Joyce and Bloomsday
We are a little bit late, but perhaps some of you noticed that 16 June was Bloomsday. Those who didn’t […]
Read more →Literature Studies
Exploring Literature for A Level Study
Category: prose
Shape-Shifting Bruce Chatwin
‘On 1 February 1984, an Englishman with a rucksack and walking-boots strides into a bungalow in the Irene district of […]
Read more →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 […]
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 →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 →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 […]
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