Wuthering to New Heights
Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights is an extraordinary novel. Published when its author was 29 years old, it has become the […]
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Exploring Literature for A Level Study
A Noble Writer for the Nobel Prize
You may have heard that Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah has just been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. He is […]
Read more →A Summer’s Global Reading
This week I have asked students to write short introductions to books that they have found really striking from their […]
Read more →New Fiction and Theatre
There have been intriguing reports about two recently published novels. One of them is a dark fantasy. Piranesi is the […]
Read more →A Lack of Joined-Up Thinking about the Arts
A Level results are due tomorrow. After these past two crazy years of education, I hope all students get the […]
Read more →A New Light On Mamet’s Oleanna
Often when we are discussing literary texts, we explore different critical responses to them and we also consider the context […]
Read more →Future Context and Books, Books, Books
If you are reading this, you are probably studying English A Level – congratulations! It’s one of the most interesting, […]
Read more →Rehearsals, Performance and True Crime
I hope that many of you will have seen a production by the Royal Shakespeare Company, whether that is live […]
Read more →Poetry’s Essential Communication
Some more poetry thoughts this week, as the Forward Foundation has announced its shortlist for the Forward Prize. On the […]
Read more →Start with Art
I have an eclectic selection of pointers this week, starting with Grayson Perry. You may be familiar with Perry’s ceramics, […]
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