Youtube comments of (@Tom_Nicholas).

  1. Thanks for watching! If you found this video handy, then you might also want to check out my tips on how to write use paragraph structure to make your essays even more powerful: https://youtu.be/Ukw1ywqtAnU
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  3. Thanks for watching everyone! A bunch more of my Essay Tips videos can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIVcDWpMT7KfEYHOg54Lk6Wy-cyhkR84Z
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  4. If this was useful then you may also find my tips on how to bulk out your bibliography handy too. Check it out here: https://youtu.be/SNvR0UGCtJU
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  5. alex highley Is the suggestion here that I look like Ramsay Bolton or that I give off weird sadistic vibes?
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  6. Haha, I always find it helps to at least look like I'm enjoying what I'm talking about!
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  7. Haha, oh dear, I think this is gonna become a thing...
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  8. That's a new one but yeah I'll take it.
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  9. Haha, if I wear shades in all my future videos will I look more modest? Glad you found it useful!
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  10. Haha, I made this aaaages ago and, yes, looking back, I have no idea how I didn't headbutt the camera while making this...
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  11. Haha, thanks Luker. I made this video some time ago and have definitely learned a lot about when/how/of to use music since! Apologies for the gratingness!!
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  12. That would've been a very different series...
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  13. Hope this helped!
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  14. Interestingly, I think the intention behind that's great, they absolutely should be telling us that blank is important, just maybe finding a slightly more subtle/creative way of doing so!!
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  15. I understand where you're coming from but I think there's the potential that the notion that rape (indeed any sexual assault) exists within the thought process of the perpetrator does somehow lessen the violence of the actual physical act which I'd read as what Kane is getting at within this play. While there may be merit in understanding the warped logic of the attacker (while obviously never sympathising), it's the use of sexual assault as a weapon in order to display power that I'd read as being the discussion within the play.
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  16. Cheers for having my back, haha.
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  17. Thanks for watching! If you've enjoyed this video then you can catch the rest of the series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIVcDWpMT7KeQzvbxxPTEJT5KY8kxtVfI
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  18. It's been a very long time since I watched this video back so I've no idea in what context I said that but I'd broadly stand by that from memory. He's certainly the play's voice of the left at the very least.
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  19. Hey Nurul! I'm glad you found it too and hope it's in some way useful during your studies! Let me know if there's anything in particular you'd like me to do a video about!
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  20. I simply find it helps me to remember where I got the citations from and to help me to develop a really indepth understanding of the field so that, if I'm presenting or similar, I can recall the bits that I've found most useful. It's not the most time-efficient way of reading each paper but, in the long run, the repetition is something I find useful--won't necessarily be for everyone though!
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  21. I'm so glad, the hope is that they're useful in some small way. Best of luck with the assignment!
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  22. Ah, so glad you liked this. Brecht on Theatre which is edited and translated by John Willets is a good start as it has a whole load of Brecht's first-hand writings. Best of luck with the dissertation!
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  23. Thanks Carolyn, glad it's remained useful! Hope your studies are going well!
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  24. Really glad to hear it!
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  25. +ольга соловьёва Thanks, glad you found it useful! The app to the left is Mendeley. I don't think I said that in the video though, apologies! Mendeley is great (if a bit clunky sometimes). I find Evernote that tiny bit more fluent for keeping notes on though. So I use both!
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  26. Ignore everything I said, this is the real advice right here.
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  27. The vast majority of articles that Google Scholar will point you towards are peer reviewed (though not all). Peer reviewed essentially just means they’ve been published in a reputable journal and, thus, been through a process of refinement in collaboration with other academics.
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  28. I think McGrath's criticism on that front is more of a general critique on the writers of Ibsen's period who were very focussed on middle class life. I'd argue that this is reflected in an enemy of the people too. It's not that EVERY PLAY EVER should be about working class people but that, in the work of this period as a whole, they were notable in their absense.
