Beyond Brokeback – Annie Proulx
“There’s a point in your life when you quit expecting wonderful and delightful things to happen to you, and I […]
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Exploring Literature for A Level Study
The Magic of Books and John Donne
William Caxton, an English businessman and diplomat, was based for much of his time in Europe. After seeing printing presses […]
Read more →Free Speech, Banned Books
Free speech is a central tenet of democracies; everyone must be able to express their opinions, disagree and debate, even […]
Read more →Ukrainian Fiction and Non-Fiction
Apart from an allusion in Arthur’s post in March, we haven’t mentioned Ukraine. I was driving through a small Welsh […]
Read more →The Challenging Drama of Harold Pinter
The Homecoming by Harold Pinter is a remarkable play. It is staged quite frequently, and I have seen it in […]
Read more →Russian History and Russian Literature
This week, student Arthur links contemporary events with a Russian novel first published in 1967. As the last few weeks […]
Read more →Exploring Margaret Atwood
This month, Margaret Atwood is due to publish a volume of her non-fiction essays in a hefty volume titled Burning […]
Read more →Angry Young Men at the Kitchen Sink
This week, I was struck by this article in The Guardian, about the humble beginnings of a literary publisher. Back […]
Read more →Maya Angelou Still Rising
Times, they are a-changin’, sang Bob Dylan. He’s not just a singer, remember, but the winner of the Nobel Prize […]
Read more →Romantic Inspiration
You may be familiar with this poem, at least by reputation: I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on […]
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