Happy Birthday, Shakespeare
The last post featured some light-hearted humour; this one is more traditional, though there is still plenty of humour. Yesterday […]
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Exploring Literature for A Level Study
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Experienced teacher of A Level English Literature. A Level Assessor for UK and international examination boards.
Literature for Fun
Has there ever been a better time for reading and online cultural discovery? I was lucky enough to get to […]
Read more →Poet Laureate
The title ‘Poet Laureate’ can be a bit of a poisoned chalice, though some great poets have been given that […]
Read more →Graham Swift
Graham Swift, a tremendous novelist, was brought to our attention again this week with a review of his most recent […]
Read more →The Mantel Trilogy
This post’s recommendation comes from a student who has been reading the ambitious historical novels about Thomas Cromwell by Hilary […]
Read more →Charles Dickens
I’m going to start on a personal basis in this post, leading up to that giant of 19th century literature, […]
Read more →Reviewing the Last Decade
A happy new year of reading and exploration to you all. I hope Santa brought you some interesting books and […]
Read more →Clive James RIP
A celebration in response to the death of Clive James, who had dealt with his long illness with philosophy, wisdom, […]
Read more →The Tempest
Shakespeare’s The Tempest is a very late play by Shakespeare, among those often referred to as his ‘problem’ plays; they […]
Read more →Prizes, Prizes
You may well have heard that this year’s judges of the Booker Prize broke their own rules by splitting the […]
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