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  29. I will admit I haven’t watched this back for a while so hopefully am remembering what’s in the video right but... I’d generally avoid citing sources which are citing sources and, instead, dig out the original source that is being cited. That’s why, usually, I jot down just the source they’re referring to and then go away and appraise that on its own merit. It can look a little lazy to have not have done so (although sometimes it’s unavoidable). But, yes, if noting down a citation within a source, important to have the ‘cited in’ in your notes.
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  30. Journals will often require a subscription to read more than just the abstract. Are you a member of a University or other kind of educational institution? These should have subscriptions to many journals which allow you access. If not, you could ask at your local public library if they have access to many academic journals.
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  31. Hey Jamie, I do agree with you on the not-so-successfulness of the V-Effekt. Obviously I don't have a time machine to see how Brecht chose to direct his own plays but contemporary productions do tend towards fairly naturalistic performances of his characters. Despite the fact there is a removal of some of the artifice, I'd still (personally) include the Epic in with the Dramatic. It does still revolve around fiction and a fairly totalising world. it also, naturally, tends to find resolve and logic in Marxism which postmodernists would decry as a metanarrative. That's a really good shout actually. Perhaps I'll do one on musicals or "McTheatre" next. Thanks for the suggestion!
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  32. To my own detriment, I actually haven't read or seen Emporer and Galilean. I will add it to my reading list!
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  33. I haven't watched this back for a while so I may be wrong but I think I talk about the angel etc as "magical realism" which, as you say, tends to be stuff like hallucinations and similar. It's the invitation of supernatural or surreal elements into an otherwise grounded fictional world. I love that interplay between the very real and completely supernatural in these plays. I've seen the HBO series! I don't think it's quite as good as the recent stage version (which is just incredible) but did really enjoy it. Such a stellar cast. Something I really like about the stage version is the length of it. It's probably a turn off for some and I usually hate really long stuff but I loved the way it made me sit down and absorbed me in its world for two evenings.
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  34. I've actually got a video coming out on this exact topic on Wednesday. I use a programme called Scrivener for writing my thesis which I'd certainly suggest checking out!
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  35. Cheers Emily!
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  36. Ah, you’re so lucky to have seen it. I missed the initial sale of the London production so am still just entering the lottery every so often! Glad you enjoyed the show!
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  37. Hey Kai, apologies for taking so long on this. I've turned on Community Contributions now. Apologies, thought I already had when I uploaded it!
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  38. Oh no, now season eight's started I'm gonna start getting the Ramsey Bolton thing again aren't I...
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  39. Glad to hear it Sandip, no worries at all.
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  40. Thanks Holly! Yeah, I would find it really interesting to see a really different take on one of the classic musicals. Like, Les Mis or Oliver with a massively different set and/or direction. I understand that the relative consistency of those shows is why they're so much more accessible to those who might not go to the theatre regularly though. I think it particularly interesting to see how Disney have begun to use musicals as a way of continuing the brand of a film further in to the future. For The Lion King, for example, it must give a continued revenue stream that would be less apparent if they were just trying to sell the DVD or Blu Ray again and again!
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  41. Yes, that is true that once you get to amateur productions the production elements I speak about here will change. It's certainly unlikely that many schools are going to have a revolve available for either Les Mis or Hamilton! Economically, these amateur productions work in a very different way too with the focus being not on the selling of tickets to audience-members but the selling of rights and scores etc to amateur orgs and schools. For many reasons, I think the reception of amateur productions is almost an entirely different question altogether and, as you point out, isn't something I cover here.
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  42. +Brian Bernhard Thanks Brian! I actually really enjoy lots of these big musicals, I certainly don't think it's a case of apologising for them. But they do throw up a really interesting question of what theatre is. I'm going to see Angels in America over the next couple of weeks so perhaps will do a video on durational work. I'd love to catch Gatz at some point. Never had the chance though. Also, I'll be the first to admit I don't have the world's longest attention span!
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  43. Hey Jeroen! Absolutely. I'd say that postdramatic elements are currently central to a lot of contemporary theatre practices in the UK as well as in Europe. I suppose what I was trying to articulate was that, though this might be the case, I often feel like mainstream theatremakers lack the terminology with which to describe that work (even when it's them making it themselves). Took me a few attempts to get through the book itself but I do think it lives up to the hype. Even though I primarily make "dramatic" work myself, it fulfilled its task in mapping out the existence, as well as the limits of, the postdramatic field. Thanks for watching!
