Sarah Dillon
Professor of Literature and the Public Humanities at Cambridge who researches reading practices and the role of narrative in public reasoning, discussing how stories shape thinking including among scientists.
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Mar 2, 2026 • 42min
Reading and storytelling
Sarah Dillon, Cambridge literature professor who studies how stories shape public reasoning. Lottie Moggach, novelist and arts writer who mined Victorian crime for Mrs Pearcey. Margaret Busby, pioneering publisher and editor who champions marginalized writers. They explore Victorian true crime and reading culture, how serials and moral panics shaped tastes, publishing risks and literary hierarchies, and how stories even influence scientists' thinking.
