Neil Gaiman, Douglas Adams, Tolkien, etc.) and she read mostly American ones. It makes sense when I think about it but it still feels strange somehow Lol. My gravitation towards fantasy (which apparently meant British authors??? Fascinating.) altered my spelling instincts forever! I am constantly being spell checked by my writing software for trying to be British lmao. 😂

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