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Freelancer writer and editorial assistant. Currently working with The Great Outdoors Magazine and pursuing my PhD at the University of Stirling.
If she picked up that packet of onions, it would all be her fault-wouldn't it? Double the price for half the amount, a plastic tub brimming with pre-chopped convenience. That'll be nice, less prepping so the twins can get fed quick- But what's the pr
Enid Blyton has long been criticised for the racism and xenophobia in her children's books and it is not a symptom of 'cancel culture' writes Chiara Bullen English Heritage, the charity which looks after sites and artefacts in the country across centuries, recently updated its website to acknowledge the "racism" and "xenophobia" present in Enid Blyton's work .
Hi all! I'm Chiara, and I'll be running the SGSAH blog for the next six months. I'm a first-year PhD researcher at the University of Stirling. I'm still getting to grips with describing my research succinctly (perhaps that's one of the things I'll be able to improve on after speaking to more of you!)
12th September 2019 Filming natural wonders for The BBC's Blue Planet, Frozen Planet, Planet Earth and other major programmes, Doug Allan has the kind of job most of us could only dream about.
13th June 2019 Chiara Bullen asks if there's enough education on how to deal with sanitary products on the mountains, and explores what alternative options are out there. It was a grey and gritty day when my group of friends and I began climbing Ben Nevis for the first time.
CommonSpace book reviewer Chiara Bullen talks to Scottish fiction writer Ross Sayers about his new book Sonny and Me, and why he thinks "the more we see Scots in books the better" WITH a glorious, rainbow slushie on the cover of Ross Sayers' latest book Sonny and Me, this smasher is sure to brighten up the typical dreary Scottish summer.
15th April 2019 Chiara Bullen reviews The Unlikeliest Backpacker by Kathryn Barnes: "I barely turned a page without chuckling" What happens when you turn the fantasy of dropping everything to pack in the day job and spend some much-needed time in nature into reality?
Chiara Bullen introduces the new regular CommonSpace book review section WITH some of the greatest creative minds, stories, themes and characters coming from Scotland throughout history, it's no wonder that we have a thriving publishing scene.
Chiara Bullen reviews the latest event from the University of Glasgow's Transatlantic Literary Women Series.
CommonSpace book reviewer Chiara Bullen catches up with Chris McQueer, author of Hings, who is back with another collection of short stories, this time with a darker edge IN THE summer of 2017, a fresh face burst onto Scotland's writing scene: kicking, screaming, and ready to leather anyone who got in his way.