Anna Lou Walker
@annalouwalker.bsky.social
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Senior Arts + Culture Editor at The Conversation UK | Author | Runs Gallery_Gals: instagram.com/gallery_gals 🏳️‍🌈 she/her https://linktr.ee/AnnaLouWalker
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Please enjoy this photo of my awkward pre-teen self writing Jane Austen fan fiction on the family computer. She'd be chuffed!
The team for this project has been a dream to work with. Senior producer is the incredible Eloise Stevens, who did all our mixing and sound design. Fantastic reporting and production work by Jane Wright and @naomijoseph.com. And our executive producer is the incomparable @waresgemma.bsky.social.
📚🎧 Hosted by me, the series attempts to solve the many mysteries of the author's life. We visit some of her favourite places (a bun shop in Bath, a beach in Dorset) and chat to 18 of the world’s leading Austen experts to see what secrets we can uncover.
📚🎧 Jane Austen’s Paper Trail is nearly here! For the past year the @uk.theconversation.com audio and arts teams have been working on this podcast to mark the 250th anniversary of Austen’s birth. Learn more about the series and listen to our trailer her: theconversation.com/introducing-...
The final Jane Austen Fight Club is upon us 🥊 This time we're debating Austen's best novel. Does Northanger Abbey's gothic satire have you in stitches? Or does Persuasion's rumination on regret have your vote? Read our expert opinions, then let us know yours: theconversation.com/what-was-jan...
What was Jane Austen’s best novel? These experts think they know
Six leading Austen experts have made their case for her ultimate novel, but the winner is down to you.
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The first rule of #JaneAusten #FightClub is.... They are all winners! But pick my entry on Elinor Dashwood, please!
The second instalment of Jane Austen Fight Club is now published 🥊 Does sharp-tongued Lizzie Bennet make you laugh? Are you cheering on the mistreated Fanny Price? Or does long-suffering Anne Elliot get your vote? Let us know your fave Austen heroine here: theconversation.com/who-was-jane...
Who was Jane Austen’s best heroine? These experts think they know
We’re pitting her much-loved heroines against each other in a battle of wit, charm and sass
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The second instalment of Jane Austen Fight Club is now published 🥊 Does sharp-tongued Lizzie Bennet make you laugh? Are you cheering on the mistreated Fanny Price? Or does long-suffering Anne Elliot get your vote? Let us know your fave Austen heroine here: theconversation.com/who-was-jane...
Who was Jane Austen’s best heroine? These experts think they know
We’re pitting her much-loved heroines against each other in a battle of wit, charm and sass
theconversation.com
Reposted by Anna Lou Walker
Do you like Jane Austen? Do you like period dramas? Do you like scenes of men in wet shirts clambering out of lakes? If yes to any of the above, pls vote in our first instalment of Jane Austen Fight Club. Who is her best leading man?
Jane Austen fight club: experts go head-to-head arguing for her best leading man
The winner is down to you!
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Introducing Jane Austen Fight Club! Over the next few weeks, academic experts will go head to head arguing for Austen's best leading man, heroine and novel. But the winner is up to you. Check out our first instalment and vote for your fave Austen heartthrob here: theconversation.com/jane-austen-...
Jane Austen fight club: experts go head-to-head arguing for her best leading man
The winner is down to you!
theconversation.com
With AI wingmen and algorithmic echo chambers, the dating world is more confusing than ever. That's why our latest Quarter Life series is Love IRL – a toolkit of research-backed articles that will help you to find more meaningful connection, offline and on. theconversation.com/love-irl-a-n...
Love IRL: a new Quarter Life series on modern dating from The Conversation
Whether you’re single, dating, married or somewhere in between, our love lives are increasingly mediated by technology.
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Loved working on this analysis of the art history influences on Lorde's new album, Virgin. Written by Dr Lillian Hingley ‪@hingleytheory.bsky.social‬