Dr Christoph Scheepers, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of Glasgow Research in the psychology of reading has traditionally centred on the cognitive processes involved in text comprehension. This includes exploring questions such as: “How do readers recognize words?”, “How do they integrate information at the word, sentence, and discourse levels to construct a coherent interpretation of the text?”, or “How do they resolve ambiguities at these various levels?”. Ancient manuscripts introduce an additional aesthetic dimension to these inquiries—an area that so far has

Bloomsday celebrates Thursday 16 June 1904, the day depicted in James Joyce’s novel Ulysses. The day is named after Leopold Bloom, the central character in Ulysses. The novel follows the life and thoughts of Leopold Bloom and a host of other characters – real and fictional – from 8am on 16 June 1904 through to the early hours of the following morning. Celebrations often include dressing up like characters from the book and in clothes that would have been the style of the era. One of the hallmark fancy dress items of Bloomsday is the straw boater hat. Celebrations come in many differen

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