Censorship or Sensitivity?
‘Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me.’ It’s a childhood rhyme which children were […]
Read more →Literature Studies
Exploring Literature for A Level Study
Struggling to Hold a Pen
Two British Asian writers have been in the news lately, both for unfortunate reasons. The first, of course, is Salman […]
Read more →Language as Weapon and Healing
I wrote over three years ago about how language is used politically and while the issue never goes away, it […]
Read more →Katherine Mansfield Centenary
It is a century since the death of Katherine Mansfield. Timed to accord with that centenary, a new biography has […]
Read more →Sea Fever
As the year draws to its close, the last word of 2022 will be given over to Harry, who writes […]
Read more →Support the Artists and Crafters
It’s a tough world for writers. If you are not losing your laptop with your draft novel in a blizzard […]
Read more →Art as Political Response
Last time I was querying context, and ended by commenting that it can be interesting to see how writers respond […]
Read more →Context, context, context
Why should we bother with context? Surely a piece of art, whether it be a poem, a symphony or a […]
Read more →For the Love of Libraries
Next door to my primary school was a library. By the time I was about 10, I visited that hushed […]
Read more →Sri Lankan Fact and Fiction
The Booker Prize winner was announced this week – we looked at the shortlist a little while ago. Slightly disappointingly, […]
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