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  44. Whatever works for you really! I don't find the Kindle app all that intuitive but it's really useful to have a way of reading and taking notes on ebooks and I think I'm right in saying that the Kindle app has a useful feature where you can easily export all the notes you've taken or highlights you've made.
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  45. Hi Kai, yes, you'd be more than welcome to do this (that's very flattering actually!!). I believe that I've set this video so that community subtitles can be added. However, it's not something I've done myself before so I don't know the exact process of going about adding them.
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  46. Ah, thanks for letting me know. That's my anglocentrism poking through! Actually, I do wonder what the accepted practice is with referencing when citing from work by scholars from cultures where the "last name" is not necessarily the "family name"...
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  47. Ah, thank you for saying so!
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  48. Ah cool, hope you enjoyed the show and glad I could help a little bit!
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  49. Thanks Estha, really glad you found the video interesting; that's what I aim for!
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  50. No worries at all, always a pleasure when people find my videos useful in some way!
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  51. +charles phiri No worries Charles, hope you found it useful!
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  52. Heya, this is actually two apps, the first is Mendeley, the second Evernote. I’d imagine you can possibly open a second window in Evernote to do a sort of split-screen workaround though?
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  53. Ahhh, I actually MUST make a video on this, good shout! You are definitely not alone in this and I think this is something the vast, vast majority of people who are doing a PhD go through. I certainly, very regularly wonder how I’ve managed to blag my way into this position!! In fact, I think I may just fast track this one to be a video very soon. Thanks for the suggestion!!
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  54. Good question but pretty impossible to answer I'm afraid. It really depends upon your area of study. I certainly occasionally find myself reading too much and that obviously has an impact on how much writing I'm able to get done! I'd certainly say that, after a while, it becomes clear what the key texts are in a certain field as they'll be the ones that everyone else is talking about too!
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  55. Yes, indeed! Thanks for the recommendations for the Sciences! You too, all the best with your studies!
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  56. No worries at all! It's a process that's always super inefficient. The amount of scrolling compared to the amount of found articles/papers/books is always pretty low even when you've worked out the perfect keywords to search! Best of luck with your studies!
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  57. Awesome, that's great to hear Fábio!
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  58. No worries, best of luck with the proposal!
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  59. Ooh, I'll have to check out Read Cube, I've not heard of that one before. Sounds like you've got a great system that really works there. And thanks for saying nice things about my videos, much appreciated! Best of luck with the MA!!
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  60. This is Mendeley which is specifically designed for storing academic papers and can also export bibliographies etc and organise citations for you within Word if that's something you find useful. I actually don't know if it lets you export just the quotations. Sounds like you've got a decent method there though!
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  61. Hi Amira, thanks for the suggestion! Have been thinking of doing something along those lines for a little bit now so keep an eye out!
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  62. Aw shucks...
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  63. Thanks In’utu, will definitely check out your channel this evening! Hope your studies are going well!
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  64. That's really useful to know, cheers Kieran. Have been writing a new chapter of my thesis these past couple of weeks and have had a few ideas. Really interested in opening lines of essays/chapters at the moment and how to make best use of them to grab the reader's attention! Exciting to hear you're doing a PhD. Well done, the application processes are tough!
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  65. Hi Mona, I know that is an option but I quite like having all my references in Mendeley. Also, there's a limit on how much you can upload to Evernote each month and I read quite a lot of different papers so would probably burn through that fairly quickly. Certainly worth trying if it works for you though! Glad you enjoyed the video!
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  66. Thanks so much Kieran, I really appreciate you saying so! Let me know if there's anything in particular you'd like to see me do a video about!
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  67. Erm, okaaaaaay...
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  68. Ahhh, sorry, I understand now!! I use the same method for books actually. Trying to avoid having loads and loads of notes I find to be a good way of making myself think about whether I REALLY need to jot that extra sentence down or not and therefore to be a little more strict on myself. Ah, I will think about doing one of those actually. I should maybe do it for some kind of anniversary or milestone...
