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 →Literature Studies
Exploring Literature for A Level Study
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 […]
Read more →Farewell to Antony Sher
At last we near the end of the autumn term and head towards Christmas. I hope that Santa has been […]
Read more →Sarah Waters: More than Crime and Titillation
Harry Perrin wrote for us at the beginning of July this year, suggesting that there will always be an appropriate […]
Read more →Politics and Corruption
English politics has had a couple of interesting weeks after the government tried to get one of its MPs off […]
Read more →New Sonnets Win Prize
‘Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?’ ‘My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun.’ You might be familiar […]
Read more →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 […]
Read more →