Housman and Poetry
A E Housman was superficially at least, an austere professional classical scholar producing definitive editions of Juvenal and Manilius. This unlikely figure was also a popular poet.
Michelene Wandor shortlisted for prestigious prize
Greenwich Exchange author
shortlisted for prestigious prize
Andrew Keanie on Hartley Coleridge’s unpublished poem, ‘Windermere Lake’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.
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.’
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.
Learning War
‘Vietnam’ – the reaction, not just the war itself -- was arguably the first shot of today’s ongoing culture wars.
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?
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?
Why do we read thrillers?
Why is it that we all enjoy thrillers? Thrillers have captured the imaginations of readers for decades, even centuries.