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I don’t mind admitting that walking into a bookshop or a library can be a visually thrilling experience. Seeing an array of books covers appeals to me as reader and graphic designer. With the dwindling of high street bookshops to online retailers, fewer second hand bookshops and local libraries closing, this experience of seeing a […]
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OCA creative writing tutor and documentary film writer Andrea McCartney wrote this memorable movie lines quiz for a scriptwriting workshop at Sheffield’s Off the Shelf festival. People liked it so much we decided to give more of you the opportunity to find out how well you know your lines at a time of year when most of us […]
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What is a ‘Selfie’? Well this year the word was included in the Oxford Dictionaries quarterly online update… So I guess going by Microsoft Word’s red underline warning as I type this, I need to update my dictionary! noun (plural selfies) informal A photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically one taken with a […]
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A gem of a study visit in Manchester on Saturday 23 November. Following his recent exhibition at the Venice Biennale, Turner prize-winner Jeremy Deller has curated a show that takes a personal look at the impact of the Industrial Revolution on British popular culture. His selection ranges from contemporary music, film and photography with a […]
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This is a post from the weareoca.com archive. Information contained within it may now be out of date. On a sunny summer afternoon, a small group of students enjoy a picnic lunch on the lawn of an English garden, talking of re-writing and editing. It’s a simple scene, and one that flatters the too-often-accepted […]
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This is a post from the weareoca.com archive. Information contained within it may now be out of date. In the process of working on the new Photography Level 3 professional practice module, I contacted the Guardian and Observer’s correspondent on photography, Sean O’Hagan, to ask him about how came to make a living out […]
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This is a post from the weareoca.com archive. Information contained within it may now be out of date. ‘Then there were the movies. From the great films I learned To look and to see.’ (Henri Cartier-Bresson, 1952) David Puttnam, the British film producer and educator, has observed that more people see a movie still than […]
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This is a post from the weareoca.com archive. Information contained within it may now be out of date. 150,000 new books are published each year. Nonetheless, a new writer looking for a publisher will find it an uphill struggle to find one who will even glance at their manuscript. Amber Pearson, freelance book reviewer […]
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Lovelorn, partnered, married, happily single: this week, it’s hard to avoid the tacky manifestations that now accompany the annual celebration – or commiseration – that is Valentine’s Day.
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This is a post from the weareoca.com archive. Information contained within it may now be out of date. OCA is running another study visit, rich with diversity, beginning with the Raqib Shaw Exhibition, followed by a tour of selected works at Manchester Art Gallery on the theme of ‘Constructing the Other’. This will run […]
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