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  69. Glad you found it useful Caroline! Best of luck with your studies!
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  70. No worries, hope they were useful in some small way!
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  71. Good luck with it all!
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  72. No worries Xueyan, hope you've found some of the videos helpful! And I hope your studies are going well!
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  73. Usually, I tend to just note to begin with however, often, I will return to papers/books which I think are of particular interest and read them with the very direct objective of considering how I will make use of them for a particular piece of writing.
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  74. Hey Borne, so glad you've found them helpful! Best of luck with it all!
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  75. Great, really hope it helped you out!
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  76. No worries Ananya, glad to hear you found it helpful!
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  77. Thank you for saying so! Have got a few planned but quite a long list of videos I want to make at the moment so maybe a tiny bit of time until I get back to adding to this series. Are there any plays in particular you'd be interested in me covering?
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  78. +Beth dexter Glad to have been helpful!!
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  79. Thanks Taylor! First off, I'd say these are definitely conversations you can ask one of your lecturers. That's what they're there for and they'll be able to tell you in regard to your particular university. For your undergrad dissertation I wouldn't worry about your dissertation being absolutely groundbreaking but I think you'll find it more fun and rewarding (and potentially get a better mark) if you find something where there isn't lots of research already. And Google Scholar is awesome. I've got a video about how to use it if you wanted to check it out! :)
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  80. No problems Ankit, glad you found it helpful!
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  81. Hey Leojulian! Thank you for your kind words! I believe there's a couple of good radio documentaries on Sarah Kane. Unfortunately, I'd imagine a recording of the play might be tricky to get hold of. If you get in touch with the National Theatre of Great Britain, they'll sometimes let you watch archive footage of their productions for educational purposes. Might be worth a shot?
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  82. No worries, really glad you found it helpful. Let me know if there's anything in particular you'd like to see!
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  83. Hey Juliette, thanks for the comment! Would be interested for you to elaborate on what you mean by a 'postmodern state of mind'. I'd certainly suggest the play's use of deconstruction engages in some postmodern discursive tactics.
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  84. Thanks, appreciate you taking the time to say so!
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  85. Thanks for watching! You can find the next video in this series, in which I look at the work of Caryl Churchill, here: https://youtu.be/zZQKecYla6w
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  86. Best of luck!
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  87. Patrick stefanek Haha, we live and learn!!
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  88. Yeah, this was a relatively early video of mine. Apologies for the slightly irritating tune...
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  89. Ah, that's wonderful. Thank you so much Beth! That was really what I was hoping to do with this channel so I'm glad that I'm succeeding in some small way! Thanks again!
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  90. Hey Jarred, thanks for the suggestion! Have been meaning to make a video on lit reviews for ages. Will certainly bump it up my list of vids I haven't yet made!!
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  91. Thanks so much! I really enjoy Simon's, it certainly helped spark the idea for this. Haven't checked out Jake Wright's but I will do! Yep, certainly will do, still getting the hang of it all a little bit but I've started to go less overkill on the music recently! Cheers!
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  92. It's about Hull and therefore definitely fits into my research field, although I didn't go into that massively in this video! I'm keen to start doing some videos about other work I see where I've got time though (and where I've got something potentially interesting to say about them!!).
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  93. Cheers David, very glad you enjoyed the video!
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  94. Glad to be of service!
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  95. They will usually be at the top of a page or is often on the front cover if you're looking at a PDF downloaded off Jstor or similar. Certainly not hidden away anywhere!
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  96. Haha, oh dear, this is clearly a thing now...
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  97. Haha, this was a pretty early video of mine and I hadn't quite worked it all out just yet. I like to think I'm a little less up in the camera's grill these days...
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  98. No worries, glad to have helped in some small way!
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  99. No worries Destini, hope you found it useful!
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  100. Thank you Alison! I actually didn’t know this. Will have to dive into GS further to find out what other secret abilities it’s hiding!
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  101. Thanks Matodzi! Hope you found it helpful!
