Kae Tempest and the Guts to Love
Kae Tempest’s Brand New Ancients, which takes ordinary people and sees their lives in the light of the ancient Greek […]
Read more →Literature Studies
Exploring Literature for A Level Study
Category: poetry
Introduction to Allegory
Here’s a poem by William Blake, from his Songs of Experience: The Sick Rose O Rose thou art sick. The […]
Read more →On the Availability of Books
It was interesting to see ideas commented on here about a year ago cropping up again this week in an […]
Read more →Behind George Orwell
George Orwell is well known, primarily for two novels which have enjoyed remarkable success. Many youngsters have enjoyed the animal […]
Read more →Booker Time – and Time for Poetry
We are inching towards Booker time again, signalled by the publication of the nominations for the prize. Some have commented […]
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 →Sea Fever
As the year draws to its close, the last word of 2022 will be given over to Harry, who writes […]
Read more →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 →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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