Kingsolver’s Big Ideas
You may know Barbara Kingsolver for her epic novel The Poisonwood Bible, about missionaries in the Congo, Congo independence and […]
Read more →Literature Studies
Exploring Literature for A Level Study
Tag: Shakespeare
A Peek into Pepys
While the famous diaries of Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) give us intriguing insight into the world of 17th century London, they […]
Read more →Alice Munro, Master of the Short Story
This blog was never meant to be a fortnightly obituary, but important writers keep shuffling off this mortal coil. This […]
Read more →The Ethics of Performance
An actor’s job is to pretend to be someone else. An audience applauds them for effacing themselves in order to […]
Read more →The Fascination of Shakespeare
There are few living Shakespearean scholars with the reputation of Stanley Wells. For nearly two decades he was Professor of […]
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 →Thirty Years of Donna Tartt
Donna Tartt, the American novelist, has been featured quite heavily over the last few days, as it is 30 years […]
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 →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 →New Sonnets Win Prize
‘Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?’ ‘My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun.’ You might be familiar […]
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