![]() ![]() ![]() What many people may be unaware of is that Watership Down was first published, at the end of 1972, by one-man publishing outfit Rex Collings, well before the days of Kickstarter, print on demand or digital downloads. Since its publication, we’ve had William Horwood’s moles in Duncton Wood, and attempts at similar approaches with deer and crows and the like, but none has achieved quite what Adams did with rabbits. There is something unique about the novel, so multi-layered and complete. ![]() But those of us who read and loved Adams’s original book will be transported to quite a different place: a world of rabbits with their own traditions, customs and legends, but not outwardly anthropomorphic (no waistcoats, pocket watches or two-legged walking here). To others, images of the somewhat lacklustre animated 1978 film adaptation – for which Bright Eyes was the theme tune – may come to mind. No matter what he did before or since, he will forever be associated with Watership Down.įor some, Watership Down will trigger the earworm Bright Eyes, as written and composed by Mike Batt (of Wombles fame) and sung by Art Garfunkel. When someone once told Joseph Heller, the author of Catch-22, that he hadn’t written anything as good since, Heller famously replied: “Who has?” Similarly, if JK Rowling were to appear on stage riding a dragon that spewed molten gold and breathed fire, the majority of the audience would likely mutter: “Not as good as Harry Potter.” And so to Richard Adams, who died on Christmas Eve. ![]()
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I’ve now started on a PhD project at the same university with the catchy title “ Navigating the mystery of future geographies in climate change fiction.” ![]() Having taken a career break from secondary schooling to pursue some post graduate study I’ve completed an MA in Creative Writing at Queen’s University Belfast. ![]() This is an occasional series of posts drawing on my excursion into the academic side of creative writing. ![]() ![]() ![]() Indeed, in the sex discrimination case of Volovsek v. ![]() ![]() Negative connotations Ī common assumption is that the expression relates to housewives not leaving the home, and thus not needing shoes. A comparable phrase, " Good Wife, Wise Mother", emerged in Meiji-period Japan (1868–1912). The variation "barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen" has been associated with the phrase " Kinder, Küche, Kirche" (translated "children, kitchen, church"), used under the German Empire to describe a woman's role in society. 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