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School newspaper article suggestions!!

I’m writing an article for the school newspaper and i’m really stuck in what to do it on. The a-levels I take are: english lit, history, business and just submitted my EPQ: ‘Defining “Normal”, How does Sally Rooney depict normality in Normal People and how is it relevant to modern-day society?’. They are my academic interests and i want my article to be current or trending, appropriate for a school newspaper. Any suggestions, Thanks!!

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by rubsann
I’m writing an article for the school newspaper and i’m really stuck in what to do it on. The a-levels I take are: english lit, history, business and just submitted my EPQ: ‘Defining “Normal”, How does Sally Rooney depict normality in Normal People and how is it relevant to modern-day society?’. They are my academic interests and i want my article to be current or trending, appropriate for a school newspaper. Any suggestions, Thanks!!

why english/history is more relevant than ever in todays current affairs (lack of media literacy, Russia-Ukraine war, Palestine, tariffs + economic history relations, declining literacy rates)

how the literary/publishing world has changed and factors contributing to why?

the unaccredited work of women throughout history

the ethics of ghost writers

how historical events shaped literature (censorship, religion etc.)

how did literature play a key role in historical events (malleus maleficarum, daemonologie)

the effect of de-industrialisation on businesses/business structures

rise of independent publishing/decline of traditional publishing

exploitative + classist nature of traditional publishing/education/work


That's all I can think of rn, apologies if they don't make much sense as I only do history and I tried to link to the current world

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Original post
by rubsann
I’m writing an article for the school newspaper and i’m really stuck in what to do it on. The a-levels I take are: english lit, history, business and just submitted my EPQ: ‘Defining “Normal”, How does Sally Rooney depict normality in Normal People and how is it relevant to modern-day society?’. They are my academic interests and i want my article to be current or trending, appropriate for a school newspaper. Any suggestions, Thanks!!

hey girl, i love the question your epq was on 😍 actually criminal its been taken off iplayer. some ideas which you could do baed on that is perhaps the evolution of the depiction of female characters in literature, maybe even take a section of your epq and link it on a more general scale. hope this helps, good luck x

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