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Houman Barekat is a book critic based in London. His reviews have appeared in the Times Literary Supplement, the Spectator, Literary Review, the Irish Times and elsewhere. He is co-editor (with Robert Barry and David Winters) of The Digital Critic: Literary Culture Online, forthcoming from O/R Books. 
Houman Barekat is a book critic based in London. His reviews have appeared in the Times Literary Supplement, the Spectator, Literary Review, the Irish Times and elsewhere. He is co-editor (with Robert Barry and David Winters) of The Digital Critic: Literary Culture Online, forthcoming from O/R Books. 

The Little Atoms 2016 baker's dozen

Our most read and most loved online articles of the last 12 months
16/06/2017

Our most read and most loved online articles of the last 12 months

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2016 - a year in obituaries

Some of the heroes we lost in an annus horribilis
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Some of the heroes we lost in an annus horribilis

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Little Atoms presents: The Power In Our Genes

Discover how our genes make us who we are
16/06/2017

Discover how our genes make us who we are

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The science of Santa Claus

Genotyping Father Christmas
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Genotyping Father Christmas

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The poetry of the periodic table

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This is an edited transcript of a talk that took place at Birmingham’s Think Tank in November 2016 as part of Little Atoms’ Two Cultures series, supported by Arts Council England.

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Waiting for Maitreya

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Benjamin Creme did not live to see Maitreya reveal himself to the world. The herald of the Cosmic Christ died peacefully as his home in Tufnell Park, north London in October 2016, at the age of 93.

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James Trevelyan grew up in the Midlands and now lives in South London. He has an MA in Creative Writing from Royal Holloway. His poems have appeared in various print and online magazines, and anthologies including Eyewear's Best New British & Irish Poets 2017. He works for the Poetry School and for independent publisher, Penned in the Margins. His debut pamphlet, DISSOLVE to: L.A., was published by the Emma Press in March 2016.
James Trevelyan grew up in the Midlands and now lives in South London. He has an MA in Creative Writing from Royal Holloway. His poems have appeared in various print and online magazines, and anthologies including Eyewear's Best New British & Irish Poets 2017. He works for the Poetry School and for independent publisher, Penned in the Margins. His debut pamphlet, DISSOLVE to: L.A., was published by the Emma Press in March 2016.
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