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Just one paragraph: expressing complexity in academic prose
Andrew Shail
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21st July 2025
While conventional writing rules favour short, digestible paragraphs, should academics not shy away from going long with a complex subject?
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From the archives: ‘Brainsex’, and the folly of sex-based neuroscience
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From the archives in 1991, Wendy Grossman debunks 'Brainsex', which argues for biological differences between male and female brains
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10th June 2025
From the archives in 1991, William Mcllroy discusses the history of The Freethinker magazine across its first 110 years
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