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  102. Glad you found it useful Catherine! I've fallen a little behind with captioning lately but I do usually really like to ensure they're there so that everyone can access the videos. Thanks for reminding me to put some time aside soon to do some of my more recent videos! And yes, I don't think I mentioned too clearly that University libraries will have access, when i make a follow-up video I'll be sure to mentions this!
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  103. Thanks Gabriel, hope your studies are going well!
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  104. Thanks for watching everyone! You can find a bunch more of my Essay Tips videos here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIVcDWpMT7KfEYHOg54Lk6Wy-cyhkR84Z
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  105. Best of luck with the studying Michael! Hope the video helped in some small way!
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  106. No worries, hope you found it useful!
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  107. Chloe Bradwell Hey Chloe! It's Tom actually, haha. But yes, I will definitely see you at the presessional next week! Glad the vids have been handy!
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  108. No worries!
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  109. Haha, no worries at all. Look forward to meeting you!
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  110. Absolutely. I think that happens with a lot of writers but the sensitive context of Kane's short life does also make that mythical aura a little bit bigger and makes objective analysis of the work a little harder.
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  111. This has been said before. Never in real life but many times on here!
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  112. Glad to have helped out Saugat!
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  113. I feel sorry for the dude who plays Ramsey B every time someone says this...
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  114. Yeah, I've never done it myself so I don't know exactly who to get in touch with but a little Googling should help. No, I haven't which is a huge shame. I'd particularly love to see Blasted!
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  115. Yeah, there's so many bits which seem unstageable. I'm not sure whether I find that really exciting or incredibly indulgent though. Genuinely on the fence about that one...
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  116. No worries Elina, glad you found it interesting!
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  117. Ah, I'm really happy to have helped. And best of luck with the essay!
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  118. Sounds interesting. The debate of whether someone who's definitely committed a horrific act but been convicted on false evidence should be locked away or let free sounds contentious and really gripping. Would love to know what the play was called if you can remember! Blasted's particularly interesting in the way that it doesn't engage with these themes in such a traditional narrative way, it totally picks on political narratives from across the world and montages them together brilliantly (and devastatingly!).
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  119. +Steven Bosch Cheers Steven and no worries, part of the fun of doing this is getting to chat to people about cool plays!
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  120. Ah cool. Hope you enjoyed it!
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  121. So glad you found it useful!
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  122. +The Nizzah One No worries! I find it has the best balance of having some useful features without being so whizzy as to get in the way. One of the only things that's persuaded me to swap it for the apps that already came on my phone. Also, the free version is more than enough (unless you want to upload loads of photos or something).
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  123. +Rufus Mosis Thanks Rufus! Happy to be of help!
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  124. Yeah, it can be a little tricksy sometimes, it's certainly not perfect. I'd guess its something to do with how Google Scholar interfaces with the databases themselves perhaps?
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  125. Hey James! I'd say it really depends on what the paper is. As you say, papers written in different fields can vary massively. Some are really well organised and, then, I tend to be able to go through and highlight and note take once. With some more complex ones (say, really complicated cultural criticism), it tends to take a few reads and I might find myself realising that something I thought was SUPER important before actually isn't or that something I missed before is vital!
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  126. +Evie Bamigbade Glad it was useful Evie and best of luck with starting out, I'm sure you'll find it a really fun challenge! Let me know if there's anything else you'd be interested to hear about before you start, suggestions and questions are always welcome!
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  127. Awesome, that's a great shout. Haha, do I have to limit it to 5!!
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  128. Glad to hear it Myzeedah! Best of luck wth your studies!
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  129. +james21794 Glad to hear it James, no worries! Let me know if there's anything else you'd like me to do a video on!
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  130. If you found this useful, you may also like to check out my video on using Google Scholar to carry out literature searches in order to find all those articles and papers: https://youtu.be/dc-vKk205c8
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  131. No worries, hope it was helpful in some small way!
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  132. +Amr Del Yeah, I think I've finally (after a year) become fairly settled on my method but I still look at my colleagues' and wonder whether they've cracked it better than me!
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  133. Haha, I like to think I've got a bit better at choosing when to use music and what music to use since!
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  134. No worries at all, I’m really glad you think so!
