1. Educational Playtime
You know that game where the floor is lava and you have to get from one side of a room from another with the use of stepping stones? Well, that’s what I found my two young cousins doing not long ago. Reliving such a staple of childhood...
2. Artistic Loyalties
I have a rather sordid confession to make. I like Ted Hughes. I really really really like Ted Hughes. My mum read The Iron Giant to me when I was younger, and ever since I have absolutely loved everything he has ever done. I have just...
3. Sex, Drugs and Renaissance – Part 2
Continued from PART 1 Johnson: In terms of intelligence, Benjamin Johnson is your playwright. The son of a brick maker, he excelled to have one of the finest educations available, but he never let anyone forget about it. If he were a rock...
4. Sex, Drugs and Renaissance – Part 1
It’s been a while since my last review and even longer since my last article, but less than 24 hours after my English exam on Renaissance drama I felt I might as well put that knowledge to good use. Today I’m going to guide you through...
5. Mandatory Reading in Schools
In the UK, recently published league tables show that one in ten schools have failed to meet the Government’s target when it comes to pupils’ literacy levels. Don’t worry, dear reader. This article isn’t about UK politics, or a...
Book Glossary – A, B
Have you ever been confused when buying a book online thanks to all of the peculiar abbreviations and terminology? I know that I certainly have, and it’s a source of irritation when I have to go traipsing...
Oscar Wilde – The Decay of Lying
A somewhat tongue-in-cheek look at art and nature, this witty dialogue serves to challenge common views on two seemingly straight forward topics. If there is one thing that constantly strikes me about Oscar...
Educational Playtime
You know that game where the floor is lava and you have to get from one side of a room from another with the use of stepping stones? Well, that’s what I found my two young cousins doing not long ago....
James Herbert – The Spear
James Herbert’s attempt to write a neo-Nazi based thriller fared the same as the real Nazi’s attempt to create a super solider…it worked successfully…for about six seconds. I once said that...
Book Glossary – C, D, E
Have you ever been confused when buying a book online thanks to all of the peculiar abbreviations and terminology? I know that I certainly have, and it’s a source of irritation when I have to go traipsing...
Jonathan S. Foer – Everything is...
Set in the contemporary Ukraine, Everything is Illuiminated tells the story of Alex, his Grandfather, and his Grandfather’s ‘Seeing-Eye Bitch’, Sammy Davies Jr Jr. Alex is a translator, and his father...
Raymond E. Feist – Magician
This book is on the New York Times’ best sellers list and is the first book of The Riftwar Cycle, a series currently 29 volumes long (and growing!). —– The name ‘Magician’ elicits...
Artistic Loyalties
I have a rather sordid confession to make. I like Ted Hughes. I really really really like Ted Hughes. My mum read The Iron Giant to me when I was younger, and ever since I have absolutely loved everything he...About Us
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