James Hodgson 5/23/24 James Hodgson 5/23/24

Michelene Wandor shortlisted for prestigious prize

Greenwich Exchange author

shortlisted for prestigious prize

Andrew Keanie 7/12/23 Andrew Keanie 7/12/23

Andrew Keanie on Hartley Coleridge’s unpublished poem, ‘Windermere Lake’

In ‘Windermere Lake’, the immortal mind can be glimpsed in the melancholy contemplation of its ‘banishment’. Readers of Wordsworth are familiar – and none more familiar than Hartley – with the spiritual signposts amidst the actual topography of the Lake District.

Andrew Keanie 2/2/22 Andrew Keanie 2/2/22

Romanticism

‘Never could the eye have beheld the sun, had not its own essence been soliform, neither can a soul not beautiful attain to an intuition of beauty.’

Abbie Jukes 1/19/22 Abbie Jukes 1/19/22

Antigone and the Contemporary Novel

Is the person in the position of power always right?

Abbie Jukes 1/6/22 Abbie Jukes 1/6/22

Antigone

In this acclaimed and ever present play – in October 2021 alone three new productions of Antigone were produced – issues that were presented to an ancient audience remain popular in the present.

Abbie Jukes 12/19/21 Abbie Jukes 12/19/21

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

In this week’s blog post, we turn to look at the beloved Christmas favourite of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.

Abbie Jukes 12/1/21 Abbie Jukes 12/1/21

They Both Die at the End

What would you do if you found out that you had one day to live?

Abbie Jukes 11/30/21 Abbie Jukes 11/30/21

Sheridan

He remains to this day one of the most emblematic – and paradoxical – writers of his time

Abbie Jukes 11/13/21 Abbie Jukes 11/13/21

Learning War

‘Vietnam’ – the reaction, not just the war itself -- was arguably the first shot of today’s ongoing culture wars.

Abbie Jukes 10/19/21 Abbie Jukes 10/19/21

Halloween

This blog shall explore some of the creepiest reads around to prepare for the big event at the end of the month.

Abbie Jukes 9/28/21 Abbie Jukes 9/28/21

Sally Rooney’s Beautiful World, Where Are You

Rooney’s latest novel has certainly been placed at the height of expectation. But does it live up to the hype?

Abbie Jukes 9/19/21 Abbie Jukes 9/19/21

Neil Root’s Covering Darkness: Writing True Crime

What happens if the story we are reading is based on true crime events? Would we be less likely to choose a book based on true crime?

Abbie Jukes 9/1/21 Abbie Jukes 9/1/21

Why do we read thrillers?

Why is it that we all enjoy thrillers? Thrillers have captured the imaginations of readers for decades, even centuries.

Abbie Jukes 8/20/21 Abbie Jukes 8/20/21

Mary Leapor

Born in 1722 in Marston St. Lawrence, Northamptonshire into a working-class family, poet Mary Leapor was an only child.

Abbie Jukes 7/30/21 Abbie Jukes 7/30/21

Rise in self-help books

Is it any wonder that after the events of the past year a large number of us have turned to self-help books in an attempt to try to find peace of mind?

Abbie Jukes 7/19/21 Abbie Jukes 7/19/21

Flash Fiction

As its name implies Flash Fiction can be loosely defined as stories of strikingly short length. As the popularity of the genre has grown and become fit for more academic analysis, other terms for Flash Fiction have developed such as Nano Fiction, Sudden Fiction and Short Fiction.

Abbie Jukes 6/29/21 Abbie Jukes 6/29/21

How do we consume literature?

Once upon a time, the only way to consume literature was ink on paper.

Abbie Jukes 6/16/21 Abbie Jukes 6/16/21

William Wordsworth

From a young age, his father introduced him to the works of Shakespeare and Milton. Despite a difficult childhood with a frequently absent father, Wordsworth went on to study at St. John’s College, Cambridge where he published his first work, a sonnet in the European Magazine.

Abbie Jukes 5/21/21 Abbie Jukes 5/21/21

Contemporary Rewritings of Greek Myth

The question that remains to be answered: Why is there the need to return to Greek Myth? Surely, after years of being told over and over, do we really need to hear the same stories time and time again?

Abbie Jukes 5/12/21 Abbie Jukes 5/12/21

Why study literature from the past?

It may appear as though studying literature from the past has little to offer us in the present. Pointless, even. Yet, if there was a point to this, what would that point be?