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  135. Oh cool, always nice to know how my videos are being used (although still weird that actual lecturers often send people my way!). Hope you found it helpful!
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  136. Made this quite a while ago now so very happy to admit it’s not perfect. Was there anything in particular I didn’t cover that you wish I had?
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  137. Noted!
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  138. Glad you found it useful Celina and best of luck with your studies!
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  139. Thanks In’utu!
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  140. Hi Kristina, Thanks for saying so, glad you've been enjoying my vids! Have you watched this one? I feel like this will answer many of those questions! Although, if you want me to explain a little more about my Evernote system then I'd be more than happy to let you know!
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  141. Glad you found it useful Yajna!
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  142. Glad you found it useful Giovanni, thanks!
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  143. Is this a joke? I feel like this is a joke... Most people comment saying that the music is really annoying! Haha, maybe you actually enjoyed it though which is a success I guess!
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  144. Well I'm glad someone finally enjoyed my sound choices!
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  145. Haha, this was when I was at the point of working out what I could do with the camera and everything! Definitely avoiding such terrifying close ups these days!!
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  146. No worries, hope you found it helpful!
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  147. Glad to hear it Mickey!
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  148. No worries, hope you found it useful!
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  149. So glad you found it useful Mickey!
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  150. No problems! I'd be surprised if you couldn't find anything. Even if you're breaking entirely new ground there will always be literature that is in some way related. What is it you're researching?
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  151. No worries!
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  152. If you pop over to my channel page you should find (by pure coincidence!) my latest video might be useful.
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  153. Fábio Caravieri Awesome. Hope it’s helpful!!
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  154. This shouldn't be too hard to find, I'd suggest keeping your search terms broad. The good thing is that meta-analyses tend to get cited a lot and so you should be able to sort search results by number of citations and one will usually be near the top somewhere!
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  155. The one I'm using here is called Evernote. However, I have, more recently, moved to an app called Bear. While I would recommend a dedicated note-taking app, I would suggest that which you use is largely a matter of personal preference.
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  156. +charles phiri I'll add it to my list Charles!
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  157. Cheers!
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  158. +charles phiri Hi Charles, I will indeed, realise it's been a while since I shared any academic tips. Anything in particular you'd like a video on?
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  159. Thanks Pauline, I really appreciate you saying so!
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  160. No problems!
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  161. Hey Fábio, I’m not entirely sure what you mean beyond what is included in the video itself?
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  162. 👍
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  163. No worries!
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  164. It should be fairly simple to adapt this method to another note app. I’m currently debating switching to Apple Notes as it works on more devices however it does have less features. Whichever you feel most comfortable with should work—even paper!
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  165. Really pleased to hear that, hope you've cracked the article now!
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  166. Thanks Scott, hope you enjoy the rest of the videos!
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  167. Haha, no, apologies, I totally should have said in the video! Cheers for watching!
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  168. Ahh, I'm glad! Best of luck with it!
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  169. Thanks? I dunno, I guess it's just how I talk, haha!
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  170. Even with my trusty system, I still lose notes or struggle to re-find a thought I jotted down every so often!
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  171. Glad to have helped Eilis!
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  172. +Jamie Hornsby No worries, always nice to have some suggestions as it helps me know that what I'm putting out is useful or enjoyable in some way! I saw that 1984 when it was on tour in the U.K. By that point it had done the original production, the West End and quite a lot of tour dates and was looking a bit tired. I think it must be so hard to feel an organic part of a production (as director or cast member etc) when you've had absolutely no part in its creation. Actors hate being given a line reading at the best of times but to essentially be told exactly how their performance should go from beginning to end...? It's a good read. There's some bits that I disagree with but it's a very readable book.
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  173. Hope you’ve been enjoying the videos!
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  174. Cheers Harris!
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  175. Plays and Parasols Oh cool! That'll be amazing. Enjoy!
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  176. Perhaps, I can imagine our friends in the sciences aren't exactly immune either though!
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  177. I know that you can highlight in Mendeley, I'm not so sure about notes however. Some notetaking apps allow you to import PDFs too (in fact, Evernote may do...). Fairly recently I switched to Bear which is an alternative notetaking app which I kind of prefer as its got a few less features and is a little more streamlined. Hope you manage to find a solution that works for you!
