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 →Literature Studies
Exploring Literature for A Level Study
Category: drama
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 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 →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 →Start with Art
I have an eclectic selection of pointers this week, starting with Grayson Perry. You may be familiar with Perry’s ceramics, […]
Read more →Easter Approaches
Eastertime approaches, and everyone needs some relaxation – and what better relaxation than exploration in bookland? So a few recommendations. […]
Read more →Who Wants to Play War?
This week, a student introduces us to Owen Sheers, whose play Pink Mist he is writing about for his A […]
Read more →Black Lives Matter
Nobody can be unaware of the events which have unfurled across the world after the killing of George Floyd in […]
Read more →Lord of the Flies For Real
Another locked down break is nearly upon us and it’s time for some reading and watching advice from things which […]
Read more →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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