Snails in the Handbag
Andrew Scott’s performance as Ripley in the new Netflix series based on Patricia Highsmith’s novel has been making a lot […]
Read more →Literature Studies
Exploring Literature for A Level Study
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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 →Black History Month
Today’s post marks Black History Month. First, a short lecture introducing the first post-colonial novel, by Chinua Achebe, which opened […]
Read more →A Range of Recommendations
It’s time for some more reading suggestions and in this post I’m going to cheat by borrowing a whole set […]
Read more →Charles Dickens
I’m going to start on a personal basis in this post, leading up to that giant of 19th century literature, […]
Read more →Language Changes as We Wait for Atwood
Many readers will have followed the television adaptations and developments of Margaret Atwood’s great novel The Handmaid’s Tale. If you’ve […]
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