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  178. Part Two is quite different to Part One, it's far more surreal (as the angel at the end of Millenium Approaches suggests). There may be an Encore screening of Part Two, if so, worth catching! Argh, that's gutting, would have loved to have caught that too. I'm definitely a new Tony Kushner convert!
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  179. Glad you found it useful Lisa!
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  180. Thanks for saying so!
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  181. I've never tried Zotero but have heard good things!
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  182. Hi Neeru, it's called Mendeley and is essentially a freeware version of EndNote (however I'd argue for it entirely on its own merit!). A really useful way of storing papers in the cloud with annotations.
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  183. Ooh, PhD programmes vary a fair bit from country to country and this wasn't something required in the UK so I'm afraid I'm not able to be much help there. Apologies!
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  184. Thanks Camille, glad you enjoyed it!
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  185. Cheers, hope you found it helpful Nelson!
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  186. Glad you found it interesting Peter. That sounds great, hope the idea of including actually performed scenes works out well, I can imagine it'll certainly add another level to the lecture!
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  187. No worries! Hope you found it useful Elina!
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  188. Thank you! Appreciate you saying so!
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  189. Oh cool. I'll have a read up on it, sounds really interesting. Cheers!
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  190. Oh, awesome. Is that the one that's just about to open on Broadway? I'll have to try and check it out if it ever comes over to this side of the pond or maybe I'll try and grab a copy of the playtext. Have you had a chance to see it? I'm always really interested in plays which try to speak to other, existing plays (although I'm aware it can put some people off as it necessitates a certain amount of preexisting knowledge before going to the theatre).
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  191. Thanks, will look into making some more like this in the future!
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  192. Cheers, much appreciated! Really useful to have feedback like this as I'm really keen for my videos to be useful! Haha, I've definitely thought that about the music before, will endeavor to change it up a little in the future! Thanks for taking the time to post some thoughts. :)
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  193. Hey Mamoon, I’ve got a Canon 440d which is a little old now. I believe it has a slightly different name in many other countries, it’s the Rebel series, maybe the T2i I think.
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  194. No worries, hope you found it interesting!
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  195. Yup.
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  196. +Zulfikar Filandra Thanks Zulfikar! Really pleased to hear you've enjoyed it!
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  197. Glad it was of some help!
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  198. No worries, hope it was useful!
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  199. No worries, glad to hear it!
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  200. Thanks for saying so, hope you found it helpful!
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  201. Haha, oh goodness, don't count on my advice too much!
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  202. Glad to hear it, thanks for saying so!
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  203. Haha, I would love to be able to work so quickly to order like that but I may not be able to help you there. There is, however, a great video (maybe Nerdwriter or Lessons from the Screenplay) about the film adaptation of Children of Men. Worth checking out if its useful for your exam or not!
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  204. Awesome, best of luck with the essay!
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  205. Thank you for watching and for your support!
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  206. Ah, thank you Tyra!
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  207. Best of luck with the essay!
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  208. Thanks for taking the time to say so, I really appreciate it!
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  209. Hi Steven, thanks! Yes, if you head to Digital Theatre you should be able to rent or buy the video of this particular production there. Both Suchet and Wanamaker are great in it!
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  210. Thanks!
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  211. +Kieran Cutting Cheers Kieran. Glad you've enjoyed some of the videos. Definitely interesting! Cheers for flagging that, I'll try and chase them down. Always great to hear about people working in similar fields!
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  212. Glad you found it interesting! Yeah, I'm fairly on the fence about Kane's work. I don't think of it as groundbreaking in the way that some do. It's certainly different but I don't think it's in anyway perfect. I'd argue there's a certain immaturity to it but that may be part of the charm.
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  213. Hey Ellie, I'm glad you found it useful/interesting. Sarah Kane's (sadly short) collection of work is really fascinating. None of her plays are perfect (as are no one's) but her total disregard for form makes for some really revolutionary work. Best of luck with the exam!!
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  214. No problems!
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